Eric Harris (rugby league)
| Personal information | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nickname | Toowoomba Ghost | |||||
| Born | circa-1910 Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia | |||||
| Playing information | ||||||
| Position | Wing | |||||
| Club | ||||||
| Years | Team | Pld | T | G | FG | P |
| ≤1927–30 | Western Suburbs | |||||
| 1930–39 | Leeds | 383 | 391 | 16 | 0 | 1208 |
| Total | 383 | 391 | 16 | 0 | 1208 | |
| Representative | ||||||
| Years | Team | Pld | T | G | FG | P |
| 1937 | British Empire | 1 | ||||
| Source: rugbyleagueproject.org | ||||||
Eric C. 'Toowoomba Ghost' Harris was an Australian professional rugby league footballer of the 1920s and 1930s, playing at representative level for British Empire, and at club level for Western Suburbs (Brisbane), and Leeds, as a Wing, i.e. number 2 or 5.
Playing career
Championship final appearances
Eric Harris played Right-Wing, i.e. number 2, in Leeds' 2-8 defeat by Hunslet in the Championship final during the 1937–38 season at Elland Road, Leeds on Saturday 30 April 1938.[1]
Career records at Leeds
Eric Harris jointly holds Leeds' "Tries In A Match" record, with 8-tries scored against Bradford Northern.[2]
Career records in rugby league
Eric Harris' sequence of 36-tries in 17-consecutive matches for Leeds remains record within rugby league.[2]
The Leeds RL Greats
The Yorkshire Evening Post named Arthur Clues, Bert Cook, Ellery Hanley, Eric Harris, Vic Hey, John Holmes, Lewis Jones, Danny McGuire, Garry Schofield and Frederick "Fred" Webster, as the greatest ever Leeds RL players.[3]
Outside of rugby league
Eric Harris became a teacher at the new Carnegie Physical Training College in Leeds, married a lady from Leeds, but returned to Australia at the start of World War II.[2]
References
- ↑ "History of Leeds Rugby League Club". britishrugbyleague.blogspot.co.uk. 31 December 2012. Retrieved 1 January 2013.
- 1 2 3 "Profile at leedsrugby.dnsupdate.co.uk". leedsrugby.dnsupdate.co.uk. 31 December 2011. Retrieved 1 January 2012.
- ↑ "Ten Leeds RL Greats". Yorkshire Evening Post. 31 December 2011. Retrieved 1 January 2012.