Tommy Howley

Thomas Howley
Personal information
Full name Thomas Howley
Nickname Tommy
Playing information
Rugby union
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
Ebbw Vale RFC
Rugby league
Position Wing, Centre
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
1920–26 Wigan 219 101 28 0 359
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
1921–25 Wales 4 0 0 0 0
1924 Great Britain 6 2 0 0 6
Source: rugbyleagueproject.org englandrl.co.uk

Thomas "Tommy" Howley was a Welsh rugby union and professional rugby league footballer of the 1910s and 1920s , playing club level rugby union (RU) for Ebbw Vale RFC, and playing representative level rugby league (RL) for Great Britain, and Wales, and at club level for Wigan, as a Wing, or Centre, i.e. number 2 or 5, or, 3 or 4.[1]

Playing career

International honours

Thomas Howley won 4 caps for Wales (RL) in 1921–1925 while at Wigan, and won caps for Great Britain (RL) while at Wigan in 1924 against Australia (3 matches), and New Zealand (3 matches).[2]

County Cup final appearances

Thomas Howley played Centre, i.e. number 4, and scored a try in Wigan's 20–2 victory over Leigh in the 1922 Lancashire Cup final during the 1922–23 season at The Willows, Salford on Saturday 25 November 1922,[3] played Centre, i.e. number 3, in the 11-15 defeat by Swinton in the 1925 Lancashire Cup final during the 1925–26 season at The Cliff, Broughton on Wednesday 9 December 1925

References

  1. ↑ Williams, Graham; Lush, Peter; Farrar, David (2009). The British Rugby League Records Book. London League. pp. 108–114. ISBN 978-1-903659-49-6.
  2. ↑ "Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org". rugbyleagueproject. 31 December 2011. Retrieved 1 January 2012.
  3. ↑ "1922–1923 Challenge Cup Final". wigan.rlfans.com. 31 December 2014. Retrieved 1 January 2015.

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