Wilson Hall (rugby league)

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A. Wilson Hall
Playing information
Height5 ft 6 in (168 cm)
Weight67.6 kg (10 st 9 lb)
PositionScrum-half, Fullback
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
1921–22 Ngaruawahia 8 1 0 0 3
1923–25 Athletic (ARL) 32 6 4 0 26
1926–27 Hornby (CRL) 14 4 2 0 16
1928 Hull F.C. 44 2 0 0 6
1929–34 Castleford 175 24 0 0 72
1934 Dewsbury 1 0 0 0 0
Total 274 37 6 0 123
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
1921–22 Lower Waikato 5 0 0 0 0
1921–22 South Auckland 8 2 4 0 14
1922 Waikato 1 0 0 0 0
1923 Auckland 3 0 1 0 2
1923 Auckland Province 1 1 0 0 3
1925 North Island 1 0 0 0 0
1926 South Island 1 0 0 0 0
1926–27 New Zealand 1 6 0 0 18
Source: [1][2]

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

Playing career[edit]

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 1923 he moved to Auckland and played for the Athletic club. He represented Auckland in a match against South Auckland for the Northern Union Challenge Cup which was drawn 20-20.[5] Later in the same season he played against Auckland for the Auckland Province. The match was played at Carlaw Park and saw his side go down 18–44 with him scoring a try for the 'visiting team'.[6]

In 1926 he moved to Christchurch. Wilson Hall then represented the Hornby club, Canterbury and the South Island.[7]

He was selected for New Zealand's tour of Great Britain in 1926.[8][9] 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,[7] before signing with the Swinton club.[10]

Wilson Hall then joined Castleford,[11] 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.[12]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b "Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org". rugbyleagueproject.org. 31 December 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
  2. ^ a b "Statistics at thecastlefordtigers.co.uk". thecastlefordtigers.co.uk. 31 December 2014. Archived from the original on 17 June 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. ^ "Northern Union Cup". Auckland Star, Volume LIV, Issue 222. 17 September 1923. p. 10. Retrieved 3 September 2019.
  6. ^ "Auckland Beats Province/In Match of Big Scoring". Auckland Star, Volume LIV, Issue 234. 1 October 1923. p. 9. Retrieved 2 September 2019.
  7. ^ a b "League Bran-Tub". Auckland Star. Vol. LVIII, no. 143. 20 June 1927. p. 9. Retrieved 24 March 2015.
  8. ^ "Canterbury League". New Zealand Truth. No. 1079. 5 August 1926. p. 15. Retrieved 24 March 2015.
  9. ^ For England The Press, Volume LXII, Issue 18741, 12 July 1926, Page 8.
  10. ^ "Rugby League". The Press. Vol. LXIII, no. 19182. 13 December 1927. p. 11. Retrieved 24 March 2015.
  11. ^ Smart, David; Howard, Andrew (1 July 2000). Images of Sport - Castleford Rugby League - A Twentieth Century History. The History Press Ltd. ISBN 978-0752418957.
  12. ^ "Castleford Men On Transfer List". Yorkshire Post and Leeds Intelligencer. 13 September 1935. p. 17.

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