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{{short description|England international rugby league footballer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2020}}
{{Use British English|date=February 2020}}
{{Infobox rugby league biography
|name = Cyril Morrell
|fullname = Cyril Morrall
|nickname =
|image =
|image_size =
|caption =
|birth_date = 9 February 1911<ref name="register">''1939 England and Wales Register''</ref>
|death_date = 1975 (aged 64)<ref name="death">''England & Wales, Civil Registration Death Index, 1916-2007''</ref>
|birth_place = [[Middleton, Yorkshire]], England<ref>''1911 England Census''</ref>
|height =
|death_place = [[Leeds]], Yorkshire, England
|weight =
|position = {{rlp|CE}}
|club1 = [[Hunslet F.C. (1883)|Hunslet]]
|year1start = ≤1934
|year1end = ≥39
|appearances1 =
|tries1 =
|goals1 =
|fieldgoals1 =
|points1 =
| club2 = {{nowrap|→ [[Castleford Tigers|Castleford]]}}
| year2start = 1941 {{small|(guest)}}
| year2end =
| appearances2 = 1
| tries2 = 0
| goals2 = 0
| fieldgoals2 = 0
| points2 = 0
| club3 = {{nowrap|→ [[Featherstone Rovers]]}}
| year3start = 1943 {{small|(guest)}}
| year3end =
| appearances3 = 2
| tries3 = 0
| goals3 = 0
| fieldgoals3 = 0
| points3 = 0
|teamA = [[England national rugby league team|England]]
|yearAstart = 1938
|yearAend = 39
|appearancesA = 3
|triesA = 0
|goalsA = 0
|fieldgoalsA = 0
|pointsA = 0
|new = yes
|retired = yes
|updated = 20 April 2012
|source = <ref name="Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org">{{cite web|url=http://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/players/--morrell/summary.html|title=Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org|publisher=rugbyleagueproject.org|date=31 December 2017|accessdate=1 January 2018}}</ref><ref name="England Statistics at englandrl.co.uk">{{cite web|url=http://www.englandrl.co.uk/player_records?search=Morrell&submit=Go&c=England|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131213134235/http://www.englandrl.co.uk/player_records?search=Morrell&submit=Go&c=England|url-status=dead|archive-date=13 December 2013|title=England Statistics at englandrl.co.uk|publisher=englandrl.co.uk|date=31 December 2011|accessdate=1 January 2012}}</ref>
}}

'''Cyril Morrall''' or '''Morrell'''{{efn|His surname is spelt Morrell frequently in newspaper accounts but is Morrall in all official documents, such as the record of his wedding. The ''1939 England and Wales Registry'' has his name spelt Morrell and then corrected to Morrall. His father Josiah also frequently spelt the name Morrell.}} (9 February 1911 – 1975) was an English professional [[rugby league]] footballer who played in the 1930s. He played at representative level for [[England national rugby league team|England]], and at club level for [[Hunslet F.C. (1883)|Hunslet]] and [[Castleford Tigers|Castleford]] (as a wartime guest), as a {{rlp|ce}}.<ref name="Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org"/>

==Playing career==

===International honours===
Morrell won [[Cap (sport)|cap]]s for [[England national rugby league team|England]] while at Hunslet in 1938 against France, and Wales, and in 1939 against France.<ref name="England Statistics at englandrl.co.uk"/>

===Championship final appearances===
Morrell played at {{rlp|ce}} in [[Hunslet F.C. (1883)|Hunslet]]'s 8-2 victory over [[Leeds Rhinos|Leeds]] in the [[Rugby Football League Championship|Championship]] Final during the [[1937–38 Northern Rugby Football League season|1937–38 season]] at [[Elland Road]], [[Leeds]] on Saturday 30 April 1938.<ref name="Club History, Facts and Figures ">{{cite news|url=http://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/sport/rugby-league/leeds-rhinos/club_history_facts_and_figures_1_2274590|title=Club History, Facts and Figures|work=Yorkshire Evening Post|date=31 December 2011|accessdate=1 January 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121009065959/http://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/sport/rugby-league/leeds-rhinos/club_history_facts_and_figures_1_2274590|archive-date=9 October 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref>

===Challenge Cup===
Morrell played {{rlp|ce}}, and broke his [[Clavicle|collar bone]] in the 26th minute whilst scoring a [[Try (rugby)|try]], in [[Hunslet F.C. (1883)|Hunslet]]'s 11-5 victory over [[Widnes Vikings|Widnes]] in the [[1933–34 Challenge Cup]] Final during the [[1933–34 Northern Rugby Football League season#Challenge Cup|1933–34 season]] at [[Wembley Stadium (1923)|Wembley Stadium]], [[London]] on Saturday 5 May 1934, as [[Rugby league positions#Interchange|interchange]]/[[Substitution (sport)|substitute]]s were not allowed, this meant Hunslet played more than half the match with 12-men.<ref>John Huxley (1992). "The Rugby League Challenge Cup [Page-68…70]". Guinness Publishing. {{ISBN|0-85112-511-5}}</ref><ref name="Yorkshire Diary: 55 years of clubbing">{{cite news|url=http://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/news/news-features/yorkshire-diary-55-years-of-clubbing-1-2238445|title=Yorkshire Diary: 55 years of clubbing|work=Yorkshire Evening Post|date=31 December 2013|accessdate=1 January 2014}}</ref>

==Personal life==
In 1940, Morrell married Annie Marie Smith, niece of the late [[Bill Jukes]], in [[Hunslet]].<ref>{{cite news |title=R.L. International Married |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000273/19400511/153/0005 |work=Yorkshire Evening Post |date=11 May 1940 |page=5}}</ref><ref>''England & Wales, Civil Registration Marriage Index, 1916-2005''</ref>

==Notes==
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==References==
{{Reflist}}

{{Hunslet - 1933–34 Challenge Cup Final winners}}
{{Hunslet - 1937–38 Championship Final winners}}

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[[Category:1911 births]]
[[Category:1975 deaths]]
[[Category:20th-century English sportsmen]]
[[Category:Castleford Tigers players]]
[[Category:England national rugby league team players]]
[[Category:English rugby league players]]
[[Category:Featherstone Rovers players]]
[[Category:Hunslet F.C. (1883) players]]
[[Category:Rugby league centres]]
[[Category:Rugby league players from Leeds]]
[[Category:Date of death missing]]

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