Henry Huth (rugby union)

Henry Huth

Personal information
Full name	Henry Huth
Born	14 February 1856 Huddersfield, England
Died	31 December 1929(1929-12-31) (aged 73) Kensington, England
Playing information
Rugby union
Position	Fullback
Club Years Team Pld T G FG P ≤1879–≥79 Huddersfield Representative Years Team Pld T G FG P 1879 England 1 0 0 0 0
Source: espnscrum.com

Henry "Harry" Huth (14 February 1856 — 31 December 1929(1929-12-31) (aged 73)) born in Huddersfield, was an English cricketer and rugby union footballer of the 1870s, playing representative level rugby union (RU) for England, and at club level for Huddersfield, as a Fullback, i.e. number 15, he died in Kensington. Prior to Tuesday 27 August 1895, Huddersfield was a rugby union club.

Playing career

International honours

Henry Huth won a cap for England while at Huddersfield in the 1878–79 Home Nations rugby union match against Scotland.

Change of Code

When Huddersfield converted from the rugby union code to the rugby league code on Tuesday 27 August 1895, Henry Huth would have been 39. Consequently, he may have been too old to have been both a rugby union and rugby league footballer for Huddersfield.

Cricket

Huth also played one first-class cricket match, for the Gentlemen of the North, in 1877.

Note

If Henry Huth's birth date (14 February 1856) and death date (31 December 1929) on ESPNscrum are correct, then he would have been 73 years old at his death. However, FreeBMD quotes the age at death of an Henry Huth registered during October–December 1929 in Kensington district as being 72.

External links

• Statistics at espnscrum.com
• Biography of Arthur Budd with an England team photograph including Henry Huth
• Search for "Huth" at rugbyleagueproject.org