Playing career
While playing rugby union at Bridgend Ravens, Bridgend RFC, in 1910 Gronow won four cap (sport), caps for Wales national rugby union team, Wales. Gronow won eight cap (sport), caps for Wales national rugby league team, Wales under the league code, between 1910 and 1923 while playing for Huddersfield. Gronow was also capped for the Great Britain national rugby league team, Great Britain rugby league team while at Huddersfield, in 1911 against Australia (2 matches), and after being selected for the 1920 Great Britain Lions tour of Australasia, against Australia (2 matches), and New Zealand (3 matches). Ben Gronow played as a Rugby league positions#Forwards, forward, i.e. number 8, in Huddersfield Giants, Huddersfield's 2–8 defeat by Wakefield Trinity in the 1910 Yorkshire Cup, 1910 RFL Yorkshire Cup, Yorkshire Rugby league county cups, County Cup Final during the 1910–11 Northern Rugby Football Union season, 1910–11 season at Headingley Stadium#Rugby ground, Headingley Headingley Rugby Stadium, Rugby Stadium, Leeds on Saturday 3 December 1910, played as a Rugby league positions#Forwards, forward, i.e. number 10, and scored 4-Goal (sport)#Rugby football, goals in the 18–8 victory over Dewsbury in the 1919 (Spring) Yorkshire Cup, 1919 RFL Yorkshire Cup, Yorkshire Rugby league county cups, County Cup Final during the 1918–19 Northern Rugby Football Union season, 1918–19 season at Headingley Stadium#Rugby ground, Headingley Headingley Rugby Stadium, Rugby Stadium, Leeds on Saturday 17 May 1919, played as a Rugby league positions#Forwards, forward, i.e. number 10, and scored 3-Goal (sport)#Rugby football, goals in the 24–5 victory over Leeds Rhinos, Leeds in the 1919 (Autumn) Yorkshire Cup, 1919 RFL Yorkshire Cup, Yorkshire Rugby league county cups, County Cup Final during the 1919–20 Northern Rugby Football Union season, 1919–20 season at Thrum Hall, Halifax, West Yorkshire, Halifax on Saturday 29 November 1919, and played as a Rugby league positions#Forwards, forward, i.e. number 8, and scored a Goal (sport)#Rugby football, goal in the 4–10 defeat by Hull F.C. in the 1923 Yorkshire Cup, 1923 RFL Yorkshire Cup, Yorkshire Rugby league county cups, County Cup Final during the 1923–24 Northern Rugby Football League season, 1923–24 season at Headingley Stadium#Rugby ground, Headingley Headingley Rugby Stadium, Rugby Stadium, Leeds on Saturday 24 November 1923. Gronow also played at least one game for the Other Nationalities rugby league team, Other Nationalities team, on 5 February 1921 against England. The game was notable for the Other Nationalities side being entirely composed of Welsh players; but despite approaches to have the game recognised as a 'Wales' v England encounter the rugby league authorities refused to accept the request. Gronow became one of less than twenty-five Welshmen to have scored more than 1000-points in their rugby league career. Gronow was selected for Great Britain national rugby league team, Great Britain while at Huddersfield for the 1924 Great Britain Lions tour of Australia and New Zealand, he did not play in any of the Test match (rugby league), Test matches on this tour. In 1925 Gronow became the first British player to move down under when he went from Huddersfield to Grenfell, New South Wales as their coach but returned two years later. Ben Gronow made his début for Featherstone Rovers on Wednesday 13 March 1929.Bailey, Ron (20 September 2001). ''Images of Sport - Featherstone Rovers Rugby League Football Club''. The History Press. Ben Gronow appears to have scored no drop-goals (or field-goals as they are currently known in Australasia), but prior to the 1974–75 Northern Rugby Football League season, 1974–75 season all goals, whether; Try (rugby), conversions, Penalty (rugby)#Penalties in rugby league, penalties, or Drop goal#Rugby league, drop-goals, scored 2-points, consequently prior to this date drop-goals were often not explicitly documented, therefore '0' drop-goals may indicate drop-goals not recorded, rather than no drop-goals scored. In addition, prior to the 1949–50 Northern Rugby Football League season, 1949–50 season, the archaic Field goal (rugby)#Rugby league, field-goal was also still a valid means of scoring points.Coaching career
Gronow was the coach for rugby union team Morley R.F.C. in the 1930s, however when a history of the club was produced some years later, due to his previous rugby league associations, he was identified as 'unknown' in a team photograph.David Lawrenson (2007). "The Rugby League Miscellany [Page-59]". Vision Sports Publishing.References
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