Frank Spottiswoode
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| Personal information | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Frank Spottiswoode | |||||
| Born | Cumberland, England | |||||
| Playing information | ||||||
| Position | Wing | |||||
| Club | ||||||
| Years | Team | Pld | T | G | FG | P |
| 1901–05 | Oldham | 112 | 45 | 135 | ||
| Representative | ||||||
| Years | Team | Pld | T | G | FG | P |
| 1904 | England | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Source: rugbyleagueproject.org englandrl.co.uk | ||||||
Frank Spottiswoode was an English professional rugby league footballer of the 1900s, playing at representative level for England, and at club level for Oldham, as a Wing, i.e. number 2 or 5.[1]
International honours
Frank Spottiswoode won a cap for England in the 3-9 defeat to Other Nationalities at Central Park, Wigan on 5 April 1904, in the first ever international rugby league match.[2][3]
Rugby Football League Championship appearances
Frank Spottiswoode played for Oldham in the 1904–05 Rugby Football League Championship winning season.[4]
References
- ↑ "England Statistics at englandrl.co.uk". englandrl. 31 December 2011. Retrieved 1 January 2012.
- ↑ "The First International Rugby League Match". rl1895.com. 31 December 2011. Retrieved 1 January 2012.
- ↑ "Representative Honours". orl-heritagetrust.org.uk. 31 December 2011. Retrieved 1 January 2012.
- ↑ The Umpire (1905). Oldham Football Team - Winners of the Northern League Championship, Season 1904–05. The Umpire. ISBN n/a
External links
- England Statistics at englandrl.co.uk
- Search for "Spottiswoode" at rugbyleagueproject.org
- Statistics at orl-heritagetrust.org.uk
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