Wilson Hall (rugby league)
Playing information | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Height | 5 ft 6 in (168 cm) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 67.6 kg (10 st 9 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Position | Scrum-half, Fullback | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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 ,[3] Wilson Hall represented South Auckland in 1922.[4] He was a half for South Auckland and the in 1925.
In 1923 he moved to Auckland and played for the Athletic club. He represented Auckland in a match against South Auckland for the Northern Union Challenge Cup which was drawn 20-20.[5] Later in the same season he played against Auckland for the Auckland Province. The match was played at Carlaw Park and saw his side go down 18–44 with him scoring a try for the 'visiting team'.[6]
In 1926 he moved to Christchurch. Wilson Hall then represented the Hornby club, Canterbury and the South Island.[7]
He was selected for New Zealand's tour of Great Britain in 1926.[8][9] 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,[7] before signing with the Swinton club.[10]
Wilson Hall then joined Castleford,[11] and played in Castleford's victory in the Yorkshire County League during the 1932–33 season.[2]
Hall was granted a free transfer by Castleford in September 1935 in recognition of his services.[12]
References[]
- ^ a b "Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org". rugbyleagueproject.org. 31 December 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
- ^ a b "Statistics at thecastlefordtigers.co.uk". thecastlefordtigers.co.uk. 31 December 2014. Archived from the original on 17 June 2012. Retrieved 1 January 2015.
- ^ In Touch nzrl.co.nz, October 2011
- ^ Coffey, John and Bernie Wood Auckland, 100 years of rugby league, 1909-2009, 2009. ISBN 978-1-86969-366-4.
- ^ "Northern Union Cup". Auckland Star, Volume LIV, Issue 222. 17 September 1923. p. 10. Retrieved 3 September 2019.
- ^ "Auckland Beats Province/In Match of Big Scoring". Auckland Star, Volume LIV, Issue 234. 1 October 1923. p. 9. Retrieved 2 September 2019.
- ^ a b "League Bran-Tub". Auckland Star. Vol. LVIII, no. 143. 20 June 1927. p. 9. Retrieved 24 March 2015.
- ^ "Canterbury League". New Zealand Truth. No. 1079. 5 August 1926. p. 15. Retrieved 24 March 2015.
- ^ For England The Press, Volume LXII, Issue 18741, 12 July 1926, Page 8.
- ^ "Rugby League". The Press. Vol. LXIII, no. 19182. 13 December 1927. p. 11. Retrieved 24 March 2015.
- ^ Smart, David; Howard, Andrew (1 July 2000). Images of Sport - Castleford Rugby League - A Twentieth Century History. The History Press Ltd. ISBN 978-0752418957.
- ^ "Castleford Men On Transfer List". Yorkshire Post and Leeds Intelligencer. 13 September 1935. p. 17.
External links[]
- Canterbury rugby league team players
- Castleford Tigers players
- Dewsbury Rams players
- Maritime Football Club players
- Hornby Panthers players
- Hull F.C. players
- New Zealand Māori rugby league players
- New Zealand national rugby league team players
- New Zealand rugby league players
- Ngaruawahia Panthers players
- North Island rugby league team players
- Rugby league halfbacks
- South Island rugby league team players
- Waikato rugby league team players