Ted Sadler
Personal information | ||||||
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Full name | Edward Harry Sadler[1] | |||||
Nickname | Ted | |||||
Born | Colchester, England |
8 May 1910|||||
Died | Script error: The function "death_date_and_age" does not exist. Surbiton, England |
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Playing information | ||||||
Rugby league | ||||||
Position | Loose forward/Lock, Second-row | |||||
Club | ||||||
Years | Team | Pld | T | G | FG | P |
1933–34 | Oldham | 25 | 6 | 0 | 18 | |
1934–40 | Castleford | 185 | 54 | 0 | 162 | |
1941 | → Wigan (guest) | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Total | 213 | 60 | 0 | 0 | 180 | |
Representative | ||||||
Years | Team | Pld | T | G | FG | P |
1933–39 | England | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Rugby union | ||||||
Position | Flanker | |||||
Representative | ||||||
Years | Team | Pld | T | G | FG | P |
1933 | England | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
Source: englandrl.co.uk |
Edward "Ted" Sadler (8 May 1910 – 26 December 1992) was an English dual-code international rugby union and rugby league footballer of the 1930s, and 1940s playing representative level rugby union (RU) for England, and whilst serving with the Royal Corps of Signals for Army Rugby Union, and playing representative level rugby league (RL) for England, and at club level for Oldham and Castleford. He also appeared for Wigan as a wartime guest player.
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Career
Rugby union
Born in Colchester, Essex, Sadler started his career playing rugby union in the Army. In 1933, he was selected to play for England, winning two caps.[2]
Switch to rugby league
Later that year, Sadler joined rugby league side Oldham. He made his début against Broughton Rangers in August 1933, and scored his first try for the club in the same game.[3] He scored six tries in 25 appearances for the club before joining Castleford in 1934.[4]
Edward Sadler won a cap for England while at Oldham in 1933 against Australia.[5] He also won a cap while at Castleford in 1939 against Wales.[5][6]
County League appearances
Edward Sadler played in Castleford's victory in the Yorkshire League during the 1938–39 season.
Challenge Cup final appearances
Edward Sadler played Loose forward in Castleford's 11-8 victory over Huddersfield in the 1935 Challenge Cup final during the 1934–35 season at Wembley Stadium, London on Saturday 4 May 1935.[7][8]
References
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