Career
County Honours Challenge Cup final appearances Dennis Baddeley played Left-wing, id est (that is) number 5 in Wakefield Trinity"s 13-12 victory over Wigan in the 1946 Challenge Cup final during the 1945-1946 season at Wembley Stadium, London on Saturday 4 May 1946. County Cup final appearances Dennis Baddeley played Left-wing, id est (that is) number 5, in Wakefield Trinity’s 2-5 defeat by Bradford Northern in the 1945 Yorkshire Cup final during the 1945-1946 season at Thrum Hall, Halifax on Saturday 3 November 1945, and played Left-wing in the 10-0 victory over Hull in the 1946 Yorkshire Cup final during the 1946-1947 season at Headingley Stadium, Leeds on Saturday 31 November 1946. Born in Castleford, he signed for Wakefield Trinity in 1943 after some successful work with Glass Houghton Intermediates.
He soon became a leading try-scorer in Trinity"s immediate post-war side and gained Yorkshire County recognition.
Dennis Baddeley was the eldest brother of the rugby league second-row of the 1950s for Wakefield Trinity, Peter Baddeley.