Nat Bentham

Nat Bentham

Personal information
Full name	Nathan Bentham
Nickname	Nat
Playing information
Position	Hooker
Club
Years	Team	Pld	T	G	FG	P
≤1928–≥28	Wigan Highfield
≤1929–≥29	Halifax
Jan 1930–May 35	Warrington	200	2	0	0	6
	Total	200	2	0	0	6
Representative
Years	Team	Pld	T	G	FG	P
1928–30	England	5	0	0	0	0
1928–30	Great Britain	10	0	0	0	0
Source: rugbyleagueproject.org englandrl.co.uk

Nathan "Nat" Bentham was an English professional rugby league footballer of the 1920s and 1930s, playing at representative level for Great Britain, and England, and at club level for Liverpool Stanley, Halifax, and Warrington, as a hooker, i.e. number 9, during the era of contested scrums.

International honours

Nat Bentham won caps for England while at Wigan Highfield in 1928 against Wales (2 matches), while at Halifax in 1929 against Other Nationalities, while at Warrington in 1930 against Other Nationalities (2 matches), and won caps for Great Britain while at Wigan Highfield in 1928 against Australia (3 matches), and New Zealand (3 matches), while at Halifax in 1929-30 against Australia (2 matches), and while at Warrington against Australia (2 matches).

Bentham was the only Great Britain player to retain his position (hooker) for every game of the unprecedented 4-test Ashes series of the 1929–30 Kangaroo tour of Great Britain.

External links

• England Statistics at englandrl.co.uk
• Great Britain Statistics at englandrl.co.uk
• Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org
• Statistics at wolvesplayers.thisiswarrington.co.uk