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{{short description|Wales international rugby league footballer}} |
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==Background== |
==Background== |
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Higgs was born in [[Pontypool]] |
Higgs was born in [[Pontypool]], Wales, in 1904. |
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==Playing career== |
==Playing career== |
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Higgs, Alfred}} |
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[[Category:1904 births]] |
[[Category:1904 births]] |
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[[Category:Year of death missing]] |
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[[Category:Halifax R.L.F.C. players]] |
[[Category:Halifax R.L.F.C. players]] |
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[[Category:Oldham R.L.F.C. players]] |
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| Full name | Alfred James Higgs[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 1904 Pontypool, Wales | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Position | Centre | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Alfred James Higgs (born 1904) was a Welsh professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1920s. He played at representative level for Wales, and at club level for Oldham and Halifax as a centre.[3]
Background
[edit]Higgs was born in Pontypool, Wales, in 1904.
Playing career
[edit]Club career
[edit]Higgs played at centre in Halifax's 22–8 victory over York in the 1930–31 Challenge Cup Final during the 1930–31 season at Wembley Stadium, London on Saturday 2 May 1931, in front of a crowd of 40,368.
International honours
[edit]Higgs won a cap for Wales while at Oldham in the 12–20 defeat by England at Central Park, Wigan on Wednesday 11 January 1928.[2]
Outside rugby league
[edit]After retiring from rugby, Higgs ran a grocery in Halifax before returning to Wales in 1940.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ "Statistics at rugbyleague.wales". rugbyleague.wales. 31 December 2019. Retrieved 1 January 2020.
- ^ a b "Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org". rugbyleagueproject.org. 31 December 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
- ^ Williams, Graham; Lush, Peter; Farrar, David (November 2009). The British Rugby League Records Book. London League Publications Ltd. pp. 108–114. ISBN 978-1-903659-49-6.
- ^ "Alf Higgs Returning to Wales". Halifax Daily Courier & Guardian. 28 August 1940. p. 3 – via British Newspaper Archive.