Harry Havelock (rugby union)

Harry Havelock

Full name	Henry Havelock
Date of birth	1879 (1879)
Place of birth	Hartlepool, England
Date of death	12 May 1923 (aged 44)
Place of death	Hull, England
Rugby union career
Position(s) Wing-forward International career Years Team Apps (Points) 1908 England 3 (0)

Henry Havelock (1879 – 1923) was an English international rugby union player.

Powerfully-built, Havelock was a Hartlepool and Durham County player, capped three times for England as a wing-forward in 1908. He thereafter played rugby league, joining Hull in the 1908–09 Northern Rugby Football Union season.[1]

Havelock served in France with the Royal Garrison Artillery during World War I.[2]

Employed as a joiner, Havelock died of blood poisoning in 1923 after grazing his leg while working at Alexandra Dock.[3]

Havelock's son, P. H. W. Havelock, was a soccer player for several Football League clubs.[4]

See also

• List of England national rugby union players

References

1. "Football Features". Hull Daily Mail. 9 September 1908.
2. "Footballer and Soldier". Hull Daily Mail. 17 May 1923.
3. "A Former Hull Forward". Hull Daily Mail. 14 May 1923.
4. "Lincoln". Lincolnshire Echo. 10 October 1925.

External links

• Harry Havelock at ESPNscrum