Arthur "Artie"/"Arty" V. Royle (28 January 1862 – 17 March 1942) was an English

rugby union Rugby union, commonly known simply as rugby, is a close-contact team sport that originated at Rugby School in the first half of the 19th century. One of the two codes of rugby football, it is based on running with the ball in hand. In its m ...

footballer who played in the 1880s. He played at representative level for

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, and at club level for

Broughton Rangers Broughton Rangers were one of the twenty-one rugby clubs which met at the George Hotel, Huddersfield, in 1895 to form the Northern Rugby Football Union. They were originally based in Broughton, Salford, but in 1933 moved to Gorton, Manchester t ...

, as a fullback, i.e. number 15. Prior to 2 June 1896, Broughton Rangers was a

club.

Background

Arthur Royle was born in

Salford Salford () is a city and the largest settlement in the City of Salford metropolitan borough in Greater Manchester, England. In 2011, Salford had a population of 103,886. It is also the second and only other city in the metropolitan county afte ...

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, and he died aged 80 in

Ilsington Ilsington is a village and civil parish situated on the eastern edge of Dartmoor, Devon, England. It is one of the largest parishes in the county, and includes the villages of Ilsington, Haytor Vale, Liverton and South Knighton. The parish is s ...

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Playing career

International honours

Arthur Royle won a cap for

while at Broughton Rangers in

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against New Zealand Natives.

Change of Code

When Broughton Rangers converted from the

code to the

rugby league Rugby league football, commonly known as just rugby league and sometimes football, footy, rugby or league, is a full-contact sport played by two teams of thirteen players on a rectangular field measuring 68 metres (75 yards) wide and 112 ...

code on 2 June 1896, Arthur Royle would have been aged 34. Consequently, he may have been both a rugby union and rugby league footballer for Broughton Rangers.

References

External links

Search for "Royle" at rugbyleagueproject.org
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