Stan Moorhouse

Stan Moorhouse
Godfrey Phillips Cigarette card featuring Stan Moorhouse
Personal information
Full name Stanley Moorhouse
Born December quarter 1891[1]
Huddersfield, West Riding of Yorkshire, England
Died 23 April 1951(1951-04-23) (aged 59)
Almondbury, West Riding of Yorkshire, England
Playing information
Position Wing
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
1909–23 Huddersfield 255 240 1 722
1923–24 Bradford Northern 5 0 0 0
Total 260 240 1 0 722
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
1912–14 England 3 7 0 0 21
1912–20 Yorkshire 5 8 0 0 24
1914 Great Britain 2 4 0 0 12
Source: [2]

Stanley "Stan" Moorhouse (1891–1951) was an English professional rugby league footballer of the 1910s and 1920s , playing at representative level for Great Britain, and England, and at club level for Huddersfield, and Bradford Northern as a Wing, i.e. number 2 or 5.

Moorhouse won caps for England while at Huddersfield in 1912 against Wales, in 1913 against Wales, in 1914 against Wales.[3] He equalled the record for the most tries scored in an England match, with four against Wales at South Devon Place, Plymouth on Saturday 15 February 1913.[4]

Moorhouse also won caps for Great Britain while at Huddersfield when he was selected to go on the 1914 Great Britain Lions tour of Australia and New Zealand.[5]

County Cup final appearances

Stan Moorhouse played Left-Wing, i.e. number 5, and scored a try in Huddersfield's 22-10 victory over Hull Kingston Rovers in the 1911 Yorkshire Cup final during the 1911–12 season at Belle Vue, Wakefield on Saturday 25 November 1911, played Left-Wing, i.e. number 5, and scored a try in the 31-0 victory over Hull in the 1914 Yorkshire Cup final during the 1914–15 season at Headingley Stadium, Leeds on Saturday 28 November 1914, and played Right-Wing, i.e. number 2, and scored a 4-tries in the 24-5 victory over Leeds in the 1919 Yorkshire Cup final during the 1919–20 season at Thrum Hall, Halifax on Saturday 29 November 1919. The record for the most tries in a Yorkshire Cup final is 6-tries, and is jointly held by; Stan Moorhouse, Alan Smith, and Stanley Smith.

References

  1. ↑ "Index entry". FreeBMD. ONS. Retrieved 27 September 2014.
  2. ↑ "Stanley Moorhouse". Huddersfield Rugby League Heritage. Retrieved 27 September 2014.
  3. ↑ "England Statistics at englandrl.co.uk". englandrl.co.uk. 31 December 2011. Retrieved 1 January 2012.
  4. ↑ "Stan Moorhouse". Rugby League Project. Shawn Dollin, Andrew Ferguson and Bill Bates. 31 December 2011. Retrieved 1 January 2012.
  5. ↑ "Great Britain Statistics at englandrl.co.uk". englandrl.co.uk. 31 December 2011. Retrieved 1 January 2012.

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