[5][6] Prior to Thursday 29 August 1895, Liversedge was a rugby union club.

He won a cap for England (RU) while at Liversedge in the 1892 Home Nations Championship against Scotland.

[2] When Liversedge converted from the rugby union code to the rugby league code on Thursday 29 August 1895, Harry Varley would have been 28 years of age.

[7] Harry Varley was the coach in Oldham's 19-9 victory over Hunslet in 1899 Challenge Cup Final during the 1898–99 season at Fallowfield Stadium, Manchester, in front of a crowd of 15,763, and as a mark of appreciation the Oldham players paid to have a special medal struck, that bore the Oldham coat of arms and a Challenge Cup related inscription.

[6] ESPN states Harry Varley's birthplace as being Cleckheaton, whereas FreeBMD.com quotes it as being registered 6-miles away in Bradford.