I was at Wembley when he scored that try from inside his own half and he also kicked a goal from the halfway line. How they gave the Lance Todd to Ray Ashby is as big a mystery to me as some of Billy Thomson's decisions
He used to stand on Winwick Street every morning waiting for a lift when I was going to Central Station and he always had a cheerful smile and time for a chat.
He was a superb natural athlete who all the young kids idolised but, more than that, in spite of his talents and in a game liberally sprinkled with nutcases he was a modest, genial gentleman. Rest in Peace

I think he shared the Lance Todd with Brian Gabbitas the Hunslet Half Back.
Nothing against Ray Ashby or Gabbitas. I just thought Gilfedder should have got it.
The three things I remember from that final was the goal from the halfway line when Hunslet kicked out on the full because such goal kicks were more of a rarity then . Brian McTigue's pass to Gilfedder to put him in the clear and Gilfedder's searing run to score the try.
I have the same opinion of much of the game's journalists as I have of the administrators over the years which is not a very high opinion but, at the end of the day, the speccies opinion does not count.

That is two of my dads old mates gone, Laurie and Clarrie Owen. Both true gents, I remember when I was a youngster them and their wives around our house in Stockton Heath many a time especially Xmas.

More impressive was the kicks were straight off the pitch, not sand or even a tee which technically makes the goal kick an easy volley.

Laurie was a friend of my dad also and my dad was the Best Man at Clarrie and Irene's wedding.
I remember being at Clarrie's wedding reception in the leisure centre at Wilderspool sitting with the famous Pontypool front row. We showed them around the centre, as it was quite advanced at the time.

https://youtu.be/PUfgVXz0lVY Some Laurie here along with Alistair Brindle. Part 2..https://youtu.be/xYVPl8rWMd8

https://youtu.be/PUfgVXz0lVY Some Laurie here along with Alistair Brindle. Part 2..https://youtu.be/xYVPl8rWMd8