# Barron Kilner

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**Barron Kilner** (11 October 1852 – 28 December 1922) was an English [rugby union](/source/Rugby_union) footballer who played in the 1880s, and rugby union administrator of the 1890s. He played at representative level for [England](/source/England_national_rugby_union_team), and [Yorkshire](/source/Yorkshire_Rugby_Football_Union), and at club level for [Wakefield Trinity](/source/Wakefield_Trinity) (were a rugby union club at the time),[2] as a [forward](/source/Rugby_union_positions#Forwards), e.g. [front row](/source/Rugby_union_positions#Front_row), [lock](/source/Rugby_union_positions#Locks), or [back row](/source/Rugby_union_positions#Back_row).[1] Prior to 27 August 1895, Wakefield Trinity was a [rugby union](/source/Rugby_union) club. Barron Kilner was also Mayor of Wakefield in 1899.[3][4]

## Background

Barron Kilner was born in [Thornhill Lees](/source/Thornhill_Lees), [West Riding of Yorkshire](/source/West_Riding_of_Yorkshire), and he died aged 70 in [Wakefield](/source/Wakefield), [West Riding of Yorkshire](/source/West_Riding_of_Yorkshire).[1]

## Playing career

### International honours

Barron Kilner won a cap for England while at Wakefield Trinity in the [1879–80 Home Nations rugby union match](/source/1879%E2%80%9380_Home_Nations_rugby_union_matches) against Ireland.[1]

### County honours

Kilner represented [Yorkshire](/source/Yorkshire_Rugby_Football_Union) while at Wakefield Trinity.

## "The Rugby Match"

Kilner can be seen in the crowd of [William Barnes Wollen](/source/William_Barnes_Wollen)'s painting "The Rugby Match", which features Yorkshire's 11–3 victory over [Lancashire](/source/Lancashire_County_Rugby_Football_Union) during the 1893/94 season and is now held at the [Rugby Football Union](/source/Rugby_Football_Union) headquarters at [Twickenham Stadium](/source/Twickenham_Stadium). Alf Barraclough is shown being [tackled](/source/Tackle_(football_move)), and passing the ball to [Jack Toothill](/source/John_Toothill), with [Tommy Dobson](/source/Thomas_Dobson_(rugby)) on the outside. Kilner is the first person in the crowd to the right of Dobson's head.[5]

## References

1. ["Statistics at en.espn.co.uk"](http://en.espn.co.uk/england/rugby/player/508.html). en.espn.co.uk. 31 December 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2018.

1. Graham Williams, Peter Lush, David Farrar (November 2009). "The British Rugby League Records Book [Page-178]". London League Publications Ltd. ISBN 978-1-903659-49-6

1. ["Mayors of Wakefield"](https://www.wakefieldfhs.org.uk/Mayors.htm). Retrieved 18 May 2011.

1. Tony Collins, "Rugby's Great Split: Class, Culture and the Origins of Rugby League football [Page-157]". Taylor & Francis 2006"

1. ["The Rugby Match"](http://www.rugbyfootballhistory.com/images/the_rugby_game_sm.jpg). rugbyfootballhistory.com. 31 December 2011. Retrieved 1 January 2012.

## External links

- [Biography of Arthur Budd with an 1890–91 RFU Committee photograph including Barron Kilner](http://www.cliftonrfchistory.co.uk/internationals/england/budd/budd.htm) [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20110927163454/http://www.cliftonrfchistory.co.uk/internationals/england/budd/budd.htm) 27 September 2011 at the Wayback Machine

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