Arthur Lees (rugby)

Arthur Lees
Personal information
Born Lees, Lancashire, England
Playing information
Rugby union
Position Scrum-half, Fly-half
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
≤1895–95 Oldham
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
≤1895–≤95 Lancashire
Rugby league
Position stand-off/five-eighth, scrum-half/halfback
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
1895–1907 Oldham 356 56 3 174
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
≥1895–≤1907 Lancashire
Source: rugbyleagueproject.org

Arthur Lees (born in Lees, Lancashire) was an English rugby union and professional rugby league footballer of the 1890s and 1900s, playing representative level rugby union (RU) for Lancashire, and at club level for Oldham, as a Scrum-half, or Fly-half, i.e. number 9, or 10, and playing representative level rugby league (RL) for Lancashire, and at club level for Oldham, as a stand-off/five-eighth, or scrum-half/halfback, i.e. number 6, or, 7, alongside Harry Varley until 1897, and was captain of Oldham from the 1898–99 season, after retiring as a player he served Oldham as a member of the club's committee. Prior to Thursday 29 August 1895, Oldham was a rugby union club.

Playing career

Challenge Cup final appearances

Arthur Lees played, and was captain, in Oldham's 19-9 victory over Hunslet in the 1899 Challenge Cup final during the 1898–99 season at Fallowfield Stadium, Manchester in 1900, and in the 3-17 defeat by Warrington in the 1907 Challenge Cup final during the 1906–07 season at Wheater’s Field, Broughton in 1907.

Championship appearances

Arthur Lees played for Oldham in the Championship victory during the 1904–05 season .[1]

Honoured at Oldham

Arthur Lees is an Oldham Hall Of Fame Inductee.[2]

References

  1. ↑ The Umpire (1905). Oldham Football Team - Winners of the Northern League Championship, Season 1904–05. The Umpire. ISBN n/a
  2. ↑ "Oldham Hall of Fame". orl-heritagetrust.org.uk. 31 December 2011. Retrieved 1 January 2012.

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