2nd Lieutenant John (Jack) Harrison VC, MC, a schoolmaster, was a star wing three-quarter with Hull FC in the years before the Great War. He was a regular first team player and a top try scorer. On the outbreak of war in August 1914 he immediately joined the Army as a private soldier. He was soon granted a commission in his local Battalion of the East Riding Regiment. During the battle for Arras in 1917 he charged an enemy machine gun position alone. He was awarded the Victoria Cross posthumously, missing, believed killed. He had already won the Military Cross for earlier bravery.

Year	Date	Army	Navy	Venue
1998	09 May	42	12	Aldershot (H)
1999	30 Jun*	36	18	Portsmouth (A)
1999	16 Sep	32	16	Portsmouth (A)
2000	13 Sep	28	18	Hull (H)
2001	21 Sep	13	8	Portsmouth (A)
2002	Sep	32	16	Leigh (H)
2003	10 Sep	24	20	Portsmouth (A)
2004	29 Sep	10	17	Richmond (H)
2005	21 Sep	23	24	Portsmouth (A)
2006	13 Sep	13	18	Richmond (H)
2007	07 Sep	18	8	Portsmouth (A)
2008	17 Sep	18	40	Aldershot (H)
2009	25 Sep	10	11	Portsmouth (A)
2010	02 Sep	16	10	Aldershot (H)
2011	16 Sep	12	12	Portsmouth (A)
2012	28 Sep	6	32	Aldershot (H)
2013	20 Sep	18	6	Portsmouth (A)
2014	12 Sep	26	28	Aldershot (H)
2015	18 Sep	2	10	Portsmouth (A)
2016	17 Sep	12	25	Salford (H)
2017	15 Sep	14	12	Portsmouth (A)
2018	07 Sep	36	16	Aldershot (H)
2019	06 Sep	24	8	Portsmouth (A)
2022	29 Jan**	10	14	Aldershot (H)
2022	01 Oct	10	12	Bradford (H)
2023	15 Sep	18	30	Portsmouth (A)

* Played outside Inter-Services
** Played outside Inter-Services - Challenge Cup