Mel Meek

{{short description|Welsh rugby union footballer, and rugby league footballer and coach}}

{{Infobox rugby league biography

|first = RU

|name = Mel Meek

|fullname = Alfred Melville Meek{{cite news |title=Welshman Joins Halifax |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000687/19341009/575/0019 |work=Yorkshire Post |date=9 October 1934 |page=19 |via=British Newspaper Archive |url-access=subscription}}

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|birth_date = {{circa|1912}}

|birth_place = Wales

|death_date = {{death year and given age|1997|85|df=y}}{{cite news |title=Hooker Meek dies |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/895433515 |work=Huddersfield Daily Examiner |date=7 June 1997 |page=38 |via=Newspapers.com |url-access=subscription}}

|death_place = Blackpool, England

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|position = {{rlp|PR|HK|SR}}

|ru_club1 = Newport RFC

|ru_year1start = ≤1934

|ru_year1end = ≤34

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|ru_club2 = Abertillery RFC

|ru_year2start = ≤1934

|ru_year2end = ≤34

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|club1 = Halifax

|year1start = 1934

|year1end = 48

|appearances1 = 390

|tries1 = 65

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|club2 = Huddersfield

|year2start = 1949

|year2end = ≥49

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|teamA = Wales

|yearAstart = 1935

|yearAend = 49

|appearancesA = 14

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| coachteam1 = Huddersfield

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| coachwins1 = 0

| coachdraws1 = 0

| coachlosses1 = 0

|new = yes

|retired = yes

|updated = 13 March 2021

|source = {{cite web|url=http://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/players/mel-meek/summary.html|title=Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org|publisher=rugbyleagueproject.org|date=31 December 2017|accessdate=1 January 2018}}{{cite web|url=http://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/coaches/mel-meek/summary.html|title=Coach Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org|publisher=rugbyleagueproject.org|date=31 December 2017|accessdate=1 January 2018}}

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Alfred Melville "Mel" Meek ({{circa|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 {{rlp|pr|hk}}, or {{rlp|sr}},{{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|pages= 108–114}}{{cite web|url=https://rugbyleague.wales/player-rl?id=137000&authtoken=QkU3RUVDRjAtMzYzNi00Q0M3LTk0Q0EtMEE4MUI2QkJGMjM4&teamid=MTA1MzU3|title=Statistics at rugbyleague.wales|publisher=rugbyleague.wales|date=31 December 2019|accessdate=1 January 2020}} and coached at club level for Huddersfield.

Playing career

=International honours=

Mel Meek won 14 caps for Wales in 1935–1949 while at Halifax.

=Challenge Cup Final appearances=

Mel Meek played {{rlp|hk}}, 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,Irvin Saxton (publish date tbc) "History of Rugby League – № 46 – 1940–41". Rugby Leaguer ISBN n/a and played at {{rlp|sr}} in the 10–15 defeat by Leeds in the 1941–42 Challenge Cup Final during the 1941–42 season on Saturday 6 June 1942.Irvin Saxton (publish date tbc) "History of Rugby League – № 47 – 1941–42". Rugby Leaguer ISBN n/a