Robert Wood (rugby union)
| Personal information | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Robert Wood | |||||
| Nickname | Bob | |||||
| Born | 1873 | |||||
| Playing information | ||||||
| Rugby union | ||||||
| Position | Half-back | |||||
| Club | ||||||
| Years | Team | Pld | T | G | FG | P |
| ≤1894–≥94 | Liversedge | |||||
| Representative | ||||||
| Years | Team | Pld | T | G | FG | P |
| 1894 | England | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Rugby league | ||||||
| Source: scrum.com | ||||||
Robert "Bob" Wood (born 1873 in ? — died ? in ?) was a rugby union footballer of the 1890s, playing at representative level for England, and at club level for Liversedge,[1] as a Half-back, i.e. number 9, or 10. Prior to Thursday 29 August 1895, Liversedge was a rugby union club.
Playing career
International honours
Wood won a cap for England while at Liversedge in the 1894 Home Nations Championship against Ireland.[2]
Change of Code
When Liversedge converted from the rugby union code to the rugby league code on Thursday 29 August 1895, Bob Wood would have been 22 years of age. Consequently, he may have been both a rugby union and rugby league footballer for Liversedge.
References
- ↑ Williams, Graham; Lush, Peter; Farrar, David (2009). The British Rugby League Records Book. London League. p. 178. ISBN 978-1-903659-49-6.
- ↑ "International Statistics at espnscrum.com". espnscrum.com. 31 December 2012. Retrieved 1 January 2012.