Tom Helm (rugby)

Thomas Helm
Personal information
Full name Thomas Helm
Nickname Tom
Born circa-1886
Scotland
Playing information
Height 5 ft 10.5 in (179 cm)
Weight 13 st 2 lb (83.5 kg; 184.0 lb)
Rugby union
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
≤1909–09 Hawick RFC
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
≤1909 South of Scotland
Rugby league
Position Forward
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
1909–Apr 11 Oldham 43 6 0 0 18
1911–≥11 Coventry 0
Total 43 6 0 0 18
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
1910 Great Britain 0 0 0 0 0
Source: rugbyleagueproject.org englandrl.co.uk

Thomas "Tom" Helm (born circa-1886 — death unknown) was a Scottish rugby union and professional rugby league footballer of the 1900s and 1910s, playing representative level rugby union (RU) for South of Scotland, and at club level for Hawick RFC,[1] and selected to play representative level rugby league (RL) for Great Britain (no appearances), and playing at club level for Oldham, and Coventry (no appearances), as a Forward, e.g. Prop, Hooker, Second-row, or Loose forward/Lock, during the era of contested scrums.

Playing career

International honours

Tom Helm represented South of Scotland (RU) while at Hawick, and was selected for Great Britain (RL) while at Oldham for the 1910 Great Britain Lions tour of Australia and New Zealand.[2] However, a knee injury sustained prior to departing on the tour, was exacerbated by a tug of war competition with the passengers on-board the Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company (P&O) steamship SS Malwa, he played no matches during the tour, and would not play again for Oldham until December 1910.[1]

Club career

Tom Helm's final match for Oldham took place against Runcorn in April of the 1910–11 Northern Rugby Football Union season, at the end of that season, along with other Oldham players, he signed for Coventry, but he does not appear to have played any matches for Coventry.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Tom Mather (2010). "Best in the Northern Union". Pages 128-142. ISBN 978-1-903659-51-9
  2. ↑ "Papers Past — Evening Post — 14 May 1910 — Football". paperspast.natlib.govt.nz. 31 December 2011. Retrieved 1 January 2012.


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