| Personal information | ||||||
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| Born | circa-1890 West Yorkshire, England |
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| Playing information | ||||||
| Height | 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) | |||||
| Weight | 12 st 6 lb (79 kg; 174 lb) | |||||
| Rugby league | ||||||
| Position | Prop, Hooker, Second-row, Loose forward/Lock | |||||
| Club | ||||||
| Years | Team | Pld | T | G | FG | P |
| 1909±–1909± | Wakefield Trinity | |||||
| Representative | ||||||
| Years | Team | Pld | T | G | FG | P |
| 1909±–1911± | Yorkshire | |||||
| 1910–1911 | England | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 1910–1910 | Great Britain | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| Rugby union | ||||||
| Club | ||||||
| Years | Team | Pld | T | G | FG | P |
| ≤1909–≤1909 | Wakefield RFC | |||||
| Representative | ||||||
| Years | Team | Pld | T | G | FG | P |
| ≤1909–≤1909 | Yorkshire[1] | |||||
| Source: rugbyleagueproject.org englandrl.co.uk | ||||||
Herbert Kershaw was an English rugby union and professional rugby league footballer of the 1900s and '10s who at representative level played rugby union (RU) for Yorkshire, and at club level for Wakefield RFC, and at representative level played rugby league (RL) for Great Britain, England, and Yorkshire, and at club level for Wakefield Trinity, playing at Prop, Hooker, Second-row, and Loose forward/Lock, i.e. number 8 or 10, 9, 11 or 12, or 13, during the era of contested scrums.
After retirement from rugby league, in 1928 Wakefield RFC employed him as bagman and he also assisted in training, paying him 2s/6d a week,[1] (based on increases in average earnings, this would be approximately £23.90 in 2009).[2]
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Herbert Kershaw won caps for England while at Wakefield Trinity in 1910 against Wales, in 1911 against Wales, and Australia, and caps for Great Britain while at Wakefield Trinity on the 1910 Great Britain Lions tour of Australia and New Zealand against Australia, Australasia, and New Zealand.[3]
Herbert Kershaw played Right-Second-row, i.e. number 12, in Wakefield Trinity’s 17-0 victory over Hull in the 1908–09 Challenge Cup final at Headingley Stadium on 20 April 1909.[4]
"Played his earliest football with Thornes Lane Rovers and Thornes United, then at scrum half for Wakefield R.U. he gained Yorkshire County R.U. honours. His entry into Trinity's ranks came at a time when the highly-successful half-back combination of Slater and Newbould was in full swing - but he proved himself a versatile player and when, for that famous Cup semi-final against Wigan, Trinity found themselves without a loose-forward, Herbert stepped into the breach. His fast and clever play plus deadly tackling made a handsome contribution to Trinity's victory. He played at loose forward in the Challenge Cup final v. Hull and that became his settled position. Not only that, but he went on the 1910 Tour as loose-forward and played in the Brisbane Test" [5]