| Personal information | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Alfred Barraclough | |||||
| Nickname | Alf | |||||
| Playing information | ||||||
| Rugby union | ||||||
| Club | ||||||
| Years | Team | Pld | T | G | FG | P |
| ≤1893–1895 | Manningham F.C. | |||||
| Representative | ||||||
| Years | Team | Pld | T | G | FG | P |
| ≤1893/94–≥1893/94 | Yorkshire | ≥1 | ||||
| Rugby league | ||||||
| Club | ||||||
| Years | Team | Pld | T | G | FG | P |
| 1895–≥1896 | Manningham F.C. | |||||
Alfred "Alf" Barraclough was a rugby union and professional rugby league footballer of the 1890s who at representative level played rugby union (RU) for Yorkshire, and at club level for Manningham F.C., and at club level played rugby league (RL) for Manningham F.C.. Prior to the 27 August 1895, Manningham was a rugby union club, it then became a rugby league club, and since 29 May 1903 it has been the association football (soccer) club Bradford City A.F.C..
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Alf Barraclough won cap(s) for Yorkshire while at Manningham,[1] in William Barnes Wollen's painting "The Rugby Match", featuring Yorkshire's 11-3 victory over Lancashire during the 1893/94 season, a painting that is now held at the Rugby Football Union headquarters in the Twickenham Stadium, Alf Barraclough can be seen being tackled, and passing the ball to Jack Toothill, with Tommy Dobson on the outside.
Alf Barraclough was the captain of Manningham F.C.'s 1895–96 Northern Rugby Football Union season Rugby Football League Championship winning team.[2]
Manningham converted from the rugby union code to the rugby league code on the 27 August 1895, consequently, he was both a rugby union and rugby league footballer for Manningham.
