Harry Owen (rugby league, born 1905)

Harry Owen

Personal information
Born	(1905-07-07)7 July 1905 Manchester, England
Died	19 May 1986(1986-05-19) (aged 80) Haberfield, NSW, Australia
Playing information
Position	Halfback
Club Years Team Pld T G FG P 1926–33 Western Suburbs 34 10 27 0 84 Representative Years Team Pld T G FG P 1927–31 New South Wales 10 0 10 0 20

Harry Owen (7 July 1905 – 19 May 1986) was an Australian rugby league player.^[1]

Biography

The youngest of 10 siblings, Owen was born in Manchester, England, and moved to the Sydney suburb of Burwood as a young child in 1913. He adopted the nickname "Pommy" due to his English origins.^[2]

Owen came through the Western Suburbs Junior League, playing with Concord and Burwood. He captained Western Suburbs in the President's Cup and played first-grade between 1926 and 1933, as a halfback and occasional five-eighth. After becoming New South Wales halfback in 1927, Owen spent his next two seasons with Western Suburbs largely restricted to the reserves, then in 1930 left for a season at Temora. He resumed at Western Suburbs in 1931 and had a good enough season to gain selection as New South Wales captain. His name was subsequently in the conversation for the national team, before a broken ankle caused him to miss the entire 1932 season.^[3][4]

References

1. "On League Lads". Sydney Sportsman. 17 May 1927. p. 12 – via National Library of Australia.
2. "Harry "Pommy" Owen Wests Archive". Wests Archive.
3. The Rugby League news (25 June 1927), Harry Owen (Vol. 8 No. 12), N.S.W. Rugby Football League, p. 12 – via Trove
4. "Football". The Brisbane Courier. 26 June 1931. p. 7 – via National Library of Australia.

External links

• Harry Owen at Rugby League Project