Harry Varley

{{short description|England international rugby union & league footballer and coach}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2016}}

{{Use British English|date=September 2016}}

{{Infobox rugby league biography

|first = RU

|name = Harry Varley

|fullname = Henry Varley

|image = Henry Varley - Lancashire.jpeg

|imagesize = 192

|caption =

|birth_date = {{birth date|1867|11|25|df=y}}

|birth_place = Cleckheaton/Bradford, England

|death_date = {{death date and age|df=y|1915|11|21|1867|11|25}}

|death_place = Oldham, England

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|weight =

|ru_position = Scrum-half

|position = {{rlp|SO|SH}}

|ru_club1 = Liversedge

|ru_year1start = ≤1892

|ru_year1end = ≥92

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|club1 = Oldham

|year1start = 189?

|year1end = 97

|appearances1 = 60

|tries1 = 5

|goals1 = 8

|fieldgoals1 =

|points1 = 43

| club2 = Leeds

| year2start = 1899

| year2end =

| appearances2 = 0

| tries2 = 0

| goals2 = 0

| fieldgoals2 = 0

| points2 = 0

|ru_teamA = Yorkshire

|ru_yearAstart = ≤1895

|ru_yearAend = ≤95

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|ru_teamB = England

|ru_yearBstart = 1892

|ru_yearBend =

|ru_appearancesB = 1

|ru_triesB = 0

|ru_goalsB = 0

|ru_fieldgoalsB = 0

|ru_pointsB = 0

|teamA = Lancashire

|yearAstart = ≤1896

|yearAend = ≥96

|appearancesA = ≥2

|triesA = ≥1

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| coachteam1 = Oldham

| coachyear1start = 1897

| coachyear1end = 99

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|new = yes

|retired = yes

|updated = 16 April 2010

|source = {{cite web|url=http://en.espn.co.uk/england/rugby/player/1057.html|title=Statistics at en.espn.co.uk (RU)|publisher=en.espn.co.uk|date=31 December 2017|accessdate=1 January 2018}}{{cite web|url=http://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/players/h-varley/summary.html|title=Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org (RL)|publisher=rugbyleagueproject.org|date=31 December 2017|accessdate=1 January 2018}}

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Henry Varley (25 November 1867{{cite web|url=http://www.freebmd.org.uk/cgi/information.pl?cite=eaIDg608KdWslC8FPMGzkw&scan=1|title=Birth details at freebmd.org.uk|publisher=freebmd.org.uk|date=31 December 2011|accessdate=1 January 2012}} – 21 November 1915{{cite web|url=http://www.freebmd.org.uk/cgi/information.pl?cite=KC6eb3p4BpOpuDCU7x9KMQ&scan=1|title=Death details at freebmd.org.uk|publisher=freebmd.org.uk|date=31 December 2011|accessdate=1 January 2012}}) was an English rugby union and professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1880s and 1890s, and coached rugby league in the 1890s. He played representative level rugby union (RU) for England and Yorkshire, and at club level for Liversedge, as a scrum-half, and representative level rugby league (RL) for Lancashire, and at club level for Oldham (captain during the 1895–96 season) alongside Arthur Lees from 1895, and Leeds, as a {{rlp|so}} or {{rlp|sh}}.{{cite book| first1= Graham| last1= Williams| first2= Peter| last2= Lush| first3= David| last3= Farrar| title= The British Rugby League Records Book| publisher= London League| isbn= 978-1-903659-49-6| year= 2009| page= 178}}{{cite web|url=https://orl-heritagetrust.org.uk/player/Harry-Varley/|title=Statistics at orl-heritagetrust.org.uk|publisher=orl-heritagetrust.org.uk|date=31 December 2019|accessdate=1 January 2020}} Prior to Thursday 29 August 1895, Liversedge was a rugby union club.