Frank Shugars

Frank Shugars
Personal information
Full name Francis Shugars
Nickname Frank
Born c. 1875-1881
Pontypridd, Wales
Died April→June 1953 (aged 77)
Warrington
Playing information
Height 5 ft 11 in (180 cm)
Weight 14 st 6 lb (91.6 kg; 202.0 lb)
Rugby union
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
≤1904–04 Penygraig
Rugby league
Position Second-row
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
1904–12 Warrington 212 18 0 0 54
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
≥1904–≤12 Lancashire
1909–12 Wales 5
1910 Great Britain 1 0 0 0 0
Source: rugbyleagueproject.org englandrl.co.uk

Francis "Frank" Shugars (c. 1875-1881 — April→June 1953 (aged 77)[1]) born in Pontypridd, was a Welsh rugby union and professional rugby league footballer of the 1900s and 1910s playing club level rugby union (RU) for Penygraig RFC, and playing representative level rugby league (RL) for Great Britain, Wales, and Lancashire, and at club level for Warrington, as a Second-row, i.e. number 11 or 12, during the era of contested scrums,[2][3] his death was registered in Warrington.[4]

Frank Shugars won five caps for Wales (RL) while at Warrington between 1909 and 1912, all of them against England.[5]

While at Warrington Shugars became their first player to become a Great Britain tourist when was selected to go on the 1910 Great Britain Lions tour of Australia and New Zealand and won caps for Great Britain against Australasia, and New Zealand.[6]

Honoured at Warrington Wolves

Frank Shugars is a Warrington Wolves Hall of Fame inductee.[7]

References

  1. ↑ "Death details at freebmd.org.uk". freebmd.org.uk. 31 December 2011. Retrieved 1 January 2012.
  2. ↑ Frank Shugars: 1904–1912 wire2wolves.com
  3. ↑ Williams, Graham; Lush, Peter; Farrar, David (2009). The British Rugby League Records Book. London League. pp. 108–114. ISBN 978-1-903659-49-6.
  4. ↑ Tom Mather (2010). "Best in the Northern Union". Pages 128-142. ISBN 978-1-903659-51-9
  5. ↑ "Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org". rugbyleagueproject.org. 31 December 2011. Retrieved 1 January 2012.
  6. ↑ "Papers Past — Evening Post — 14 May 1910 — Football". paperspast.natlib.govt.nz. 31 December 2011. Retrieved 1 January 2012.
  7. ↑ "Hall of Fame at Wire2Wolves.com". wire2wolves.com. 31 December 2011. Retrieved 1 January 2012.

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