Thomas Houghton (rugby league)

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Thomas Houghton
Personal information
Full nameThomas Herbert Houghton
Born United Kingdom
Playing information
Position Fullback, Centre, Scrum-half
Club
YearsTeamPldTGFGP
Liverpool City
1907 St. Helens
1909–10 Newton Rangers 92006
Total92006
Representative
YearsTeamPldTGFGP
1908–1909 Auckland 21105
1909 New Zealand 607014
Source: [1]

Thomas Herbert Houghton was an English-born rugby league footballer who represented New Zealand in 1909.

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Personal life

Houghton was born in England and was one of two sons of Joseph Houghton. Joseph served as the chairman of the Northern Union before migrating to Auckland with Thomas and helping set up the Auckland Rugby League. [2] Houghton's brother, Samuel, later served as the secretary of the ARL. [3]

Playing career

Houghton was signed by St. Helens from Liverpool City in 1907, however he never played a first team match for the club. [4]

Houghton then moved to New Zealand and played for Auckland in their third ever match on 17 September 1908 against Taranaki. [2]

He was then part of the City combination that played against the North Shore on 24 July 1909 in the Auckland Rugby League's first ever sanctioned match. [2] He again played for Auckland that year and toured Australia with New Zealand. On 3 July he played for New Zealand in the third Test against Australia. [5]

Houghton joined the new Newton Rangers club and played for them in the inaugural Auckland Rugby League competition in 1910. [2]

Later years

Houghton served as an official at the North Sydney Bears club in the NSWRL Premiership. [3]

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References

  1. "Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org". rugbyleagueproject.org. 31 December 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
  2. 1 2 3 4 Coffey, John and Bernie Wood Auckland, 100 years of rugby league, 1909-2009, 2009. ISBN   978-1-86969-366-4.
  3. 1 2 Sean Fagan The Rugby Rebellion: The Divide of League and Union RL1908 2005. ISBN   0975756303. p.316.
  4. Thomas Houghton Saint Helens Heritage Society
  5. HOUGHTON, Thomas Herbert 1909 - Kiwi #34 nzleague.co.nz