Ted Tattersfield

Edward Tattersfield
Personal information
Full name Edward Tattersfield
Nickname Ted
Playing information
Position Second-row, Loose forward/Lock
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
≤1938–≥44 Leeds
1946–47 Hull
Total 0 0 0 0 0
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
1940–44 England 4 0 0 0 0
Coaching information
Club
Years Team Gms W D L W%
1946–49 Hull
Source: rugbyleagueproject.org englandrl.co.uk

Edward "Ted" Tattersfield is an English professional rugby league footballer of the 1930s and '40s, and coach of the 1940s, playing at representative level for England, and at club level for Leeds, and Hull, as a Second-row, or Loose forward/Lock, i.e. number 11 or 12, or, 13, during the era of contested scrums,[1] and at club level coached for Hull.[2] Ted Tattersfield was a Corporal in the British Army during World War II.[3]

Playing career

International honours

Ted Tattersfield won caps for England while at Leeds in 1940 against Wales, in 1941 against Wales, in 1943 against Wales, and in 1944 against Wales.[4]

Rugby Football League Championship final appearances

Ted Tattersfield played Left-Second-row, i.e. number 11 and scored a penalty goal in Leeds' 2-8 defeat by Hunslet in the 1937-38 Rugby Football League Championship final at Elland Road, Leeds on Saturday 30 April 1938.[5][6]

Other notable Games

Ted Tattersfield played Loose forward/Lock for Northern Command XIII against a Rugby League XIII at Thrum Hall, Halifax on Saturday 21 March 1942.[3]

References

  1. ↑ "History : Past Players at hullfc.com". hullfc.com. 31 December 2011. Retrieved 1 January 2012.
  2. ↑ "Coaches and Captains". hullfc.com. 31 December 2011. Retrieved 1 January 2012.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 "inside programme, Northern Command v. A Rugby League XIII, 1942". rugbyleagueoralhistory.co.uk. 31 December 2011. Retrieved 1 January 2012.
  4. ↑ "England Statistics at englandrl.co.uk". englandrl. 31 December 2011. Retrieved 1 January 2012.
  5. ↑ "Club History, Facts and Figures". yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk. 31 December 2011. Retrieved 1 January 2012.
  6. ↑ "History of Leeds Rugby League Club". britishrugbyleague.blogspot.co.uk. 31 December 2012. Retrieved 1 January 2013.

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