Tom Yorke

Tom Yorke
Personal information
Full name Tom Yorke
Playing information
Position Prop, Hooker, Loose forward

Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
1948–50 St. Helens 7 1 1 0 5
1951–53 Warrington 9 0 0 0 0
Total 16 1 1 0 5
As of 12 December 2016

Tom Yorke is a former professional rugby league footballer of the 1940s and 1950s. He played at club level for St. Helens Schoolboys, St. Helens YMCA, Parr Legionnaires, St. Helens, and Warrington (Heritage № 523), as a prop, Hooker, or loose forward/lock, i.e. number 8 or 10, 9, or 13, during the era of contested scrums, and coached at club level for United Glass Bottle Manufacturers Limited ARLFC.[1]

Playing career

Notable tour matches

Tom Yorke played hooker, and scored a try and a conversion in St. Helens' 74-38 victory over Italy at Knowsley Road, St. Helens on Wednesday 30 August 1950, in front of a crowd of 14,000.[2]

Club career

Tom Yorke made his début for St. Helens playing loose forward/lock in the 13-2 victory over Buslingthorpe Vale ARLFC in the 1947–48 Challenge Cup first-round second-leg match at Meanwood Road, Leeds on Saturday 14 February 1948, and he played his last match for St. Helens playing hooker in the 6-6 draw with York at Clarence Street, York on Saturday 18 November 1950,[1]and he made his début for Warrington on Wednesday 18 April 1951, and he played his last match for Warrington on Saturday 21 February 1953.[3]

References

  1. 1 2 "Profile at saints.org.uk". saints.org.uk. 31 December 2015. Retrieved 1 January 2016.
  2. ↑ "St Helens 74 v 38 Italy". saints.org.uk. 31 December 2015. Retrieved 1 January 2016.
  3. ↑ "Statistics at wolvesplayers.thisiswarrington.co.uk". wolvesplayers.thisiswarrington.co.uk. 31 December 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
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