Jack Read (rugby)

For other people named John Read, see John Read (disambiguation).

Jack Read

Personal information
Born	c. 1903 Gloucester, Gloucestershire, England
Died	June 1989 (aged 86)[1] Oldham, England
Playing information
Rugby union
Representative Years Team Pld T G FG P ≤1925 Gloucestershire
Rugby league
Position	Prop
Club Years Team Pld T G FG P 1925–39/40 Oldham 463 16 1 50 Representative Years Team Pld T G FG P 1936 Rugby League XIII

Jack Read (c. 1903 – June 1989) was an English rugby union and professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1920s, 1930s and 1940s. He played representative level rugby union (RU) for Gloucestershire, and representative level rugby league (RL) for Rugby League XIII, and at club level for Oldham, as a prop.

Playing career

Challenge Final appearances

Jack Read played in Oldham's 3-9 defeat by Swinton in the 1926 Challenge Cup Final during the 1925-26 season at Spotland Stadium, Rochdale, and played in the 26-7 victory over Swinton in the 1927 Challenge Cup Final during the 1926-27 season at Central Park, Wigan.

Club career

Jack Read made his début for Oldham against Hull FC on Friday 1 January 1926.

Career records

Jack Read is second on Oldham's all-time appearance list with 463 appearances, he is second to Joe Ferguson who has 627 appearances.

Honoured at Oldham

Jack Read is an Oldham Hall Of Fame Inductee.^[2]

References

1. "Longhope brothers played Rugby League". Gloucester Citizen. 18 February 1991. p. 22 – via British Newspaper Archive.
2. "Oldham Hall of Fame". orl-heritagetrust.org.uk. 31 December 2011. Retrieved 1 January 2012.

External links

• Search for "Read" at en.espn.co.uk
• Search for "Read" at rugbyleagueproject.org
• Statistics at orl-heritagetrust.org.uk