Name Thomas Newbould | Height 1.68 m | |
Died October 27, 1964, Pontefract, United Kingdom | ||
Thomas "Tommy" 'Trapper' Henry Newbould (birth registered October→December 1880 — 27 October 1964(1964-10-27) (aged 83)) birth registered in Wakefield district, was an English rugby union and professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1900s, and 1910s, playing representative level rugby union (RU) for Yorkshire, and at club level for Castleford Parish Church RFC, and Castleford RUFC [1], and playing representative level rugby league (RL) for Great Britain, England and Yorkshire, and at club level for Wakefield Trinity (captain) (Heritage № 118), and York, as a stand-off/five-eighth, or scrum-half/halfback, i.e. number 6, or 7.
Contents
- International honours
- County honours
- Challenge Cup Final appearances
- County Cup Final appearances
- Notable tour matches
- Club career
- Contemporaneous Article Extract
- References
International honours
Tommy 'Trapper' Newbould won caps for England (RL) while at Wakefield Trinity in 1909 against Australia, and Wales, and won caps for Great Britain (RL) while at Wakefield Trinity on the 1910 Great Britain Lions tour of Australia and New Zealand against Australia, and Australasia.
County honours
Tommy 'Trapper' Newbould won caps for Yorkshire (RU) while at Castleford in 1904, and won caps for Yorkshire (RL) while at Wakefield Trinity.
Challenge Cup Final appearances
Tommy 'Trapper' Newbould played scrum-half/halfback, and scored the first try in Wakefield Trinity’s 17-0 victory over Hull F.C. in the 1909 Challenge Cup Final during the 1908–09 season at Headingley Rugby Stadium, Leeds on Tuesday 20 April 1909, in front of a crowd of 23,587.
County Cup Final appearances
Tommy 'Trapper' Newbould played stand-off/five-eighth in Wakefield Trinity's 8-2 victory over Huddersfield in the 1910 Yorkshire County Cup Final during the 1910–11 season at Headingley Rugby Stadium, Leeds on Saturday 3 December 1910.
Notable tour matches
Tommy 'Trapper' Newbould played scrum-half/halfback in Wakefield Trinity's 5-5 draw with the New Zealand in the tour match at Belle Vue, Wakefield on Wednesday 23 October 1907, and played stand-off/five-eighth, and scored two tries in the 20-13 victory over Australia in the 1908–09 Kangaroo tour of Great Britain match at Belle Vue, Wakefield on Saturday 19 December 1908.
Club career
Tommy 'Trapper' Newbould made his début for Wakefield Trinity on Saturday 22 November 1902, 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. In addition, prior to the 1949–50 season, the archaic field-goal was also still a valid means of scoring points.
Contemporaneous Article Extract
"Joined Trinity from Castleford R.U.F.C. and his partnership with Harry Slater provided Trinity with one of the best half-back combinations in the league. Like fellow tourist H. Kershaw, he played a prominent part in the 1909 N.U. Cup success and played regularly for Yorkshire County. Newbould played in the 1910 Sydney Test."