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1908 10 march 2014 15 february 1963 england 27 november 1883 190 ? 0 4 ru 8 08 oldham , lancashire , england gloucester 1911 england fullback alf wood alfred ernest wood godfrey phillips cigarette card featuring alf wood wolverhampton , staffordshire , england 08 great britain 5 ft 6 +1 / 2 in cm on 16 1908 -lsb- http://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/players/all.html rugbyleagueproject.org -rsb- -lsb- http://www.englandrl.co.uk englandrl.co.uk -rsb- yes yes 3 3 14 12 st 3 lb kg on 4 190 ? 8 fullback 4 8 0 alf wood -lrb- rugby -rrb-
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alf wood -lrb- rugby -rrb-

alfred `` alf '' ernest wood -lrb- 27 november 1883 -- 15 february 1963 -rrb- born in wolverhampton , was an english dual-code international rugby union and professional rugby league footballer of the 1900s , ' 10s and '20s , playing representative level rugby union -lrb- ru -rrb- for england , and at club level for gloucester rfc , as a fullback , i.e. number 15 , and playing representative level rugby league -lrb- rl -rrb- for great britain , and at club level for oldham , as a , i.e. number 1 , he died in oldham .
wood won caps for england while at gloucester rfc in 1908 against france , wales , and ireland .
in 1908 , wood left gloucester rfc to play rugby league for oldham .
alf wood played , and scored 3-conversions , in oldham 's 9-10 defeat by wigan in the 1908 lancashire cup final during the 1908 -- 09 season at wheater 's field , broughton , salford on saturday 19 december 1908 .
wood played fullback in oldham 's loss to wigan in the championship final during the 1908 -- 09 season .
wood played in oldham 's 3-7 defeat by wigan in the championship final during the 1908 -- 09 season at the willows , salford on saturday 1 may 1909 , the 13-7 victory over wigan in the championship final during the 1909 -- 10 season , and the 20-7 victory over wigan in the championship final during the 1910 -- 11 season .
wood won caps for england while at oldham in 1911 against australia , and in 1914 against wales , and won caps for great britain -lrb- rl -rrb- while at oldham in 1911 -- 12 against australia -lrb- 2 matches -rrb- , and in 1914 against australia , and new zealand .
in 1913 , both billy hall , and dave holland left gloucester rfc to join oldham , following alf wood who had made the same journey in 1908 .
alf wood and dave holland both played at oldham until 1921 , and billy hall played there until 1925 .
all three men played in great britain 's `` rorke 's drift '' test match against australia in 1914 , with alf wood kicking the four goals that would be the difference in the end .
he was also selected to go on the 1920 great britain lions tour of australia .
