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{{Short description|Former NZ international rugby league coach & NZ rugby league footballer}}
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{{Use New Zealand English|date=September 2020}}
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| birth_place     = [[South Island]], [[New Zealand]]
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'''Cecil Ralph Mountford''' {{post-nominals|country=NZL|MBE}} (16 June 1919 – 19 July 2009), also known by the [[nickname]] of "'''The Blackball Bullet'''", was a New Zealand [[rugby league]] footballer and [[Coach (sport)|coach]].<ref name="Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org">{{cite web|url=http://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/players/ces-mountford/summary.html|title=Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org|publisher=rugbyleagueproject.org|date=31 December 2017|accessdate=1 January 2018}}{{Dead link|date=November 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref><ref name="Coach Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org">{{cite web|url=http://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/coaches/cecil-mountford/summary.html|title=Coach Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org|publisher=rugbyleagueproject.org|date=31 December 2017|accessdate=1 January 2018}}</ref>

Mountford was one of ten siblings, he and four of his brothers played rugby league for the South Island whilst [[Bill Mountford (rugby league)|Bill Mountford]] and [[Ken Mountford]] played for New Zealand. Mountford also played for West Coast, along with Bill and Ken, in inter-provincial matches.

==Early years==
Mountford played soccer at school, as he was considered too small to play rugby league. In 1935 at the age of 16 he joined Blackball Rugby League club, where he earned the nickname 'The Blackball Bullet' due to his speed on the field.

==Player for Wigan==
Mountford signed for [[Wigan Warriors|Wigan Rugby League Club]] in 1946, he shared in one of Wigan’s finest moments in the 1949/50 campaign when, as captain – in place of usual [[Captain (sports)|captain]] [[Joe Egan (rugby league)|Joe Egan]] who was on tour with seven other Wigan stars – he led his side to a sensational 20-2 Championship Final win over [[Huddersfield Giants|
Huddersfield]] at [[Maine Road]].

Mountford played at [[Wembley Stadium]] on two occasions, the first being in 1948, when they beat the current title holders [[Bradford Bulls|Bradford Northern]] 8-3 in a nail biting final. The second visit, in 1951, Mountford led the team to a 10-0 victory over Barrow in a rain-soaked Wembley final. He also became the first overseas player to receive the [[Lance Todd Trophy]].

===Challenge Cup Final appearances===
Cecil Mountford played {{rlp|so}} in [[Wigan Warriors|Wigan]]'s 8-3 victory over [[Bradford Bulls|Bradford Northern]] in the [[1947–48 Challenge Cup|1947–48]] [[Challenge Cup]] Final during the [[1947–48 Northern Rugby Football League season|1947–48 season]] at [[Wembley Stadium (1923)|Wembley Stadium]], [[London]] on Saturday 1 May 1948, in front of a crowd of 91,465.<ref name="1947-1948 Challenge Cup Final">{{cite web|url=http://wigan.rlfans.com/readarticle.php?article_id=1455|title=1947-1948 Challenge Cup Final|publisher=wigan.rlfans.com|date=31 December 2014|accessdate=1 January 2015|archive-date=7 September 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150907011045/http://wigan.rlfans.com/readarticle.php?article_id=1455|url-status=dead}}</ref>

===County Cup Final appearances===
Cecil Mountford played {{rlp|so}} in [[Wigan Warriors|Wigan]]'s 9-3 victory over [[Broughton Rangers|Belle Vue Rangers]] in the [[1946–47 Lancashire Cup|1946–47]] [[RFL Lancashire Cup|Lancashire]] [[Rugby league county cups|County Cup]] Final during the [[1946–47 Northern Rugby Football League season|1946–47 season]] at [[Station Road, Swinton]] on Saturday 26 October 1946,<ref name="1946-1947 Lancashire Cup Final">{{cite web|url=http://wigan.rlfans.com/readarticle.php?article_id=1370|title=1946-1947 Lancashire Cup Final|publisher=wigan.rlfans.com|date=31 December 2014|accessdate=1 January 2015|archive-date=7 September 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150907010546/http://wigan.rlfans.com/readarticle.php?article_id=1370|url-status=dead}}</ref> played {{rlp|so}} in the 14-8 victory over [[Warrington Wolves|Warrington]] in the [[1948–49 Lancashire Cup|1948–49]] [[RFL Lancashire Cup|Lancashire]] [[Rugby league county cups|County Cup]] Final during the [[1948–49 Northern Rugby Football League season|1948–49 season]] at [[Station Road, Swinton]] on Saturday 13 November 1948,<ref name="1948-1949 Lancashire Cup Final">{{cite web|url=http://wigan.rlfans.com/readarticle.php?article_id=1474|title=1948-1949 Lancashire Cup Final|publisher=wigan.rlfans.com|date=31 December 2014|accessdate=1 January 2015|archive-date=15 April 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150415073808/http://wigan.rlfans.com/readarticle.php?article_id=1474|url-status=dead}}</ref> played {{rlp|so}} in the 20-7 victory over [[Leigh Centurions|Leigh]] in the [[1949–50 Lancashire Cup|1949–50]] [[RFL Lancashire Cup|Lancashire]] [[Rugby league county cups|County Cup]] Final during the [[1949–50 Northern Rugby Football League season|1949–50 season]] at [[Wilderspool Stadium]], [[Warrington]] on Saturday 29 October 1949,<ref name="1949-1950 Lancashire Cup Final">{{cite web|url=http://wigan.rlfans.com/readarticle.php?article_id=1519|title=1949-1950 Lancashire Cup Final|publisher=wigan.rlfans.com|date=31 December 2014|accessdate=1 January 2015|archive-date=13 August 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140813234745/http://wigan.rlfans.com/readarticle.php?article_id=1519|url-status=dead}}</ref> and played {{rlp|so}} in the 28-5 victory over [[Warrington Wolves|Warrington]] in the [[1950–51 Lancashire Cup|1950–51]] [[RFL Lancashire Cup|Lancashire]] [[Rugby league county cups|County Cup]] Final during the [[1950–51 Northern Rugby Football League season|1950–51 season]] at [[Station Road, Swinton]] on Saturday 4 November 1950.<ref name="1950-1951 Lancashire Cup Final">{{cite web|url=http://wigan.rlfans.com/readarticle.php?article_id=1566|title=1950-1951 Lancashire Cup Final|publisher=wigan.rlfans.com|date=31 December 2014|accessdate=1 January 2015|archive-date=18 May 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150518075828/http://wigan.rlfans.com/readarticle.php?article_id=1566|url-status=dead}}</ref>

==International career==
Internationally he missed out on playing for [[New Zealand national rugby league team|New Zealand]], but he did represent [[Other Nationalities rugby league team|Other Nationalities]] in two European Championships, in a team labelled "The Rest", in 1950, watched by a crowd of 25,000 fans. He requested, and was granted, permission from Wigan to join the 1947-8 New Zealand tour of Great Britain but the Management decided that injuries were not bad enough to bring him in.<ref name=Coffey>Coffey and Wood ''The Kiwis: 100 Years of International Rugby League'' {{ISBN|1-86971-090-8}}</ref> Instead, during the Kiwis tour Cecil played for Wigan against the Kiwis, which included his brother Ken.

Mountford was appointed head coach of the New Zealand team in 1979, leading the Kiwis on their [[1980 New Zealand rugby league tour of Great Britain and France|1980 tour of Great Britain and France]] and the [[1982 New Zealand rugby league tour of Australia and Papua New Guinea|1982 tour of Australia and Papua New Guinea]]. New Zealand won 6 games, lost 8 and drew 1 under Mountford's coaching. He was replaced in 1983 by [[Graham Lowe]].

==Coaching at Warrington==
In 1951 Mountford qualified as a first grade coach, being offered a 10-year contract at [[Warrington Wolves|Warrington]], despite Wigan initially refusing to release him as a player. Mountford made his first appearance for Warrington in October 1952 initially as a player coach.

===Championship final appearances===
Cecil Mountford was the [[Coach (sport)|coach]] in [[Warrington Wolves|Warrington]]'s 8-7 victory over [[Halifax R.L.F.C.|Halifax]] the [[Rugby Football League Championship|Championship]] Final during the [[1953–54 Northern Rugby Football League season|1953–54 season]] at [[Maine Road]], [[Manchester]] on Saturday 8 May 1954, in front of a crowd of 36,519.

===Challenge Cup Final appearances===
Cecil Mountford was the [[Coach (sport)|coach]] in [[Warrington Wolves|Warrington]]'s 8-4 victory over [[Halifax R.L.F.C.|Halifax]] in the [[1953–54 Challenge Cup|1953–54]] [[Challenge Cup]] Final [[replay (sports)|replay]] during the [[1953–54 Northern Rugby Football League season#Challenge Cup|1953–54 season]] at [[Odsal Stadium]], [[Bradford]] on Wednesday 5 May 1954, in front of a record crowd of 102,575 or more.<ref name="Mud, blood and memories of the day when 102,575 made history at Odsal">{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/general/rugby-league/mud-blood-and-memories-of-the-day-when-102575-made-history-at-odsal-59103.html|title=Mud, blood and memories of the day when 102,575 made history at Odsal|work=The independent|date=31 December 2016|accessdate=1 January 2017}}</ref> At the time, this was a world record attendance for a rugby match of either code.<ref>{{cite news
| last = Baker
| first = Andrew 
| title = 100 years of rugby league: From the great divide to the Super era 
| newspaper = [[The Independent|Independent, The]]
| publisher = independent.co.uk
| date = 1995-08-20 
| url = https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/100-years-of-rugby-league-from-the-great-divide-to-the-super-era-1597130.html
| accessdate = 2009-09-25 }}</ref>

After completing his tenure as a coach, he returned to New Zealand in May 1961, before heading back to England as Manager of [[Blackpool Borough]] in 1972, which was short-lived when he resigned in June 1973. Mountford returned to New Zealand in 1974, initially providing coaching courses before being signed as the manager-coach of the [[New Zealand national rugby league team]] from 1979 to 1982.

==Honours==
In the [[1987 Birthday Honours (New Zealand)|1987 Queen's Birthday Honours]], Mountford was appointed a [[Member of the Order of the British Empire]], for services to rugby league<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=50950 |date=13 June 1987 |page=32 |supp=4}}</ref> and in 1990 he was inducted into the [[New Zealand Sports Hall of Fame]]. In 2000 he was inducted as one of the [[NZRL]] Legends of League.<ref>{{cite web| title =New Zealand Rugby League Annual Report 2008| publisher =NZRL| year =2008| url =http://www.nzrl.co.nz/files/financials/nzrl_2008annualreport_part1.pdf| accessdate =2009-07-21| archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20090912205939/http://www.nzrl.co.nz/files/financials/nzrl_2008annualreport_part1.pdf| archive-date =2009-09-12| url-status =dead}}</ref>

==Genealogical information==
Cecil Mountford's marriage to Agnes E. ([[Given name#Name at birth|née]] Battersby) was registered during first ¼ 1948 in [[Wigan]] district.<ref name="Marriage details at freebmd.org.uk">{{cite web|url=http://www.freebmd.org.uk/cgi/information.pl?cite=Vz5ro6zQcOVhWBj4qIqgMw&scan=1|title=Marriage details at freebmd.org.uk|publisher=freebmd.org.uk|date=31 December 2015|accessdate=1 January 2016}}</ref> They had children; Carolyn E. Mountford ([http://www.freebmd.org.uk/cgi/information.pl?cite=DiVgoX8X%2BzpOv6UMMcWI8A&scan=1 birth registered] during third ¼ {{birth year and age|1950}} in [[Wigan]] district), and Christopher L. K. Mountford ([http://www.freebmd.org.uk/cgi/information.pl?cite=mtN6yuD%2Fu1RDXSMZNrcoVA&scan=1 birth registered] during first ¼ {{birth year and age|1954}} in [[Runcorn]] district).

==References==
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==Further reading==
*{{cite book
| last = Ces
| first = Mountford
| title = Kiwis, Wigan and the wire: my life and rugby league
| publisher = London League
| year = 2003
| url = https://books.google.com/books?id=uSa0AAAACAAJ
|isbn=9781903659106}}

==External links==
*[http://wigan.rlfans.com/readarticle.php?article_id=734 Statistics at wigan.rlfans.com] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090924173927/http://wigan.rlfans.com/readarticle.php?article_id=734 |date=24 September 2009 }}
*[http://www.greystar.co.nz/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=3565&Itemid=42 Greymouth Star obituary]
*[https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/cec-mountford-rugby-league-standoff-who-led-wigan-to-glory-then-enjoyed-great-success-as-coach-of-warrington-1757207.html The Independent obituary]
*[http://www.stuff.co.nz/dominion-post/national/obituaries/2710297/Ces-Mountford-A-league-hero-in-NZ-and-England Dominion Post obituary]
* {{New Zealand Sports Hall of Fame|name=Ces Mountford}}

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