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Billy Harris (rugby league)

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Name
  
Billy Harris


Role
  
Rugby league born 1992

George W. "Billy" Harris (birth registered during April→June 1951) is an English professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1970s, and 1980s, playing at club level for Featherstone Rovers (Heritage № 512), Oldham, and Wakefield Trinity (Heritage № 880), as a prop, i.e. number 8 or 10, during the era of contested scrums.

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Challenge Cup Final appearances

Billy Harris played right-prop, i.e. number 10, in Featherstone Rovers' 9-24 defeat by Warrington in the 1974 Challenge Cup Final during the 1973–74 season at Wembley Stadium, London on Saturday 11 May 1974, in front of a crowd of 77,400.

Club career

Billy Harris made his début for Featherstone Rovers on Sunday 3 September 1972, he appears to have scored no drop-goals (or field-goals as they are currently known in Australasia), but prior to the 1974–75 season all goals, whether; conversions, penalties, or drop-goals, scored 2-points, consequently prior to this date drop-goals were often not explicitly documented, therefore '0' drop-goals may indicate drop-goals not recorded, rather than no drop-goals scored.

Genealogical information

Billy Harris is the younger brother of the rugby league footballer; Graham Harris.

References

Billy Harris (rugby league) Wikipedia