David Treasure

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David Treasure
Personal information
Full nameDavid Treasure
Born (1950-12-07) 7 December 1950 (age 73)
Castleford, England
Playing information
Position Centre, Stand-off, Scrum-half
Club
YearsTeamPldTGFGP
≤1971–73 Bradford Northern
1973–77 Oldham 11238101135
Total11238101135
Representative
YearsTeamPldTGFGP
1975–77 Wales 51003
Source: [1]

David Treasure (born 7 December 1950) is an English-born former professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1970s. He played at representative level for Wales, and at club level for Featherstone Rovers (Under-17s), The Junction (Open-Age, 11-A-Side, Sunday Morning, Leeds League), Bradford Northern and Oldham, as a centre , stand-off, or scrum-half, i.e. number 3 or 4, 6, or 7. [1] [2]

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Background

David Treasure is the son of Wilfred Treasure, and Catherine (née Hopton); he was born in Castleford, West Riding of Yorkshire; he is the younger brother of Anthony Treasure (birth registered during second ¼ 1943 (age 8081) in Tadcaster district); Treasure was a pupil at Castleford Grammar School from 1962 to 1967, where he was 3-years below Roger Millward; Treasure worked at Yorkshire Copper Works, Stourton, Leeds; where aged-18 he was the captain of the works' rugby union team (despite a ban on anyone playing rugby union if they had previously played rugby league); he studied Ordinary National Certificate (ONC) Metallurgy at Kitson College, Leeds, then Higher National Certificate (HNC) Metallurgy at Bradford College, he qualified to play for Wales through his grandmother Gwladys Shuttleworth from Llantrisant (birth registered during third ¼ 1889 in Pontypridd district, marriage to Frederick Treasure registered during fourth ¼ 1910 in Tadcaster district); and as of 2018 he resides in Edinburgh, and he works as a Risk-based inspection (RBI) Engineer.

Playing career

International honours

David Treasure won caps for Wales while at Oldham in the 1975 Rugby League World Cup; he played stand-off, and scored a try in the 12-7 victory over England at Lang Park, Brisbane on Tuesday 10 June 1975, played scrum-half in the 8-18 defeat by Australia at Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney on Saturday 14 June 1975, played stand-off in the 8-13 defeat by New Zealand at Carlaw Park, Auckland on Saturday 28 June 1975, and played stand-off in the 16-22 defeat by England at Wilderspool Stadium, Warrington on Saturday 20 September 1975, and in the 1977 European Championship; he played left-centre, i.e. number 4, in the 2-13 defeat by France at Stade des Minimes, Toulouse on Sunday 20 February 1977. [1]

Challenge Cup Final appearances

David Treasure played as an interchange/substitute (replacing stand-off Michael "Mike" Blacker) in Bradford Northern's 14-33 defeat by Featherstone Rovers in the 1973 Challenge Cup Final during the 1972–73 season at Wembley Stadium, London on Saturday 12 May 1973, in front of a crowd of 72,395.

Club career

David Treasure secured his signing by scoring 5  tries in the Bradford Northern A-Team match against Hunslet; at that time Bradford Northern's A-Team coach was Stan Kielty. Treasure made his début for Bradford Northern at Fartown Ground, Huddersfield. He was transferred from Bradford Northern to Oldham. During Oldham's match against Bradford Northern, and following a tackle that Treasure had made on a Bradford Northern prop, the prop sat on Treasure's knee, the physio and specialists were unable to determine the extent of the injury, as the technology of the era did not allow for scans, and although damaged cartilage was removed via arthroscopy, Treasure retired from rugby league. It was subsequently discovered that he had snapped his anterior cruciate ligament (ACL).

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References

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  2. Williams, Graham; Lush, Peter; Farrar, David (2009). The British Rugby League Records Book. London League. pp. 108–114. ISBN   978-1-903659-49-6.