Harry Slater (rugby)

Harry Slater

Personal information
Full name	Harold Slater
Born	c. 1883
Died	unknown
Playing information
Rugby union
Club Years Team Pld T G FG P ≤1904–≤04 Wakefield Balne Lane RFC
Rugby league
Position	Stand-off, Scrum-half
Club Years Team Pld T G FG P 1904–13 Wakefield Trinity 182 62 12 0 210 Representative Years Team Pld T G FG P Yorkshire

Harry Slater (born c. 1883 – death unknown) was a rugby union, and professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1900s and 1910s. He played club level rugby union (RU) for Wakefield Balne Lane RFC (the team was runner-up in rugby union's Yorkshire Cup in both 1905 (against Harrogate RUFC) and 1906 (against Castleford RUFC (in Castleford, Wakefield)), and representative rugby league (RL) for Yorkshire, and at club level for Wakefield Trinity (captain), as a stand-off, or scrum-half.^[1]

Playing career

County honours

Harry Slater won cap(s) for Yorkshire (RL) while at Wakefield Trinity.

Challenge Cup Final appearances

Harry Slater played stand-off, and was captain in Wakefield Trinity's 17−0 victory over Hull F.C. in the 1909 Challenge Cup Final during the 1908–09 season at Headingley, Leeds on Tuesday 20 April 1909, in front of a crowd of 23,587.^[2]

Notable tour matches

Harry Slater played scrum-half in Wakefield Trinity's 20-13 victory over Australia in the 1908–09 Kangaroo tour of Great Britain match at Belle Vue, Wakefield on Saturday 19 December 1908.

Club career

Harry Slater made his début for Wakefield Trinity during September 1904, 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

1. Mike Rylance (22 August 2013). "Trinity: A History of the Wakefield Rugby League Football Club 1872-2013". League Publications Ltd. ISBN 978-1901347289
2. Hoole, Les (2004). Wakefield Trinity RLFC - FIFTY GREAT GAMES. Breedon Books. ISBN 1-85983-429-9

External links

• Search for "Slater" at rugbyleagueproject.org