Tommy Harris (rugby)
- Not to be confused with the English rugby union and rugby league footballer of the 1910s and '20s, for Cornwall (RU), Redruth R.F.C., England (RL), and Rochdale Hornets, Thomas "Tommy" Harris
| Personal information | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Percival Thomas Harris | |||||
| Nickname | Bomber[1] | |||||
| Born | 5 June 1927 Crumlin, Caerphilly, Monmouthshire, Wales, UK | |||||
| Died | 27 September 2006 (aged 79) York, North Yorkshire, England, UK | |||||
| Playing information | ||||||
| Rugby union | ||||||
| Position | Hooker | |||||
| Club | ||||||
| Years | Team | Pld | T | G | FG | P |
| 19??–49 | Newbridge | |||||
| Rugby league | ||||||
| Position | Hooker | |||||
| Club | ||||||
| Years | Team | Pld | T | G | FG | P |
| 19??–62 | Hull | 4?? | ||||
| Representative | ||||||
| Years | Team | Pld | T | G | FG | P |
| 1952–59 | Wales | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 1954–60 | Great Britain | 25 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Coaching information | ||||||
| Club | ||||||
| Years | Team | Gms | W | D | L | W% |
| York | ||||||
Percival Thomas "Tommy" Harris (5 June 1927 — 27 September 2006 (aged 79)), was a Welsh professional rugby league footballer of the 1950s and '60s. A Great Britain and Wales international representative hooker, he played for English club Hull. Nicknamed "Bomber",[2] with Great Britain he won the 1960 Rugby League World Cup and also set the record for most test matches for Great Britain of any hooker.[3][4] With Hull, Harris won the 1960 Lance Todd Trophy.
Harris was born at Crumlin in Monmouthshire, and played rugby union with Newbridge RFC until 1949 when four players left to play professional rugby league for the 1949–50 Northern Rugby Football League season: Tommy to Hull, Bill Hopkins to Hull, Granville James to Hunslet, and Glyn Meredith to Wakefield Trinity.[5]
Harris gained selection for Great Britain in the 1954 and 1960 World Cups. He played international matches for Wales as well.
Harris played at hooker in Hull's 13-30 defeat by Wigan in the 1958–59 Northern Rugby Football League season's Challenge Cup final at Wembley Stadium on Saturday 9 May 1959,[6] and was man of the match winning the Lance Todd Trophy in the 5-38 defeat by Wakefield Trinity in the 1959–60 Challenge Cup final at Wembley Stadium on Saturday 14 May 1960.
Harris played over 400 games for the club, in the position of hooker, up to his retirement in 1962, when he became a coach of York. He coached the club for 11 years[1] and was also a director of York Rugby League Football Club from 1966 until 1987.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Tommy Harris". hullfc.com. Hull F.C. Retrieved 21 February 2014.
- ↑ hullfc.com. "Tommy Harris". The Official Hull FC Website. Hull F.C. Retrieved 28 July 2012.
- ↑ "Great Britain - Players". rugbyleagueproject.org. Shawn Dollin, Andrew Ferguson and Bill Bates. Retrieved 28 July 2012.
- ↑ "International Player Records". englandrl.co.uk. Rugby Football League. Retrieved 2010.
- ↑ "Percival Thomas Harris". yorkshirepost.co.uk. 31 December 2011. Retrieved 1 January 2012.
- ↑ "1958-1959 Challenge Cup Final". wigan.rlfans.com. 31 December 2011. Retrieved 1 January 2012.
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