Keith Slater (birth unknown) is a former
rugby union and professional
rugby league footballer who played in the 1960s and 1970s. He played representative level rugby union (RUL) for
English Schoolboys, and at university level for
Cambridge University R.U.F.C.
The Cambridge University Rugby Union Football Club, sometimes abbreviated "CURUFC", is the rugby union club of the University of Cambridge. The team plays Oxford University RFC in the annual Varsity Match at Twickenham Stadium every December.
...
, and representative level rugby league (RL) for
Yorkshire, and at club level for
Wakefield Trinity (
Heritage № 751), as a , i.e. number 2 or 5.
[Mike Rylance (22 August 2013). "Trinity: A History of the Wakefield Rugby League Football Club 1872-2013". League Publications Ltd. ]
Playing career
Keith Slater played rugby union for
English Schoolboys in 1963 and was awarded a Cambridge University rugby blue in 1964. He made his début for Wakefield Trinity during October 1968, and he played his last match for Wakefield Trinity during the
1971–72 season, he 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;
conversion
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Arts, entertainment, and media
* "Conversion" (''Doctor Who'' audio), an episode of the audio drama ''Cyberman''
* "Conversion" (''Stargate Atlantis''), an episode of the television series
* "The Conversion" ...
s,
penalties
Penalty or The Penalty may refer to:
Sports
* Penalty (golf)
* Penalty (gridiron football)
* Penalty (ice hockey)
* Penalty (rugby)
* Penalty (rugby union)
* Penalty kick (association football)
* Penalty shoot-out (association football)
* Penalty ...
, or
drop-goal
A drop goal, field goal, or dropped goal is a method of scoring points in rugby union and rugby league and also, rarely, in American football and Canadian football.
A drop goal is scored by drop kicking the ball (dropping the ball and then ki ...
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.
County honours
Keith Slater won 3
caps for
Yorkshire (RL) while at Wakefield Trinity.
Career records
In 1971, Keith Slater equaled
Wakefield Trinity's "most
tries in a match" record, with 7-tries held by
Fred Smith Fred, Frederic, or Frederick Smith may refer to:
In literature
*Frederick Smith, 2nd Earl of Birkenhead (1907–1975), British peer and biographer
*Frederick Smith, 3rd Earl of Birkenhead (1936–1985), British peer and author
* Frederick E. Smith ...
, this is still Wakefield Trinity's joint-record.
References
External links
Search "Slater" at rugbyleagueproject.org
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Living people
Cambridge University R.U.F.C. players
English rugby league players
Place of birth missing (living people)
Rugby league wingers
Wakefield Trinity players
Year of birth missing (living people)
Yorkshire rugby league team players