Wilson Hall (rugby league)

A. Wilson Hall was a New Zealand rugby league footballer who played in the 1920s and 1930s who represented New Zealand and later played at club level in England for Castleford.

A. Wilson Hall

Playing information
Height	5 ft 6 in (168 cm)
Weight	67.6 kg (10 st 9 lb)
Position	Scrum-half, Fullback
Club Years Team Pld T G FG P 1921–22 Ngaruawahia 8 1 0 0 3 1923–25 Athletic (ARL) 32 6 4 0 26 1926–27 Hornby (CRL) 14 4 2 0 16 1928 Hull F.C. 44 2 0 0 6 1929–34 Castleford 175 24 0 0 72 1934 Dewsbury 1 0 0 0 0 Total 274 37 6 0 123 Representative Years Team Pld T G FG P 1921–22 Lower Waikato 5 0 0 0 0 1921–22 South Auckland 8 2 4 0 14 1922 Waikato 1 0 0 0 0 1923 Auckland 3 0 1 0 2 1923 Auckland Province 1 1 0 0 3 1926 South Island 1 0 0 0 0 1926–27 New Zealand 27 (2) 6 0 0 18
Source: ^[1]^[2]

Playing career

 

From the Ngaruawahia club,^[3] Wilson Hall represented South Auckland in 1922.^[4] 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.^[5] 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'.^[6]

In 1926 he moved to Christchurch. Wilson Hall then represented the Hornby club, Canterbury and the South Island.^[7]

He was selected for New Zealand's tour of Great Britain in 1926.^[8][9] He played in two test matches against Great Britain and one against Wales.^[1]

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,^[7] before signing with the Swinton club.^[10]

Wilson Hall then joined Castleford,^[11] and played in Castleford's victory in the Yorkshire County League during the 1932–33 season.^[2]

Hall was granted a free transfer by Castleford in September 1935 in recognition of his services.^[12]

References

1. "Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org". rugbyleagueproject.org. 31 December 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
2. . thecastlefordtigers.co.uk. 31 December 2014. Archived from the original on 17 June 2012. Retrieved 1 January 2015.
3. In Touch nzrl.co.nz, October 2011
4. Coffey, John and Bernie Wood Auckland, 100 years of rugby league, 1909-2009, 2009. ISBN 978-1-86969-366-4.
5. "Northern Union Cup". Auckland Star, Volume LIV, Issue 222. 17 September 1923. p. 10. Retrieved 3 September 2019.
6. "Auckland Beats Province/In Match of Big Scoring". Auckland Star, Volume LIV, Issue 234. 1 October 1923. p. 9. Retrieved 2 September 2019.
7. "League Bran-Tub". Auckland Star. Vol. LVIII, no. 143. 20 June 1927. p. 9. Retrieved 24 March 2015.
8. "Canterbury League". New Zealand Truth. No. 1079. 5 August 1926. p. 15. Retrieved 24 March 2015.
9. For England The Press, Volume LXII, Issue 18741, 12 July 1926, Page 8.
10. "Rugby League". The Press. Vol. LXIII, no. 19182. 13 December 1927. p. 11. Retrieved 24 March 2015.
11. Smart, David; Howard, Andrew (1 July 2000). Images of Sport - Castleford Rugby League - A Twentieth Century History. The History Press Ltd. ISBN 978-0752418957.
12. "Castleford Men On Transfer List". Yorkshire Post and Leeds Intelligencer. 13 September 1935. p. 17.

External links

• Search for "Wilson Hall" at britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk