Nealy Crosland
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Personal information
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| Full name | Arthur Kenealy Crosland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | April→June 1880 Wakefield district, England |
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| Died | January→March 1929 (aged 49) Doncaster district, England |
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Playing information
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| Position | Prop | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Arthur Kenealy "Nealy" Crosland (April→June 1880 — January→March 1929 (aged 49)) birth registered in Wakefield district, was an English professional rugby league footballer of the 1900s, 1910s, and 1920s, playing at representative level for Yorkshire, and at club level for Wakefield Trinity (captain) (Heritage № 85), as a Prop, i.e. number 8 or 10, during the era of contested scrums, his death was registered in Doncaster district.
Arthur Kenealy Crosland, known to all as 'Nealy' is the oldest ever player to represent Wakefield Trinity and also holds the record for the longest Trinity career spanning twenty two years. He was a tough, robust forward in the early 1900s, gaining county honours and a Challenge Cup winners medal.
'Nealy' was a Westgate born local who joined his brother, Charles, at Trinity in 1900, making his debut in September 1900 in a 15-0 victory at Liversedge, the first of 533 first team appearances. His durability saw him break the Trinity appearance record in 1913, passing Jimmy Metcalfe's 375 games, became the first player to play 400 first team games in 1914 and passed the 500 mark in 1920. He remains one of only three players in the club's history to play over 500 games, with Harry Wilkinson and Neil Fox. He also missed three full season's due to the First World War.
He was a Yorkshire county forward, gaining six Yorkshire trial games between 1905 and 1910, a big honour in the early 1900s, making his full debut in 1905 against Lancashire at Hull. His seven county caps spanned fourteen years with his last appearance coming in 1919 against Cumberland at Hunslet. He was selected for England in 1909 but the week before he suffered a serious injury at Hull KR causing him to miss four months. He returned for the 1910 tour trial, another big honour in the early 1900s, but he failed to gain a place on the boat 'Down Under'.
He was part of the powerful Trinity forward pack that won the 1909 RL Challenge Cup, and the Yorkshire Cup in 1910 and his medals also included two Yorkshire League Championships (1910 & 1911).
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