Herbert Fallas
| Personal information | ||||||
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| Full name | F. Herbert Fallas | |||||
| Born | October–December 1861 Wakefield district, England |
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| Playing information | ||||||
| Rugby union | ||||||
| Position | Three-quarters | |||||
| Club | ||||||
| Years | Team | Pld | T | G | FG | P |
| ≤1884–≥84 | Wakefield Trinity | |||||
| Representative | ||||||
| Years | Team | Pld | T | G | FG | P |
| Yorkshire | ||||||
| 1884 | England | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Rugby league | ||||||
| Source: espnscrum.com | ||||||
F. Herbert Fallas (birth registered October–December 1861[1] — death unknown) birth registered in Wakefield district, was an English rugby union footballer of the 1880s, playing at representative level for England, and Yorkshire, and at club level for Wakefield Trinity,[2] as a Three-quarters, i.e. Wing or Centre. Prior to Tuesday 27 August 1895, Wakefield Trinity was a rugby union club.
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Playing career
International honours
Herbert Fallas won a cap for England while at Wakefield Trinity in the 1884 Home Nations Championship against Ireland.[3]
County honours
Herbert Fallas represented Yorkshire while at Wakefield Trinity.
Change of Code
When Wakefield Trinity converted from the rugby union code to the rugby league code on Tuesday 27 August 1895, Herbert Fallas would have likely been in his thirties. Subsequently, he didn't become both a rugby union and rugby league footballer for Wakefield Trinity.
Genealogical information
Herbert Fallas' brother John H. Fallas was Wakefield Trinity's representative at the formation of the Northern Rugby Football Union on Thursday 29 August 1895 at the George Hotel, Huddersfield.[4]
