St Helens Benyon played in
St. Helens' 7–4 victory over
Swinton in the
1962 Lancashire Cup Final during the
1962–63 season at
Central Park,
Wigan on Saturday 27 October 1962, played left- and scored a
try in the 12–4 victory over
Swinton in the
1964 Lancashire Cup Final during the
1964–65 season at
Central Park,
Wigan on Saturday 24 October 1964, played left- in the 2–2 draw with
Warrington in the
1967 Lancashire Cup Final during the
1967–68 season at
Central Park,
Wigan on Saturday 7 October 1967, played right- in the 13–10 victory over
Warrington in the
1967 Lancashire Cup Final
replay during the
1967–68 season at
Station Road, Swinton on Saturday 2 December 1967, played right- in the 30–2 victory over
Oldham in the
1968 Lancashire Cup Final during the
1968–69 season at
Central Park,
Wigan on Friday 25 October 1968, and played right- in the 4–7 defeat by
Leigh in the
1970 Lancashire Cup Final during the
1970–71 season at
Station Road, Swinton on Saturday 28 November 1970. Benyon played at in
St Helens' 35–12 victory over
Halifax in the
Championship Final during the
1965–66 season at
Station Road, Swinton on Saturday 28 May 1966, in front of a crowd of 30,165. He also played in the
1970–71 Championship final in the 16–12 victory against
Wigan at
Station Road, Swinton, scoring the winning try in the last minute of the game. Benyon played left- in
St. Helens' 21–2 victory over
Wigan in the
1966 Challenge Cup Final during the
1965–66 season at
Wembley Stadium,
London on Saturday 21 May 1966, in front of a crowd of 98,536, played right- in the 16–13 victory over
Leeds in the
1972 Challenge Cup Final during the
1971–72 season at
Wembley Stadium,
London on Saturday 13 May 1972, and played in the 20–5 victory over
Widnes in the
1976 Challenge Cup Final during the
1975–76 season at
Wembley Stadium,
London on Saturday 8 May 1976. Benyon played left- in
St. Helens' 0–4 defeat by
Castleford in the
1965 BBC2 Floodlit Trophy Final during the
1965–66 season at
Knowsley Road,
St. Helens on Tuesday 14 December 1965, played right- in the 4–7 defeat by
Wigan in the
1968 BBC2 Floodlit Trophy Final during the
1968-69 season at
Central Park,
Wigan on Tuesday 17 December 1968. played right- in the 5–9 defeat by
Leeds in the
1970 BBC2 Floodlit Trophy Final during the
1970–71 season at
Headingley,
Leeds on Tuesday 15 December 1970, played right- in the 8–2 victory over
Rochdale Hornets in the
1971 BBC2 Floodlit Trophy Final during the
1971–72 season at
Headingley,
Leeds on Tuesday 14 December 1971, and played right- and scored a
try in the 22–2 victory over
Dewsbury in the
1975 BBC2 Floodlit Trophy Final during the
1975–76 season at
Knowsley Road,
St. Helens on Tuesday 16 December 1975. Benyon played in St. Helens' 2–25 defeat by the
1975 NSWRFL season premiers,
Eastern Suburbs Roosters in the unofficial
1976 World Club Challenge at
Sydney Cricket Ground on Tuesday 29 June 1976.
Warrington Benyon played right- in
Warrington's 9–4 victory over
Widnes in the
1977–78 Players No.6 Trophy Final during the
1977–78 season at
Knowsley Road,
St. Helens on Saturday 28 January 1978, and played left- in the 4–16 defeat by
Widnes in the
1978–79 John Player Trophy Final during the
1978–79 season at
Knowsley Road,
St. Helens on Saturday 28 April 1979.
International honours Benyon won
caps for
England while at St Helens in 1968 against Wales, in 1970 against Wales, and won
caps for
Great Britain while at St Helens in 1971 against France (2 matches), New Zealand, and New Zealand (
interchange/
substitute), and in 1972 against France (2 matches).
Notable tour matches Benyon played right centre ie number three in St Helens 11-7 victory over Australia national rugby league team at Knowsley Road on 13 November 1973. Billy had a superb game in an under strength Saints side who beat a team contains Australian legends Bobby Fulton and Artie Beetson amongst others. Benyon played left- in
Warrington's 15–12 victory over
Australia at
Wilderspool Stadium,
Warrington on Wednesday 11 October 1978. ==Coaching career==