Les Hirst | |
Fullname: | Leslie Hirst |
Club1: | Wakefield Trinity |
Year1start: | 1949 |
Year1end: | 55 |
Appearances1: | 87 |
Tries1: | 7 |
Goals1: | 239 |
Fieldgoals1: | 0 |
Points1: | 499 |
New: | yes |
Retired: | yes |
Updated: | 28 November 2013 |
Leslie "Les" Hirst (birth unknown) is a former professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1940s and 1950s. He played at club level for Wakefield Trinity, as a or .
Les Hirst played at in Wakefield Trinity's 17-3 victory over Keighley in the 1951 Yorkshire Cup Final during the 1951–52 season at Fartown Ground, Huddersfield on Saturday 27 October 1951.[1]
Les Hirst made his début for Wakefield Trinity during November 1949, he scored 107-goals in the 1951–52 Northern Rugby Football League season, and 103-goals in the 1953–54 Northern Rugby Football League season, 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.