Matches in DBpedia 2014 for { ?s ?p Alf Ellaby (born 24 November 1902, died in 1993) was an English rugby league footballer of the 1920s and '30s. A Wing, he remains the English national team's all-time top try-scorer and became the highest try scorer in the game's history with 446 tries until overtaken by Brian Bevan in 1954. Also a Great Britain and Lancashire representative player, he was dubbed the "Hat-trick King", with 31 for his home-town club, St. Helens.Ellaby was born in Liverpool. He was Liverpool's first rugby league superstar, who saw a promising Association football career with Rotherham United ended by a knee injury before going on to become a St. Helens legend. Ellaby set the club's record for most tries in a match with six on 5 March 1932. A record that has since been matched, but never broken. Ellaby scored 50 tries in the 1926–27 season and 280 in 289 matches.Ellaby won caps for England while at St. Helens in 1927 against Wales, in 1928 against Wales (2 matches), in 1930 Other Nationalities, in 1931 against Wales, in 1932 against Wales (2 matches), and in 1934 against France. He also won caps for Great Britain in 1928 against Australia (3 matches), and New Zealand (2 matches), in 1929 against Australia, 1930 against Australia, in 1932 Australia (3 matches), and New Zealand (2 matches), in 1933 Australia.Ellaby played in St. Helens' 1931–32 Lancashire League victory.Due to being on the 1932 Great Britain Lions tour of Australia and New Zealand, Ellaby and Albert Fildes did not play in St. Helens' 9–5 victory over Huddersfield in the 1931–32 Rugby Football League Championship final at Belle Vue, Wakefield on Saturday 7 May 1932.Ellaby was transferred to Wigan in 1933 to help ease the club’s financial burden but returned to Knowsley Road to complete his fantastic career. In his debut for Wigan he scored a hat-trick of tries. While at Wigan in he played for England in 1935 against France.Alf was, at various times, the landlord of the Veevers Arms and Ardwick Hotel in Blackpool, together with the George Hotel at Garforth, becoming a Director of Castleford for a spell. A member of the Saints’ Past Players’ Hall of Fame, he lived in Garforth until his death at the age of 90 in 1993. There was to be a final twist, however, quite befitting to one of the great sporting heroes of St.Helens. His ashes were taken home on the Saints ‘A’ Team coach after a match at Castleford and were later scattered on the pitch at his beloved Knowsley Road. It was no surprise when Alf was inducted into the Saints Greatest 17 in the autumn of 2010 and he was joined by Les Fairclough, his stand-off who had done so much to keep the threequarter line moving to provide Alf with so many of his scoring opportunities.. }
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- Alf_Ellaby abstract "Alf Ellaby (born 24 November 1902, died in 1993) was an English rugby league footballer of the 1920s and '30s. A Wing, he remains the English national team's all-time top try-scorer and became the highest try scorer in the game's history with 446 tries until overtaken by Brian Bevan in 1954. Also a Great Britain and Lancashire representative player, he was dubbed the "Hat-trick King", with 31 for his home-town club, St. Helens.Ellaby was born in Liverpool. He was Liverpool's first rugby league superstar, who saw a promising Association football career with Rotherham United ended by a knee injury before going on to become a St. Helens legend. Ellaby set the club's record for most tries in a match with six on 5 March 1932. A record that has since been matched, but never broken. Ellaby scored 50 tries in the 1926–27 season and 280 in 289 matches.Ellaby won caps for England while at St. Helens in 1927 against Wales, in 1928 against Wales (2 matches), in 1930 Other Nationalities, in 1931 against Wales, in 1932 against Wales (2 matches), and in 1934 against France. He also won caps for Great Britain in 1928 against Australia (3 matches), and New Zealand (2 matches), in 1929 against Australia, 1930 against Australia, in 1932 Australia (3 matches), and New Zealand (2 matches), in 1933 Australia.Ellaby played in St. Helens' 1931–32 Lancashire League victory.Due to being on the 1932 Great Britain Lions tour of Australia and New Zealand, Ellaby and Albert Fildes did not play in St. Helens' 9–5 victory over Huddersfield in the 1931–32 Rugby Football League Championship final at Belle Vue, Wakefield on Saturday 7 May 1932.Ellaby was transferred to Wigan in 1933 to help ease the club’s financial burden but returned to Knowsley Road to complete his fantastic career. In his debut for Wigan he scored a hat-trick of tries. While at Wigan in he played for England in 1935 against France.Alf was, at various times, the landlord of the Veevers Arms and Ardwick Hotel in Blackpool, together with the George Hotel at Garforth, becoming a Director of Castleford for a spell. A member of the Saints’ Past Players’ Hall of Fame, he lived in Garforth until his death at the age of 90 in 1993. There was to be a final twist, however, quite befitting to one of the great sporting heroes of St.Helens. His ashes were taken home on the Saints ‘A’ Team coach after a match at Castleford and were later scattered on the pitch at his beloved Knowsley Road. It was no surprise when Alf was inducted into the Saints Greatest 17 in the autumn of 2010 and he was joined by Les Fairclough, his stand-off who had done so much to keep the threequarter line moving to provide Alf with so many of his scoring opportunities.".