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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{short description|Wales international rugby union & league footballer}}<br />
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| name = Tom Pook<br />
| image = Tom Pook - Wales.jpeg<br />
| image_size = 192<br />
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| birth_name = Thomas Richard Pook<br />
| birth_date = 1869<br />
| birth_place = [[Plymouth]], England<br />
| death_date = {{nowrap|21 February {{death year and age|1948|1869}}}}<br />
| death_place = [[Newport, Wales|Newport]], Wales<br />
| height = {{convert|5|ft|6|in|m|abbr=on}}<br />
| ru_position = [[Rugby union positions#Forwards|Forward]]<br />
| amatyears2 = 1890-1896<br />
| amatteam1 = Maindee FC<br />
| amatteam2 = [[Newport RFC]]<br />
| ru_amupdate = <br />
| repteam1 = [[Wales national rugby union team|Wales]]<ref>[https://archive.today/20110526121014/http://www.wru.co.uk/12750_14256.php?player=31825&includeref=dynamic Welsh Rugby Union player profiles]</ref><br />
| repyears1 = 1895<br />
| repcaps1 = 1<br />
| reppoints1 = 0<br />
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| module = {{infobox rugby league biography | embed = yes<br />
| position = [[Rugby league positions#Forwards|Forward]] <br />
| year1start = 1898-<br />
| club1 = [[Holbeck Rugby Club|Holbeck]]<br />
| appearances1 = <br />
| points1 =<br />
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'''Tom Pook''' (1869 – 21 February 1948) was an [[England|English]]-born Wales international [[Rugby football|rugby]] forward who played [[rugby union]] for [[Newport RFC|Newport]] and [[rugby league]] with [[Holbeck Rugby Club|Holbeck]] (in [[Holbeck]], [[Leeds]]). Although short for a forward player at five foot six, Pook was described as possessing clever play and was good in the scrummage.<ref name="Alcock">Alcock (1997)</ref><br />
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==Rugby career==<br />
Pook came to note as a rugby player as part of first class Welsh team, Newport. Pook was part of the Newport team who during 1891/92 completed the season as 'invincibles' having not lost a single match. In 1895, Pook was selected to represent [[Wales national rugby union team|Wales]] in the country's second game of the [[1895 Home Nations Championship]], against Scotland. Under the captaincy of Wales rugby legend [[Arthur Gould (rugby union)|Arthur Gould]], Pook was one of three Welsh players to make their début in the match. The other's being [[Pontypridd RFC|Pontypridd]]'s [[Ernie George]] and [[Llanelli RFC|Llanelli]]'s [[Evan Lloyd (rugby union, born 1871)|Evan Lloyd]]. Wales initially threatened to pull out of the game, due to the team's belief that the [[Raeburn Place]] pitch was frozen, but agreed to compete when the playing field was shortneded by 20 yards to avoid a dangerous section of the field.<ref name="Godwin43">Godwin (1984) pg 43.</ref> Wales lost the game 5-4 and Pook did not represent Wales again.<br />
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In 1898 Pook turned professional by switching to rugby league team [[Holbeck Rugby Club|Holbeck]], making his debut on 3 September.<br />
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===International matches played===<br />
'''Wales (rugby union)'''<ref name="Smith470">Smith (1980) pg. 470</ref><br />
*{{ru|SCO}} 1895<br />
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==External links==<br />
*(archived by web.archive.org) [https://web.archive.org/web/20110617050422/http://www.blackandambers.co.uk/Personnel.aspx?pr=107210 Newport RFC player profile]<br />
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== Bibliography ==<br />
* {{cite book|last=Alcock|first=C.W.|author2=Hill, Rowland|title=Famous Rugby Footballers 1895|year=1997|publisher=Yore Publications|location=Horefield|isbn=1-874427-42-9}}<br />
* {{cite book|last=Godwin|first=Terry|title=The International Rugby Championship 1883-1983|year=1984|publisher=Willow Books|location=Grafton Street, London|isbn=0-00-218060-X}}<br />
* {{cite book|last=Smith|first=David|author2=Williams, Gareth|title=Fields of Praise: The Official History of The Welsh Rugby Union|year=1980|publisher=University of Wales Press|location=Cardiff|isbn=0-7083-0766-3}}<br />
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== References ==<br />
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[[Category:1869 births]]<br />
[[Category:1948 deaths]]<br />
[[Category:19th-century English sportsmen]]<br />
[[Category:English people of Welsh descent]]<br />
[[Category:English rugby league players]]<br />
[[Category:English rugby union players]]<br />
[[Category:Holbeck F.C. players]]<br />
[[Category:Newport RFC players]]<br />
[[Category:Rugby league players from Plymouth, Devon]]<br />
[[Category:Rugby union forwards]]<br />
[[Category:Rugby union players from Plymouth, Devon]]<br />
[[Category:Wales international rugby union players]]<br />
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