List of Halifax R.L.F.C. players

Halifax is an English rugby league club who have had numerous notable players throughout their history, each player of the rugby league era who has played in a competitive first-class match has been allocated a sequential heritage number in order of their appearance by Halifax.

List of players

^¹ = Played For Halifax During More Than One Period
^² = Prior to the 1974–75 season all goals, whether; conversions, penalties, or drop-goals, scored two points, consequently prior to this date drop-goals were often not explicitly documented, and "0²" indicates that drop-goals may not have been recorded, rather than no drop-goals scored. In addition, prior to the 1949–50 season, the Field-goal was also still a valid means of scoring points.
^³ = During the first two seasons of the Northern Union, i.e. the 1895–96 season and 1896–97 season, conversions were worth 2-points, penalty goals 3-points and drop goals 4-points
¢ = player has links to other rugby league clubs on Wikipedia
BBC = BBC2 Floodlit Trophy
CC = Challenge Cup
CF = Championship Final
CM = Captain Morgan Trophy
RT = League Cup, i.e. Player's № 6, John Player, Regal Trophy
YC = Yorkshire County Cup
YL = Yorkshire League

Players earning international caps while at Halifax

Alvin Ackerley won caps for England while at Halifax 1952 Other Nationalities, Wales, 1953 France, Wales, and won caps for Great Britain while at Halifax 1952 Australia, 1958 New Zealand
Albert Akroyd won caps for England while at Halifax 1921 Wales
Asa Amone won caps for Tonga while at Halifax 1995 ?-caps
Albert Atkinson won caps for England while at Halifax 1930 Other Nationalities
Simon Baldwin won caps for England while at Halifax 1995 Wales, France
Ike Bartle won caps for England while at Halifax 1906 Other Nationalities
Arthur Bassett won caps for Wales while at Halifax 1939...1946 3-caps, and won caps for Great Britain while at Halifax in 1946 against Australia
David Bates won caps for Ireland while at Gateshead Thunder, Halifax and York City Knights 2003...2006 3-caps + 3-caps
Jack Beames won a cap for Other Nationalities while at Halifax, won caps for Wales while at Halifax 1914...1921 2-caps, and won caps for Great Britain while at Halifax in 1921 against Australia
Nat Bentham won caps for England while at Wigan Highfield 1928 Wales, while at Halifax: 1929 Other Nationalities, while at Warrington 1930 Other Nationalities, and won caps for Great Britain while at Wigan Highfield 1928 Australia, New Zealand, while at Halifax: 1929–30 Australia, while at Warrington: Australia
John Bentley won caps for England while at Halifax 1995 France, Australia, Fiji, South Africa, 1996 Wales, and won caps for Great Britain while at Leeds 1992 France, Halifax 1994 France
Dai Royston Bevan won caps for Great Britain while at Halifax ?-caps
Harry Beverley won caps for England while at Hunslet 1935 Wales, 1936 France, 1937 France, 1938 Wales, France, and won caps for Great Britain while at Hunslet 1936 Australia, 1937 Australia, Halifax 1937 Australia
Anthony Blackwood won caps for Wales while at Halifax, and Celtic Crusaders 2005...present 7-caps 3-tries 12-points
Billy Bulmer won caps for England while at Halifax 1904 Other Nationalities
Oliver Burgham won caps for Wales while at Ebbw Vale in 1908 against New Zealand, and England, and won a cap for Great Britain while at Halifax in 1911 against Australia
Phil Cantillon won caps for and captained ‘’Ireland’’ while at Halifax 2003-2006
Gavin Clinch won caps for Ireland while at Huddersfield-Sheffield Giants, and Halifax 2000...2001 1-cap + 1-cap
Mike Condon won caps for Wales while at Halifax 1952...1953 3-caps
Terry Cook won caps for Wales while at Halifax 1951...1953 4-caps
Arthur Daniels won caps for Wales while at Halifax 1949...1953 13-caps, and won caps for Great Britain while at Halifax 1952...1955 3-caps
Ivor Davies? won caps for Wales while at Halifax, and represented Great Britain while at Halifax
Will Davies, Will T. Davies won caps for Wales while at Batley and Halifax 1909...1912 4-caps, and won a cap for Great Britain while at Halifax in 1911 against Australia
Ken Dean won caps for England while at Halifax 1951 Other Nationalities, 1952 Other Nationalities
Colin Dixon won caps for Wales while at Halifax, Salford and Hull Kingston Rovers 1963...1981 16-caps, and won caps for Great Britain while at Halifax, Salford and Hull Kingston Rovers 1968...1981 14-caps
Percy Eccles won caps for England while at Halifax 1908 New Zealand, and won caps for Great Britain while at Halifax 1908 New Zealand
Arthur 'Candy' Evans won caps for Wales while at Halifax, Leeds, Castleford, and Warrington 1928...1933 4-caps
Fred Firth, won caps for England while at Halifax in 1894 against Wales, Ireland, and Scotland
Ben Fisher won caps for Scotland while at Halifax, and Hull Kingston Rovers 2005...present 6-caps + 1-cap
Terry Fogerty represented Commonwealth XIII while at Halifax in 1965 against New Zealand at Crystal Palace National Recreation Centre, London on Wednesday 18 August 1965, and won caps for Great Britain while at Halifax in 1966 against New Zealand, while at Wigan in 1967 against France, and while at Rochdale in 1974 against France
Damian Gibson won caps for Wales while at Halifax, Salford, and Castleford 1999...present 16-caps + 2-caps 8-tries 32-points
Tony Halmshaw won a cap for Great Britain while at Halifax in 1971 against New Zealand
Karl Harrison won caps for England while at Halifax 1995 Wales, Australia, South Africa, Wales, 1996 France, and won caps for Great Britain while at Hull F.C. 1990 Australia, while at Halifax 1991 Papua New Guinea, 1992 Australia, New Zealand, New Zealand, 1993 France, New Zealand, 1994 Australia
James "Jimmy" Hilton won caps for England while at Halifax 1908 Wales, 1912 Wales
Hudson Irving won caps for England while at Halifax 1938 Wales, 1940 Wales, 1941 Wales, 1943 Wales
Michael Jackson won caps for Great Britain while at Wakefield Trinity 1991 Papua New Guinea, 1992 France, Australia, New Zealand, while at Halifax 1993 New Zealand
Walter Jesse Jackson, won caps for England while at Halifax in 1894 against Scotland
Neil James won a cap for Great Britain while at Halifax in 1986 against France
David Jones won caps for Wales while at Halifax 1968...1969 2-caps
Phil Joseph won caps for Wales while at Hull Kingston Rovers and Halifax 2005...2007 7-caps 1-try 4-points
Martin Ketteridge won caps for Scotland while at Halifax 1996 3-caps + 1-cap
Stanley "Stan" Kielty won caps for England while at Halifax 1953 Wales, France, Other Nationalities
George Langhorn won caps for England while at Halifax 1905 Other Nationalities
Jason Lee won caps for Wales while at Warrington, Keighley and Halifax 1994...2001 5-caps + 2-caps 2-tries 8-points
William "Billy" B. Little won caps for England while at Halifax 1904 Other Nationalities
"Bobby"/"Robbie" Lloyd won 7-caps for Wales while at Pontypool RFC, won a cap for Wales while at Halifax in 1921, and won a cap for Great Britain while at Halifax in 1920 against Australia
Tommy Lynch won caps for Other Nationalities while at Halifax.
Mel Meek won caps for Wales while at Halifax 1935...1949 14-caps
Alf Milnes won caps for Great Britain while at Halifax in 1920 against Australia
Paul Moriarty won caps for Wales while at Widnes, Halifax, South Wales, and unattached 1991...2000 15-caps + 1-cap
Chris Morley won caps for Wales while at St. Helens in 1996 against France, and England, while at Salford in 1999 against Ireland and Scotland, while at Sheffield Eagles in 2000 against South Africa, while at Leigh in the 2000 Rugby League World Cup against Lebanon, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, and Australia, while at Oldham in 2001 against England, while at Halifax in 2003 against Russia, and Australia, while at Swinton in 2006 against Scotland, 1996...2006 13-caps + 4-caps 1-try 4-points
Johnny Morley won caps for England while at Halifax 1904 Other Nationalities
Walter Morton won caps for England while at Halifax 1905 Other Nationalities
Andrew Murdison won cap for Other Nationalities while at Halifax
Garfield Owen a won cap for Wales while at Halifax 1959 1-cap
Sean Penkywicz won caps for Wales while at Halifax 2007...present 1-cap + 3-caps 1-try 4-points
Mark Perrett won caps for Wales while at Halifax 1994...1996 9-caps
Daio Powell won caps for Wales while at Halifax?/Bradford Northern? 1994 1-caps + 2-caps 2-tries 8-points
Stuart Prosser won a cap for Great Britain while at Halifax in 1914 against Australia
Dai Rees won a cap for Other Nationalities while at Halifax, won caps for Wales while at Halifax 1921...32 6-caps, and won a cap for Great Britain while at Halifax in 1926 against New Zealand
Charlie Renilson won caps for Great Britain while at Halifax 1965 New Zealand, 1967 Australia, 1968 France, Australia, France, New Zealand, France
Jack Riley won caps for England while at Halifax 1904 Other Nationalities
Joe Riley won caps for England while at Halifax 1910 Wales, 1911 Australia, and won caps for Great Britain while at Halifax 1910 Australia
Ken Roberts won caps for Great Britain whilst at Halifax 1963 Australia, 1964 against France, in 1965 against France, and New Zealand, and in 1966 against France, and New Zealand
Mark Roberts won a cap for Wales while at Halifax 2007 1-cap
Asa Robinson won caps for England while at Halifax 1908 Wales, New Zealand, 1909 Australia, and won caps for Great Britain while at Halifax 1908 New Zealand, 1908–09 Australia
Paul Rowley won caps for England while at Halifax 1996 France, 2000 Australia, Russia, Ireland
Derrick Schofield won caps for England while at Rochdale Hornets 1952 Wales, 1953 France, and won caps for Great Britain while at Halifax 1955 New Zealand
John Schuster won caps for Western Samoa while at Halifax 1995 ?-caps
S. John "Joby" Shaw won caps for Great Britain while at Halifax 1960 France, Australia, France, 1961 France, 1962 New Zealand
Matthew Silva won a cap for Wales while at Halifax 1991 1-cap
George Slicker won a cap for Ireland while at Halifax 1995 1-cap + 1-cap
Herbert Smith won caps for England while at Halifax 1927 Wales, and won caps for Great Britain while at Bradford 1926–27 New Zealand
Cyril Stacey won a cap for Great Britain while at Halifax in 1920 against New Zealand
Dai Thomas won caps for Wales while at Halifax 1908, against England in 1908 3-caps
George Thomson, won caps for England while at Halifax in 1878 against Scotland, in 1882 against Ireland, Scotland and Wales, in 1883 against Ireland, and Scotland, in 1884 against Ireland and Scotland, and in 1885 against Ireland
John Thorley won caps for Other Nationalities while at Halifax circa-1952...60 2-caps, won caps for Wales while at Halifax 1953...1959 3-caps, and won caps for Great Britain while at Halifax in the 1954 Rugby League World Cup against Australia, France, New Zealand, and France, and also represented Great Britain while at Halifax between 1952 and 1956 against France
Frank Todd won caps for England while at Halifax 1921 Australia, 1923 Wales, 1924 Other Nationalities
Ernest Ward won caps for England while at Halifax 1909 Australia
Les White won caps for England while at York 1946 France, Wales, 1947 France, Wales, while at Wigan 1947 Wales, 1948 France, while at Halifax 1951 Wales, and won caps for Great Britain while at York 1946 Australia, New Zealand, while at Wigan 1947 New Zealand
Jack Wilkinson won caps for England while at Halifax 1953 Other Nationalities, 1955 Other Nationalities, and won caps for Great Britain while at Halifax 1954 Australia, New Zealand, 1955 New Zealand, Wakefield Trinity 1959 Australia, 1960 France, New Zealand, France, Australia, 1962 New Zealand
Harry Wilkinson, won a cap for England while at Halifax in 1889 against New Zealand Natives
Frank Williams won a cap for Wales while at Halifax in 1914, and won caps for Great Britain while at Halifax in 1914 against Australia
William Williams won caps for Wales while at Halifax 1908...10 4-caps
David Willicombe won caps for Wales while at Halifax in 1970 against England, while at Wigan in 1975 against France, and England, in the 1975 Rugby League World Cup against France, England, Australia, New Zealand, New Zealand and France, and in 1978 against France, England and Australia, and won caps for Great Britain while at Wigan in 1974 against France, and New Zealand
Albert Wood, won a cap for England while at Halifax in 1884 against Ireland

Halifax RLFC Hall of Fame

George Thomson Forward 1875–85
Jimmy Dodd Centre 1876–93
Archie Rigg Half-Back 1891–1915
George Langhorn Forward 1897–1913;
Joe Riley Centre 1901–15
Billy Little Full-Back 1901–10
Asa Robinson Forward 1904–23
Jack Beames Forward 1913–22
Cyril Stacey Three-Quarter 1915–29
Frank Todd Stand-off 1916–28
Dai Rees Forward 1921–32
Hudson Irving Forward 1933–47
Hubert Lockwood Full-Back 1934–46 Rugby League XIII 1942
Charles Smith Centre 1936–48
Harry Beverley Loose forward 1937–41
Arthur Bassett Winger 1939–48
Arthur Daniels Winger 1945–57
Stan Kielty Scrum-Half 1946–58
Ken Dean Stand-off 1948–60
Jack Wilkinson Prop 1948–59
Alvin Ackerley Hooker 1948–58
Albert Fearnley Second Row 1950–56
Tommy Lynch Centre 1951–56
John Thorley Prop 1952–60
John Burnett Centre 1953–67
Johnny Freeman Winger 1954–67
Alan Kellett Scrum-Half 1954
Garfield Owen Full-Back 1956–61
Charlie Renilson Loose forward 1957–69
Jack Scroby Prop 1959–70
Terry Fogerty Second Row 1961–73
Ronnie James Full-Back 1961–72
Colin Dixon Centre 1961–68
Ken Roberts Prop 1963–67
Gordon Baker Scrum-Half 1964–82
Mick Scott Second Row 1974–91
Chris Anderson Stand-off 1984–87
John A Martin Second-Row 1967–1980
Steve Smith Full Back 1982-92
John Bentley Winger 1992-98
Steve Tyrer Centre 2012-20
Scott Murrell Stand Off 2013-20

Other notable players

These players have either; played in a Challenge Cup, Rugby Football League Championship, Yorkshire County Cup, or Yorkshire League Final, played during Super League -to- Super League VIII, have received a Testimonial match, were international representatives before, or after, their time at Halifax, or are notable outside of rugby league.