Hector Crowther
Ogden's Cigarette card featuring Hector Crowther
Personal information
Full nameHector H. Crowther
Playing information
PositionSecond-row
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
≤1926–≥30 Hunslet
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
≤1926–≥26 Yorkshire ≥1 ≥1
1930 England 1 0 0 0 0
1930 Great Britain 1 0 0 0 0
Source: [1][2][3]

Hector H. Crowther was an English professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1920s and 1930s. He played at representative level for Great Britain, England and Yorkshire, and at club level for Hunslet, as a second-row, i.e. number 11 or 12, during the era of contested scrums.[1]

Playing career

International honours

Hector Crowther a won cap for England while at Hunslet in 1930 against Other Nationalities,[2] and a won cap for England while at Hunslet in 1930 against Australia.[3]

County Cup Final appearances

Hector Crowther played left-second-row, i.e. number 11, in the Hunslet FC's 7-13 defeat by Hull Kingston Rovers in the 1929–30 Yorkshire County Cup Final during the 1929–30 season at Headingley Rugby Stadium, Leeds on Saturday 30 November 1929, in front of a crowd of 11,000.[4]

References

  1. 1 2 "Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org". rugbyleagueproject.org. 31 December 2012. Retrieved 1 January 2013.
  2. 1 2 "England Statistics at englandrl.co.uk". englandrl.co.uk. 31 December 2011. Retrieved 1 January 2012.
  3. 1 2 "Great Britain Statistics at englandrl.co.uk". englandrl.co.uk. 31 December 2011. Retrieved 1 January 2012.
  4. ↑ Irvin Saxton (publish date tbc) "History of Rugby League – № 35 – 1929–30". Rugby Leaguer ISBN n/a
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