Harry Beverley

English rugby league footballer, and coach
The basics

Quick Facts

IntroEnglish rugby league footballer, and coach
PlacesUnited Kingdom Great Britain England
wasAthlete Rugby league player
Work fieldSports
Gender
Male
Birth1907, Hunslet, Leeds, Leeds, West Yorkshire
Death1982 (aged 75 years)
The details

Biography

Harry Beverley (birth registered July→September 1907 — 1982) birth was registered in Leeds, was an English professional rugby league footballer of the 1930s and 1940s, and coach of the 1960s, playing at representative level for Great Britain, England, British Empire, and Yorkshire, and at club level for Hunslet, and Halifax, as a Loose forward/Lock, i.e. number 13, during the era of contested scrums, and coaching at club level for Bradford Northern.

Playing career

International honours

Harry Beverley represented British Empire while at Halifax in 1937 against France, and won caps for England while at Hunslet in 1935 against Wales, in 1936 against France, in 1937 against France, in 1938 against Wales, and France, and won caps for Great Britain while at Hunslet in 1936 against Australia (3 matches), in 1937 against Australia, and while at Halifax in 1937 against Australia (2 matches).

County Honours

Harry Beverley won caps for Yorkshire while at Halifax.

Challenge Cup final appearances

Harry Beverley played Loose forward/Lock in Hunslet's 11-5 victory over Widnes in the 1933–34 Challenge Cup final at Wembley Stadium, London on Saturday 5 May 1934, and was captain in Halifax's 20-3 victory over Salford in the 1938–39 Challenge Cup final at Wembley Stadium, London on Saturday 6 May 1939.

Honoured at Halifax

Harry Beverley is a Halifax Hall Of Fame Inductee.

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