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1913–14 Challenge Cup
The 1913–14 Challenge Cup was the 18th staging of rugby league's oldest knockout competition, the Challenge Cup. First round Second round Quarterfinals Semifinals Final A Hull team featuring Billy Batten and Jim Devereux defeated Wakefield Trinity 6-0. This was Hull's first Challenge Cup win in their fourth final appearance. Hull: 6 Tries: Jack Harrison, Alfred Francis Wakefield Trinity: 0 Half-time: 0-0 Attendance: 19,000 (at Thrum Hall, Halifax) Teams: Hull: Rogers, Jack Harrison, Billy Batten, Herb Gilbert, Alfred Francis, Jim Devereux, Billie Anderson, Tom Herridge, William Holder, Dick Taylor, Percy Oldham, Joe Hammill, Steve Darmody Wakefield Trinity: Leonard Land, Benjamin Johnson, William "Billy" Lynch, Thomas "Tommy" Poynton, Bruce Howarth, Jonty Parkin, William Milligan/ Millican, Albert Dixon, Arthur Kenealy "Nealy" Crosland, William Beattie, Herbert Kershaw, Ernest Parkin, Arthur Burton References {{DEFAULTSORT:1913-14 Challeng ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hull F
Hull may refer to: Structures * Chassis, of an armored fighting vehicle * Fuselage, of an aircraft * Hull (botany), the outer covering of seeds * Hull (watercraft), the body or frame of a ship * Submarine hull Mathematics * Affine hull, in affine geometry * Conical hull, in convex geometry * Convex hull, in convex geometry ** Carathéodory's theorem (convex hull) * Holomorphically convex hull, in complex analysis * Injective hull, of a module * Linear hull, another name for the linear span * Skolem hull, of mathematical logic Places England * Hull, the common name of Kingston upon Hull, a city in the East Riding of Yorkshire ** Hull City A.F.C., a football team ** Hull FC, rugby league club formed in 1865, based in the west of the city ** Hull Kingston Rovers (Hull KR), rugby league club formed in 1882, based in the east of the city ** Port of Hull ** University of Hull * River Hull, river in the East Riding of Yorkshire Canada * Hull, Quebec, a settlement opposite Otta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Steve Darmody
Steve Darmody (1890–1969) was a pioneer Australian who saw active service in the British army in WWI. He had been an Australian national representative rugby league player and toured with the Australian national team on their 1911–12 Kangaroo tour of Great Britain. Career A promising hurdler in his youth, Darmody joined the South Sydney Club in 1910 initially as a goal-kicking winger. He was chosen for the 1911–12 Kangaroo tour of Great Britain as versatile forward. He played in six minor matches on the tour, kicking nine goals. Following the tour he stayed in England and along with Herb Gilbert and Jim Devereux he joined Hull F.C. for whom he made 89 appearances between 1912 and 1914. Alongside Gilbert and Devereux, Darmody played as a forward, i.e. number 13, in Hull FC's 6–0 victory over Wakefield Trinity in the 1914 Challenge Cup Final during the 1913–14 season at Thrum Hall, Halifax, in front of a crowd of 19,000. War service At the outbreak of World War I, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ernest Parkin
Ernest Parkin (1 October 1894 – 1957) was an English professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1910s and 1920s. He played at representative level for Yorkshire, and at club level for Wakefield Trinity ( Heritage № 213), as a forward (prior to the specialist positions of; ), during the era of contested scrums.Mike Rylance (22 August 2013). "Trinity: A History of the Wakefield Rugby League Football Club 1872-2013". League Publications Ltd. Playing career Parkin made his début for Wakefield Trinity during October 1913, and he played his last match for Wakefield Trinity during March 1924. County honours Parkin won cap(s) for Yorkshire while at Wakefield Trinity. Challenge Cup Final appearances Parkin played as a forward, i.e. number 12, in Wakefield Trinity's 0-6 defeat by Hull F.C. in the 1914 Challenge Cup The Challenge Cup is a knockout rugby league cup competition organised by the Rugby Football League, held annually since 1896, with the exceptio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Herbert Kershaw
Herbert Kershaw (first ¼ 1885 – February 1955), also known by the nickname of "Harry", was an English rugby union, and professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1900s, 1910s and 1920s. He played representative level rugby union (RU) for Yorkshire, and at club level for Wakefield RFC, and representative level rugby league (RL) for Great Britain, England and Yorkshire, and at club level for Wakefield Trinity (captain), as a forward. After retirement from rugby league, in 1928 Wakefield RFC employed him as a bagman and he also assisted in training, paying him 2 s/6 d a week, (based on increases in average earnings, this would be approximately £20.97 in 2016). Background Kershaw was born in Wakefield, West Riding of Yorkshire, England, he was the landlord of the Admiral Duncan Inn, Thornes Lane, Wakefield from 1914 to 1926, and the Brewers' Arms, Westgate, Wakefield ,Wakefield Trinity Committee, 7 Tammy Hall Street, Wakefield (Saturday 19 March 1927). ''Wakefield ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Beattie (rugby League)
William Lindsay Beattie ( – 27 January 1917) was a Scottish professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1910s. He played at club level for Wakefield Trinity ( Heritage No. 192) (captain), as a forward (prior to the specialist positions of; ), during the era of contested scrums, and was invited to join the 1914 Great Britain Lions tour of Australia and New Zealand, but declined due to business reasons. Beattie served as a commissioned officer with the Border Regiment (initially in the 10th (service) battalion), and latterly in the 1st battalion (ex 34th Foot), and was killed on the Western Front in 1917 during World War I.Mike Rylance (22 August 2013). "Trinity: A History of the Wakefield Rugby League Football Club 1872-2013". League Publications Ltd. Playing career Challenge Cup Final appearances Billy Beattie played as a forward, i.e. number 10, in Wakefield Trinity's 0–6 defeat by Hull F.C. in the 1914 Challenge Cup Final during the 1913–14 season at ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nealy Crosland
Arthur Kenealy Crosland (second ¼ 1880 – first ¼ 1929), also known by the nickname of "Nealy", was an English professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1900s, 1910s and 1920s. He played at representative level for Yorkshire, and at club level for Wakefield Trinity ( Heritage No. 85) (captain), as a forward (prior to the specialist positions of; ), during the era of contested scrums. Playing career Wakefield Trinity career Nealy Crosland played as a forward, i.e. number 9, in Wakefield Trinity's 0–6 defeat by Hull F.C. in the 1914 Challenge Cup Final during the 1913–14 season at Thrum Hall, Halifax, in front of a crowd of 19,000. International honours Nealy was selected for England in 1909 for the international against Wales, at Wakefield; but a week before the international, he suffered a serious injury at Hull KR (internal haemorrhaging) causing him to miss the next four months. He returned for the 1910 Tour Trial. Nealy Crosland was considered a "Proba ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Albert Dixon
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William Millican
William John Millican (April 24, 1904 – November 13, 1944) was a decorated submarine commander in the United States Navy during World War II. Commander Millican was twice awarded the Navy Cross, but was presumed killed in action when the submarine he was commanding, the , was overdue and presumed lost. Early life Millican was born in 1904 to William J. Millican Sr. and Ellen Theresa Millican (née O’Shea) in Brooklyn, New York. His father was a Boston native and his mother was in Irish immigrant from New Ross, Wexford County, Ireland. Millican spent his first years in Brooklyn, attending Public School 153 and St. Brendan's parochial school. Around 1915 the Millican family moved to Norwalk, Connecticut, north of New York City. Millican received his appointment from Connecticut to The United States Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland, on June 17, 1924. This was the first class to enter under the reduced appointee law following the Washington Naval Conference, designed to r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Milligan (rugby League)
William Milligan (15 March 182111 December 1893) was a renowned Scottish theologian. He studied at the University of Halle in Germany, and eventually became a professor at the University of Aberdeen. He is best known for his commentary on the Revelation of St. John. He also wrote two other well-known books that are classics: ''The Resurrection of our Lord'' and ''The Ascension of our Lord''. Early life and ministry He was born at 1 Rankeillor Street in south Edinburgh on 15 March 1821, the eldest of seven children of the Rev. George Milligan and his wife, Janet Fraser. His father, a licentiate of the Church of Scotland, was then engaged in teaching at Edinburgh, and from 1825 lived at 1 Rankeillor Street, in the South Side. Milligan was sent to the High School, where he was dux of his class. In 1832, when his father became minister of the Elie in Fife, he was transferred to the neighbouring parish school of Kilconquhar, and thence proceeded in 1835 to the Universi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jonty Parkin
Jonathan "Jonty" Parkin (1894–1972) was an English professional rugby league footballer who played the 1910s, 1920s and 1930s. One of the nine inaugural inductees of the Rugby Football League Hall of Fame, he toured Australia three times, twice as captain of Great Britain, earning 17 Test caps. Parkin played at or , i.e., number 6, or 7, and also captained England for whom he made 12 appearances, as well as 17 for Yorkshire. Parkin gave the Wakefield Trinity club seventeen years' service, including victory in the 1924–25 Yorkshire Cup. Background Parkin was born in Sharlston on 5 November 1894, and later played for the Sharlston rugby league club. Playing career Wakefield Trinity Parkin joined Wakefield Trinity as an 18-year-old in 1913 ( Heritage No. 207). He would go on to become captain of the club. Parkin played in Wakefield Trinity's 0–6 defeat by Hull F.C. in the 1913–14 Challenge Cup Final at Thrum Hall, Halifax, in front of a crowd of 19,000, He also won ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bruce Howarth
The English language name Bruce arrived in Scotland with the Normans, from the place name Brix, Manche in Normandy, France, meaning "the willowlands". Initially promulgated via the descendants of king Robert the Bruce (1274−1329), it has been a Scottish surname since medieval times; it is now a common given name. The variant ''Lebrix'' and ''Le Brix'' are French variations of the surname. Actors * Bruce Bennett (1906–2007), American actor and athlete * Bruce Boxleitner (born 1950), American actor * Bruce Campbell (born 1958), American actor, director, writer, producer and author * Bruce Davison (born 1946), American actor and director * Bruce Dern (born 1936), American actor * Bruce Gray (1936–2017), American-Canadian actor * Bruce Greenwood (born 1956), Canadian actor and musician * Bruce Herbelin-Earle (born 1998), English-French actor and model * Bruce Jones (born 1953), English actor * Bruce Kirby (1925–2021), American actor * Bruce Lee (1940–1973), marti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tommy Poynton
Thomas Poynton (second ¼ 1885 – second ¼ 1942) was an English professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1900s and 1910s. He played at representative level for England and Yorkshire, and at club level for Wakefield Trinity, as a three-quarter, i.e. , or . Background Tommy Poynton's birth was registered in Pontefract district, West Riding of Yorkshire, and his death aged 57 was registered in Pontefract district, West Riding of Yorkshire, England. Playing career International honours Tommy Poynton won a cap for England while at Wakefield Trinity in 1911 against Australia. County honours Tommy Poynton won cap(s) for Yorkshire while at Wakefield Trinity. Challenge Cup Final appearances Tommy Poynton played at in Wakefield Trinity's 0–6 defeat by Hull F.C. in the 1914 Challenge Cup Final during the 1913–14 season at Thrum Hall, Halifax, in front of a crowd of 19,000. County Cup Final appearances Tommy Poynton played at in Wakefield Trinity ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
