The honour of captaining Huddersfield RUFC has been bestowed on those deemed worthy of leading their band of brothers. For more than 100 years HRUFC has benefitted from the long and illustrious list of Captains recorded here and on the Club’s Honours Board.
Captains
1909-1912 C E Brierley
1912-1922 L Clifford
1922-1923 H S Netherwood
1923-1924 F Irish
1924-1926 M T Hirst
1926-1928 F H Crosland
1928 -1929 J J Abbey
1929-1930 C Smith
1930-1933 J S Mellor
1933-1934 F L Thornton
1934-1936 J Sugden
1936-1937 J G Davies
1937-1943 G H Shore
1943-1945 G H Bottomley
1945-1946 T Wells
1946-1947 K T Shaw
1947-1948 S P H Lumb
1948-1949 K T Shaw
1949-1950 S P H Lumb
1950-1951 F R Bletcher
1951-1952 H Binns
1952-1953 J L Clifford
1953-1954 W F Brook
1954-1956 D G Roberts
1956-1957 B J Exley
1957-1958 I E Fiddes
1958-1960 J E Close
1960-1961 W J Oddie
1961-1963 I E Fiddes
1963-1964 A D Johnson
1964-1965 D S Taylor
1965-1967 J F Greenwood
1967-1968 D Cotterill
1968-1969 J D Milner
1969-1970 J Barrow
1970-1971 R A Buttery/ J A Harrop
1971-1972 J A Harrop
1972-1973 J F Greenwood
1973-1974 J Billington
1974-1975 H Meggitt
1975-1977 J Masters
1977-1979 J Billington
1979-1981 E Whitwam
1981-1982 R E Auckland
1982-1983 M Szostak/ M H Birch
1983-1984 M H Birch
1984-1985 P Urwin
1985-1986 M Szostak/ V Cotter
1986-1987 P Sharrock
1987-1988 G P Workman
1988-1989 J Sharpe/ R E Auckland
1989-1990 J Taylor
1990-1991 A Rawes
1991-1998 M Lumley
1998-1999 R Baxter
1999-2000 C Stephens
2000-2001 J Tiffen
2001-2003 H Pratt
2003-2004 R Baxter
2004-2008 M Sowerby
2008–2010 M Whitehead
2010-2016 N Sharpe
2016-2018 A Battye
2018-2021 R Piper
2021-2023 L.Bradley
