Billy Bulmer
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| Full name | J. William Bulmer | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Position | Second-row | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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J. William "Billy" Bulmer was an English professional rugby league footballer of the 1900s, playing at representative level for England, and at club level for Halifax, as a Second-row, i.e. number 11 or 12, during the era of contested scrums.
International honours
Billy Bulmer won a cap playing Right-Second-row for England in the 3-9 defeat by Other Nationalities at Central Park, Wigan on Tuesday 5 April 1904, in the first ever international rugby league match.[1][2]
References
- ^ Fagan, Sean. "The First International Rugby League Match". rl1895.com. Retrieved 14 December 2014.[dead link]
- ^ "EnglandStatistics at englandrl.co.uk". englandrl. 31 December 2011. Retrieved 1 January 2012.