Garry Clark
| Personal information | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Garry Clark | |||||
| Playing information | ||||||
| Position | Wing | |||||
| Club | ||||||
| Years | Team | Pld | T | G | FG | P |
| 1982–91 | Hull Kingston Rovers | 30 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 51 |
| 1991–92 | Scarborough Pirates | |||||
| 1992–93 | Hull | |||||
| Total | 30 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 51 | |
| Representative | ||||||
| Years | Team | Pld | T | G | FG | P |
| 1984 | England | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| 1984–85 | Great Britain | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Source: rugbyleagueproject.org englandrl.co.uk | ||||||
Garry Clark is an English professional rugby league footballer of the 1980s and 90s, playing at club level for Hull Kingston Rovers, Scarborough Pirates and Hull, and at representative level for Great Britain and England, as a Wing, i.e. number 2 or 5.
Playing career
International honours
Clark won a cap for England while at Hull Kingston Rovers in 1984 against Wales,[1] and won caps for Great Britain while at Hull Kingston Rovers in 1984 against France (2 matches), and in 1985 against France.[2]
County Cup final appearances
Clark played Right-Wing, i.e. number 2, in Hull Kingston Rovers' 12–29 defeat by Hull in the 1984 Yorkshire Cup final during the 1984–85 season at Boothferry Park, Kingston upon Hull, on Saturday 27 October 1984, and played Right-Wing, and scored a try in the 22–18 victory over Castleford in the 1984 Yorkshire Cup final during the 1984–85 season at Headingley Stadium, Leeds, on Sunday 27 October 1985.
John Player Special Trophy final appearances
Clark played Right-Wing, i.e. number 2, and scored a try in Hull Kingston Rovers' 12-0 victory over Hull in the 1984–85 John Player Special Trophy final during the 1984–85 season at Boothferry Park, Kingston upon Hull on Saturday 26 January 1985, and played Right-Wing in the 8-11 defeat by Wigan in the 1985–86 John Player Special Trophy final during the 1985–86 season at Elland Road, Leeds on Saturday 11 January 1986.[3]
Club career
Clark made his debut for Hull Kingston Rovers in 1982. He joined Scarborough Pirates at the start of the 1991–92 season, scoring 11 tries in 25 appearances.[4] After the club folded at the end of the season, he joined Hull.[5] Clark played three games for Hull before announcing his retirement in January 1993 at the age of 28 due to a shoulder injury.[4][5]
References
- ↑ "England Statistics at englandrl.co.uk". englandrl. 31 December 2011. Retrieved 1 January 2012.
- ↑ "Great Britain Statistics at englandrl.co.uk". englandrl. 31 December 2011. Retrieved 1 January 2012.
- ↑ "1985–1986 John Player Special Trophy Final". wigan.rlfans.com. 31 December 2011. Retrieved 1 January 2012.
- 1 2 Fitzpatrick, Paul (20 January 1993). "Injury forces Clark to quit playing". The Guardian. London. p. 16.
- 1 2 "Sport in Short: Rugby League". The Independent. 24 January 1993. Retrieved 28 September 2014.