Name Wilfred Hodder | ||
Died November 12, 1957, Morecambe, United Kingdom | ||
Wilfred "Wilf" Hodder (6 May 1896 — 12 November 1957 (aged 61)) born in Abersychan, was a Welsh miner, hotelier, served in the Royal Field Artillery in World War I, a member of the Board of directors at Wigan RLFC, and was a dual-code international rugby union and professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1910s, and 1920s, playing representative level rugby union (RU) for Wales, and at club level for Talywain RFC, and Pontypool RFC, as a Lock, i.e. number 4 or 5, and playing representative level rugby league (RL) for Wales, and at club level for Wigan, as a prop, or second-row, i.e. number 8 or 10, or, 11 or 12, during the era of contested scrums, he died in Morecambe/Lancaster.
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International honours
Hodder won 6 caps for Wales (RU) in 1922–1928 while at Pontypool RFC in 1921 against England, Scotland, and France, and won caps for Wales (RL) while at Wigan, including the 34-8 victory over New Zealand at Pontypridd in 1926, and five losses to England.
Club career
Wilf Hodder was in the Wigan team that won the Challenge Cup final when it was played for the first time at the Empire Stadium, Wembley on 4 May 1929. He was one of five Welshmen in the Wigan side. He also won the League Championship in his first season, the Lancashire Cup and League in his second season, the Lancashire League again in 1923/24, the Lancashire League and League Championship in 1924/25 and the Lancashire Cup in 1928/29.
County Cup Final appearances
Wilf Hodder played left-prop, i.e. number 8, in Wigan's 20–2 victory over Leigh in the 1922 Lancashire County Cup Final during the 1922–23 season at The Willows, Salford on Saturday 25 November 1922, played left-prop in the 11-15 defeat by Swinton in the 1925 Lancashire County Cup Final during the 1925–26 season at The Cliff, Broughton on Wednesday 9 December 1925, and played right-prop, i.e. number 10, in the 5-4 victory over Widnes in the 1928 Lancashire County Cup Final during the 1928–29 season at The Willows, Salford on Saturday 24 November 1928.