Name Thomas Bennett | ||
Died 1905, Wakefield, United Kingdom | ||
Thomas Oliver Bennett (birth registered April→June 1852 — death registered July→September 1905 (aged 53)) birth registered in Wakefield district, was an English rugby union footballer who played in the 1870s, playing at representative level for Yorkshire, and at club level for Wakefield Trinity (Heritage № not allocated for rugby union players), his death was registered in Wakefield district. Prior to Tuesday 27 August 1895, Wakefield Trinity was a rugby union club.
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Notable appearances
Thomas Bennett was a founder member of Wakefield Trinity and played in the club's first ever game in 1873, and he was later an honorary secretary of the club.
Change of Code
When Wakefield Trinity converted from the rugby union code to the rugby league code on Tuesday 27 August 1895, Thomas Bennett would have been 43. Subsequently, he didn't become both a rugby union and rugby league footballer for Wakefield Trinity.
Genealogical Information
Thomas Bennett was the father of Wakefield Trinity rugby league footballer who played in the 1900s Ernest Bennett, and the maternal great-grandfather of the Featherstone Rovers, and Wakefield Trinity rugby league footballer of the 1950s, and 1960s, Donald "Don" Metcalfe.