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Full name | Edward Knowles | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Waberthwaite, Cumberland, England | April 3, 1868||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Died | 23 June 1946[1] Millom, Cumberland, England | (aged 78)
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Edward Knowles (3 April 1868 – 23 June 1946) was a 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 Millom, [4] as a forward, e.g. front row, lock, or back row, and representative level for rugby league (RL) Cumberland, and at club level for Millom, as a forward (prior to the specialist positions of; prop, hooker, second-row, loose forward), during the era of contested scrums. Prior to the 1899–1900 season, Millom was a rugby union club.
Edward Knowles was born in Waberthwaite, Cumberland, England, and he died aged 78 in Millom, Cumberland, England. [2]
Knowles won caps for England (RU) while at Millom in 1896 against Scotland, and in 1897 against Scotland. [2] When Millom converted from the rugby union code to the rugby league code for the 1899–1900 season, Knowles was approximately 31 years of age, he was both a rugby union, and rugby league footballer for Millom.
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Full name | Edward Knowles | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Waberthwaite, Cumberland, England | April 3, 1868||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Died | 23 June 1946[1] Millom, Cumberland, England | (aged 78)
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Edward Knowles (3 April 1868 – 23 June 1946) was a 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 Millom, [4] as a forward, e.g. front row, lock, or back row, and representative level for rugby league (RL) Cumberland, and at club level for Millom, as a forward (prior to the specialist positions of; prop, hooker, second-row, loose forward), during the era of contested scrums. Prior to the 1899–1900 season, Millom was a rugby union club.
Edward Knowles was born in Waberthwaite, Cumberland, England, and he died aged 78 in Millom, Cumberland, England. [2]
Knowles won caps for England (RU) while at Millom in 1896 against Scotland, and in 1897 against Scotland. [2] When Millom converted from the rugby union code to the rugby league code for the 1899–1900 season, Knowles was approximately 31 years of age, he was both a rugby union, and rugby league footballer for Millom.