Garry Clark

Garry Clark (born (1965-01-04)4 January 1965) is an English former professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1980s and 1990s. He played at representative level for Great Britain and England, and at club level for Hull Kingston Rovers, Scarborough Pirates and Hull FC, as a wing, i.e. number 2 or 5.[1]

This article is about the rugby league footballer. For other people with a similar name, see Gary Clark (disambiguation).

Garry Clark
Personal information
Full nameGarry Clark
Born (1965-01-04) 4 January 1965
Playing information
PositionWing
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
1982–91 Hull Kingston Rovers 259 121 4 0 475
1991–92 Scarborough Pirates
1992–93 Hull F.C.
Total 259 121 4 0 475
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
1984 England 1 3 0 0 12
1984–85 Great Britain 3 0 0 0 0
Source: [1][2][3]

Playing career

International honours

Clark won a cap for England while at Hull Kingston Rovers in 1984 against Wales scoring a hat-trick,[2] and won caps for Great Britain while at Hull Kingston Rovers in 1984 against France (2 matches), and in 1985 against France.[3] He toured Australia and New Zealand in 1984.

Rugby League Championship

Clark played in Hull Kingston Rovers Championship winning teams of the 1983–84 season and 1984–85 season

Challenge Cup Final appearances

Clark played right wing, i.e. number 2, in Hull Kingston Rovers' 14–15 defeat by Castleford in the 1985–86 Challenge Cup Final during the 1985–86 season at Wembley Stadium, London, on Saturday 3 May 1986, in front of a crowd of 82,134.

County Cup Final appearances

Clark played right wing, i.e. number 2, in Hull Kingston Rovers' 12–29 defeat by Hull F.C. in the 1984–85 Yorkshire County Cup Final during the 1984–85 season at Boothferry Park, Kingston upon Hull, on Saturday 27 October 1984, and played right wing, and scored a try in the 22–18 victory over Castleford in the 1985–86 Yorkshire County Cup Final during the 1985–86 season at Headingley Rugby Stadium, Leeds, on Sunday 27 October 1985.

John Player Special Trophy Final appearances

Clark played right wing, i.e. number 2, and scored a try in Hull Kingston Rovers' 12-0 victory over Hull F.C. in the 1984–85 John Player Special Trophy Final during the 1984–85 season at Boothferry Park, Kingston upon Hull on Saturday 26 January 1985, and played right wing in the 8-11 defeat by Wigan in the 1985–86 John Player Special Trophy Final during the 1985–86 season at Elland Road, Leeds on Saturday 11 January 1986.[4]

Club career

Clark made his début for Hull Kingston Rovers in 1982. In his time at Rovers he was a First Division Championship winner twice, a Premiership winner, a John Player Trophy winner, a Yorkshire Cup winner and a Second Division Championship winner, he played in the Robins famous win against Wally Lewis and his Queensland touring team of October 1983. His form dipped following a number of shoulder injuries in the late 80's and early 90's and he joined Scarborough Pirates at the start of the 1991–92 season, scoring 11 tries in 25 appearances.[5] After the club folded at the end of the season, he joined Hull F.C.[6] Clark played three games for Hull before announcing his retirement in January 1993 at the age of 28 due to a shoulder injury.[5][6]

References
  1. "Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org". rugbyleagueproject.org. 31 December 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
  2. "England Statistics at englandrl.co.uk". englandrl.co.uk. 31 December 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
  3. "Great Britain Statistics at englandrl.co.uk". englandrl.co.uk. 31 December 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
  4. "1985–1986 John Player Special Trophy Final". wigan.rlfans.com. 31 December 2011. Retrieved 1 January 2012.
  5. Fitzpatrick, Paul (20 January 1993). "Injury forces Clark to quit playing". The Guardian. London. p. 16. ProQuest 187462771.
  6. "Sport in Short: Rugby League". The Independent. 24 January 1993. Retrieved 28 September 2014.
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