Harry Booth (rugby league)

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Harry Booth
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Full nameHarry Booth
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Jan 1919–Apr 23 Wakefield Trinity 280000

Harry Booth was a professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1910s and 1920s. He played at club level for Wakefield Trinity (Heritage No. 227), as a prop, i.e. number 8 or 10.

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Harry Booth played right-prop, i.e. number 10, in Wakefield Trinity's 3–29 defeat by Australia in the 1921–22 Kangaroo tour of Great Britain match at Belle Vue, Wakefield on Saturday 22 October 1921, in front of a crowd of 6,000. [1]

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References

  1. Hoole, Les (2004). Wakefield Trinity RLFC - FIFTY GREAT GAMES. Breedon Books. ISBN   1-85983-429-9