Harry Toft

Harry Toft
Personal information
Full name Harry Toft
Nickname The Human Corkscrew
Born April→June 1881
Swansea, Glamorgan
Died October→December 1951 (aged 77)
Leeds, West Riding of Yorkshire
Playing information
Rugby union
Position Centre/Fly-half
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
1906–09 Swansea RFC
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
1908–08 Glamorgan County RFC ≥1
Rugby league
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
1910–≥10 Hunslet
Source: rugbyleagueproject.org[1]

Harry "The Human Corkscrew" Toft (birth registered April→June 1881[2] — death registered October→December 1951[3]) birth registered in Swansea district, was a Welsh rugby union and professional rugby league footballer of the 1900s and 1910s, playing representative level rugby union (RU) for Glamorgan County RFC, and at club level for Swansea RFC, as a Centre, or Fly-half, and playing club level rugby league (RL) for Hunslet, his death was registered in Leeds district.

Playing career

Notable county matches

Harry Toft played alongside fellow Swansea RFC players; George Hayward, Phil Hopkins, Fred Lewis, Ivor Morgan, and Dicky Owen (captain), and in Glamorgan County RFC's 3-16 defeat to Australia at Cardiff Arms Park on Wednesday 7 October 1908.[4]

Notable tour matches

Harry Toft played in Swansea RFC's 6-0 victory over Australia at St. Helen's Rugby and Cricket Ground, Swansea on Saturday 26 December 1908 in front of a crowd of 40,000.[4]

Genealogical information

Harry Toft's marriage to Florence Catherine Westwood (birth registered during July→September 1882 in Aston district — death registered during October→December 1940 (aged 58) in Leeds district) was registered during October→December 1905 in Swansea district.[5] They had children; Beryl Toft (birth registered during January→March 1915 in Hunslet district — death registered during April→June 1933 (aged 18) in North Leeds district).

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. ↑ "Birth details at freebmd.org.uk". freebmd.org.uk. 31 December 2015. Retrieved 1 January 2016.
  3. ↑ "Death details at freebmd.org.uk". freebmd.org.uk. 31 December 2015. Retrieved 1 January 2016.
  4. 1 2 "The Story Of Swansea RFC In The 1908-09 Season". swansearfc.co.uk. 31 December 2015. Retrieved 1 January 2016.
  5. ↑ "Marriage details at freebmd.org.uk". freebmd.org.uk. 31 December 2015. Retrieved 1 January 2016.

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