Ephraim Curzon
| Personal information | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Born | January→March 1883 Crumpsall, Prestwich district, England | |||||
| Playing information | ||||||
| Height | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) | |||||
| Weight | 14 st 0 lb (88.9 kg; 196.0 lb) | |||||
| Rugby union | ||||||
| Club | ||||||
| Years | Team | Pld | T | G | FG | P |
| Carlisle RFC | ||||||
| Lismore RFC | ||||||
| ≤1907–08 | Kirkcaldy RFC | 23 | ||||
| Total | 0 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Rugby league | ||||||
| Position | Second-row, Loose forward/Lock | |||||
| Club | ||||||
| Years | Team | Pld | T | G | FG | P |
| 1908–11 | Salford | 102 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 24 |
| Representative | ||||||
| Years | Team | Pld | T | G | FG | P |
| Lancashire | ||||||
| 1910 | Great Britain | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Source: rugbyleagueproject.org englandrl.co.uk | ||||||
Ephraim Curzon (birth registered January→March 1883[1] — death unknown) birth registered in Crumpsall, Prestwich district, was an English soldier, and rugby union and professional rugby league footballer of the 1900s and '10s, playing representative level rugby union (RU) for British Army Rugby Union, and at club level for Carlisle RFC, Lismore RFC (Edinburgh), and Kirkcaldy RFC (Fife), and playing representative level rugby league (RL) for Great Britain, and Lancashire, and at club level for Salford, as a Second-row, or Loose forward/Lock, i.e. number 11 or 12, or 13, during the era of contested scrums, he served as a British soldier in South Africa during the Second Boer War.[2]
Playing career
International honours
Ephraim Curzon was selected to play during the 1910 Great Britain Lions tour of Australia and New Zealand (RL) while at Salford, he won caps against Australia, and Australasia.[3][4]
Representative honours
Ephraim Curzon represented the British Army Rugby Union (RU) scoring both tries against South Africa.[5]
Club career
Ephraim Curzon's final match for Salford took place against Hull Kingston Rovers in April 1911, though Salford retained Curzon's playing registration until 1915.[5]
References
- ↑ "Birth details at freebmd.org.uk". freebmd.org.uk. 31 December 2011. Retrieved 1 January 2012.
- ↑ Tom Mather (2010). "Best in the Northern Union". Pages 128-142. ISBN 978-1-903659-51-9
- ↑ "Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org". rugbyleagueproject.org. 31 December 2011. Retrieved 1 January 2012.
- ↑ "Papers Past — Evening Post — 14 May 1910 — Football". paperspast.natlib.govt.nz. 31 December 2011. Retrieved 1 January 2012.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Tom Mather (2010). "Best in the Northern Union". Pages 128-142. ISBN 978-1-903659-51-9
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