Career
Prior to Tuesday 27 August 1895, Wakefield Trinity was a rugby union club A rugby shirt worn by Harper Hamshaw is on display at Wakefield Museum, and was used as the inspiration for a heritage shirt produced in 2010. Yorkshire Challenge Cup Final appearances
Harper Hamshaw played in Wakefield Trinity"s 1-goal 2-tries (11-points) to nil victory over Halifax in the Yorkshire Challenge Cup at Cardigan Fields, Leeds in 1883.
Change of Code
When Wakefield Trinity converted from the rugby union code to the rugby league code on Tuesday 27 August 1895, Harper Hamshaw would have been 31 years of age.
Subsequently, he didn"t become both a rugby union and rugby league football player for Wakefield Trinity.
