Len Mason
| Personal information | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Leonard Tasman Mason | |||||
| Born | 23 September 1903 New Zealand | |||||
| Died | 10 June 1953 (aged 49) Hamilton, New Zealand | |||||
| Playing information | ||||||
| Height | 6 ft 0 in (183 cm) | |||||
| Weight | 15 st 0 lb (95.3 kg; 210.0 lb) | |||||
| Position | Prop, Second-row | |||||
| Club | ||||||
| Years | Team | Pld | T | G | FG | P |
| Unknown (WRL) | ||||||
| Grafton Athletic (ARL) | ||||||
| 1926 | Hornby (CRL) | |||||
| 1927–36 | Wigan | 362 | 50 | 5 | 0 | 160 |
| Keighley | ||||||
| Total | 362 | 50 | 5 | 0 | 160 | |
| Representative | ||||||
| Years | Team | Pld | T | G | FG | P |
| South Auckland | ||||||
| 1926 | Canterbury | |||||
| 1926 | South Island | |||||
| 1936–37 | Dominion XIII | ≥2 | ||||
| 1929–33 | Other Nationalities | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 1926–27 | New Zealand | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Source: rugbyleagueproject.org | ||||||
Leonard Tasman Mason[1] (23 September 1903 – 10 June 1953) was a New Zealand professional rugby league footballer of the 1920s and 1930s, playing at representative level for New Zealand, Other Nationalities, Dominion XIII, the South Island, South Auckland and Canterbury, and at club level for Wigan, and Keighley, as a Centre, Prop, Hooker, or Second-row.
Playing career
Representative career
Mason won caps for New Zealand in 1926 against England and Wales, and in 1927 against England, and won caps for Other Nationalities while at Wigan in the 20-27 defeat by England at Headingley Stadium, Leeds on Wednesday 20 March 1929, in the 35-19 victory over England at Thrum Hall, Halifax on Monday 7 April 1930, in the 18-31 defeat by England at Knowsley Road on Monday 7 April 1930, and in the 27-34 defeat by England in Workington on Thursday 30 March 1933.[2] Mason was part of the 1926-27 tour of Great Britain that was marred by player discontent.[3]
Championship final appearances
Mason played Centre, i.e. number 3, in Wigan's 15-3 victory over Salford in the Championship final during the 1933–34 season at Wilderspool Stadium, Warrington on Saturday 28 April 1934.[4]
Challenge Cup final appearances
Mason played Right-Second-row, i.e. number 12, in Wigan's 13-2 victory over Dewsbury in the Challenge Cup final during the 1928–29 season at Wembley Stadium, London on Saturday 4 May 1929.[5]
County Cup final appearances
Mason played Left-Second-row, i.e. number 11 in Wigan's 5-4 victory over Widnes in the 1928 Lancashire Cup final during the 1928–29 season at Wilderspool Stadium, Warrington on Saturday 24 November 1928.[6]
Notable tour matches
Mason played Left-Second-row, i.e. number 11 in Wigan's 30-27 victory over France at Central Park, Wigan, on Saturday 10 March 1934.[7]
Club career
Mason represented South Auckland as a teenager before briefly playing for Grafton Athletic.[8] Work then took him to Christchurch where he joined the Hornby club in the Canterbury Rugby League competition before moving to England in 1927 to join Wigan. He scored for South Island in the 1926 inter-island match. Mason later joined Keighley and was still a first grade footballer at 39 years of age.[8]
Later years
Mason returned to the Waikato and was a Waikato selector in the later 1940s.[8] He died in Hamilton, New Zealand in 1953.
References
- ↑ MASON, Leonard Tasman 1926 - 27 - Kiwi #186 nzleague.co.nz
- ↑ "Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org". rugbyleagueproject.org. 31 December 2011. Retrieved 1 January 2012.
- ↑ Baker, Andrew (20 August 1995). "100 years of rugby league: From the great divide to the Super era". Independent, The. London: independent.co.uk. Retrieved 25 September 2009.
- ↑ "1933-1934 Championship Final". wigan.rlfans.com. 31 December 2011. Retrieved 1 January 2012.
- ↑ "Historic Wigan RL Moments: 1929 Challenge Cup Final". wigan.rlfans.com. 31 December 2011. Retrieved 1 January 2012.
- ↑ "1928-1929 Lancashire Cup Final". wigan.rlfans.com. 31 December 2011. Retrieved 1 January 2012.
- ↑ "1934 Tour Match: Wigan 30 France 27". wigan.rlfans.com. 31 December 2011. Retrieved 1 January 2012.
- 1 2 3 Coffey, John. Canterbury XIII, Christchurch, 1987.