Dave Holland (rugby)

David Holland (1 September 1887 – 7 March 1945) was an English dual-code international rugby union, and professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1910s and 1920s. He played representative level rugby union (RU) for England, and at club level for Gloucester RFC, as a forward, and representative level rugby league (RL) for Great Britain, and at club level for Oldham, as a prop, second-row, loose forward.

Dave Holland

Personal information
Full name	David Holland
Born	1 September 1887 Gloucester, England
Died	7 March 1945(1945-03-07) (aged 57) Gloucester, England
Playing information
Rugby union
Position	Forwards
Club Years Team Pld T G FG P ≤1912–13 Gloucester RFC 97 16 1 50 Representative Years Team Pld T G FG P 1912 England 3 1 0 0 3
Rugby league
Position	Prop, Second-row, Loose forward
Club Years Team Pld T G FG P 1913–21 Oldham 81 19 0 0 57 Representative Years Team Pld T G FG P 1914 Great Britain 4 1 0 0 3
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Playing career

International honours

Dave Holland won caps for England (RU) while at Gloucester in 1912 against Wales, Ireland, and Scotland, and won caps for Great Britain while at Oldham in 1914 against Australia (3 matches), and New Zealand.

Club career

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.

External links

• Dave Holland at ESPNscrum
• Statistics at orl-heritagetrust.org.uk Archived 7 April 2005 at the Wayback Machine
• The Legend of Rorke's Drift by Harold Wagstaff - Captain 1914 Lions = from the "Sports Post" - Yorkshire - 4 May 1935^[usurped]