| Ogden's Cigarette card featuring Ernest Knapman | ||||||
| Personal information | ||||||
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| Full name | Ernest Knapman | |||||
| Nickname | Ernie | |||||
| Born | April→June 1899 Okehampton district, England |
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| Playing information | ||||||
| Rugby union | ||||||
| Position | Fullback | |||||
| Club | ||||||
| Years | Team | Pld | T | G | FG | P |
| ≤1920–January 1921 | Torquay RUFC | |||||
| Representative | ||||||
| Years | Team | Pld | T | G | FG | P |
| ≤1921–≤1921 | Devon | 7 | ||||
| ≤1920–≥1920 | South of England | |||||
| ≤1920–≥1920 | England (non-Test) | |||||
| Rugby league | ||||||
| Position | Fullback | |||||
| Club | ||||||
| Years | Team | Pld | T | G | FG | P |
| January 1921–1927 | Oldham | 206 | 7 | 124 | 269 | |
| Representative | ||||||
| Years | Team | Pld | T | G | FG | P |
| 1925–1925 | England | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 |
| 1924–1924 | Great Britain | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Source: rugbyleagueproject.org englandrl.co.uk | ||||||
Ernest "Ernie" Knapman (birth registered April→June 1899 in Okehampton district[1] — death unknown) was an English rugby union and professional rugby league footballer of the 1920s who at representative level played rugby union (RU) for England (non-Test), South of England, and Devon, and at club level for Torquay RUFC, playing at Fullback, i.e. number 15, and at representative level played rugby league (RL) for Great Britain, and England, and at club level for Oldham, playing at Fullback, i.e. number 1.
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Ernest Knapman represented England (RU) while at Torquay in 1920 against the North of England, won a cap for England (RL) while at Oldham in 1925 against Wales, and won a cap for Great Britain (RL) while at Oldham in 1924 in the 8-16 defeat to New Zealand at Carlaw Park, Auckland on 2 August 1924.[2]
Ernest Knapman represented South of England (RU) while at Torquay in 1920 against the North of England, and represented Devon (RU) on seven occasions while at Torquay.
"E. Knapman' Oldham and England (Northern Rugby league.) One of the finest defensive players in the League is Ernest Knapman, who joined Oldham in January 1921. He played as schoolboy for Upton School, Torquay, and in 1920 was full back for his town fifteen. He appeared seven times in the Rugby Union County Championship, and in 1920 played for England against the North at Bradford, and for the South against the North at Leicester. He was reserve for England against Wales in 1920, and a member of the touring side to Australasia in 1924. He was born in Torquay in 1899." [3]