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A. Wilson Hall was a New Zealand rugby league footballer who played in the 1920s and 1930s who represented New Zealand and later played at club level in England for Castleford.
From the Ngaruawahia club, [3] Wilson Hall represented South Auckland in 1922. [4] He was a half for South Auckland and the North Island in 1925.
In 1923 he moved to Auckland and played for the Athletic club. He represented Auckland in a match against South Auckland for the Northern Union Challenge Cup which was drawn 20-20. [5] Later in the same season he played against Auckland for the Auckland Province. The match was played at Carlaw Park and saw his side go down 18–44 with him scoring a try for the 'visiting team'. [6]
In 1926 he moved to Christchurch. Wilson Hall then represented the Hornby club, Canterbury and the South Island. [7]
He was selected for New Zealand's tour of Great Britain in 1926. [8] [9] He played in two test matches against Great Britain and one against Wales. [1]
In 1927 the international transfer ban for players was lifted and many New Zealanders who had toured were signed by English clubs. Wilson Hall received interested from Halifax in June, [7] before signing with the Swinton club. [10]
Wilson Hall then joined Castleford, [11] and played in Castleford's victory in the Yorkshire County League during the 1932–33 season. [2]
Hall was granted a free transfer by Castleford in September 1935 in recognition of his services. [12]
Gordon Donald Innes was a New Zealand rugby union and professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1920s and 1930s. He played representative rugby union (RU) for New Zealand and Canterbury as a second five-eighth (inside-centre), i.e. number 12, and representative rugby league (RL) for English/Rugby League XIII, and at club level for Wigan, and Castleford, as a centre, i.e. number 3 or 4.
Brian Lockwood is an English World Cup winning former professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s, and coached in the 1980s. He played at representative level for Great Britain, England and Yorkshire, and at club level for Castleford, Canterbury-Bankstown, Balmain, Wakefield Trinity, Hull Kingston Rovers, Oldham and Widnes, as a prop or second-row, during the era of contested scrums, and coached at club level for Wakefield Trinity, Huddersfield and Batley.
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