Lewis Harris (rugby league)

Lewis Harris, also known as Louis Harris, was an English rugby league footballer.[1]

Harris played 255-matches and scored 76-tries, and 1-conversion for 230-points for Hull Kingston Rovers (Heritage No.) including in the Challenge Cup in 1925,[1] and were Northern Rugby Football Union champions in 1921 and 1923.[1]

Harris was Jewish.[2] The Jews were the first significant minority group to play rugby in Britain.[2]

Challenge Cup Final appearances

Lewis Harris played right wing, i.e. number 2, in the Hull Kingston Rovers' 3–16 defeat by Oldham in the 1924–25 Challenge Cup Final during the 1924–25 season at Headingley Rugby Stadium, Leeds on Saturday 25 April 1925, in front of a crowd of 28,335.[3][4]

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See also

References
  • Encyclopedia Judaica, Second Edition, volume 19, p. 146
  1. Encyclopedia Judaica
  2. Collins, Tony (10 April 2006). Rugby league in twentieth century . ISBN 9780203088357. Retrieved 14 March 2011.
  3. Irvin Saxton (publish date tbc) "History of Rugby League – № 30 – 1924–25". Rugby Leaguer ISBN n/a
  4. Hoole, Les (1998). The Rugby League Challenge Cup – An Illustrated History. Breedon Books. ISBN 1-85983-094-3
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