Harry Greenlees

Henry Dickson Greenlees known as Harry Greenlees (31 July 1903 – 23 May 1969)[1] was a rugby union fly-half who played 153 games for Leicester Tigers and 6 games for Scotland between 1926 and 1932.

Harry Greenlees

Birth name	Henry Dickson Greenlees
Date of birth	31 July 1903
Place of birth	Pollokshields, Glasgow, Scotland
Date of death	23 May 1969
Place of death	Houghton on the Hill, Leicestershire, England
School	Rossall School The Glasgow Academy
Occupation(s)	Company Director
Rugby union career
Position(s) Fly Half Senior career Years Team Apps (Points) 1926–1932 Leicester Tigers 153 (192) National team(s) Years Team Apps (Points) 1927–30 Scotland 6 (0)

The Greenlees family was in the footwear trade and this led them to relocate from Glasgow to Leicester. Greenlees made his Leicester debut against Old Blues on 20 March 1926 at Welford Road in the unusual position of scrum-half, Greenlees played 5 games in the position that season. 1926/27 season saw Greenlees in his more usual position of fly-half, starting 34 of the club's 41 matches in the position.[2]

Greenlees Scotland debut came on 17 December 1927 against Australia at Murrayfield, the Scots prevailed 10–8,[3] and Greenlees continued in the 1928 Five Nations as Scotland beat France however he was dropped from the side following defeat to Wales. This was Greenlees' only defeat in his 6 caps.

He was selected for the 1930 British Lions tour to New Zealand and Australia but was unable to take the time away from work.[4] He was captain of Leicester from 1930 to 1932 and was top points scorer in the 1931/32 season.

Sources

Farmer,Stuart & Hands, David Tigers-Official History of Leicester Football Club (The Rugby DevelopmentFoundation ISBN 978-0-9930213-0-5)

References

1. "HArry Greenlees". ESPNscrum. Retrieved 30 April 2017.
2. Farmer, Stuart; Hands, David. Tigers - Official history of Leicester Football Club. The Rugby DevelopmentFoundation. p. 90. ISBN 978-0-9930213-0-5.
3. "Scotland (5) 10 - 8 (5) Australia (FT)". ESPNScrum. Retrieved 30 April 2017.
4. Farmer, Stuart; Hands, David. Tigers - Official history of Leicester Football Club. The Rugby DevelopmentFoundation. p. 370. ISBN 978-0-9930213-0-5.