Mel Meek

Alfred Melville "Mel" Meek (c. 1912 – 1997) was a Welsh rugby union and professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1930s and 1940s, and coached rugby league. He played club level rugby union (RU) for Newport RFC and Abertillery RFC, and representative level rugby league (RL) for Wales, and at club level for Halifax and Huddersfield, as a prop, hooker, or second-row,^[3]^[5]^[6] and coached at club level for Huddersfield.

Playing career

Mel Meek won 14 caps for Wales in 1935–1949 while at Halifax.^[3]

Mel Meek played hooker, and scored a goal in Halifax's 2–9 defeat by Leeds in the 1940–41 Challenge Cup Final during the 1940–41 season at Odsal, Bradford, in front of a crowd of 28,500,^[7] and played at second-row in the 10–15 defeat by Leeds in the 1941–42 Challenge Cup Final during the 1941–42 season on Saturday 6 June 1942.^[8]

Mel Meek was the coach of Huddersfield.^[6]

^ "Welshman Joins Halifax". Yorkshire Post. 9 October 1934. p. 19 – via British Newspaper Archive.
^ "Hooker Meek dies". Huddersfield Daily Examiner. 7 June 1997. p. 38 – via Newspapers.com.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org". rugbyleagueproject.org. 31 December 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
^ "Coach Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org". rugbyleagueproject.org. 31 December 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
^ Williams, Graham; Lush, Peter; Farrar, David (2009). The British Rugby League Records Book. London League. pp. 108–114. ISBN 978-1-903659-49-6.
^ ^a ^b "Statistics at rugbyleague.wales". rugbyleague.wales. 31 December 2019. Retrieved 1 January 2020.
^ Irvin Saxton (publish date tbc) "History of Rugby League – № 46 – 1940–41". Rugby Leaguer ISBN n/a
^ Irvin Saxton (publish date tbc) "History of Rugby League – № 47 – 1941–42". Rugby Leaguer ISBN n/a