William "Nat" Asquith[1] was a rugby league footballer who played for Castleford from September 1926. He introduced Arthur Atkinson to the sport when he suggested as they were going home from work at a coal pit that they should detour to watch Castleford training at their old ground.[2] When Castleford became a professional club for the 1926–27 season, Asquith made his debut in their 4 September 1926 defeat by Hunslet.[3] A newspaper report of 1929 commented that he and Atkinson were "usually a strong confederacy on the Castleford right wing"[4] while Robin Adair wrote a year later in the Hull Daily Mail that he thought Asquith was "destined for higher honours".[5]
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| Full name | William Asquith | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Position | Centre, Wing | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Asquith was hospitalised after the match against Featherstone Rovers on 25 December 1930, when he suffered a ruptured spleen.[6] He did not play again, nor had he been able to work at the time when his club arranged a benefit match for him against Halifax in April 1934.[1][7]
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edit- ^ a b "Castleford Charity Game". The Leeds Mercury. 5 April 1934. p. 9.
- ^ "With The R.L. Touring Team In Australia". Yorkshire Evening Post. 20 March 1936. p. 12.
- ^ "Castleford's Promising Recuits". Yorkshire Post and Leeds Intelligencer. 6 September 1926. p. 3.
- ^ "Leeds Again In A Winning Mood". The Leeds Mercury. 15 April 1929. p. 9.
- ^ Adair, Robin (24 February 1930). "The Victory at Castleford". Hull Daily Mail. p. 2.
- ^ "Injured Players". The Leeds Mercury. 27 December 1930. p. 11.
- ^ "Castleford Player's Benefit". Yorkshire Post and Leeds Intelligencer. 5 April 1934. p. 3.