Jack Read

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Jack Read
Personal information
Born	Gloucestershire, England
Playing information
Rugby union
Representative
Years	Team	Pld	T	G	FG	P
≤1925	Gloucestershire
Rugby league
Position	Prop
Club
Years	Team	Pld	T	G	FG	P
1925–40	Oldham	463	16	1		50
Representative
Years	Team	Pld	T	G	FG	P
1936	Rugby League XIII
Source: rugbyleagueproject.org

Jack Read (born in Gloucester) was an English rugby union and professional rugby league footballer of the 1920s, '30s and '40s, playing representative level rugby union (RU) for Gloucestershire, and playing representative level rugby league (RL) for Rugby League XIII, and at club level for Oldham, as a Prop, i.e. number 8 or 10. Jack Read made his début against Hull on Friday 1 January 1926.

Challenge final appearances

Jack Read played in Oldham's 3-9 defeat to Swinton in the 1925-26 Challenge Cup final at Spotland Stadium, Rochdale, and the 26-7 victory over Swinton in the 1926-27 Challenge Cup final at Central Park, Wigan.

Honoured at Oldham

Jack Read is an Oldham Hall Of Fame Inductee.^[1] Jack Read is second only to the Joe Ferguson on Oldham’s all-time appearance list.

References

↑ "Oldham Hall of Fame". orl-heritagetrust.org.uk. 31 December 2011. Retrieved 1 January 2012.

External links

v t e Oldham Roughyeds Hall of Fame Inductees

Fred Ashworth Alan Davies Mike Elliott John Etty Joe Ferguson Terry Flanagan Bernard Ganley Alex Givvons Andy Goodway Herman Hilton Robert Irving Arthur Lees Sid Little Martin Murphy Harry Ogden Jack Read Frank Stirrup Kevin Taylor Derek Turner

Persondata
Name	Read, Jack
Alternative names
Short description	English rugby union and rugby league player
Date of birth
Place of birth	Gloucester
Date of death
Place of death

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