Ken Jubb

Kenneth Jubb
Personal information
Full name Kenneth Jubb
Nickname Ken, Jubby
Born April→June 1912
Wakefield district, England
Died 1993 (aged 80–81)
Playing information
Position Second-row
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
1930–33 Castleford 67 8 0 0 24
1933–47 Leeds
Total 67 8 0 0 24
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
1932–≥32 Yorkshire ≥1
1933–43 England 4 1 0 0 3
1937 Great Britain 2 0 0 0 0
Source: rugbyleagueproject.org englandrl.co.uk

Kenneth "Ken" Jubb (birth registered April→June 1912[1] — 1993) birth registered in Wakefield, was an English professional rugby league footballer of the 1930s and 1940s, playing at representative level for Great Britain, England and Yorkshire, and at club level for Castleford, and Leeds, as a Second-row, i.e. number 11 or 12, during the era of contested scrums. His birth was registered in Wakefield district. Jubb was a Sergeant Major in the British Army during the Second World War.[2]

Playing career

International honours

Jubb won caps for England while at Leeds in 1933 against Australia, in 1938 against Wales, in 1941 against Wales, in 1943 against Wales,[3] and won caps for Great Britain while at Leeds in 1937 against Australia (2 matches).[4]

County honours

Jubb won a cap for Yorkshire while at Castleford playing Left-Second-row, i.e. number 11 in the 30-3 victory over Lancashire at Belle Vue, Wakefield on 29 October 1932.[5]

Challenge Cup final appearances

Jubb played in Leeds' 18-2 victory over Warrington in the 1935–36 Challenge Cup final at Wembley Stadium, London on Saturday 18 April 1936.

County League appearances

Jubb played in Castleford's victory in the Yorkshire League during the 1932–33 season.[6]

Other notable games

Jubb played right-Second-row for Northern Command XIII against a Rugby League XIII at Thrum Hall, Halifax on Saturday 21 March 1942.[2]

Jubb and the 1938 Championship Final

Jubb missed one of the biggest sporting events ever to take place in Leeds; Leeds 2-8 defeat by Hunslet in the Championship final 1937-38 season at Elland Road on Saturday 30 April 1938, following his suspension for being sent off in a previous game.[7]

Tributes to Jubb

In the book Nothing but the Best. Outstanding Leeds Rugby Players 1928-1988, the former Leeds secretary Ken Dalby paid the following tribute to Jubb:

Highest today, Jubby! Resilient as an India-rubber ball, restless as a panther patrolling its patch, Ken Jubb was a rattling good forward, whose 'party piece' was a massive punt, occasionally way off target, that soared into outer space to the accompaniment of good-natured banter from Headingley's South Stand. Moreover, from time to time, as an encore to one of his pile driving touchline cover tackles, he would slip in an acrobatic extra, cartwheels and flips being his speciality. We loved the guy![8]

References

  1. ↑ "Birth details at freebmd.org.uk". freebmd.org.uk. 31 December 2011. Retrieved 1 January 2012.
  2. 1 2 "inside programme, Northern Command v. A Rugby League XIII, 1942". rugbyleagueoralhistory.co.uk. 31 December 2011. Retrieved 1 January 2012.
  3. ↑ "England Statistics at englandrl.co.uk". englandrl.co.uk. 31 December 2011. Retrieved 1 January 2012.
  4. ↑ "Great Britain Statistics at englandrl.co.uk". englandrl.co.uk. 31 December 2011. Retrieved 1 January 2012.
  5. ↑ "Statistics at thecastlefordtigers.co.uk". thecastlefordtigers.co.uk ℅ web.archive.org. 31 December 2013. Archived from the original on April 29, 2012. Retrieved 1 January 2014.
  6. ↑ "Castleford RLFC A to Z Player List (All Time)". thecastlefordtigers.co.uk ℅ web.archive.org. 31 December 2013. Archived from the original on February 16, 2012. Retrieved 1 January 2014.
  7. ↑ "Ken Jubb and the 1938 Championship Final". rugbyleagueoralhistory.co.uk. 31 December 2011. Retrieved 1 January 2012.
  8. ↑ Dalby, Ken. Nothing but the Best. Outstanding Leeds Rugby Players 1928-1988.
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