- Date of Birth26 / 08 / 1903
- Died14 / 02 / 1975
- Lions Tours1924
- International CapsEngland / Lions
- Lions Origin SchoolsDurham School
- Lions Origin ClubsNorthern
Herbert Whitley’s finest moment of the 1924 Tour to South Africa came in the 7-3 loss to the Springboks in the opening Test when he scored the Lions try.
In total the Leeds-born scrum-half made 11 appearances during the Tour, playing in three of the four Test matches. Weighing just 9st9lbs, Whitley is the lightest-ever Lions scrum-half.
Whitley won his only England Test cap in an 8-3 win over Wales in the Five Nations at Twickenham in 1929.