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| Full name | Robert Wood | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 14 November 1872 Pontefract, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 1 March 1928 (aged 55) Knottingley, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Rugby union | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Position | Half-back | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Rugby league | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Position | Stand-off, Scrum-half | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Robert Wood (14 November 1872[3] – 1 March 1928[4]) was an English rugby union, and professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1890s. He played representative level rugby union (RU) for England, and at club level for Liversedge, as a half-back, i.e. number 9, or 10[1] and representative level rugby league (RL) for Yorkshire, and at club level for Wakefield Trinity (Heritage No. 2), as a wing, stand-off, or scrum-half, i.e. number 2 or 5, 6, or 7.[2][5] Prior to Thursday 29 August 1895, Liversedge, and Wakefield Trinity were both rugby union clubs.
Bob Wood was born in Pontefract, West Riding of Yorkshire, England, and he died aged 55 in Knottingley, West Riding of Yorkshire, England.
Bob Wood won a cap for England (RU) while at Liversedge in the 1894 Home Nations Championship against Ireland.[1]
Bob Wood won caps for Yorkshire (RL) while at Wakefield Trinity.[2]
When Liversedge converted from the rugby union code to the rugby league code on Thursday 29 August 1895, Bob Wood would have been 22 years of age. However, by this time he had transferred to Wakefield Trinity, and so he could not have been both a rugby union, and rugby league footballer for Liversedge.
Bob Wood played right wing, i.e. number 2, in Wakefield Trinity's first ever match in the Northern Union (now the Rugby Football League), the 0-11 defeat by Bradford FC during the inaugural 1895–96 season at Park Avenue, Bradford on Saturday 7 September 1895.[6]