Ted Sadler

Edward Sadler
Personal information
Full name Edward Harry Sadler[1]
Nickname Ted
Born (1910-05-08)8 May 1910
Colchester, England
Died 26 December 1992(1992-12-26) (aged 82)
Surbiton, England
Playing information
Rugby league
Position Loose forward/Lock, Second-row
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
1933–34 Oldham 25 6 0 18
1934–40 Castleford 185 54 0 162
1941 → Wigan (guest) 3 0 0 0
Total 213 60 0 0 180
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
1933–39 England 2 0 0 0 0
Rugby union
Position Flanker
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
1933 England 2 1 0 0 3
Source: englandrl.co.uk

Edward "Ted" Sadler (8 May 1910 – 26 December 1992) was an English dual-code international rugby union and rugby league footballer of the 1930s, and 1940s playing representative level rugby union (RU) for England, and whilst serving with the Royal Corps of Signals for Army Rugby Union, and playing representative level rugby league (RL) for England, and at club level for Oldham and Castleford. He also appeared for Wigan as a wartime guest player.

Career

Rugby union

Born in Colchester, Essex, Sadler started his career playing rugby union in the Army. In 1933, he was selected to play for England, winning two caps.[2]

Switch to rugby league

Later that year, Sadler joined rugby league side Oldham. He made his début against Broughton Rangers in August 1933, and scored his first try for the club in the same game.[3] He scored six tries in 25 appearances for the club before joining Castleford in 1934.[4]

Edward Sadler won a cap for England while at Oldham in 1933 against Australia.[5] He also won a cap while at Castleford in 1939 against Wales.[5][6]

County League appearances

Edward Sadler played in Castleford's victory in the Yorkshire League during the 1938–39 season.

Challenge Cup final appearances

Edward Sadler played Loose forward in Castleford's 11-8 victory over Huddersfield in the 1935 Challenge Cup final during the 1934–35 season at Wembley Stadium, London on Saturday 4 May 1935.[7][8]

References

  1. ↑ "Edward Sadler | Rugby Union | Players and Officials". ESPN Scrum. Retrieved 4 December 2013.
  2. ↑ "International Caps – Army Players". Army Rugby Union. Retrieved 5 December 2013.
  3. ↑ "Saturday's Rugby League Games: Salford and Warrington Start Well; Leeds Beat York". The Manchester Guardian. 28 August 1933. p. 3. (subscription required (help)).
  4. ↑ "Sadler Leaves Oldham: Woods Joins Warrington". The Manchester Guardian. 31 January 1934. p. 3. (subscription required (help)).
  5. 1 2 "International Statistics at englandrl.co.uk". englandrl.co.uk. 31 December 2011. Retrieved 1 January 2012.
  6. ↑ "Statistics at thecastlefordtigers.co.uk". thecastlefordtigers.co.uk ℅ web.archive.org. 31 December 2013. Archived from the original on 27 February 2012. Retrieved 1 January 2014.
  7. ↑ "Sat 4th May 1935 - Challenge Cup - Neutral Ground - 39,000". thecastlefordtigers ℅ web.archive.org. 31 December 2014. Archived from the original on 16 February 2012. Retrieved 1 January 2015.
  8. ↑ "Castleford Beat Huddersfield For Rugby League Cup". The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser. 23 May 1935. p. 15.
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