Mel Meek

Melvyn "Mel" A. Meek (birth unknown – death unknown) was a Welsh rugby union and professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1930s and 1940s, and coached rugby league. He played club level rugby union (RU) for Newport RFC and Abertillery RFC, and representative level rugby league (RL) for Wales, and at club level for Halifax (Heritage No. 417) and Huddersfield, as a prop, hooker, or second-row, i.e. number 8 or 10, 9, or 11 or 12, during the era of contested scrums, and coached at club level for Huddersfield.

Melvyn Meek

Personal information
Full name	Melvyn A. Meek
Born	unknown Wales
Died	unknown
Playing information
Rugby union
Club Years Team Pld T G FG P ≤1934–≤34 Newport RFC ≤1934–≤34 Abertillery RFC Total 0 0 0 0 0
Rugby league
Position	Prop, Hooker, Second-row
Club Years Team Pld T G FG P 1934–48 Halifax 390 65 1949–≥49 Huddersfield Total 390 65 0 0 0 Representative Years Team Pld T G FG P 1935–49 Wales 14
Coaching information
Club Years Team Gms W D L W% Huddersfield 0 0 0 0
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Playing career

International honours

Mel Meek won 14 caps for Wales in 1935–1949 while at Halifax.

Challenge Cup Final appearances

Mel Meek played hooker, and scored a goal in Halifax's 2–9 defeat by Leeds in the 1940–41 Challenge Cup Final during the 1940–41 season at Odsal, Bradford, in front of a crowd of 28,500, and played right-second-row, i.e. number 12, in the 10–15 defeat by Leeds in the 1941–42 Challenge Cup Final during the 1941–42 season on Saturday 6 June 1942.

Coaching career

Club career

Mel Meek was the coach of Huddersfield.