Albert Kemp (rugby)

Albert E. Kemp (birth unknown – death unknown) was a rugby union and professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1890s and 1900s. He played representative level rugby union (RU) for Yorkshire, and at club level for Hull Kingston Rovers, and representative level rugby league (RL) for Yorkshire, and at club level for Hull Kingston Rovers (Heritage №), as a forward (prior to the specialist positions of; prop, hooker, second-row, loose forward), during the era of contested scrums.[1]

Albert Kemp

Personal information
Full name	Albert Kemp
Born	unknown
Died	unknown
Playing information
Rugby union
Club Years Team Pld T G FG P ≤1896/97–99 Hull Kingston Rovers Representative Years Team Pld T G FG P ≤1896/97–≥96–97 Yorkshire
Rugby league
Position	Forward
Club Years Team Pld T G FG P 1899–≥05 Hull Kingston Rovers 178 24 25 0 122 Representative Years Team Pld T G FG P 1897–99 Yorkshire 4 1 0 0 3
Source: [1]

Playing career

Challenge Cup Final appearances

Albert Kemp played as a forward, i.e. number 8, in Hull Kingston Rovers' 0-6 defeat by Warrington in the 1905 Challenge Cup Final during the 1904–05 season at Headingley Rugby Stadium, Leeds on Saturday 29 April 1905, in front of a crowd of 19,638.[2]

References

1. "Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org". rugbyleagueproject.org. 31 December 2018. Retrieved 1 January 2019.
2. Irvin Saxton (publish date tbc) "History of Rugby League – № 9 – 1904–05". Rugby Leaguer ISBN n/a

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