Full name | Henry Huth | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Date of birth | 14 February 1856 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Huddersfield, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Date of death | 31 December 1929 | (aged 73)||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of death | Kensington, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rugby union career | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Cricket information | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Domestic team information | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1877 | Gentlemen of the North |
Henry Huth (14 February 1856[1] — 31 December 1929 (aged 73)[2]) born in Huddersfield, was an English cricketer and rugby union footballer who played in the 1870s. He played representative level rugby union (RU) for England, and at club level for Huddersfield,[3] as a Fullback, i.e. number 15, he died in Kensington. Prior to Tuesday 27 August 1895, Huddersfield was a rugby union club.
Playing career
[edit]Henry Huth won a cap for England while at Huddersfield in the 1878–79 Home Nations rugby union match against Scotland.[4]
Cricket
[edit]Huth also played one first-class cricket match, for the Gentlemen of the North, in 1877.[5]
References
[edit]- ^ "Birth details at freebmd.org.uk". freebmd.org.uk. 31 December 2011. Retrieved 1 January 2012.
- ^ "Death details at freebmd.org.uk". freebmd.org.uk. 31 December 2011. Retrieved 1 January 2012.
- ^ Williams, Graham; Lush, Peter; Farrar, David (2009). The British Rugby League Records Book. London League. p. 178. ISBN 978-1-903659-49-6.
- ^ "Statistics at espnscrum.com". espnscrum.com. 31 December 2011. Retrieved 1 January 2012.
- ^ CricketArchive page for Henry Huth