Tom Walsh (rugby league)

For the rugby league footballer of the 1930s, 1940s and 1950s for Castleford, see Tom Walsh (rugby league, Castleford).
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.

External links

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