Background
Barron Kilner was also Mayor of Wakefield in 1899 and the grandson of John Kilner, the founder of the "Kilner Jar" companies.
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Barron Kilner
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Barron Kilner born in Thornhill Lees, was a rugby union football player of the 1880s, and rugby union administrator of the 1890s, playing at representative level for England, and Yorkshire, and at club level for Wakefield Trinity, as a Forward, e.g. Front row, Lock, or Back row, he died in Wakefield.
Career
Prior to Tuesday 27 August 1895, Wakefield Trinity was a rugby union club International honours County honours Change of Code When Wakefield Trinity converted from the rugby union code to the rugby league code on Tuesday 27 August 1895, Barron Kilner would have been 43. Subsequently, he didn"t become both a rugby union and rugby league football player for Wakefield Trinity.
In William Barnes Wollen"s painting, featuring Yorkshire"s 11-3 victory over Lancashire during the 1893/94 season, a painting that is now held at the Rugby Football Union headquarters in the Twickenham Stadium, Alf Barraclough can be seen being tackled, and passing the ball to Jack Toothill, with Tommy Dobson on the outside, Barron Kilner can be seen in the crowd, he is the first person to the right of Tommy Dobson"s head
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Nationality
United Kingdom