title: Ray Cording
text: # Ray Cording
  
  Raymond "Ray" Cording (first ¼ 1933 – 2013) was an English professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1950s. He played at club level for Featherstone Rovers (Heritage No. 316), as an occasional goal-kicking stand-off, i.e. number 6.
  
  ## Background
  
  Raymond Cording's birth was registered in Pontefract, West Riding of Yorkshire, England, he worked as a fitter at Ackton Hall Colliery, and he died aged c. 79–80.
  
  ## Club career
  
  Raymond Cording made his début for Featherstone Rovers against Batley on Wednesday 30 August 1950, and he played his last match for Featherstone Rovers during 1955–56 season, he appears to have scored no drop-goals (or field-goals as they are currently known in Australasia), but prior to the 1974–75 season all goals, whether; conversions, penalties, or 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.
  
  ### Challenge Cup Final appearances
  
  Cording played stand-off in Featherstone Rovers' 12–18 defeat by Workington Town in the 1951–52 Challenge Cup Final during the 1951–52 season at Wembley Stadium, London on Saturday 19 April 1952, in front of a crowd of 72,093.
  
  