Tommy Howley

Thomas Howley
Personal information
Full name Thomas Howley
Nickname Tommy
Playing information
Rugby union
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
Ebbw Vale RFC
Rugby league
Position wing, centre
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
1920–26 Wigan 219 101 28 0 359
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
1921–25 Wales 4 0 0 0 0
1924 Great Britain 6 2 0 0 6
Source: rugbyleagueproject.org englandrl.co.uk

Thomas "Tommy" Howley was a Welsh rugby union and professional rugby league footballer of the 1910s and '20s, playing club level rugby union (RU) for Ebbw Vale RFC, and playing representative level rugby league (RL) for Great Britain, and Wales, and at club level for Wigan, as a wing, or centre, i.e. number 2 or 5, or, 3 or 4.[1]

Playing career

International honours

Thomas Howley won 4 caps for Wales (RL) in 1921–1925 while at Wigan, and won caps for Great Britain (RL) while at Wigan in 1924 against Australia (3 matches), and New Zealand (3 matches).[2]

County Cup final appearances

Thomas Howley played centre, i.e. number 4, and scored a try in Wigan's 20–2 victory over Leigh in the 1922 Lancashire Cup final during the 1922–23 season at The Willows, Salford on Saturday 25 November 1922,[3] played centre, i.e. number 3, in the 11-15 defeat by Swinton in the 1925 Lancashire Cup final during the 1925–26 season at The Cliff, Broughton on Wednesday 9 December 1925

References

  1. ↑ Williams, Graham; Lush, Peter; Farrar, David (2009). The British Rugby League Records Book. London League. pp. 108–114. ISBN 978-1-903659-49-6.
  2. ↑ "Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org". rugbyleagueproject. 31 December 2011. Retrieved 1 January 2012.
  3. ↑ "1922–1923 Challenge Cup Final". wigan.rlfans.com. 31 December 2014. Retrieved 1 January 2015.

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