Tom Walsh (rugby league)

Tom Walsh
Personal information
Full name Tom Walsh
Playing information
Position Second-row
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
≤1905–≥08 Hunslet
Source: rugbyleagueproject.org englandrl.co.uk

Tom Walsh was a professional rugby league footballer of the 1900s and '10s, playing at club level for Hunslet., as a Prop, i.e. number 8, during the era of contested scrums.

Playing career

All Four Cups, and "The Terrible Six"

Tom Walsh 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.[1]

County Cup final appearances

Tom Walsh played Right-Prop, i.e. number 10, 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-Prop, i.e. number 8, 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

  1. ↑ "Hunslet remembered - Leisure and sport". hunslet.org. 31 December 2011. Retrieved 1 January 2012.

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