Name Edgar Wilkinson | ||
Died August 27, 1896, Bradford, United Kingdom | ||
Edgar Wilkinson (birth registered October–December 1863 — 27 August 1896 (aged 32)) birth registered in Bradford, was a rugby union footballer of the 1880s, playing at representative level for England, and Yorkshire, and at club level for Bradford F.C., as a Forward, e.g. Front row, Lock, or Back row, he died in Bradford. Prior to Tuesday 27 August 1895, Bradford F.C. was a rugby union club, and since 1907 it has been the association football (soccer) club Bradford Park Avenue A.F.C..
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International honours
Edgar Wilkinson won caps for England while at Bradford F.C. in 1886 against Wales, Ireland, and Scotland, in 1887 Wales, and Scotland.
In the early years of rugby football the goal was to score goals, and a try had zero value, but it provided the opportunity to try at goal, and convert the try to a goal with an unopposed kick at the goal posts. The point values of both the try and goal have varied over time, and in the early years footballers could "score" a try, without scoring any points.
Change of Code
When Bradford F.C. converted from the rugby union code to the rugby league code on Tuesday 27 August 1895, Edgar Wilkinson would have been approximately 32. Consequently, he could have been both a rugby union and rugby league footballer for Bradford F.C.
Genealogical information
On 16 July 1887 Edgar married Florence Nelson b 1869, at Holy Trinity Church, Poulton le Sands, Lancashire (now known as Morecambe). Following Edgar's premature death in 1896, some 14 years later in 1910, his widow Florence and her children moved to the seaside town of Morecambe, Lancashire, which is where Florence's grandparents had lived for some 24 years.