Billy Harris (rugby league)

Billy Harris
Personal information
Full name George W. Harris
Born April→June 1951 (age 66–67)
Pontefract district
Playing information
Position Prop

Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
1972–75 Featherstone Rovers 86+7 12 3 0 42
1980–81 Oldham
1981–84 Wakefield Trinity 59 2 0 0 6
Total 152 14 3 0 48
Source: [1]

George W. Harris (birth registered during April→June 1951[2]), also known by the nickname of "Billy", is an English former professional rugby league footballer of the 1970s and 1980s. He played at club level for Featherstone Rovers (Heritage № 512), Oldham, and Wakefield Trinity (Heritage № 880), as a prop, i.e. number 8 or 10, during the era of contested scrums.[1]

Playing career

Challenge Cup Final appearances

Billy Harris played right-prop, i.e. number 10, in Featherstone Rovers' 9-24 defeat by Warrington in the 1974 Challenge Cup Final during the 1973–74 season at Wembley Stadium, London on Saturday 11 May 1974, in front of a crowd of 77,400.

Club career

Billy Harris made his début for Featherstone Rovers on Sunday 3 September 1972,[3] he appears to have scored no drop-goals (or field-goals as they are currently known in Australasia), but prior to the 1974–75 season all goals, whether; conversions, penalties, or drop-goals, scored 2-points, consequently prior to this date drop-goals were often not explicitly documented, therefore '0' drop-goals may indicate drop-goals not recorded, rather than no drop-goals scored.

Genealogical information

Billy Harris is the younger brother of the rugby league footballer; Graham Harris.

References

  1. 1 2 "Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org". rugbyleagueproject.org. 31 December 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
  2. ↑ "Birth details at freebmd.org.uk". freebmd.org.uk. 31 December 2016. Retrieved 1 January 2017.
  3. ↑ Bailey, Ron (20 September 2001). Images of Sport - Featherstone Rovers Rugby League Football Club. The History Press. ISBN 0752422952
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