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'''Robert S. "Bob" Nicholson''' was an [[English people|English]] professional [[rugby league]] footballer of the 1940s, and 1950s, playing at representative level for [[Great Britain national rugby league team|Great Britain]], [[England national rugby league team|England]], and [[Cumberland rugby league team|Cumberland]], and at club level for [[Huddersfield Giants|Huddersfield]], as a {{rlp|PRpr}}, or {{rlp|SRsr}}, i.e. number 8 or 10, or, 11 or 12, during the era of [[Scrum (rugby)#Rugby league|contested scrums]].

Nicholson won caps for [[England national rugby league team|England]] while at Huddersfield in 1945 against Wales, in 1946 against France, in 1947 against Wales, in 1948 against France, in 1949 against Wales, and France,<ref name="England Statistics at englandrl.co.uk">{{cite web|url=http://www.englandrl.co.uk/statistics/player_records?search=Nicholson&submit=Go&c=England|title=England Statistics at englandrl.co.uk|publisher=englandrl|date=31 December 2011|accessdate=1 January 2012}}</ref> and won caps for [[Great Britain national rugby league team|Great Britain]] while at Huddersfield in 1946 against New Zealand, and in 1948 against Australia (2 matches).<ref name="Great Britain Statistics at englandrl.co.uk">{{cite web|url=http://www.englandrl.co.uk/statistics/player_records?search=Nicholson&submit=Go&c=GB|title=Great Britain Statistics at englandrl.co.uk|publisher=englandrl|date=31 December 2011|accessdate=1 January 2012}}</ref> He also represented [[Cumberland rugby league team|Cumberland]]. Nicholson played Rightright-{{rlp|SRsr}}, i.e. number 12, in [[Huddersfield Giants|Huddersfield]]'s 4-11 defeat by [[Bradford Bulls|Bradford Northern]] in the [[1949 Yorkshire Cup|1949]] [[RFL Yorkshire Cup|Yorkshire]] [[Rugby league county cups|County Cup]] Final during the [[1949–50 Northern Rugby Football League season|1949–50 season]] at [[Headingley Stadium#Rugby ground|Headingley]] [[Headingley Rugby Stadium|Rugby Stadium]], [[Leeds]] on Saturday 29 October 1949. Nicholson played {{rlp|SR}} in Huddersfield's 2-20 defeat by [[Wigan Warriors|Wigan]] in the [[Rugby Football League Championship|Championship]] Final during the [[1949–50 Northern Rugby Football League season|1949–50 season]] at [[Maine Road]], [[Manchester]] on Saturday 13 May 1950.<ref name="1949-1950 Championship Final">{{cite web|url=http://wigan.rlfans.com/fusion_pages/index.php?page_id=431|title=1949-1950 Championship Final|publisher=wigan.rlfans.com|date=31 December 2011|accessdate=1 January 2012}}</ref> His [[Testimonial match]] at [[Huddersfield Giants|Huddersfield]] took place in 1950.