Ernest Pollard (rugby league)

Ernest Pollard
Ogden's Cigarette card featuring Ernest Pollard
Personal information
Full name Ernest Pollard
Nickname Ernie
Born October→December 1910 (age 104–105)
Wakefield district
Playing information
Position Stand-off/Five-eighth
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
1927–36 Wakefield Trinity 260 319
1936–≤38 Leeds
≤1938–38 Bradford Northern
Total 260 0 319 0 0
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
1930–≥34 Yorkshire ≥7
1932 England 2 1 1 0 5
1932 Great Britain 2 1 0 0 3
Source: rugbyleagueproject.org englandrl.co.uk

Ernest "Ernie" Pollard (birth registered October→December 1910 (age 104–105)[1]) birth registered in Wakefield district, is an English professional rugby league footballer of the 1920s and '30s playing at representative level for Great Britain, England, Yorkshire, and at club level for Wakefield Trinity (captain) (Heritage #330), Leeds, and Bradford Northern, as a Stand-off/Five-eighth, i.e. number 6. Ernie Pollard's career was ended in October 1938 when he suffered a severe knee injury.[2]

Playing career

International honours

Ernie Pollard won caps for England while at Wakefield Trinity in 1932 against Wales (2 matches),[3] and won caps for Great Britain while at Wakefield Trinity in 1932 against Australia (2 matches).[4]

County Cup final appearances

Ernie Pollard played Centre, i.e. number 4, in Wakefield Trinity's 0-8 defeat by Leeds in the 1932 Yorkshire Cup final during the 1932–33 season at Fartown Ground, Huddersfield on Saturday 19 November 1932, played Centre, i.e. number 3, and scored a conversion in the 5-5 draw with Leeds in the 1934 Yorkshire Cup final during the 1934–35 season at Crown Flatt, Dewsbury on Saturday 27 October 1934, played Stand-off/Five-eighth, and scored a conversion in the 2-2 draw with Leeds in the 1934 Yorkshire Cup final replay during the 1934–35 season at Fartown Ground, Huddersfield on Wednesday 31 October 1934, and played Centre, i.e number 4, in the 0-13 defeat by Leeds in the 1934 Yorkshire Cup final second replay during the 1934–35 season at Parkside, Hunslet on Wednesday 7 November 1934.

Club career

Ernie Pollard is the second youngest player to make his début for Wakefield Trinity aged 16-years and 4-months in 1927.

Genealogical Information

Ernie Pollard is the father of the Wakefield RFC player of 1956 to '58, Anthony Pollard, the younger brother of the rugby league footballer, Charles Pollard, and the older brother of Wakefield Trinity's Lionel Pollard, and the uncle of the rugby league footballer, Roy Pollard.

References

  1. ↑ "Birth details at freebmd.org.uk". freebmd.org.uk. 31 December 2011. Retrieved 1 January 2012.
  2. ↑ "Ernest Pollard". rugbyleagueheritageproject.com. 31 December 2011. Retrieved 1 January 2012.
  3. ↑ "England Statistics at englandrl.co.uk". englandrl. 31 December 2011. Retrieved 1 January 2012.
  4. ↑ "Great Britain Statistics at englandrl.co.uk". englandrl. 31 December 2011. Retrieved 1 January 2012.

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