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Ernest Bennett (rugby league)

Ernest Bennett
Personal information
Full name Ernest Walter Bennett
Born October→December 1879
Wakefield district, England
Playing information
Position Wing
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
1898–14 Wakefield Trinity 386 184 64 0 679
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
Yorkshire

Ernest Walter Bennett (birth registered October→December 1879 — death unknown) birth registered in Wakefield district, was an English professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1890s, and 1900s, playing at representative level for Yorkshire, and at club level for Wakefield Trinity (Heritage № 77), as a wing, i.e. number 2 or 5.

Ernest Bennett won cap(s) for Yorkshire while at Wakefield Trinity.

Ernest Bennett played right wing, i.e. number 2, and scored a try in Wakefield Trinity's 17-0 victory over Hull F.C. in the 1909 Challenge Cup Final during the 1908–09 season at Headingley Rugby Stadium, Leeds on Tuesday 20 April 1909, in front of a crowd of 23,587.

Ernest Bennett played right wing, i.e. number 2, in Wakefield Trinity's 8-2 victory over Huddersfield in the 1910 Yorkshire County Cup Final during the 1910–11 season at Headingley Rugby Stadium, Leeds on Saturday 3 December 1910.


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