Harry Archer

Harry Archer
Personal information
Full name	Henry Archer
Nickname	The Architect
Born	October→December 1932 (age 91–92); Cockermouth district, Cumberland, England
Playing information
Rugby union
Club
Rugby league
Position	Stand-off/Five-eighth
Club
Representative
	Source: rugbyleagueproject.org

Henry 'Harry' Archer (birth registered October→December 1932 (age 91–92)^[1]) birth registered in Cockermouth district, is an English rugby union and professional rugby league footballer of the 1950s and '60s playing club level rugby union (RU) for Workington RFC, and playing representative level rugby league (RL) for Great Britain (non-Test matches), and Cumberland, and at club level for Workington Town, and Whitehaven, as a Stand-off/Five-eighth, i.e. number 6.^[2]

Playing career

Harry Archer represented Great Britain (RL) while at Workington in non-Test matches on the 1958 tour of Australia, and New Zealand.

Four Workington players were selected for the 1958 tour; Harry Archer, Brian Edgar, Ike Southward, and Bill Wookey (later of Barrow).

Harry Archer represented Cumberland.

Harry Archer played Stand-off/Five-eighth in Workington Town's 9–13 defeat by Wigan in the 1958 Challenge Cup final during the 1957–58 season at Wembley Stadium, London on Saturday 10 May 1958.^[3] He was concussed within the first ten-minutes of the match by a stiff-arm tackle by Mick Sullivan and had to leave the playing field, and although he returned to the match, he cannot remember anything about the rest of the match.^[4]

Personal information
Full name	Henry Archer
Nickname	The Architect
Born	October→December 1932 (age 91–92) Cockermouth district, Cumberland, England
Playing information
Rugby union
Club
Years	Team	Pld	T	G	FG	P
≤1952–≤52	Workington RFC
Rugby league
Position	Stand-off/Five-eighth
Club
Years	Team	Pld	T	G	FG	P
1952–67	Workington Town	385	64	8		208
	Whitehaven
	Total	385	64	8	0	208
Representative
Years	Team	Pld	T	G	FG	P
≤1958–≥58	Cumberland
Source: rugbyleagueproject.org