Tom Walsh (rugby league)

Tom Walsh
Personal information
Full name Tom Walsh
Playing information
Position Prop, Second-row

Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
≤1905–≥08 Hunslet

Tom Walsh was a professional rugby league footballer of the 1900s and 1910s. He played at club level for Hunslet, as a prop, i.e. number 8, during the era of contested scrums.

Playing career

Challenge Cup Final appearances

Tom Walsh played loose forward/lock in Hunslet's 14-0 victory over Hull F.C. in the 1907–08 Challenge Cup Final during the 1907–08 season at Fartown Ground, Huddersfield on Saturday 25 April 1908, in front of a crowd of 18,000.

County Cup Final appearances

Tom Walsh played right-prop, i.e. number 10, in Hunslet's 13-3 victory over Halifax in the 1905–06 Yorkshire County Cup Final during the 1905–06 season at Park Avenue, Bradford on Saturday 2 December 1905, and played left-prop, i.e. number 8, in the 17-0 victory over Halifax in the 1907–08 Yorkshire County Cup Final during the 1907–08 season at Headingley Rugby Stadium, Leeds on Saturday 21 December 1907.

All Four Cups, and "The Terrible Six"

Tom Walsh was a member of Hunslet's 1907–08 season All Four Cups winning team, the Forwards were known as "The Terrible Six" they were; Tom Walsh, Harry Wilson, Jack Randall, Bill "Tubby" Brookes, Bill Jukes, and John Willie Higson.[1]

References

  1. ↑ "Hunslet remembered - Leisure and sport". hunslet.org. 31 December 2011. Retrieved 1 January 2012.
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