Harold Day (sportsman)

Harold Lindsay Vernon Day (12 August 1898, Darjeeling, Bengal, India - 15 June 1972, Hadley Wood, Hertfordshire, England) was an English rugby union footballer who played wing for Leicester Tigers and England.[1]

Harold Day
Birth nameHarold Lindsay Vernon Day
Date of birth12 August 1898
Place of birthDarjeeling, Bengal, India
Date of death15 June 1972
Place of deathHadley Wood, Hertfordshire, England
SchoolBedford Modern School
Rugby union career
Position(s) Wing
Senior career
Years Team Apps (Points)
1918–29 Leicester Tigers 212 ((1,151))
National team(s)
Years Team Apps (Points)
1920-26 England 4

Life

Harold Lindsay Vernon Day was born on 12 August 1898 at Darjeeling, Bengal, India. He was educated at Bedford Modern School.[2]

Day began his career with Leicester (1919–1929) during which time he scored a then-club record 1,151 points including 108 tries, 281 conversions, 81 penalty goals, 4 drop goals and 2 goals from a mark. He gained four caps for England, versus Wales (1920, 1922), France (1922) and Scotland (1926). He scored two tries, one in each of the Wales matches, and kicked one conversion against Wales in 1922 and a penalty and a conversion against France.[3]

Day's England debut, against Wales in 1920, came in slightly unusual circumstances. W. M. Lowry was originally selected to play on the wing and was photographed with the team but was replaced by Day (then representing the Army) just before kick-off. The selectors felt that the conditions would suit Day better and he scored and converted England's only try of the game.[4]

He also played 80 first-class cricket matches for Hampshire County Cricket Club, scoring 3,142 runs at an average of 25.33 which included four centuries and 18 half-centuries.[5]

After retiring from sport, Day became Rugby Union correspondent and a Cricket reporter at the Daily Telegraph. He died on 15 June 1972 at Hadley Wood, Hertfordshire, England.[1]

References
  1. "Harold Day - Rugby Union - Players and Officials - ESPN Scrum". ESPN scrum. Retrieved 4 July 2015.
  2. The Harpur Trust, 1552-1973. worldcat.org. OCLC 903515. Retrieved 4 July 2015.
  3. http://www.espnscrum.com/statsguru/rugby/player/2594.html?class=1;template=results;type=player scrum.com
  4. Bowker, Barry (1978). England Rugby. London: Cassell Ltd. p. 58. ISBN 0304302147.
  5. "Harold Day". Cricinfo. Retrieved 4 July 2015.


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