William Walton (rugby)

William "Bill" Walton (24 September 1874 – 1 June 1940[3]) was an English rugby union, and professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1890s and 1900s. He played representative level rugby union (RU) for England and Yorkshire, and at club level for Castleford RUFC (in Castleford, Wakefield),[4] as a forward,[1] and representative level rugby league (RL) for Yorkshire, and at club level for Wakefield Trinity (Heritage № 20) (captain), as a forward (prior to the specialist positions of; prop, hooker, second-row, loose forward), during the era of contested scrums.[2][5][6] William Walton made his début for Wakefield Trinity, and scored Wakefield Trinity's first ever try under Northern Union (RFL) rules, in the 15-9 victory over Wigan at Belle Vue, Wakefield on Saturday 21 September 1895.

For other people named William Walton, see William Walton (disambiguation).

William Walton
Baines Cigarette card featuring William Walton
Personal information
Full nameWilliam Walton
Born24 September 1874
unknown
Died1 June 1940 (aged 65)
Wakefield, England
Playing information
Rugby union
PositionForward
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
≤1894–95 Castleford RUFC
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
1893–94 Yorkshire
1894 England 1 0 0 0 0
Rugby league
PositionForward
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
1895–Sep 01 Wakefield Trinity 192 30 2 0 92
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
1895–99 Yorkshire 12
As of 6 March 2011
Source: [1][2]

Background

Bill Walton worked as licensed victualler, and he died aged 65 in Wakefield, West Riding of Yorkshire, England.

Rugby union playing career

International honours

William Walton won a cap for England (RU) while at Castleford in the 0-6 defeat by Scotland at Raeburn Place, Edinburgh on Saturday 17 March 1894.[1]

County honours

William Walton won caps for Yorkshire (RU) while at Castleford during 1893-94,[4] and won caps for Yorkshire (RL) while at Wakefield Trinity during 1895-99.[2]

Rugby league playing career

County honours

William Walton won caps for Yorkshire (RL) while at Wakefield Trinity.

Club career

William Walton made his début for Wakefield Trinity during September 1895, 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. In addition, prior to the 1949–50 season, the archaic field-goal was also still a valid means of scoring points.

References
  1. "Statistics at en.espn.co.uk (RU)". rugbyleagueproject.org. 31 December 2011. Retrieved 1 January 2012.
  2. "Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org (RL)". rugbyleagueproject.org. 31 December 2018. Retrieved 1 January 2019.
  3. "Death details at freebmd.org.uk". freebmd.org.uk. 31 December 2011. Retrieved 1 January 2012.
  4. "Castleford RUFC at pitchero.com". pitchero.com. 31 December 2018. Retrieved 1 January 2019.
  5. Lindley, John (1960). Dreadnoughts - A HISTORY OF Wakefield Trinity F. C. 1873 - 1960. John Lindley Son & Co Ltd. ISBN n/a
  6. Lindley, John (1973). 100 Years of Rugby, The History of Wakefield Trinity 1873-1973. John Lindley Son & Co Ltd. ISBN n/a
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