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Full name | Ernest Atkinson | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Died | unknown | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Position | Wing | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Ernest Atkinson (birth unknown - death unknown) was a professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1900s and 1910s. He played at club level for Hull FC (Heritage No.147), as a wing, i.e. number 2 or 5.
Ernest Atkinson did not play in Hull FC's 7-7 draw with Leeds in the 1910 Challenge Cup Final during the 1909–10 season at Fartown Ground, Huddersfield, on Saturday 16 April 1910, in front of a crowd of 19,413, this was the first Challenge Cup Final to be drawn, however he did play left wing, i.e. number 5, in the 12-26 defeat by Leeds in the 1910 Challenge Cup Final replay at Fartown Ground, Huddersfield, on Monday 18 April 1910, in front of a crowd of 11,608. [1]
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