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Albert Edward "Bert" "Slosher" Avery (first ¼ 1883 – 14 November 1914) was an English rugby union and professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1900s and 1910s. He played representative level rugby union (RU) for Devon, and at club level for Plymouth and Devonport Albion, and representative level rugby league (RL) for Great Britain, England and Lancashire, and at club level for Oldham (Heritage No. 107), as a centre, stand-off, i.e. number 3 or 4, or 6, or more usually as a forward (prior to the specialist positions of; prop, hooker, second-row, loose forward), during the era of contested scrums.