Eric Harris (rugby league)

For other people of the same name, see Eric Harris.

Eric C. Harris

Personal information
Nickname	Toowoomba Ghost
Born	circa-1910 Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia
Playing information
Position	Wing
Club
Years	Team	Pld	T	G	FG	P
≤1927–30	Western Suburbs
1930–39	Leeds	383	391	16	0	1208
	Total	383	391	16	0	1208
Representative
Years	Team	Pld	T	G	FG	P
1937	British Empire	1
Source: rugbyleagueproject.org

Eric C. 'Toowoomba Ghost' Harris was an Australian professional rugby league footballer of the 1920s and '30s, playing at representative level for British Empire, and at club level for Western Suburbs (Brisbane), and Leeds, as a Wing, i.e. number 2 or 5.

Playing career

Championship final appearances

Eric Harris played Right-Wing, i.e. number 2, in Leeds' 2-8 defeat by Hunslet in the Championship final during the 1937–38 season at Elland Road, Leeds on Saturday 30 April 1938.

Career records at Leeds

Eric Harris jointly holds Leeds' "Tries In A Match" record, with 8-tries scored against Bradford Northern.

Career records in rugby league

Eric Harris' sequence of 36-tries in 17-consecutive matches for Leeds remains record within rugby league.

The Leeds RL Greats

The Yorkshire Evening Post named Arthur Clues, Bert Cook, Ellery Hanley, Eric Harris, Vic Hey, John Holmes, Lewis Jones, Danny McGuire, Garry Schofield and Frederick "Fred" Webster, as the greatest ever Leeds RL players.

Outside of rugby league

Eric Harris became a teacher at the new Carnegie Physical Training College in Leeds, married a lady from Leeds, but returned to Australia at the start of World War II.

External links

• Search for "Harris" at rugbyleagueproject.org
• Statistics II at rugbyleagueproject.org