Herbert Kershaw
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Personal information
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| Nickname | Harry | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | circa-1885…1890 Wakefield, West Riding of Yorkshire, England |
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Playing information
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| Height | 5 ft 9 in (175 cm) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 12 st 6 lb (79 kg) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Rugby union
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Rugby league
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| Position | Prop, Hooker, Second-row, Loose forward | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Herbert "Harry" Kershaw (circa-1885…1890 – death unknown) born in Wakefield, was an English rugby union and professional rugby league footballer of the 1900s, 1910s, and 1920s playing representative level rugby union (RU) for Yorkshire [1], and at club level for Wakefield RFC, and playing representative level rugby league (RL) for Great Britain, England, and Yorkshire, and at club level for Wakefield Trinity (captain) (Heritage № 154), as a Prop, Hooker, Second-row, and Loose forward/Lock, i.e. number 8 or 10, 9, 11 or 12, or 13, during the era of contested scrums.
After retirement from rugby league, in 1928 Wakefield RFC employed him as bagman and he also assisted in training, paying him 2s/6d a week, (based on increases in average earnings, this would be approximately £23.90 in 2009).
Herbert Kershaw won caps for England (RL) while at Wakefield Trinity in 1910 against Wales, in 1911 against Wales, and Australia, and caps for Great Britain (RL) while at Wakefield Trinity on the 1910 Great Britain Lions tour of Australia and New Zealand against Australia, Australasia, and New Zealand.
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