{{short description|Wales international rugby league footballer}} {{distinguish|Alfred Higgs (sprinter)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=March 2025}} {{Use British English|date=October 2016}} {{Infobox rugby league biography |name = Alf Higgs |fullname = Alfred James Higgs<ref name="Statistics at rugbyleague.wales">{{cite web|url=https://rugbyleague.wales/player-rl?id=157903&authtoken=QkU3RUVDRjAtMzYzNi00Q0M3LTk0Q0EtMEE4MUI2QkJGMjM4&teamid=MTA1MzU3|title=Statistics at rugbyleague.wales|publisher=rugbyleague.wales|date=31 December 2019|accessdate=1 January 2020}}</ref> |image = |imagesize = |caption = |birth_date = {{birth year|1904}} |birth_place = Pontypool, Wales |death_date = |death_place = |weight(st) = |weight(lb) = |position = {{rlp|CE}} |club1 = Oldham |year1start = 1925 |year1end = 30 |appearances1 = 140 |tries1 = 37 |goals1 = 0 |fieldgoals1 = 0 |points1 = 111 |club2 = Halifax |year2start = 1930 |year2end = 36 |appearances2 = 188 |tries2 = 61 |goals2 = 7 |fieldgoals2 = 0 |points2 = 197 |teamA = Wales |yearAstart = 1928 |yearAend = |appearancesA = 1 |triesA = 0 |goalsA = 0 |fieldgoalsA = 0 |pointsA = 0 |retired = yes |source = <ref name="Statistics at Rugby League Project">{{cite web|url=http://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/players/a-higgs/summary.html|title=Statistics at Rugby League Project|publisher=Rugby League Project|date=31 December 2017|accessdate=1 January 2018}}</ref><ref>{{Rugby league records |id=9905 |title=Alf Higgs |access-date=21 July 2025}}</ref> }}
'''Alfred James Higgs''' (born 1904) was a Welsh professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1920s. He played at representative level for Wales, and at club level for Oldham and Halifax as a {{rlp|ce}}.<ref>{{Cite book|first1=Graham|last1=Williams|first2=Peter|last2=Lush|first3=David|last3=Farrar|date=November 2009|title=The British Rugby League Records Book|pages=108–114|publisher=London League Publications Ltd|isbn=978-1-903659-49-6}}</ref>
==Background== Higgs was born in Pontypool, Wales, in 1904.
==Playing career== ===Club career=== Higgs played at {{rlp|ce}} in Halifax's 22–8 victory over York in the 1930–31 Challenge Cup Final during the 1930–31 season at Wembley Stadium, London on Saturday 2 May 1931, in front of a crowd of 40,368.
===International honours=== Higgs won a cap for Wales while at Oldham in the 12–20 defeat by England at Central Park, Wigan on Wednesday 11 January 1928.<ref name="Statistics at Rugby League Project"/>
==Outside rugby league== After retiring from rugby, Higgs ran a grocery in Halifax before returning to Wales in 1940.<ref>{{cite news |title=Alf Higgs Returning to Wales |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0003295/19400828/046/0003 |work=Halifax Daily Courier & Guardian |date=28 August 1940 |page=3 |via=British Newspaper Archive |url-access=subscription}}</ref>
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== *[https://web.archive.org/web/20050407063952/http://www.orl-heritagetrust.org.uk/HTML%20docs/player_stats_h.htm Statistics at orl-heritagetrust.org.uk]
{{Oldham - 1926–27 Challenge Cup Final winners}} {{Halifax RLFC - 1931 Challenge Cup Final winners}}
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