Harry Royal
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| Full name | Harry Royal | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | Wales | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Position | Scrum-half/Halfback | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Harry Royal is a Welsh professional rugby league footballer of the 1940s, playing at representative level for Wales, and at club level for Dewsbury, as a Scrum-half/Halfback, i.e. number 7.[1]
Playing career
International honours
Harry Royal won caps for Wales while at Dewsbury 1948 2-caps.[2]
Championship final appearances
Harry Royal played Scrum-half/Halfback in Dewsbury's 14-25 aggregate defeat by Wigan in the Championship final during the 1943–44 season; he missed the 9-13 first-leg defeat at Central Park, Wigan on Saturday 13 May 1944, Tom Walsh played Scrum-half/Halfback, but Royal played in the 5-12 second-leg defeat at Crown Flatt, Dewsbury on Saturday 20 May 1944.[3]
References
- ^ Williams, Graham; Lush, Peter; Farrar, David (2009). The British Rugby League Records Book. London League. pp. 108–114. ISBN 978-1-903659-49-6.
- ^ "Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org". rugbyleagueproject.org. 31 December 2011. Retrieved 1 January 2012.
- ^ "1943–1944 War Emergency League Championship Final". wigan.rlfans.com. 31 December 2011. Retrieved 1 January 2012.