Harry Beaumont (rugby league)
Personal information | ||||||
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Full name | Harry Beaumont | |||||
Nickname | Dickie | |||||
Playing information | ||||||
Position | Loose forward/Lock | |||||
Club | ||||||
Years | Team | Pld | T | G | FG | P |
≤1905–≥09 | Wakefield Trinity | |||||
Source: rugbyleagueproject.org |
Harry "Dickie" Beaumont was a professional rugby league footballer of the 1900s playing at club level for Wakefield Trinity (Heritage #100), as a Fullback, i.e. number 15 (when rugby league was still a sport of 15-players per side, it utilised the same numbering system as rugby union positions), or later as a Loose forward/Lock, i.e. number 13, during the era of contested scrums.[1]
Playing career
Challenge Cup final appearances
Dickie Beaumont played Loose forward/Lock in Wakefield Trinity's 17-0 victory over Hull in the 1909 Challenge Cup final during the 1908–09 season at Headingley Stadium on Tuesday 20 April 1909.[2]
Notable Tour Match Appearances
Dickie Beaumont played Right-Second-row, i.e. number 12 in Wakefield Trinity's 20-13 victory over Australia in the 1908–09 Kangaroo tour of Great Britain match at Belle Vue, Wakefield on Saturday 19 December 1908.