Harry Burton (rugby league)

Harry Burton was an English professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1950s. He played at club level for Lock Lane ARLFC, and Wakefield Trinity (Heritage № 588), as a centre, i.e. number 3 or 4.

Harry Burton
Personal information
Full nameHarry Burton
BornCastleford, West Riding of Yorkshire, England
DiedDecember 2009
Playing information
PositionCentre
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
5 Mar 1950–56/57 Wakefield Trinity 99 40 19 0 138

Playing career

First Televised Try

Harry Burton scored the first try when rugby league was first televised live, when Wakefield Trinity played Wigan at Central Park on Saturday 12 January 1952.[1]

Club career

Harry Burton made his début for Wakefield Trinity during September 1950, 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; conversions, penalties, or drop-goals, 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.

gollark: Creative rule misinterpretation *must stop*.
gollark: Look, if 10 seconds on a certain type of very rare trade is too much, that is their problem.
gollark: Yep.
gollark: You don't want ~~terrorists~~ viewbombers do you?
gollark: The only way to be sure.

References
  1. Wakefield Express 24 December 2009
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