A. Wilson Hall was a New Zealand

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 11 ...

footballer who played in the 1920s and 1930s who represented

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and later played at club level in England for

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Playing career

Len Mason, Lou Brown, F Brown and Wilson Hall

From the Ngaruawahia club, Wilson Hall represented

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in 1922.Coffey, John and Bernie Wood ''Auckland, 100 years of rugby league, 1909-2009'', 2009. . He was a half for South Auckland and the North Island in 1925. In 1923 he moved to Auckland and played for the Athletic club. He represented Auckland in a match against South Auckland for the Northern Union Challenge Cup which was drawn 20-20. Later in the same season he played against Auckland for the Auckland Province. The match was played at Carlaw Park and saw his side go down 18–44 with him scoring a try for the 'visiting team'. In 1926 he moved to Christchurch. Wilson Hall then represented the Hornby club,

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and the South Island. He was selected for

's tour of Great Britain in 1926. He played in two test matches against

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and one against

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. In 1927 the international transfer ban for players was lifted and many New Zealanders who had toured were signed by English clubs. Wilson Hall received interested from Halifax in June, before signing with the Swinton club. Wilson Hall then joined Castleford, and played in

's victory in the

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County League during the 1932–33 season. Hall was granted a free transfer by Castleford in September 1935 in recognition of his services.

References

External links

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