Derrick Harrison (12 December 1929
– 23 December 1967
) was an English professional
rugby league footballer who played in the 1950s and 1960s. He played at club level for
Wakefield Trinity and
Batley
Batley is a market town in the Metropolitan Borough of Kirklees, in West Yorkshire, England. Batley lies south-west of Leeds, north-west of Wakefield and Dewsbury, south-east of Bradford and north-east of Huddersfield. Batley is part of the ...
, as a .
Background
Derrick Harrison was born in
Wakefield,
West Riding of Yorkshire, England, he worked at Leake and Carney, Holmfield Lane, Wakefield, and he died aged-38 in
Wakefield,
West Riding of Yorkshire, England.
Playing career
County Cup Final appearances
Derrick Harrison played at in
Wakefield Trinity's 23–5 victory over
Hunslet in the
1956–57 Yorkshire Cup
The 1956 Yorkshire Cup was the forty-ninth occasion on which the rugby league competition known as the Yorkshire County Cup had been held. Featuring clubs from the 1956–57 Northern Rugby Football League season, matches were played over Septembe ...
Final during the
1956–57 season at
Headingley,
Leeds on Saturday 20 October 1956.
[Lindley, John (1960). ''Dreadnoughts – A HISTORY OF Wakefield Trinity F. C. 1873 – 1960''. John Lindley Son & Co Ltd. ISBN n/a][Lindley, John (1973). ''100 Years of Rugby, The History of Wakefield Trinity 1873–1973''. John Lindley Son & Co Ltd. ISBN n/a]
Notable tour matches
Derrick Harrison played at in
Wakefield Trinity’s 17-12 victory over
Australia
Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a Sovereign state, sovereign country comprising the mainland of the Australia (continent), Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous List of islands of Australia, sma ...
in the
1956–57 Kangaroo tour of Great Britain and France
The 1956–57 Kangaroo tour was the ninth Kangaroo tour, in which the Australian national rugby league team travelled to Great Britain and France and played twenty-eight matches, including the Ashes series of three Test matches against Great Brit ...
match at
Belle Vue,
Wakefield on Monday 10 December 1956.
[Hoole, Les (2004). ''Wakefield Trinity RLFC - FIFTY GREAT GAMES''. Breedon Books. ]
Genealogical information
Derrick Harrison's marriage to Mary (
née
A birth name is the name of a person given upon birth. The term may be applied to the surname, the given name, or the entire name. Where births are required to be officially registered, the entire name entered onto a birth certificate or birth re ...
Hopwood) was registered during third ¼ 1952 in
Wakefield district.
They had children; Denise Harrison
birth registeredduring fourth ¼ in
Wakefield district), and Peter Harrison
birth registeredduring second ¼ in
Wakefield district).
References
External links
Search for "Harrison" at rugbyleagueproject.org
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1929 births
1967 deaths
Batley Bulldogs players
English rugby league players
Rugby league players from Wakefield
Rugby league props
Wakefield Trinity players