Halifax (known as the Halifax Blue Sox between 1996 and 2002) is an English rugby league club who have had numerous notable players (1,362 as of 31 October 2018) throughout their history, each player of the rugby league era who has played (and so excludes non-playing substitutes) in a competitive first-class match (including those matches that were subsequently abandoned, expunged or re-played, but excluding friendlies) has been allocated a sequential heritage number in order of their appearance by Halifax.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7]
^¹ = Played For Halifax During More Than One Period
^² = Prior to the 1974–75 season all goals, whether; conversions, penalties, or drop-goals, scored two points, consequently prior to this date drop-goals were often not explicitly documented, and "0²" indicates that drop-goals may not have been recorded, rather than no drop-goals scored. In addition, prior to the 1949–50 season, the Field-goal was also still a valid means of scoring points.
Players earning international caps while at Halifax
Alvin Ackerley won caps for England while at Halifax 1952 Other Nationalities (2 matches), Wales, 1953 France (2 matches), Wales, and won caps for Great Britain while at Halifax 1952 Australia, 1958 New Zealand
Albert Akroyd won caps for England while at Halifax 1921 Wales
Asa Amone won caps for Tonga while at Halifax 1995?-caps
Albert Atkinson won caps for England while at Halifax 1930 Other Nationalities
Simon Baldwin won caps for England while at Halifax 1995 Wales (sub), France
Ike Bartle won caps for England while at Halifax 1906 Other Nationalities
Arthur Bassett won caps for Wales while at Halifax 1939...1946 3-caps, and won caps for Great Britain while at Halifax in 1946 against Australia (2 matches)
David Bates won caps for Ireland while at Gateshead Thunder, Halifax and York City Knights 2003...2006 3-caps + 3-caps (sub)
Jack Beames won a cap for Other Nationalities while at Halifax, won caps for Wales while at Halifax 1914...1921 2-caps, and won caps for Great Britain while at Halifax in 1921 against Australia (2 matches)
Nat Bentham won caps for England while at Wigan Highfield 1928 Wales (2 matches), while at Halifax: 1929 Other Nationalities, while at Warrington 1930 Other Nationalities(2 matches), and won caps for Great Britain while at Wigan Highfield 1928 Australia (3 matches), New Zealand (3 matches), while at Halifax: 1929–30 Australia (2 matches), while at Warrington: Australia (2 matches)
John Bentley won caps for England while at Halifax 1995 France, Australia, Fiji, South Africa, 1996 Wales, and won caps for Great Britain while at Leeds 1992 France, Halifax 1994 France
Harry Beverley won caps for England while at Hunslet 1935 Wales, 1936 France, 1937 France, 1938 Wales, France, and won caps for Great Britain while at Hunslet 1936 Australia (3 matches), 1937 Australia, Halifax 1937 Australia (2 matches)
Anthony Blackwood won caps for Wales while at Halifax, and Celtic Crusaders 2005...present 7(6?)-caps 3-tries 12-points
Billy Bulmer won caps for England while at Halifax 1904 Other Nationalities
Oliver Burgham won caps for Wales while at Ebbw Vale in 1908 against New Zealand, and England, and won a cap for Great Britain while at Halifax in 1911 against Australia
Phil Cantillon won caps for and captained ‘’Ireland’’ while at Halifax 2003-2006
Gavin Clinch won caps for Ireland while at Huddersfield-Sheffield Giants, and Halifax 2000...2001 1-cap + 1-cap (sub)
Mike Condon won caps for Wales while at Halifax 1952...1953 3-caps
Terry Cook won caps for Wales while at Halifax 1951...1953 4-caps
Arthur Daniels won caps for Wales while at Halifax 1949...1953 13-caps, and won caps for Great Britain while at Halifax 1952...1955 3-caps
Ivor Davies? won caps for Wales while at Halifax, and represented Great Britain (tour-matches) while at Halifax
Will Davies, Will T. Davies won caps for Wales while at Batley and Halifax 1909...1912 4-caps, and won a cap for Great Britain while at Halifax in 1911 against Australia
Ken Dean won caps for England while at Halifax 1951 Other Nationalities, 1952 Other Nationalities
Colin Dixon won caps for Wales while at Halifax, Salford and Hull Kingston Rovers 1963...1981 (11?) 16-caps, and won caps for Great Britain while at Halifax, Salford and Hull Kingston Rovers 1968...1981 14-caps
Percy Eccles won caps for England while at Halifax 1908 New Zealand, and won caps for Great Britain while at Halifax 1908 New Zealand
Arthur 'Candy' Evans won caps for Wales while at Halifax, Leeds, Castleford, and Warrington 1928...1933 4-caps
Fred Firth, won caps for England (RU) while at Halifax in 1894 against Wales, Ireland, and Scotland
Ben Fisher won caps for Scotland while at Halifax, and Hull Kingston Rovers 2005...present 6-caps + 1-cap (sub)
Terry Fogerty represented Commonwealth XIII while at Halifax in 1965 against New Zealand at Crystal Palace National Recreation Centre, London on Wednesday 18 August 1965, and won caps for Great Britain while at Halifax in 1966 against New Zealand, while at Wigan in 1967 against France, and while at Rochdale in 1974 against France
Damian Gibson won caps for Wales while at Halifax, Salford, and Castleford (1996?)1999...present 16(15, 18?)-caps + 2-caps (sub) 8-tries 32-points
Tony Halmshaw won a cap for Great Britain while at Halifax in 1971 against New Zealand
Karl Harrison won caps for England while at Halifax 1995 Wales, Australia (2 matches), South Africa, Wales, 1996 France, and won caps for Great Britain while at Hull F.C. 1990 Australia (3 matches), while at Halifax 1991 Papua New Guinea, 1992 Australia (sub) (2 matches), New Zealand, New Zealand (sub), 1993 France, New Zealand (2 matches), 1994 Australia (3 matches)
James "Jimmy" Hilton won caps for England while at Halifax 1908 Wales, 1912 Wales
Hudson Irving won caps for England while at Halifax 1938 Wales, 1940 Wales, 1941 Wales, 1943 Wales
Michael Jackson won caps for Great Britain while at Wakefield Trinity 1991 Papua New Guinea, 1992 France, Australia (sub), New Zealand (sub), while at Halifax 1993 New Zealand (sub) (2 matches)
Walter Jesse Jackson, won caps for England (RU) while at Halifax in 1894 against Scotland
Neil James won a cap for Great Britain while at Halifax in 1986 against France
David Jones won caps for Wales while at Halifax 1968...1969 2-caps
Phil Joseph won caps for Wales while at Hull Kingston Rovers and Halifax 2005...2007 7(6?)-caps 1-try 4-points
Martin Ketteridge won caps for Scotland while at Halifax 1996 3-caps + 1-cap (sub)
Stanley "Stan" Kielty won caps for England while at Halifax 1953 Wales, France, Other Nationalities
George Langhorn won caps for England while at Halifax 1905 Other Nationalities
Jason Lee won caps for Wales while at Warrington, Keighley and Halifax 1994...2001 5-caps + 2-caps (sub) 2-tries 8-points
"Bobby"/"Robbie" Lloyd won 7-caps for Wales (RU) while at Pontypool RFC, won a cap for Wales (RL) while at Halifax in 1921, and won a cap for Great Britain (RL) while at Halifax in 1920 against Australia
Tommy Lynch won caps for Other Nationalities while at Halifax (4-caps).
Mel Meek won caps for Wales while at Halifax 1935...1949 14-caps
Alf Milnes won caps for Great Britain while at Halifax in 1920 against Australia (2 matches)
Paul Moriarty won caps for Wales while at Widnes, Halifax, South Wales, and unattached 1991...2000 15(14?)-caps + 1-cap (sub)
Chris Morley won caps for Wales while at St. Helens in 1996 against France (sub), and England, while at Salford in 1999 against Ireland and Scotland, while at Sheffield Eagles in 2000 against South Africa (sub), while at Leigh in the 2000 Rugby League World Cup against Lebanon (sub), New Zealand, Papua New Guinea (sub), and Australia, while at Oldham in 2001 against England, while at Halifax in 2003 against Russia, and Australia, while at Swinton in 2006 against Scotland, 1996...2006 13(14?)-caps + 4-caps (sub) 1(2?)-try 4(8?)-points
Johnny Morley won caps for England while at Halifax 1904 Other Nationalities
Walter Morton won caps for England while at Halifax 1905 Other Nationalities
Andrew Murdison won cap(s) for Other Nationalities while at Halifax
Garfield Owen a won cap for Wales while at Halifax 1959 1-cap
Sean Penkywicz won caps for Wales while at Halifax 2007...present 1-cap + 3-caps (sub) 1-try 4-points
Mark Perrett won caps for Wales while at Halifax 1994...1996(1995?) 9(7?)-caps
Daio Powell won caps for Wales while at Halifax?/Bradford Northern? 1994(...1998?) 1(4?)-caps + 2-caps (sub) 2-tries 8-points
Stuart Prosser won a cap for Great Britain while at Halifax in 1914 against Australia
Dai Rees won a cap for Other Nationalities while at Halifax, won caps for Wales while at Halifax 1921...32 6-caps, and won a cap for Great Britain while at Halifax in 1926 against New Zealand
Charlie Renilson won caps for Great Britain while at Halifax 1965 New Zealand, 1967 Australia (sub), 1968 France (2 matches), Australia, France, New Zealand, France (World Cup 1968 3-caps)
Jack Riley won caps for England while at Halifax 1904 Other Nationalities
Joe Riley won caps for England while at Halifax 1910 Wales, 1911 Australia, and won caps for Great Britain while at Halifax 1910 Australia
Ken Roberts won caps for Great Britain whilst at Halifax 1963 Australia, 1964 against France (2 matches), in 1965 against France, and New Zealand (3 matches), and in 1966 against France, and New Zealand (2 matches)
Mark Roberts won a cap for Wales while at Halifax 2007 1-cap
Asa Robinson won caps for England while at Halifax 1908 Wales (2 matches), New Zealand, 1909 Australia (3 matches), and won caps for Great Britain while at Halifax 1908 New Zealand, 1908–09 Australia (2 matches)
Paul Rowley won caps for England while at Halifax 1996 France (sub), 2000 Australia, Russia, Ireland
Derrick Schofield won caps for England while at Rochdale Hornets 1952 Wales, 1953 France, and won caps for Great Britain while at Halifax 1955 New Zealand
John Schuster won caps for Western Samoa while at Halifax 1995?-caps
S. John "Joby" Shaw won caps for Great Britain while at Halifax 1960 France, Australia, France, 1961 France, 1962 New Zealand (World Cup 1960 2-caps)
Matthew Silva won a cap for Wales while at Halifax 1991 1-cap
George Slicker won a cap for Ireland while at Halifax 1995 1-cap + 1-cap (sub)
Herbert Smith won caps for England while at Halifax 1927 Wales, and won caps for Great Britain while at Bradford 1926–27 New Zealand (2 matches)
Cyril Stacey won a cap for Great Britain while at Halifax in 1920 against New Zealand
Dai Thomas won caps for Wales while at Halifax 1908, against England in 1908 3-caps
George Thomson, won caps for England (RU) while at Halifax in 1878 against Scotland, in 1882 against Ireland, Scotland and Wales, in 1883 against Ireland, and Scotland, in 1884 against Ireland and Scotland, and in 1885 against Ireland
John Thorley won caps for Other Nationalities while at Halifax circa-1952...60 2-caps, won caps for Wales while at Halifax 1953...1959 (2?)3-caps, and won caps for Great Britain while at Halifax in the 1954 Rugby League World Cup against Australia, France, New Zealand, and France, and also represented Great Britain while at Halifax between 1952 and 1956 against France (1 non-Test match)
Frank Todd won caps for England while at Halifax 1921 Australia, 1923 Wales, 1924 Other Nationalities
Ernest Ward won caps for England while at Halifax 1909 Australia
Les White won caps for England while at York 1946 France (2 matches), Wales (2 matches), 1947 France (2 matches), Wales, while at Wigan 1947 Wales, 1948 France, while at Halifax 1951 Wales, and won caps for Great Britain while at York 1946 Australia (3 matches), New Zealand, while at Wigan 1947 New Zealand (2 matches)
Jack Wilkinson won caps for England while at Halifax 1953 Other Nationalities, 1955 Other Nationalities, and won caps for Great Britain while at Halifax 1954 Australia, New Zealand (2 matches), 1955 New Zealand (3 matches), Wakefield Trinity 1959 Australia, 1960 France (2 matches), New Zealand, France, Australia, 1962 New Zealand (World Cup 1960 3-caps, 1-try)
Harry Wilkinson, won a cap for England (RU) while at Halifax in 1889 against New Zealand Natives
Frank Williams won a cap for Wales while at Halifax in 1914, and won caps for Great Britain while at Halifax in 1914 against Australia (2 matches)
William Williams won caps for Wales while at Halifax 1908...10 4-caps
David Willicombe won caps for Wales while at Halifax in 1970 against England, while at Wigan in 1975 against France, and England, in the 1975 Rugby League World Cup against France, England, Australia, New Zealand, New Zealand and France, and in 1978 against France, England and Australia, and won caps for Great Britain while at Wigan in 1974 against France (2 matches), and New Zealand
Albert Wood, won a cap for England (RU) while at Halifax in 1884 against Ireland
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References
↑ Hardcastle, Andrew (1986). The Thrum Hall Story. Andrew Hardcastle.
↑ Hardcastle, Andrew (1994). Thrum Hall Greats. Andrew Hardcastle.
↑ Hardcastle, Andrew (16 December 1999). Halifax Rugby League: the First 100 Years. The History Press. ISBN978-0752418315
↑ Gate, Robert (1 April 2004). 100 Greats Thrum Hallers Halifax Heroes 1945 - 1998. The History Press. ISBN978-0752432113
↑ Hardcastle, Andrew (16 May 2011). A Welshman in Halifax: Garfield Owen - Rugby Footballer. London League Publications Ltd. ISBN978-1903659557
↑ Hardcastle, Andrew (18 Feb 2013). In Full Bloem: Jamie Bloem - Rugby Footballer. London League Publications Ltd. ISBN978-1903659656
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