Wilson Hall (rugby league)

A. Wilson Hall
Playing information
Position Scrum-half

Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
Ngaruawahia
1926–27 Hornby
1929–35 Castleford 175 24 0 0 72
Total 175 24 0 0 72
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
1922–25 South Auckland
North Island
1926 Canterbury
1926 South Island
1925–27 New Zealand 3 0 0 0 0
Source: [1][2]

A. Wilson Hall was a New Zealand rugby league footballer of the 1920s and 1930s who represented New Zealand and later played at club level in England for Castleford.

Playing career

From the Ngaruawahia club,[3] Wilson Hall represented South Auckland in 1922.[4] He was a half for South Auckland and the North Island in 1925.

In 1926 he moved to Christchurch. Wilson Hall then represented the Hornby club, Canterbury and the South Island.[5]

He was selected for New Zealand's tour of Great Britain in 1926.[6][7] 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,[5] before signing with the Swinton club.[8]

Wilson Hall then joined Castleford,[9] 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.[10]

References

  1. 1 2 "Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org". rugbyleagueproject.org. 31 December 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
  2. 1 2 "Statistics at thecastlefordtigers.co.uk". thecastlefordtigers.co.uk. 31 December 2014. Archived from the original on June 17, 2012. Retrieved 1 January 2015.
  3. ↑ In Touch nzrl.co.nz, October 2011
  4. ↑ Coffey, John and Bernie Wood Auckland, 100 years of rugby league, 1909-2009, 2009. ISBN 978-1-86969-366-4.
  5. 1 2 "League Bran-Tub". Auckland Star. LVIII (143). 20 June 1927. p. 9. Retrieved 24 March 2015.
  6. ↑ "Canterbury League". New Zealand Truth (1079). 5 August 1926. p. 15. Retrieved 24 March 2015.
  7. ↑ For England The Press, Volume LXII, Issue 18741, 12 July 1926, Page 8.
  8. ↑ "Rugby League". The Press. LXIII (19182). 13 December 1927. p. 11. Retrieved 24 March 2015.
  9. ↑ David Smart & Andrew Howard (1 July 2000). "Images of Sport - Castleford Rugby League - A Twentieth Century History". The History Press Ltd. ISBN 978-0752418957
  10. ↑ "Castleford Men On Transfer List". Yorkshire Post and Leeds Intelligencer. 13 September 1935. p. 17.
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