William "Bill" Walton (24 September 1874 – 1 June 1940[3]) was an English rugby union, and professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1890s and 1900s. He played representative level rugby union (RU) for England and Yorkshire, and at club level for Castleford RUFC (in Castleford, Wakefield),[4] as a forward,[1] and representative level rugby league (RL) for Yorkshire, and at club level for Wakefield Trinity (Heritage № 20) (captain), as a forward (prior to the specialist positions of; prop, hooker, second-row, loose forward), during the era of contested scrums.[2][5][6] William Walton made his début for Wakefield Trinity, and scored Wakefield Trinity's first ever try under Northern Union (RFL) rules, in the 15-9 victory over Wigan at Belle Vue, Wakefield on Saturday 21 September 1895.
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| Full name | William Walton | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 24 September 1874 unknown | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 1 June 1940 (aged 65) Wakefield, England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Rugby union | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Position | Forward | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Position | Forward | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Background edit
Bill Walton worked as licensed victualler, and he died aged 65 in Wakefield, West Riding of Yorkshire, England.
Rugby union playing career edit
International honours edit
William Walton won a cap for England (RU) while at Castleford in the 0-6 defeat by Scotland at Raeburn Place, Edinburgh on Saturday 17 March 1894.[1]
County honours edit
William Walton won caps for Yorkshire (RU) while at Castleford during 1893-94,[4] and won caps for Yorkshire (RL) while at Wakefield Trinity during 1895-99.[2]
Rugby league playing career edit
County honours edit
William Walton won caps for Yorkshire (RL) while at Wakefield Trinity.
Club career edit
William Walton made his début for Wakefield Trinity during September 1895, he appears to have scored no drop-goals (or field-goals as they are currently known in Australasia), but prior to the 1974–75 season all goals, whether; conversions, penalties, or drop-goals, scored 2-points, consequently prior to this date drop-goals were often not explicitly documented, therefore '0' drop-goals may indicate drop-goals not recorded, rather than no drop-goals scored. In addition, prior to the 1949–50 season, the archaic field-goal was also still a valid means of scoring points.
References edit
- ^ a b c "Statistics at en.espn.co.uk (RU)". rugbyleagueproject.org. 31 December 2011. Retrieved 1 January 2012.
- ^ a b c "Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org (RL)". rugbyleagueproject.org. 31 December 2018. Retrieved 1 January 2019.
- ^ "Death details at freebmd.org.uk". freebmd.org.uk. 31 December 2011. Retrieved 1 January 2012.
- ^ a b "Castleford RUFC at pitchero.com". pitchero.com. 31 December 2018. Retrieved 1 January 2019.
- ^ Lindley, John (1960). Dreadnoughts - A HISTORY OF Wakefield Trinity F. C. 1873 - 1960. John Lindley Son & Co Ltd. ISBN n/a
- ^ Lindley, John (1973). 100 Years of Rugby, The History of Wakefield Trinity 1873-1973. John Lindley Son & Co Ltd. ISBN n/a