Bill Brookes
| Personal information | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | William Brookes | |||||
| Nickname | Bill, Billy, Tubby | |||||
| Playing information | ||||||
| Position | Forward | |||||
| Club | ||||||
| Years | Team | Pld | T | G | FG | P |
| ≤1905–≥08 | Hunslet | |||||
| Representative | ||||||
| Years | Team | Pld | T | G | FG | P |
| 1905–06 | England | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Source: rugbyleagueproject.org englandrl.co.uk | ||||||
William "Bill"/"Billy" 'Tubby' Brookes was a professional rugby league footballer of the 1900s, playing at representative level for England, and at club level for Hunslet, as a Forward, during the era of contested scrums.
Playing career
International honours
Bill Brookes won caps for England while at Hunslet in 1905 against Other Nationalities, and in 1906 against Other Nationalities.[1]
All Four Cups, and "The Terrible Six"
Bill Brookes was a member of Hunslet's 1907–08 season All Four Cups winning team, the Forwards were known as "The Terrible Six" they were; Tom Walsh, Harry Wilson, Jack Randall, Bill "Tubby" Brookes, Bill Jukes, and John Willie Higson.[2]
County Cup final appearances
Bill Brookes played Left-Prop, i.e. number 8, in Hunslet's 13-3 victory over Halifax in the 1905 Yorkshire Cup final during the 1905–06 season at Park Avenue, Bradford on Saturday 2 December 1905, and played Left-Second-row, i.e. number 11, in the 17-0 victory over Halifax in the 1907 Yorkshire Cup final during the 1907–08 season at Headingley Stadium, Leeds on Saturday 21 December 1907.
References
- ↑ "England Statistics at englandrl.co.uk". englandrl. 31 December 2011. Retrieved 1 January 2012.
- ↑ "Hunslet remembered - Leisure and sport". hunslet.org. 31 December 2011. Retrieved 1 January 2012.