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Bradford Dudley Hill Rugby League Club is an English rugby league team based in Bradford, West Yorkshire. Originally formed after the First World War, the club was re-established in 1948, and since 2006 has played in the National Conference League.
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The CMS Yorkshire League was a series of rugby league divisions in the traditional county of Yorkshire.
Rugby league is played across England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales, but its heartland in the North of England is where the sport is most popular, and is where the majority of professional clubs are based. The sport was first established in the George Hotel, Huddersfield, where 22 clubs split from the Rugby Football Union to form the Northern Rugby Football Union.
The Hull & District League is a BARLA winter league for clubs from Kingston upon Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire. It consists of clubs playing in two divisions. It is one of only four amateur leagues older than the British Amateur Rugby League Association.
The Yorkshire Men's League is a rugby league competition for clubs in Yorkshire. It is a successor league for the Rugby League Conference also comprising clubs from the CMS Yorkshire league, Pennine League and Hull & District League.
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The 1947–48 Yorkshire Cup was the fortieth occasion on which the Yorkshire Cup competition had been held.
This was the inaugural season for the League Cup and the competition was known as the Players No.6 Trophy for sponsorship reasons.
This was the third season of rugby league's League Cup competition, which for sponsorship reasons was known as the Players No.6 Trophy.
This was the ninth season for the League Cup, known as the John Player Trophy for sponsorship reasons.
This was the twelfth season of the League Cup, which was known as the John Player Trophy for sponsorship purposes.
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- ↑ "The British Amateur Rugby League Association". Archived from the original on 2011-07-16. Retrieved 2009-03-13.
