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Ervine Mosby

Personal information
Full name	Ervine Pyrah Mosby
Born	October 1877 Normanton, England
Died	21 October 1916 (aged 38) Bradford, England
Playing information
Height	5 ft 10 in (178 cm)
Weight	12 st (168 lb; 76 kg)
Position	Centre
Club Years Team Pld T G FG P 1901–11 Bradford R.F.C. 193 21 145 353 Representative Years Team Pld T G FG P 1903–04 Yorkshire 6 3 6 0 21 1905 England 1 1 0 0 3
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Ervine Pyrah Mosby (October 1877 – October 1916), also referred to as Irving Mosby, was an English professional rugby league footballer who played between 1901 and 1911. He played at representative level for Yorkshire and England, and at club level for Bradford R.F.C. He had previously played rugby union for Leicester.

Background

Mosby was born in Normanton, West Riding of Yorkshire, England, and he died aged 38 in Bradford, West Riding of Yorkshire, England.

Playing career

International honours

Mosby won a cap for England while at Bradford FC in 1905 against Other Nationalities.

Championship final appearances

Mosby played right-centre and scored a goal in Bradford FC's 5-0 victory over Salford in the Championship tiebreaker during the 1903–04 season at Thrum Hall, Halifax on Thursday 28 April 1904, in front of a crowd of 12,000.

County Cup Final appearances

Mosby played in Bradford FC's 8-5 victory over Hull Kingston Rovers in the 1906 Yorkshire Cup Final at Belle Vue, Wakefield on Saturday 1 December 1906.

References

1. West Yorkshire, Non-Conformist Records, 1646-1985 for Erwin Pyrah Mosby, Baptised 23 January 1878, aged 13 weeks
2. ^ "Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org". rugbyleagueproject.org. 31 December 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
3. "Player Summary: Ervine Mosby". Rugby League Records. Rugby League Record Keepers Club. Retrieved 1 December 2024.
4. "Yorkshire Senior Cup". Bradford Daily Telegraph. No. 11296. 29 October 1906. p. 5 – via British Newspaper Archive.
5. "Northern Rugby League". Bradford Daily Telegraph. 6 December 1907. p. 5. Retrieved 5 July 2018.
6. "The Complete history of Bradford Northern"
7. "Death of Irvine Mosby". Bradford Daily Telegraph. 23 October 1916. p. 5 – via British Newspaper Archive.
8. 'A Tigers Tale' - History of Leicester Tigers
9. "Untitled". Halifax Courier. No. 9, 842. 24 October 1916. p. 4 – via British Newspaper Archive.
10. Irvin Saxton (ed.). History of Rugby League – No. 9 – 1903–04". Rugby Leaguer.
11. "1903/04 Northern Union Champions". rlhp.co.uk. 31 December 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
12. "Irving (Erving) Mosby". rlhp.co.uk. 31 December 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2018.

External links

• Image "1903/04 Northern Union Champions - Bradford were Northern Union champions for the first time in the season 1903/04. They beat Salford 5-0 in a play off at Thrum Hall, Halifax. - Date: 28/04/1904 - Players: Back row: Robson (trainer), Sinton, Heseltine, Sharratt. Middle row: Hutt, Barker, Greenwood, Smales, Feather, Mosby, Eagers. Front row: Dunbavin, Gunn, Rees, Marsden, Turner, Laidlaw, Dechan. On ground: Surman, Brear" at rlhp.co.uk
• Image "1906 Challenge Cup winning team - Bradford beat Salford to win the Challenge Cup in 1906 at Headingley. - Date: 28/04/1906 - Players: Back row: Hoyle (Secretary), Greenwood, Connell, Feather, Smales, Francis, Grayson, Walton, Mosby, Surman, Rees, Farrell (Trainer). Middle row: Gunn, Sharratt, Dechan, Marsden, Turner, Laidlaw, Mann. Front row: Dunbavin, Heseltine, Brear." at rlhp.co.uk
• Image "Irving (Erving) Mosby - Irving Mosby, played for both Yorkshire and England and was a member of the Yorkshire Cup winning side of 1906 when Bradford beat Hull KR 8-5 at Wakefield. - Date: 01/01/1905" at rlhp.co.uk

• 1877 births
• 1916 deaths
• Bradford F.C. players
• England national rugby league team players
• English rugby league players
• Rugby league players from Leeds
• Yorkshire rugby league team players