Thomas Oliver Bennett

Thomas Bennett

Personal information
Full name	Thomas Oliver Bennett
Born	April→June 1852 Wakefield district, England
Died	July→September 1905 (aged 53) Wakefield district, England
Playing information
Rugby union
Club
Years	Team	Pld	T	G	FG	P
1873–≥73	Wakefield Trinity
Representative
Years	Team	Pld	T	G	FG	P
	Yorkshire
Rugby league
Source: rugbyleagueproject.org

Thomas Oliver Bennett (birth registered April→June 1852^[1] — death registered July→September 1905 (aged 53)^[2]) birth registered in Wakefield district, was an English rugby union footballer of the 1870s, playing at representative level for Yorkshire, and at club level for Wakefield Trinity, his death was registered in Wakefield district. Prior to Tuesday 27 August 1895, Wakefield Trinity was a rugby union club.

Playing career

Notable appearances

Thomas Bennett was a founder member of Wakefield Trinity and played in the club's first ever game in 1873, and he was later an honorary secretary of the club.^[3]

Change of Code

When Wakefield Trinity converted from the rugby union code to the rugby league code on Tuesday 27 August 1895, Thomas Bennett would have been 43. Subsequently, he didn't become both a rugby union and rugby league footballer for Wakefield Trinity.

Genealogical Information

Thomas Bennett was the father of Wakefield Trinity rugby league footballer of the 1900s Ernest Bennett, and the maternal great-grandfather of the Featherstone Rovers, and Wakefield Trinity rugby league footballer of the 1950s and '60s, Donald "Don" Metcalfe.

References

1. "Birth details at freebmd.org.uk". freebmd.org.uk. 31 December 2011. Retrieved 1 January 2012.
2. "Death details at freebmd.org.uk". freebmd.org.uk. 31 December 2011. Retrieved 1 January 2012.
3. Lindley, John (1960). Dreadnoughts - A HISTORY OF Wakefield Trinity F. C. 1873 - 1960. John Lindley Son & Co Ltd. ISBN n/a

External links

• Search for "Bennett" at espnscrum.com
• Search for "Bennett" at rugbyleagueproject.org