Bernard Gould
{{Short description|Wales international rugby league footballer (born 1893)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2016}}
{{Use British English|date=October 2016}}
{{Infobox rugby league biography
|name = Bernard Gould
|fullname = Bernard Gould
|image = Bernard P Gould - Wakefield Trinity.jpg
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|caption = Cigarette card featuring Gould
|birth_date = 1 April 18931939 England and Wales Register
|birth_place = Penarth, Wales1901 Wales Census
|death_date = {{death date and age|1965|2|20|1893|4|1|df=y}}England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858-1966, 1973-1995
|death_place = Leeds, England
|height(ft) = 6
|height(inch) = 0
|weight = {{convert|14|st|4|lb|kg|abbr=on}}
|position = {{rlp|PR|HK}}
|club1 = Leeds
|year1start = ≤1921
|year1end = 21
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|club2 = Wakefield Trinity
|year2start = 1921
|year2end = 26
|appearances2 = 102
|tries2 = 6
|goals2 = 1
|fieldgoals2 = 0
|points2 = 20
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|updated = 21 June 2012
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Bernard Gould (1 April 1893 – 20 February 1965) was a Welsh professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1920s. He played at representative level for Wales and Other Nationalities, and at club level for Leeds and Wakefield Trinity, as a {{rlp|pr}} or {{rlp|hk}}.{{cite book|first1= Graham|last1= Williams|first2= Peter|last2= Lush|first3= David|last3= Farrar|title= The British Rugby League Records Book|publisher= London League|isbn= 978-1-903659-49-6|year= 2009|pages= 108–114}}{{cite web|url=https://rugbyleague.wales/player-rl?id=157882&authtoken=QkU3RUVDRjAtMzYzNi00Q0M3LTk0Q0EtMEE4MUI2QkJGMjM4&teamid=MTA1MzU3|title=Statistics at rugbyleague.wales|publisher=rugbyleague.wales|date=31 December 2019|accessdate=1 January 2020}}
Background
Gould was born in Penarth, Wales. He was a prize fighter before his rugby career, he was the landlord of the Commercial Inn public house, Thornes Lane, Wakefield from 1923 until 1932.Wakefield Trinity Committee, 7 Tammy Hall Street, Wakefield (Friday 30 March 1923). Wakefield Trinity Gazette. John Fletcher Printers, Albion Court, Westgate, Wakefield, WF1 1BD. ISBN n/a He was subsequently the landlord at the Templar Hotel pub (a Melbourne Brewery house), in Vicar Lane, Leeds, he retired aged {{circa|70}} in {{circa|1963}}, and he died in Leeds, West Riding of Yorkshire, England.
He was married to Norah Winifred Mahoney, who worked as a bookkeeper for the Cunard Lines, and they fathered two sons, Bernard and Stanley, both of whom are deceased (in the 1970s).
Playing career
=International honours=
Bernard Gould won 3 caps for Wales in 1921–1923 while at Leeds and Wakefield Trinity, and won a cap for Other Nationalities while at Leeds.
=County Cup Final appearances=
Bernard Gould played at {{rlp|pr}} in Leeds' 11-3 victory over Dewsbury in the 1921–22 Yorkshire Cup Final during the 1921–22 season at Thrum Hall, Halifax on Saturday 26 November 1921,{{cite web|url=http://britishrugbyleague.blogspot.co.uk/2005/12/history-of-leeds-rugby-league-club.html|title=History of Leeds Rugby League Club|publisher=britishrugbyleague.blogspot.co.uk|date=31 December 2016|accessdate=1 January 2017}} and played at {{rlp|pr}} in Wakefield Trinity's 9-8 victory over Batley in the 1924–25 Yorkshire Cup Final during the 1924–25 season at Headingley, Leeds on Saturday 22 November 1924.
=Club career=
Bernard Gould made his début for Wakefield Trinity during February 1922.
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Category:20th-century Welsh sportsmen
Category:Other Nationalities rugby league team players
Category:Rugby league players from the Vale of Glamorgan
Category:Rugby union players from Penarth
Category:Wakefield Trinity players