Complex sentence: William "Bill" Appleyard was a professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1890s, playing at representative level for Yorkshire, and at club level for Wakefield Trinity (Heritage № 35), as a Forward, during the era of contested scrums.
Split into simpler sentences: William "Bill" Appleyard was a professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1890s. He played at representative level for Yorkshire, and at club level for Wakefield Trinity (Heritage № 35), as a Forward, during the era of contested scrums.