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Harold Box
Personal information
Full nameHarold Box
Bornc. 1952
Castleford, England[1]
Playing information
PositionFullback
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
1970–80 Featherstone Rovers 283 57 476 0 1123
1980–85 Wakefield Trinity 132 20 59 10 191
Total 415 77 535 10 1314
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
1979–81 Yorkshire 3 0 3 0 6
1975 Other Nationalities 2 0 4 0 8
1979–81 Wales 5 1 2 0 7
Source: [2][3]

Harold Box (born c. 1952) is an English-born former professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1970s and 1980s. He played at representative level for Wales, Other Nationalities and Yorkshire, and at club level for Featherstone Rovers and Wakefield Trinity (captain), as a right-footed toe-end style (rather than round the corner style) goal-kicking fullback.[2][4]

Playing career

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Featherstone Rovers

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Harold Box made his début for Featherstone Rovers on Saturday 17 January 1970.[5]

Box played fullback in Featherstone Rovers' 9–24 defeat by Warrington in the 1974 Challenge Cup Final during the 1973–74 season at Wembley Stadium, London on Saturday 11 May 1974, in front of a crowd of 77,400.

Box played fullback in Featherstone Rovers' 12–16 defeat by Leeds in the 1976 Yorkshire Cup Final during the 1976–77 season at Headingley, Leeds on Saturday 16 October 1976.

Box's testimonial match at Featherstone Rovers took place against Wales on Sunday 11 May 1980.

Wakefield Trinity

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In September 1980, Box was signed by Wakefield Trinity for a fee of £18,000.[6]

He made his début for Wakefield Trinity in the 16–14 victory over St. Helens at Knowsley Road, St Helens, Merseyside on Sunday 14 September 1980, he later broke his arm in a victory over Halifax, during his time at Wakefield Trinity he scored seventeen 3-point tries and, three 4-point tries.

Representative honours

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Harold Box won five caps for Wales in 1979–1981 while at Featherstone Rovers.[2]

Box also won caps for Yorkshire while at Featherstone Rovers; during the 1979–80 season against Cumbria and Lancashire, and won caps for Yorkshire while at Wakefield Trinity.

Honoured at Featherstone Rovers

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Harold Box is a Featherstone Rovers Hall of Fame inductee.[7]

Outside of rugby league

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Harold Box is the steward of Featherstone The Last Orders.

References

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  1. ^ Winstanley, Jack; Ryding, Malcolm (1975). John Player Rugby League Yearbook. 1975-76. London: Queen Anne Press. p. 74. ISBN 978-0-362-00223-2.
  2. ^ a b c "Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org". rugbyleagueproject.org. 31 December 2011. Retrieved 1 January 2012.
  3. ^ "Player Summary: Harold Box". Rugby League Records. Rugby League Record Keepers Club. Retrieved 26 November 2024.
  4. ^ Williams, Graham; Lush, Peter; Farrar, David (2009). The British Rugby League Records Book. London League. pp. 108–114. ISBN 978-1-903659-49-6.
  5. ^ Bailey, Ron (20 September 2001). Images of Sport - Featherstone Rovers Rugby League Football Club. The History Press. ISBN 0752422952
  6. ^ Fletcher, Raymond; Howes, David, eds. (1981). Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook 1981-82. Rothmans Publications. pp. 11–12. ISBN 978-0-907574-07-1.
  7. ^ "Featherstone Rovers legends added to Hall of Fame". pontefractandcastlefordexpress.co.uk. 5 November 2016. Retrieved 1 January 2017.
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