Lancashire rugby league team

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The Lancashire rugby league team is an English representative rugby league team consisting of players who were born in the historic county of Lancashire or who first played for a club in Lancashire. [1]

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Rivalry

Until 2003, Lancashire played Yorkshire in the annual War of the Roses game. This match was part of the County Championship until 1983 when the competition stopped and Roses went on to become a stand-alone event.

Results

Lancashire played in the County Championship from its inception in 1895 to its final season in 1983. They have also played against international representative sides during tours to Great Britain. [2]

County Championship Results

Titles 34: [3] 1895–1896, 1896–1897, 1899–1900, 1900–1901, 1902–1903, 1903–1904, 1905–1906, 1906–1907, 1908–1909, 1910–1911, 1922–1923, 1923–1924, 1924–1925, 1925–1926, 1926–1927, 1928–1929, 1929–1930, 1931–1932, 1935–1936, 1936–1937, 1937–1938, 1938–1939, 1945–1946, 1947–1948, 1952–1953, 1955–1956, 1956–1957, 1960–1961, 1967–1968, 1969–1970, 1973–1974, 1974–1975, 1978–1979, 1979–1980.

International Results

DateOppositionResultVenueAttendanceTour
18 January 1908Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 20–4 Watersheddings, Oldham Unknown 1907–08 All Golds tour
25 November 1908Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 6–20 Central Park, Wigan 4,000 1908–09 Kangaroo Tour
8 March 1909Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 19–14 Wheater's Field, Broughton 4,000
2 October 1911 Australasia 12–25 Ewood Park, Blackburn 5,000 1911–12 Kangaroo Tour
30 November 1921 Australasia 6–29 Goodison Park, Everton 17,000 1921–22 Kangaroo Tour
14 December 1921 Australasia 8–6 Wilderspool, Warrington 6,000
3 January 1927Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 28–3Leigh6,000 [4] 1926–27 Kiwis tour
26 September 1929Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 14–26Wilderspool, Warrington24,000 1929–30 Kangaroo Tour
20 September 1933Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 7–33Wilderspool, Warrington16,576 1933–34 Kangaroo Tour
29 September 1937Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 7–5Wilderspool, Warrington16,250 1937–38 Kangaroo Tour
8 December 1948Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 13–8Central Park, Wigan11,788 1948–49 Kangaroo Tour
22 November 1951Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 13–12Warrington7,000 [5] 1951–52 Kiwis tour
30 November 1952Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 11–36Wilderspool, Warrington5,863 1952–53 Kangaroo Tour
23 September 1959Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 30–22 Knowsley Road, St. Helens 15,743 1959–60 Kangaroo Tour
25 September 1963Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 13–11Central Park, Wigan15,068 1963–64 Kangaroo Tour
30 November 1967Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 2–14 The Willows, Salford 9,369 1967–68 Kangaroo Tour

NCL team

In 2010, an amateur Lancashire representative team, selected from the National Conference League (tier 4 of the British rugby league system), played a friendly against Malta. [6]

DateOppositionResultVenue
17 October 2010Flag of Malta.svg  Malta 62–0Victor Tedesco Stadium, Ħamrun, Malta

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References

  1. ↑ Lush, Peter & Farrar, Dave, eds. (1998). Tries in the Valleys: A history of rugby league in Wales. London League. p. 65. ISBN   978-0952-606437.
  2. ↑ Lancashire at Rugby League Project
  3. ↑ Howes, David and Fletcher, Raymond (1983). Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook 1983-84. Macdonald & Co. p. 410. ISBN   0 356 09729 3.
  4. ↑ "League Footballers defeat by Lancashire". New Zealand Herald. Vol. LXIV, no. 19527. 5 January 1927. p. 9. Retrieved 12 December 2023– via Paper Past.
  5. ↑ "Rugby League: N.Z. Tourists Beaten: Lancashire wins by one point". The Press. Vol. LXXXVII, no. 26587. 24 November 1951. p. 4. Retrieved 12 December 2023– via Paper Past.
  6. ↑ https://www.maltarugbyleague.com/results
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