Alfred James Higgs (born 1904) was a Welsh professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1920s. He played at representative level for Wales, and at club level for Oldham and Halifax as a centre.[3]
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| Full name | Alfred James Higgs[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 1904 Pontypool, Wales | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Position | Centre | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Background
editHiggs was born in Pontypool, Wales, in 1904.
Playing career
editClub career
editHiggs played at centre in Halifax's 22–8 victory over York in the 1930–31 Challenge Cup Final during the 1930–31 season at Wembley Stadium, London on Saturday 2 May 1931, in front of a crowd of 40,368.
International honours
editHiggs won a cap for Wales while at Oldham in the 12–20 defeat by England at Central Park, Wigan on Wednesday 11 January 1928.[2]
Outside rugby league
editAfter retiring from rugby, Higgs ran a grocery in Halifax before returning to Wales in 1940.[4]
References
edit- ^ "Statistics at rugbyleague.wales". rugbyleague.wales. 31 December 2019. Retrieved 1 January 2020.
- ^ a b "Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org". rugbyleagueproject.org. 31 December 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
- ^ Williams, Graham; Lush, Peter; Farrar, David (November 2009). The British Rugby League Records Book. London League Publications Ltd. pp. 108–114. ISBN 978-1-903659-49-6.
- ^ "Alf Higgs Returning to Wales". Halifax Daily Courier & Guardian. 28 August 1940. p. 3 – via British Newspaper Archive.