Oliver Burgham
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| Full name | Oliver Ruck Burgham | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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1885 Cinderford, Gloucestershire, England[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died |
1967 (aged 81)[2] Amounderness, Lancashire, England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Height | 5'11" | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 186 lb (84 kg).[3] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Position | prop, Hooker | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Oliver Ruck Burgham (1885–1967) was a British professional rugby league footballer of the 1900s and 1910s. Born in Gloucestershire, he played at representative level for Great Britain, and Wales, and at club level for Gloucester, Ebbw Vale, and Halifax, as a prop, or hooker, i.e. number 8 or 10, or 9, during the era of contested scrums.[4][5] He played at Halifax until the outbreak of the First World War.[6]
International honours
Oliver Burgham won caps for Wales while at Ebbw Vale in 1908 against New Zealand, and England, and won a cap for Great Britain while at Halifax in 1911 against Australia.[4]
References
- ↑ Oliver R Burgham in the 1911 Wales Census
- ↑ England & Wales, Civil Registration Death Index, 1916-2007
- ↑ "Corinthian Team Sail for Canada". The Yorkshire Post. 29 July 1911. p. 16.
- 1 2 3 "Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org". rugbyleagueproject.org. 31 December 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
- ↑ Williams, Graham; Lush, Peter; Farrar, David (2009). The British Rugby League Records Book. London League. pp. 108–114. ISBN 978-1-903659-49-6.
- ↑ "Halifax Too Good for Trinity". Leeds Mercury. 14 September 1914. Retrieved 21 June 2018.
External links
- (archived by web.archive.org) Great Britain Statistics at englandrl.co.uk (statistics currently missing due to not having appeared for both Great Britain, and England)
- (archived by archive.is) Men of Steel who made Vale great
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