Archie Rigg
| Personal information | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | James Archer Rigg | |||||
| Nickname | Archie | |||||
| Born | January→March 1872 Halifax district, England | |||||
| Died | April→June 1951 (aged 78–79) Halifax district, England | |||||
| Playing information | ||||||
| Position | Scrum-half/Halfback | |||||
| Club | ||||||
| Years | Team | Pld | T | G | FG | P |
| 1891–1915 | Halifax | 333 | 53 | |||
| ≤1908–≥08 | Bradford Northern | |||||
| Total | 333 | 0 | 53 | 0 | 0 | |
| Representative | ||||||
| Years | Team | Pld | T | G | FG | P |
| Yorkshire | 32 | |||||
| Source: rugbyleagueproject.org | ||||||
Archie Rigg (January→March 1872[1] — April→June 1951 (aged 78–79)[2]) birth registered in Halifax, was an English rugby union and professional rugby league footballer of the 1890s, 1900s and 1910s, and rugby union coach of the 1910s and 1920s, playing club level rugby union (RU) for Halifax, and playing representative level rugby league (RL) for Yorkshire, and at club level for Halifax, and Bradford Northern, as a Scrum-half/Halfback, i.e. number 7, and coaching rugby union at the newly established Halifax RUFC (formed 1919), after completing his playing career, with fellow Halifax Hall Of Fame Inductee Joe Riley, his death was registered in Halifax. Prior to Tuesday 27 August 1895, Halifax was a rugby union club.
Playing career
County Honours
Archie Rigg won caps for Yorkshire while at Halifax.
Testimonial match
Archie Rigg's Testimonial match at Halifax took place against Huddersfield at Thrum Hall, Halifax on Saturday 23 January 1904, Halifax's first ever matchday programme was produced for the match.[3]
Club career records
Archie Rigg made his début on Saturday 19 September 1891 under rugby union rules, and was rugby league's 1896–97 Northern Rugby Football Union season top point scorer, with 112-points.[4]
Honoured at Halifax
Archie Rigg is a Halifax Hall Of Fame Inductee.[5]
References
- ↑ "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.
- ↑ "Chilly start to Fax's Shay life...". halifaxcourier.co.uk. 6 April 2008. Retrieved 1 January 2012.
- ↑ Raymond Fletcher; David Howes (1995). Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook 1995-1996. London: Headline Book Publishing. p. 164. ISBN 0-7472-7817-2.
- ↑ "Halifax RLFC Hall of Fame". halifaxrlfc.co.uk. 31 December 2011. Retrieved 1 January 2012.