Alf Milnes

Last updated
Alf Milnes
Personal information
Full nameAlfred Milnes
Playing information
Position Hooker
Club
YearsTeamPldTGFGP
19??–?? Halifax
Representative
YearsTeamPldTGFGP
1920 Great Britain 20000
Source: [1]

Alfred "Alf" Milnes was a professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1920s. He played at representative level for Great Britain, and at club level for Halifax, as a hooker.

Milnes was selected to go on the 1920 Great Britain Lions tour of Australasia. He won caps for Great Britain while at Halifax in 1920 against Australia (2 matches). [1]

Related Research Articles

Ernest Ward was an English rugby league footballer who played in the 1940s and 1950s, and coached in the 1950s. He played at representative level for Great Britain, British Empire, Combined Nationalities and England, and at club level for Bradford Northern (captain), and Castleford, as a goal-kicking fullback, centre or second-row, i.e. number 1, 3 or 4, or, 11 or 12, during the era of contested scrums, and coached at club level for Castleford. Ernest Ward was a Private in the British Army during World War II.

Nathan "Nat" Bentham was an English professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1920s and 1930s. He played at representative level for Great Britain and England, and at club level for Wigan Highfield, Halifax and Warrington, as a hooker.

Harry Beverley was an English professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1930s and 1940s, and coached in the 1950s and 1960s. He played at representative level for Great Britain, England, British Empire and Yorkshire, and at club level for Hunslet and Halifax, as a loose forward, and coached at club level for Wakefield Trinity and Bradford Northern.

Charles "Charlie" W. Renilson is a Scottish former rugby union, and professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s, serving in the Duke of Wellington's Regiment. He played club level rugby union (RU) for Jed-Forest RFC, and representative level rugby league (RL) for Great Britain and Commonwealth XIII, and at club level for Halifax, Newtown and Eastern Suburbs as a second-row or loose forward, i.e. number 11 or 12 or 13, during the era of contested scrums.

Joe Riley Gledhill was an English professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1890s, 1900s and 1910s, and coached rugby union in the 1910s and 1920s. He played representative level rugby league (RL) for Great Britain, England and Yorkshire, and at club level for Sowerby Bridge and Halifax, as a centre, stand-off or scrum-half, and coached rugby union (RU) at the newly established Halifax RUFC, with fellow Halifax Hall Of Fame Inductee; Archie Rigg, after both of their playing careers finished.

Asa Robinson was an English professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1900s, 1910s and 1920s. He played at representative level for Great Britain, England and Yorkshire, and at club level for Halifax, as a forward, during the era of contested scrums.

Harold Smith was an English professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1920s. He played at representative level for Great Britain and England, and at club level for Bradford Northern and Halifax, as a hooker, i.e. number 9, during the era of contested scrums.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Jim Bacon (rugby)</span> Welsh RL coach and former GB & Wales international rugby league footballer

James Arthur Bacon was a Welsh rugby union, and professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1910s, 1920s and 1930s, and coached rugby league in the 1920s. He played club level rugby union (RU) for Cross Keys, and representative level rugby league (RL) for Great Britain, Wales and Monmouthshire, and at club level for Leeds (captain), and Castleford, as a wing, or centre, and coached at club level for Castleford.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Joe Darwell</span> GB & England international rugby league footballer

Joseph Darwell was an English professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1910s and 1920s. He played at representative level for Great Britain and England, and at club level for Leigh, as a second-row.

Walter Mooney was an English professional rugby league footballer who played as a stand-off in the 1910s and 1920s. He played at international level for Great Britain and at club level for Leigh.

John Fieldhouse is an English former professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1970s, 1980s and 1990s, and has coached in the 1990s. He played at representative level for Great Britain, and at club level for Wigan St Patricks ARLFC, Warrington, Widnes, St. Helens, Oldham and Halifax, as a prop, hooker or second-row, i.e. number 8 or 10, 9 or, 11 or 12, and has coached at club level for Oldham and Leigh East ARLFC.

John Cyril Stacey was an English professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1910s and 1920s. He played at representative level for Great Britain and Yorkshire, and at club level for Halifax and Batley as a fullback. He is a Halifax Hall Of Fame Inductee.

Arthur Bassett was a Welsh dual-code international rugby union, and professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1930s and 1940s. He played representative level rugby union (RU) for Wales, and at club level for Maesteg, Neath, Glamorgan Police RFC, Aberavon RFC, Cardiff, switching to professional rugby football in 1939. He played representative level rugby league (RL) for Great Britain and Wales, and at club level for Halifax and York, as a wing.

Terence "Terry" H. Fogerty was an English professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1960s and 1970s, and coached in the 1980s. He played at representative level for Great Britain, Lancashire, and Commonwealth XIII, and at club level for Halifax, Wigan and Rochdale Hornets, as a prop or second-row, and coached at club level for Rochdale Hornets. Fogerty is a Halifax Hall of Fame Inductee.

Leslie "Les" W. Holliday is an English former professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1980s and 1990s, and coached in the 1990s. He played at representative level for Great Britain and Cumbria, and at club level for Folly Lane ARLFC, Swinton (captain), Halifax, Widnes and Dewsbury, as a second-row or loose forward, i.e. number 11 or 12 or 13, and coached at club level for Swinton.

John Robert Beames was a Welsh rugby union, and professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1910s and 1920s. He played club level rugby union (RU) for Newport RFC, and representative level rugby league (RL) for Great Britain, Wales and Other Nationalities, and at club level for Halifax and Bradford Northern, as a second-row.

William Stuart Prosser was a Welsh rugby union and professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1910s. He played club level rugby union (RU) for Pontypool RFC, and representative level rugby league (RL) for Great Britain, and at club level for Halifax, as a stand-off, i.e. number 6.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Dai Rees (rugby, 1920s)</span> Welsh RL coach and former GB & Wales rugby league footballer

David "Dai" Rees was a Welsh rugby union and professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1920s and 1930s, and coached rugby league in the 1930s through to the 1960s. He played club level rugby union (RU) for Abertillery RFC, and representative level rugby league (RL) for Great Britain, Wales, Other Nationalities and Glamorgan and Monmouthshire, and at club level for Halifax, as a second-row, i.e. number 11 or 12, during the era of contested scrums and coached at club level for Bradford Northern.

Frank Todd was an English professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1910s and 1920s. He played at representative level for England and Yorkshire, and at club level for Halifax, as a wing or stand-off.

Ivor Davies was a Welsh rugby union, and professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1920s and 1930s. He played club level rugby union (RU) for Newport RFC, as a fly-half and representative level rugby league (RL) for Great Britain, and at club level for Halifax, as a stand-off.

References

  1. 1 2 "Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org". rugbyleagueproject.org. 31 December 2011. Retrieved 1 January 2012.