Harry Slater (rugby league)
| Personal information | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Harry Slater | |||||
| Playing information | ||||||
| Rugby union | ||||||
| Club | ||||||
| Years | Team | Pld | T | G | FG | P |
| ≤1909–≤09 | Wakefield Balne Lane RFC | |||||
| Rugby league | ||||||
| Position | Stand-off/Five-eighth | |||||
| Club | ||||||
| Years | Team | Pld | T | G | FG | P |
| 1904–13 | Wakefield Trinity | 182 | ||||
| Source: rugbyleagueproject.org | ||||||
Harry Slater was a rugby union and professional rugby league footballer of the 1900s and 1910s playing club level rugby union (RU) for Wakefield Balne Lane RFC (the team was runner-up in rugby union's Yorkshire Cup in both 1905 (against Harrogate RUFC) and 1906 (against Castleford RUFC)), and playing club level rugby league (RL) for Wakefield Trinity (Captain) (Heritage #143), as a Stand-off/Five-eighth, i.e. number 6.[1]
Playing career
Challenge Cup final appearances
Harry Slater played Stand-off/Five-eighth, and was Captain in Wakefield Trinity's 17−0 victory over Hull in the 1909 Challenge Cup final during the 1908–09 season at Headingley Stadium on Tuesday 20 April 1909.[2]
Notable Tour Match Appearances
William Simpson played Scrum-half/Halfback in Wakefield Trinity's 20-13 victory over Australia in the 1908–09 Kangaroo tour of Great Britain match at Belle Vue, Wakefield on Saturday 19 December 1908.