He played at representative level for England, and Yorkshire, and at club level for Wakefield Trinity (were a rugby union club at the time),[2] as a forward, e.g. front row, lock, or back row.
[1] Prior to 27 August 1895, Wakefield Trinity was a rugby union club.
[1] Barron Kilner won a cap for England while at Wakefield Trinity in the 1879–80 Home Nations rugby union match against Ireland.
Kilner can be seen in the crowd of William Barnes Wollen's painting "The Rugby Match", which features Yorkshire's 11–3 victory over Lancashire during the 1893/94 season and is now held at the Rugby Football Union headquarters at Twickenham Stadium.
Alf Barraclough is shown being tackled, and passing the ball to Jack Toothill, with Tommy Dobson on the outside.