Harry Slater (rugby league)

Harry Slater
Personal information
Full name Harry Slater
Playing information
Rugby union
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
≤1909–≤09 Wakefield Balne Lane RFC
Rugby league
Position Stand-off/Five-eighth
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
1904–13 Wakefield Trinity 182
Source: rugbyleagueproject.org

Harry Slater was a rugby union and professional rugby league footballer of the 1900s and 1910s playing club level rugby union (RU) for Wakefield Balne Lane RFC (the team was runner-up in rugby union's Yorkshire Cup in both 1905 (against Harrogate RUFC) and 1906 (against Castleford RUFC)), and playing club level rugby league (RL) for Wakefield Trinity (Captain) (Heritage #143), as a Stand-off/Five-eighth, i.e. number 6.[1]

Playing career

Challenge Cup final appearances

Harry Slater played Stand-off/Five-eighth, and was Captain in Wakefield Trinity's 17−0 victory over Hull in the 1909 Challenge Cup final during the 1908–09 season at Headingley Stadium on Tuesday 20 April 1909.[2]

Notable Tour Match Appearances

William Simpson played Scrum-half/Halfback in Wakefield Trinity's 20-13 victory over Australia in the 1908–09 Kangaroo tour of Great Britain match at Belle Vue, Wakefield on Saturday 19 December 1908.

References

  1. Mike Rylance (22 August 2013). "Trinity: A History of the Wakefield Rugby League Football Club 1872-2013". League Publications Ltd. ISBN 978-1901347289
  2. Hoole, Les (2004). Wakefield Trinity RLFC - FIFTY GREAT GAMES. Breedon Books. ISBN 1-85983-429-9

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