Name Robert Wood | ||
Robert "Bob" Wood (14 November 1872 — 1 March 1928 (aged 55)) born in Pontefract, was an English rugby union footballer who played in the 1890s, playing at representative level for England, and at club level for Liversedge, as a Half-back, i.e. number 9, or 10, he died in Knottingley. Prior to Thursday 29 August 1895, Liversedge was a rugby union club.
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International honours
Wood won a cap for England while at Liversedge in the 1894 Home Nations Championship against Ireland.
Change of Code
When Liversedge converted from the rugby union code to the rugby league code on Thursday 29 August 1895, Bob Wood would have been 22 years of age. Consequently, he may have been both a rugby union and rugby league footballer for Liversedge.
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