Wilson Hall (rugby league)

A. Wilson Hall
Playing information
Position Scrum-half

Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
Ngaruawahia
1926–27 Hornby
1929–35 Castleford 175 24 0 0 72
Total 175 24 0 0 72
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
1922–25 South Auckland
North Island
1926 Canterbury
1926 South Island
1925–27 New Zealand 3 0 0 0 0
Source: [1][2]

A. Wilson Hall was a New Zealand rugby league footballer who played in the 1920s, and 1930s who represented New Zealand and later played at club level in England for Castleford.

Playing career

From the Ngaruawahia club,[3] Wilson Hall represented South Auckland in 1922.[4] He was a half for South Auckland and the North Island in 1925.

In 1926 he moved to Christchurch. Wilson Hall then represented the Hornby club, Canterbury and the South Island.[5]

He was selected for New Zealand's tour of Great Britain in 1926.[6][7] He played in two test matches against Great Britain and one against Wales.[1]

In 1927 the international transfer ban for players was lifted and many New Zealanders who had toured were signed by English clubs. Wilson Hall received interested from Halifax in June,[5] before signing with the Swinton club.[8]

Wilson Hall then joined Castleford,[9] and played in Castleford's victory in the Yorkshire County League during the 1932–33 season.[2]

References

  1. 1 2 Wilson Hall rugbyleagueproject.org
  2. 1 2 "Statistics at thecastlefordtigers.co.uk". thecastlefordtigers.co.uk. 31 December 2014. Archived from the original on June 17, 2012. Retrieved 1 January 2015.
  3. ↑ In Touch nzrl.co.nz, October 2011
  4. ↑ Coffey, John and Bernie Wood Auckland, 100 years of rugby league, 1909-2009, 2009. ISBN 978-1-86969-366-4.
  5. 1 2 "League Bran-Tub". Auckland Star. LVIII (143). 20 June 1927. p. 9. Retrieved 24 March 2015.
  6. ↑ "Canterbury League". New Zealand Truth (1079). 5 August 1926. p. 15. Retrieved 24 March 2015.
  7. ↑ For England The Press, Volume LXII, Issue 18741, 12 July 1926, Page 8.
  8. ↑ "Rugby League". The Press. LXIII (19182). 13 December 1927. p. 11. Retrieved 24 March 2015.
  9. ↑ David Smart & Andrew Howard (1 July 2000). "Images of Sport - Castleford Rugby League - A Twentieth Century History". The History Press Ltd. ISBN 978-0752418957
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