Harry Kershaw was a professional
rugby league footballer who played in the 1890s and 1900s. He played at club level for
Wakefield Trinity (
Heritage № 1), as a , or
half-back, i.e. number 1, 6, or 7, he played in
Wakefield Trinity's first ever match in the
Northern Union
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(now the
Rugby Football League), the 0-11 defeat by
Bradford F.C. during the inaugural
1895–96 season at
Park Avenue,
Bradford
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on Saturday 7 September 1895.
Playing career
Drop-goals (field-goals)
Harry Kershaw 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
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, or
drop-goal
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s, 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.
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