Club career Walkington made his début for
Hunslet against
Halifax on Saturday 19 March 1927, he scored 11-
goals, and 1-
try for 25-points against
Featherstone Rovers on Wednesday 29 April 1931, and scored 119-
goals in
Hunslet's victory in the
Yorkshire League during the
1931–32 season. During Jack Walkington's time at Hunslet, they were losing finalists in three
Yorkshire Cup Finals; the 7–13 defeat by
Hull Kingston Rovers in the
1929 Yorkshire Cup Final during the
1929–30 season at
Headingley,
Leeds on Saturday 30 November 1929, the 2–4 defeat by
Huddersfield in the
1931 Yorkshire Cup Final during the
1931–32 season at
Headingley,
Leeds on Saturday 21 November 1931, and the 3-14 (3-12 at
Parkside, Hunslet on Saturday 2 December 1944, and 0–2 at
Thrum Hall,
Halifax on Saturday 9 December 1944) aggregate defeat by
Halifax in the
1944 Yorkshire Cup Final during the
1944–45 Wartime Emergency League season. Jack Walkington made his début for
Batley against
Bradford Northern at
Odsal Stadium,
Bradford on Saturday 6 February 1943, and he played and scored three
goals in the 12–15 defeat by
Wigan at
Mount Pleasant,
Batley on Saturday 13 February 1943. Walkington played in
Hunslet FC's 7–13 defeat by
Hull Kingston Rovers in the
1929–30 Yorkshire Cup Final during the
1929–30 season at
Headingley,
Leeds on Saturday 30 November 1929, in front of a crowd of 11,000. Walkington played , and scored a
drop goal in
Hunslet's 8–2 victory over
Leeds in the
Championship Final during the
1937–38 season at
Elland Road,
Leeds on Saturday 30 April 1938. Walkington's
Testimonial match at
Hunslet took place against
Hull Kingston Rovers on Saturday 1 January 1938.
International honours Walkington won
caps for
England (RL) while at Hunslet in 1930 against
Other Nationalities, in 1931 against Wales, in 1938 against Wales, and in 1944 against Wales. ==References==