Chairman Ged Snee said "Very sad news. He used to liven the Horse & Jockey up every tea time." Geoff Council added "Lots of good memories of Benny." Charlie Morris said "He made a lot of people smile and sold a lot of people's houses."

A fuller obituary will follow. In the mean time, people familiar and unfamiliar with this club legend can see him in action in the video of the club's 1969 tour to Cornwall which can be found in this website's gallery:

https://www.widnesrufc.com/videos/widnes-rufc--summer-of-69-cornish-tour-161602.html