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{{Short description|English rugby player and coach (1914–1993)}}
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{{Infobox rugby league biography
|name                = Eric Batten
|fullname            = Frederick E. Batten
|image               = Eric Batten - Bradford Northern.jpeg
|imagesize           = 192
|caption             = Eric Batten (Bradford Northern) [[hurdling]] over his brother [[Bob Batten|Robert "Bob" Batten]] (Leeds) in [[Bradford Bulls|Bradford Northern]]'s 5-11 defeat by [[Leeds Rhinos|Leeds]] in the [[1947–48 Yorkshire Cup]] 1{{sup|st}} round 1{{sup|st}} leg match during the [[1947–48 Northern Rugby Football League season|1947–48 season]] at [[Headingley Rugby Stadium|Headingley]], [[Leeds]] on Saturday 13 September 1947.
|birth_date          = {{birth date|df=y|1914|6|13}}
|birth_place         = [[Sculcoates]] district, [[Kingston upon Hull|Hull]], England
|death_date          = {{death date and age|df=y|1993|9|3|1914|6|13}}
|death_place         = [[Leeds]], England
|height              =
|weight              =
|position            = {{rlp|WG}}
|club1               = [[Wakefield Trinity]]
|year1start          = 1933
|year1end            = 36
|appearances1        = 41
|tries1              = 12
|goals1              = 0
|fieldgoals1         = 0
|points1             = 36
|club2               = [[Hunslet F.C. (1883)|Hunslet]]
|year2start          = 1938
|year2end            = 43
|appearances2        =
|tries2              = 194
|goals2              =
|fieldgoals2         =
|points2             =
|club3               = {{nowrap|→ [[Featherstone Rovers]] <small>([[Loan (sports)|guest]])</small>}}
|year3start          = 1939/40
|year3end            = 
|appearances3        = 1
|tries3              = 2
|goals3              = 0
|fieldgoals3         = 0
|points3             = 6
|club4               = {{nowrap|→ [[Wakefield Trinity]] <small>([[Loan (sports)|guest]])</small>}}
|year4start          = 1940
|year4end            = 43
|appearances4        = 3
|tries4              = 8
|goals4              = 0
|fieldgoals4         = 0
|points4             = 24
|club5               = → [[Leeds Rhinos|Leeds]] <small>([[Loan (sports)|guest]])</small>
|year5start          = 1940/41
|year5end            = 
|appearances5        = ≥1
|tries5              = 
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|points5             = 
|club6               = → [[Castleford Tigers|Castleford]] <small>([[Loan (sports)|guest]])</small>
|year6start          = 1942
|year6end            = 
|appearances6        = 1
|tries6              = 
|goals6              = 
|fieldgoals6         = 
|points6             = 
|club7               = {{nowrap|→ [[Featherstone Rovers]] <small>([[Loan (sports)|guest]])</small>}}
|year7start          = 1942/43
|year7end            = 
|appearances7        = 1
|tries7              = 
|goals7              = 
|fieldgoals7         = 
|points7             = 
|club8               = [[Bradford Bulls|Bradford Northern]]
|year8start          = 1944
|year8end            = ≥48
|appearances8        = 233
|tries8              = 165
|goals8              =
|fieldgoals8         =
|points8             = 
|club9               = {{nowrap|→ [[Featherstone Rovers]] <small>([[Loan (sports)|guest]])</small>}}
|year9start          = 1944/45
|year9end            = 
|appearances9        = 2
|tries9              = 
|goals9              = 
|fieldgoals9         = 
|points9             = 
|club10               = [[Leeds Rhinos|Leeds]]
|year10start          = ≥1948
|year10end            = 51
|appearances10        =
|tries10              =
|goals10              =
|fieldgoals10         =
|points10             =
|club11               = [[Featherstone Rovers]]
|year11start          = 1951
|year11end            = 54
|appearances11        = 101
|tries11              = 60
|goals11              = 0
|fieldgoals11         = 0
|points11             = 180
|teamA               = [[England national rugby league team|England]]
|yearAstart          = 1938
|yearAend            = 48
|appearancesA        = 13
|triesA              = 6
|goalsA              = 0
|fieldgoalsA         = 
|pointsA             = 18
|teamB               = [[Rugby League XIII]]
|yearBstart          = 1942
|yearBend            = 
|appearancesB        = 1
|triesB              = 0
|goalsB              = 0
|fieldgoalsB         = 0
|pointsB             = 0
|teamC               = [[Great Britain national rugby league team|Great Britain]]
|yearCstart          = 1946
|yearCend            = 47
|appearancesC        = 4
|triesC              = 1
|goalsC              = 0
|fieldgoalsC         = 
|pointsC             = 3
|coachteam1          = [[Featherstone Rovers]]
|coachyear1start     = 1951
|coachyear1end       = 56
|coachgames1         = 210
|coachwins1          = 102
|coachdraws1         = 8
|coachlosses1        = 100
|coachteam2          = [[Batley Bulldogs|Batley]]
|coachyear2start     = 1956
|coachyear2end       = 58
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|new                 = yes
|retired             = yes
|updated             = 22 May 2012
|source              = <ref name="Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org">{{cite web|url=http://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/players/eric-batten/summary.html|title=Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org|publisher=rugbyleagueproject.org|date=31 December 2017|access-date=1 January 2018}}</ref><ref name="England Statistics at englandrl.co.uk">{{cite web|url=http://www.englandrl.co.uk/player_records?search=Batten&submit=Go&c=England|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131203011244/http://www.englandrl.co.uk/player_records?search=Batten&submit=Go&c=England|url-status=dead|archive-date=3 December 2013|title=England Statistics at englandrl.co.uk|publisher=englandrl.co.uk|date=31 December 2017|access-date=1 January 2018}}</ref><ref name="Great Britain Statistics at englandrl.co.uk">{{cite web|url=http://www.englandrl.co.uk/player_records?search=Batten&submit=Go&c=GB|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131202234631/http://www.englandrl.co.uk/player_records?search=Batten&submit=Go&c=GB|url-status=dead|archive-date=2 December 2013|title=Great Britain Statistics at englandrl.co.uk|publisher=englandrl.co.uk|date=31 December 2017|access-date=1 January 2018}}</ref><ref name="Coach Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org">{{cite web|url=http://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/coaches/eric-batten/summary.html|title=Coach Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org|publisher=rugbyleagueproject.org|date=31 December 2017|access-date=1 January 2018}}</ref>
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'''Frederick "Eric" E. Batten''' (13 June 1914 – 3 September 1993) was an English [[rugby union]] and professional [[rugby league]] footballer who played in the 1930s, 1940s and 1950s, and [[Coach (sport)|coach]]ed rugby league in the 1950s. He played club level rugby league (RU) for [[Sandal RUFC]], and representative level rugby league (RL) for [[Great Britain national rugby league team|Great Britain]] and [[England national rugby league team|England]], and at club level for [[Wakefield Trinity]] (two spells, including the second as a [[World War II]] [[Loan (sports)|guest]]), [[Hunslet F.C. (1883)|Hunslet]], [[Featherstone Rovers]] (four spells, including the first three as a [[World War II]] [[Loan (sports)|guest]]) ([[Captain (sports)|captain]]), [[Leeds Rhinos|Leeds]] (two spells, including the first as a [[World War II]] [[Loan (sports)|guest]]), [[Castleford Tigers|Castleford]] ([[World War II]] [[Loan (sports)|guest]]) and [[Bradford Bulls|Bradford Northern]], as a {{rlp|wg}}, and coached at club level for Featherstone Rovers, and [[Batley Bulldogs|Batley]].<ref name="Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org"/><ref name="Bailey, Ron 1956">Bailey, Ron (1956). ''The Official History Of Featherstone Rovers R.L.F.C.''. Wakefield Express. ASIN: B00O1TLDPC</ref> Eric Batten appeared in eight [[Challenge Cup]] Finals; two for Leeds, five for Bradford Northern, and one for Featherstone Rovers, winning three, and losing five, he scored a total of 443 tries during his career,<ref name="Eric Batten & Freddy Miller">{{cite web|url=http://www.btinternet.com/~Rovers/batten.htm|title=Eric Batten & Freddy Miller|publisher=Great Players – Great Games|date=31 December 2011|access-date=1 January 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121011225601/http://www.btinternet.com/~Rovers/batten.htm|archive-date=11 October 2012}}</ref> he his third on the all-time try scorers list behind [[Brian Bevan]] (796 tries), and [[Billy Boston]] (571 tries),<ref>Gate, Robert (1989). ''Rugby League - An Illustrated History''. Arthur Barker (A division of Weidenfeld Publishers Limited, London). {{ISBN|0213169703}}</ref>

==Background==
[[File:Eric Batten - Headstone.jpeg|thumb|left|Eric Batten's [[headstone]] at [[Lawnswood#Lawnswood Cemetery|Lawnswood Cemetery]], [[Leeds]]]]
Eric Batten's birth was  registered in [[Sculcoates]] district, [[Kingston upon Hull]], [[East Riding of Yorkshire]], England.<ref name="Birth details at freebmd.org.uk">{{cite web|url=http://www.freebmd.org.uk/cgi/information.pl?cite=TkbzpBtLgpUYr9GJSoNvpg&scan=1|title=Birth details at freebmd.org.uk|publisher=freebmd.org.uk|date=31 December 2011|access-date=1 January 2012}}</ref> He was a [[Waste collector|dustman]] in the cleansing department for [[Hemsworth Rural District]] council. He died aged 79 in [[Leeds]], [[West Yorkshire]], England, and he is buried in [[Lawnswood#Lawnswood Cemetery|Lawnswood Cemetery]], Leeds.

==Playing career==

===Club career===
Eric Batten started his rugby career playing [[rugby union]] at [[Sandal RUFC]] before signing for the [[rugby league]] club [[Wakefield Trinity]] in September 1933. He made his début for Wakefield Trinity in the 9–3 victory over Bradford Northern at [[Odsal Stadium]], [[Bradford]] on Saturday 30 September 1933. He played 41 matches for Wakefield Trinity, scoring 12 [[Try (rugby)|tries]] in those matches, including a [[hat-trick]] against Hull Kingston Rovers in March 1936, before he moved to [[Hunslet F.C. (1883)|Hunslet]] in September 1936 for £400. During the war years, Eric returned to Wakefield Trinity as a [[World War II]] [[Loan (sports)|guest]], playing two matches in May 1940, and one February 1943, in these three wartime matches he scored eight tries, including four against Huddersfield in May 1940, making his club total 20 tries in 44 appearances. he also played one match for [[Castleford Tigers|Castleford]] as a [[World War II]] [[Loan (sports)|guest]], he played on the {{rlp|wg}} against [[Dewsbury Rams|Dewsbury]] at [[Crown Flatt]], [[Dewsbury]] on Saturday 14 February 1942.

===International honours===
Eric Batten won [[Cap (sport)|cap]]s for [[England national rugby league team|England]] while at [[Hunslet F.C. (1883)|Hunslet]] in 1938 against Wales, in 1939 against France, and Wales, in 1940 against Wales, in 1941 against Wales, in 1943 against Wales, while at Bradford Northern in 1944 against Wales, in 1945 against Wales (2 matches), in 1946 against France (2 matches), and Wales, in 1947 against France, in 1948 against France,<ref name="England Statistics at englandrl.co.uk"/> and won [[Cap (sport)|cap]]s for [[Great Britain national rugby league team|Great Britain]] while at Bradford Northern in 1946 against Australia (2 matches), New Zealand, and in 1947 against New Zealand.<ref name="Great Britain Statistics at englandrl.co.uk"/>

===Championship final appearances===
Eric Batten played at {{rlp|ce}} in [[Hunslet F.C. (1883)|Hunslet]]'s 8–2 victory over [[Leeds Rhinos|Leeds]] in the [[Rugby Football League Championship|Championship]] Final during the [[1937–38 Northern Rugby Football League season|1937–38]] at [[Elland Road]], [[Leeds]] on Saturday 30 April 1938.<ref name="Club History, Facts and Figures ">{{cite news|url=http://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/sport/rugby-league/leeds-rhinos/club_history_facts_and_figures_1_2274590|title=Club History, Facts and Figures|work=Yorkshire Evening Post|date=31 December 2011|access-date=1 January 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121009065959/http://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/sport/rugby-league/leeds-rhinos/club_history_facts_and_figures_1_2274590|archive-date=9 October 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref> and played in [[Bradford Bulls|Bradford Northern]]'s 26-20 aggregate victory over [[Halifax R.L.F.C.|Halifax]] in the [[Rugby Football League Championship|Championship]] Final during the [[1944–45 Northern Rugby Football League Wartime Emergency League season#Championship play-off|1944–45 season]]; the 2–9 defeat at [[Thrum Hall]], [[Halifax, West Yorkshire|Halifax]], and the 24–11 victory at [[Odsal Stadium]], [[Bradford]].

===Challenge Cup Final appearances===
Eric Batten played in [[Leeds Rhinos|Leeds]]' 19–2 victory over [[Halifax R.L.F.C.|Halifax]] in the [[1940–41 Challenge Cup]] Final during the [[1940–41 Northern Rugby Football League Wartime Emergency League season#Challenge Cup|1940–41 season]] at [[Odsal Stadium]], [[Bradford]], in front of a crowd of 28,500, played in the 15-16 aggregate defeat by [[Dewsbury Rams|Dewsbury]] in the [[1942–43 Challenge Cup]] Final during the [[1942–43 Northern Rugby Football League Wartime Emergency League season#Challenge Cup|1942–43 season]]; the 9–16 defeat at [[Crown Flatt]], [[Dewsbury]] on Sunday 9 May 1943, in front of a crowd of 10,470, and the 6–0 victory at [[Headingley Rugby Stadium|Headingley]], [[Leeds]] on Sunday 16 May 1943, in front of a crowd of 16,000, played in [[Bradford Bulls|Bradford Northern]]'s 8-3 aggregate victory over [[Wigan Warriors|Wigan]] in the [[1943–44 Challenge Cup]] Final during the [[1943–44 Northern Rugby Football League Wartime Emergency League season#Challenge Cup|1943–44 season]]; the 0–3 defeat at [[Central Park (Wigan)|Central Park]], [[Wigan]] on Saturday 15 April 1944, and the 8–0 victory at [[Odsal Stadium]], [[Bradford]] on Saturday 22 April 1944, played in the 9-13 aggregate defeat by [[Huddersfield Giants|Huddersfield]] in the [[1944–45 Challenge Cup]] Final during the [[1944–45 Northern Rugby Football League Wartime Emergency League season#Challenge Cup|1944–45 season]]; the 4–7 defeat at [[Fartown Ground|Fartown]], [[Huddersfield]], and the 5–6 defeat at [[Odsal Stadium]], [[Bradford]], played in the 8–4 victory over [[Leeds Rhinos|Leeds]] in the [[1946–47 Challenge Cup]] Final during the [[1946–47 Northern Rugby Football League season#Challenge Cup|1946–47 season]] at [[Wembley Stadium (1923)|Wembley Stadium]], [[London]] on Saturday 3 May 1947, played on the {{rlp|wg}} in the 3–8 defeat by [[Wigan Warriors|Wigan]] in the [[1947–48 Challenge Cup]] Final during the [[1947–48 Northern Rugby Football League season#Challenge Cup|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/fusion_pages/index.php?page_id=428|title=1947–1948 Challenge Cup Final|publisher=wigan.rlfans.com|date=31 December 2011|access-date=1 January 2012}}</ref> and played on the {{rlp|wg}} in [[Featherstone Rovers]]' 10–18 defeat by [[Workington Town]] in the [[1951–52 Challenge Cup]] Final during the [[1951–52 Northern Rugby Football League season#Challenge Cup|1951–52 season]] at [[Wembley Stadium (1923)|Wembley Stadium]], [[London]] on Saturday 19 April 1952, in front of a crowd of 72,093.

[[Bradford Bulls|Bradford Northern]] played in five of the six [[Challenge Cup]] finals between 1944 and 1949, the first two finals; the [[1943–44 Challenge Cup]] Final against [[Wigan Warriors|Wigan]], and the [[1944–45 Challenge Cup]] Final against [[Huddersfield Giants|Huddersfield]] were played over two-legs, five Bradford Northern players played in all five of these finals, they were; Eric Batten, [[Vic Darlison]], [[Donald Ward]], [[Ernest Ward]], and [[Frank Whitcombe]].

===Other notable matches===
Eric Batten played on the {{rlp|wg}} for a [[Rugby League XIII]] against [[Northern Command XIII]] at [[Thrum Hall]], [[Halifax, West Yorkshire|Halifax]] on Saturday 21 March 1942.<ref name="inside programme, Northern Command v. A Rugby League XIII, 1942">{{cite web|url=http://rugbyleagueoralhistory.co.uk/gallery-images/86-large.jpg|title=inside programme, Northern Command v. A Rugby League XIII, 1942|publisher=rugbyleagueoralhistory.co.uk|date=31 December 2011|access-date=1 January 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131202223013/http://rugbyleagueoralhistory.co.uk/gallery-images/86-large.jpg|archive-date=2 December 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref>

===Notable tour matches===
Eric Batten played on the {{rlp|wg}} in [[Wakefield Trinity]]'s 6–17 defeat by [[Australia national rugby league team|Australia]] in the [[1933–34 Kangaroo tour of Great Britain]] match during the [[1933–34 Northern Rugby Football League season|1933–34 season]] at [[Belle Vue (Wakefield)|Belle Vue]], [[Wakefield]] on Saturday 28 October 1933.

===Club career===
Eric Batten made his début for Featherstone Rovers on Saturday 2 December 1939.<ref name="Bailey, Ron 20 September 2001">Bailey, Ron (20 September 2001). ''Images of Sport - Featherstone Rovers Rugby League Football Club''. The History Press. {{ISBN|0752422952}}</ref>

==Coaching career==

===Club career===
Eric Batten was the coach of [[Batley Bulldogs|Batley]] from October 1956 to April 1958.

==Honoured at Featherstone Rovers==
Eric Batten is a Featherstone Rovers Hall of Fame inductee.<ref name="Featherstone Rovers legends added to Hall of Fame">{{cite web|url=http://www.pontefractandcastlefordexpress.co.uk/news/featherstone-rovers-legends-added-to-hall-of-fame-1-8214653|title=Featherstone Rovers legends added to Hall of Fame|publisher=pontefractandcastlefordexpress.co.uk|date=5 November 2016|access-date=1 January 2017}}</ref>

==Genealogical information==
Eric Batten was the son of the rugby league footballer [[Billy Batten]]. Eric Batten's marriage to Annie ([[Given name#Name at birth|née]] Saxton, born {{circa|1914}} in [[Wakefield]] district – died aged 81 on 13 April 1995) was registered during first {{frac|1|4}} 1937 in [[Wakefield]] district.<ref name="Marriage details at freebmd.org.uk">{{cite web|url=http://www.freebmd.org.uk/cgi/information.pl?cite=mDLg646TP%2BQhC0ejOK4P1Q&scan=1|title=Marriage details at freebmd.org.uk|publisher=freebmd.org.uk|date=31 December 2011|access-date=1 January 2012}}</ref> They had children; John Michael Batten (birth registered third {{frac|1|4}} 1940 in [[Hemsworth]] district) Janet Batten (birth registered first {{frac|1|4}} {{birth year and age|1951}} in [[Hemsworth]] district), and Gaynor Batten (birth registered second {{frac|1|4}} {{birth year and age|1953}} in [[Hemsworth]] district). He was buried at Lawnswood Cemetery, Leeds.

==References==
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==External links==
*(archived by web.archive.org) [https://web.archive.org/web/20101004182902/http://www.bradfordbulls.co.uk/content/History/3565/The%20Millennium%20Masters%20-%20Backs The Millennium Masters – Backs]
*[http://www.rlhp.co.uk/imagedetail.asp?id=1750 Photograph "Team to visit Barrow in the Cup 1946 - The team to visit Barrow in the 1946 Challenge Cup waits to board the coach. - 07/03/1946" at rlhp.co.uk]
*[http://www.rlhp.co.uk/imagedetail.asp?id=1113 Photograph "Ernest Ward holds the Cup aloft - Ernest Ward holds the Cup aloft as he walks to the dressing rooms at Wembley. - 01/01/1947" at rlhp.co.uk]
*[http://www.rlhp.co.uk/imagedetail.asp?id=1114 Photograph "Eric Batten scores - Eric batten seen beating Ted Carroll of Hunslet to score in Northern's 14-7 win in the 1948 Challenge Cup semi at Headingley in front of 38,125. - 03/04/1948" at rlhp.co.uk]
*[http://www.rlhp.co.uk/imagedetail.asp?id=1115 Photograph "1948 Championship Semi-final - Ces Mountford kicks as Eric Batten tries to block the ball in the 1948 Championship Semi-final. - 24/03/1948" at rlhp.co.uk]
*[http://www.rlhp.co.uk/imagedetail.asp?id=1116 Photograph "1948 Challenge Cup Final - A world record crowd of 91,465 saw Bradford Northern lose to Wigan by 8 points to 3 in this 1948 Final at Wembley. Here King George VI is seen being introduced to the Bradford Northern side. - 01/05/1948" at rlhp.co.uk]
*[http://www.rlhp.co.uk/imagedetail.asp?id=1160 Photograph "Four Northern Greats - Four Northern Greats re-unite at Odsal. - 19/06/1980" at rlhp.co.uk]
*[http://www.rlhp.co.uk/imagedetail.asp?id=1193 Photograph "Northern Greats - A collection of Northern Greats return to the pitch to celebrate 50 years at Odsal Stadium. - 26/08/1984" at rlhp.co.uk]
*[http://www.rlhp.co.uk/imagedetail.asp?id=1384 Photograph "Eric Batten leap - Eric Batten leaps over his opposite number at Headingley. - 21/05/1947" at rlhp.co.uk]
*[http://www.rlhp.co.uk/imagedetail.asp?id=1715 Photograph "First visit to Odsal - Workington Town pay their first visit to Odsal in February 1946. Workington's Billy Iris tackles Eric Batten. - 02/02/1946" at rlhp.co.uk]
*[http://www.rlhp.co.uk/imagedetail.asp?id=1800 Photograph "Championship winning team 1945 - Bradford Northern's Championship winning team of 1945. - 01/01/1945" at rlhp.co.uk]
*[http://www.rlhp.co.uk/imagedetail.asp?id=1827 Photograph "Eric Batten Kicks - Eric batten kicks the ball forward after a scrum. - 01/01/2000" at rlhp.co.uk (actual date 22 April 1944)]
*[http://www.rlhp.co.uk/imagedetail.asp?id=1834 Photograph "Challenge cup winning side. - The Bradford Northern Challenge Cup winning side of 1944. Northern beat Wigan 8-0 after losing 3-0 away from home in the first leg. - 22/04/1944" at rlhp.co.uk]
*[http://www.rlhp.co.uk/imagedetail.asp?id=1855 Photograph "Eric Batten Kicks - Eric batten kicks the ball forward after a scrum. - 01/01/1939" at rlhp.co.uk (actual date 22 April 1944)]
*[http://www.rlhp.co.uk/imagedetail.asp?id=1946 Photograph "Northern at Fartown - The Northern side that took on Huddersfield in 1948. Bradford won 7-2 at Fartown. - 30/03/1948" at rlhp.co.uk]

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