Alf Wood

Who was Alf Wood?

Alfred "Alf" Ernest Wood 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 for England, and at club level for Gloucester RFC, as a Fullback, i.e. number 15, and playing representative level rugby league for Great Britain, and at club level for Oldham, as a Fullback, 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. At the end of the 1908–09 Northern Rugby Football Union season Wood played at fullback in Oldham's loss to Wigan in the Championship Final. Wood played Fullback in Oldham's 3–7 defeat by Wigan in the 1908–09 Championship Final at The Willows, Salford on Saturday 1 May 1909, the 13–7 victory over Wigan in the 1909–10 Championship Final, and the 20–7 victory over Wigan in the 1910–11 Championship Final.