Henry Huth | |||||||
Fullname: | Henry Huth | ||||||
Birth Date: | 14 February 1856 | ||||||
Birth Place: | Huddersfield, England | ||||||
Death Place: | Kensington, England | ||||||
Ru Position: | Fullback | ||||||
Clubs1: | Huddersfield | ||||||
Repteam1: | England | ||||||
Repyears1: | 1879 | ||||||
Repcaps1: | 1 | ||||||
Reppoints1: | 0 | ||||||
Module: |
|
Henry Huth (14 February 1856[1] — 31 December 1929[2]) was an English cricketer and rugby union footballer who played in the 1870s. He played representative level rugby union (RU) for England, and at club level for Huddersfield,[3] as a Fullback, i.e. number 15, he died in Kensington. Prior to Tuesday 27 August 1895, Huddersfield was a rugby union club.
Henry Huth won a cap for England while at Huddersfield in the 1878–79 Home Nations rugby union match against Scotland.[4]
Huth also played one first-class cricket match, for the Gentlemen of the North, in 1877.[5]