Tom Harris (rugby union) explained

Tom Harris
Full Name:Thomas William Walter Harris
Birth Place:Northampton, England
Death Date:11 September 1958 (aged 51)
Death Place:Northampton, England
Position:Forward
Repyears1:1929–32
Repcaps1:2
Reppoints1:0

Thomas William Walter Harris (1906 – 1958) was an English international rugby union player.

Born and raised in Northampton, Harris was a burly forward with Northampton RFC, which he played 426 games for after debuting at 17. He earned East Midlands representative honours during his second season of first-class rugby.[1]

Harris won his first England cap as a hooker against Scotland in a 1929 Calcutta Cup match at Murrayfield.[2]

In the 1931–32, Harris featured in the combined Leicestershire and East Midlands side which played against the Springboks and achieved the distinction of being the only team to defeat the touring South Africans.[3]

Harris gained a second cap for England against Ireland at Lansdowne Road in 1932.[4]

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Notes and References

  1. News: A Few Short Ones . . 2 March 1929.
  2. Web site: Travis Perkins Dream Team: Vote for your all-time Saints No.8 and WIN a ‘We March On’ bobble hat! . Northampton Saints . 12 May 2020.
  3. News: Obituary . . 12 September 1958.
  4. News: Sports News In Brief . . 9 February 1932.