Career
International honours
County Cup final appearances
Sandy Orford played Left-second-row, id est (that is) number 11, in Wakefield Trinity"s 9-12 defeat by Featherstone Rovers in the 1940 Yorkshire Cup final during the 1939-1940 season at Odsal Stadium, Bradford on Saturday 22 June 1940. Other notable games
Sandy Orford played Left-second-row for a Rugby League XIII against Northern Command XIII at Thrum Hall, Halifax on Saturday 21 March 1942. Club career
Bradford Northern beat Dewsbury in the Championship play-off semi-final during the 1942-1943 season.
However, Dewsbury"s manager, Eddie Waring, appealed to the Rugby Football League, claiming that Bradford Northern had fielded Wakefield Trinity"s Sandy Orford as a guest player, and that Orford was ineligible because prior to the semi-final, he had played only three league matches for Bradford Northern, rather than the regulatory minimum of four league matches, the semi-final actually being Orford"s fourth league match.
Bradford Northern was disqualified, and Dewsbury went on to a 33-16 aggregate victory over Halifax in the final. However, a month later, Bradford appealed to the Rugby Football League, claiming that Dewsbury had fielded Castleford"s Frank Smith as a guest player, and that Smith was ineligible because prior to the semi-final, he had played only three league matches for Dewsbury, rather than the regulatory minimum of four league matches, though he had played in a number of cup matches.
Bradford Northern"s appeal was upheld and the Rugby Football League Council fined Dewsbury £100 (based on increases in average earnings, this would be approximately £11,780 in 2013), stripped them of the Championship title, and declared the Championship during the 1942-1943 season void. Sandy Orford is the father of the professional wrestler Tony Orford.
