Harry Beaumont
Personal information
Full nameHarry Beaumont
Bornunknown
Diedunknown
Playing information
PositionForward
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
Oct 1901–09/10 Wakefield Trinity 203 6 0 0 18

Harry Beaumont (birth unknown – death unknown), also known by the nickname of "Dickie", was a professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1900s and 1910s. He played 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 forward (prior to the specialist positions of; prop, hooker, second-row, loose forward), during the era of contested scrums.[1]

Playing career

Challenge Cup Final appearances

Dickie Beaumont played as a forward, i.e. number 13, in Wakefield Trinity's 17-0 victory over Hull F.C. in the 1909 Challenge Cup Final during the 1908–09 season at Headingley Rugby Stadium, Leeds on Tuesday 20 April 1909, in front of a crowd of 23,587.[2]

Notable tour matches

Dickie Beaumont played as a forward, 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.

References

  1. Mike Rylance (22 August 2013). "Trinity: A History of the Wakefield Rugby League Football Club 1872-2013". League Publications Ltd. ISBN 978-1901347289
  2. Hoole, Les (2004). Wakefield Trinity RLFC - FIFTY GREAT GAMES. Breedon Books. ISBN 1-85983-429-9
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