[Sadfish]

Christmas Day matches. : Wed Dec 27, 2017 8:57 am  

I have the St. Helens ones, anyone elses club play on Christmas day in the olden days?

St. Helens v

"1895-12-25","Widnes"
"1899-12-25","Broughton Rangers "
"1901-12-25","Hull K.R. "
"1903-12-25","Wigan "
"1905-12-25","Runcorn "
"1906-12-25","Liverpool City "
"1907-12-25","Runcorn "
"1908-12-25","Runcorn"
"1909-12-25","Runcorn"
"1911-12-25","Widnes "
"1912-12-25","Widnes"
"1913-12-25","Widnes"
"1918-12-25","St. Helens Recs "
"1919-12-25","St. Helens Recs"
"1920-12-25","St. Helens Recs "
"1922-12-25","St. Helens Recs"
"1923-12-25","St. Helens Recs"
"1924-12-25","St. Helens Recs"
"1925-12-25","St. Helens Recs"
"1926-12-25","St. Helens Recs"
"1928-12-25","St. Helens Recs"
"1929-12-25","St. Helens Recs"
"1930-12-25","St. Helens Recs"
"1931-12-25","St. Helens Recs"
"1932-12-25","St. Helens Recs "
"1933-12-25","St. Helens Recs "
"1934-12-25","St. Helens Recs"
"1935-12-25","St. Helens Recs "
"1936-12-25","St. Helens Recs "
"1937-12-25","St. Helens Recs "
"1939-12-25","Widnes"
"1941-12-25","Wigan "
"1942-12-25","Wigan "
"1943-12-25","Wigan "
"1944-12-25","Wigan "
"1945-12-25","Liverpool Stanley"
"1946-12-25","Liverpool Stanley"
"1947-12-25","Leigh "
"1948-12-25","Leigh"
"1950-12-25","Leigh"
"1951-12-25","Leigh"
"1952-12-25","Leigh"
"1953-12-25","Leigh"
"1954-12-25","Leigh "
"1956-12-25","Leigh"
"1957-12-25","Leigh"
"1958-12-25","Leigh"
"1959-12-25","Leigh"
"1896-12-25","Halifax"
"1915-12-25","St. Helens Recs "
"1916-12-25","St. Helens Recs"
"1917-12-25","St. Helens Recs"
"1940-12-25","Leigh"

[SouthStander.com]

Re: Christmas Day matches. : Wed Dec 27, 2017 9:05 am  

I know that Leeds played on Christmas Day, possibly up until the 50’s but my stats books are in the UK, and I’m not.

Re: Christmas Day matches. : Wed Dec 27, 2017 12:24 pm  

The Hull derby was played on Christmas Day in the 50s and 60s I believe

[PopTart]

Re: Christmas Day matches. : Wed Dec 27, 2017 1:18 pm  

Wakefield played Christmas day.

[Sadfish]

Re: Christmas Day matches. : Wed Dec 27, 2017 1:53 pm  

PopTart wrote:

Wakefield played Christmas day.

This year?

Re: Christmas Day matches. : Wed Dec 27, 2017 4:21 pm  

Fax last played on xmas day in 1971 https://www.halifaxrlfc.co.uk/article/5 ... istmas-day

Fax last played on xmas day in 1971 https://www.halifaxrlfc.co.uk/article/5 ... istmas-day

Re: Christmas Day matches. : Thu Dec 28, 2017 9:28 am  

Sadfish wrote:

This year?

no

Re: Christmas Day matches. : Thu Dec 28, 2017 9:07 pm  

There’s an interesting article here covering matches on Christmas Day - http://www.totalrl.com/day-rugby-league-christmas-day/ Makes sense with it being a public holiday back before there were many of those.

There’s an interesting article here covering matches on Christmas Day - http://www.totalrl.com/day-rugby-league-christmas-day/ Makes sense with it being a public holiday back before there were many of those.

Re: Christmas Day matches. : Mon Jan 01, 2018 11:16 pm  

SouthStander.com wrote:

I know that Leeds played on Christmas Day, possibly up until the 50’s but my stats books are in the UK, and I’m not.

Leeds last played on a Christmas Day in 1959 - an away loss V Batley.