Tom Smith (rugby union, born 1883) for them he did turn out once for Coventry's Northern Union side in 1910. Leicester's secretary Tom Crumbie tried to have Smith's amateur status re-instated on the basis that his signature was obtain by gross misrepresentation but was never successful. Farmer,Stuart & Hands, David "Tigers-Official History of Leicester Football Club" (The Rugby DevelopmentFoundation ) Mather, Tom "Rugby's Greatest Mystery: Who really was F.S.Jackson?", Appendix 2: "The Tigers feat: Leicester Tigers and the RFU 1895 to 1914" (London League Publications LTD ) Tom Smith (rugby union, born 1883) Thomas William Smith (15 August 1883 – 15 May 1960) was a rugby
Rugby union in Queensland union players leaving for Sydney to play rugby league and get paid in the process, something which the amateur code of rugby union could not offer. In 1908, the QRU banned its players from going to Sydney to play rugby league, which resulted in disgruntled players forming the Queensland Rugby League. Of particular note was that at this time, league put down strong roots in the bush and in working class communities and these areas are still the heartland of the modern game of rugby league. In 1913 nine Christian Brothers' College Football Club (Brothers) players represented Queensland in the