Isaac "Ike" Southward was an English professional rugby league football player of the 1950s and "60s, and coach of the 1960s, playing at representative level for Great Britain, and Cumberland, and at club level for Workington Town, and Oldham, as a wing, id est (that is) number 2 or 5, and coaching at club level for Whitehaven and Workington Town.
Career
International honours Challenge Cup final appearances Ike Southward played Right-wing, id est (that is) number 2, and scored a try and three conversions in Workington Town"s 9–13 defeat by Wigan in the 1958 Challenge Cup final during the 1957-1958 season at Wembley Stadium, London on Saturday 10 May 1958. Club career Career records.
Achievements
Ike Southward won caps for Great Britain while at Workington Town in 1958 against Australia (3 matches) and New Zealand, while at Oldham in 1959 against France (2 matches), and Australia (2 matches), and in 1960 against France (2 matches), and New Zealand.
Ike Southward also represented Great Britain while at Workington Town in 1956 against France (1 non-Test match).
Four Workington players were selected for the 1958 tour of Australia, and New Zealand. Harry Archer, Brian Edgar, Ike Southward and Bill Wookey (later of Barrow).
Ike Southward holds Workington Town"s "Tries in a Career" record (with 274-tries between 1951 and 1968), "Tries in a Match" record (with 7-tries against Blackpool Borough in 1955), and "Consecutive matches in which tries were scored" record (with 10-tries from April to May 1958).