Anthony Starks

Anthony Starks

Personal information
Full name	Anthony Starks
Born	11 August 1873 Castleford, England
Died	January 1952 (aged 78) Hull, England
Playing information
Rugby union
Position	Forward
Club Years Team Pld T G FG P ≤1895–≥96 Castleford RUFC Representative Years Team Pld T G FG P ≤1895–≥96 Yorkshire 1896 England 2 0 0 0 0
Rugby league
Position	Forwards
Club Years Team Pld T G FG P ≤1904–≥04 Hull Kingston Rovers 223 34 72 0 246 Representative Years Team Pld T G FG P 1897/98–98/99 Yorkshire ≥1 1904 England 1 0 0 0 0
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Anthony Starks (11 August 1873 – January 1952) was an English dual-code international rugby union, and professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1890s and 1900s. He played representative level rugby union (RU) for England and Yorkshire, and at club level for Castleford RUFC,^[4] as a forward, and representative level rugby league (RL) for England and Yorkshire, and at club level for Hull Kingston Rovers (captain), as a forward.^[2] England's Anthony Starks, and Wales' Jack Rhapps took the field in the inaugural rugby league international of Tuesday 5 April 1904 between England and Other Nationalities. Starks had made two rugby union Test appearances for England in 1896, and Rhapps had made a single rugby union Test appearance for Wales in 1897, and thus in April 1904 they became the world's first dual-code rugby internationals.