Tyldesley FC

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Tyldesley FC
Club information
Full nameTyldesley FC
Nickname(s)the Bongers [1]
Founded1881;143 years ago (1881)
Exited1901;123 years ago (1901)
Re-joined the RFU

Tyldesley was a rugby league club in Tyldesley, Lancashire, England.

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The club took part in the meeting at the George Hotel, Huddersfield in 1895 and, after the schism, became founder members of the Northern Rugby Football Union (now Rugby Football League), playing for five seasons from 1895–96 to 1899–1900

History

Early Days

The first rugby club in Tyldesley was formed in 1881 when, after a meeting of local businessmen and rugby players from other clubs, they decided to move from Garrett Hall to Tyldesley and become Tyldesley Football Club. [2]

In 1891, Tyldesley signed future England International Half-back John "Buff" Berry from Kendal Hornets. He went on to win caps for England (RU) while at Tyldesley in 1891 against Wales, Ireland, and Scotland. [3]

He continued playing for Tyldesley under the Northern Union rules as a stand-off half. Tyldesley beat Widnes to win the 1895 Lancashire (Rugby Union) Cup at Wilderspool Stadium, Warrington, in front of around 15,000 spectators.

Northern Union

Prior to the Schism, Tyldesley, like many other clubs from Lancashire (and Yorkshire), had suffered punishment by the RFU for "broken time" payments. And so Tyldesley, represented by a Mr. G Taylor, attended a meeting at The George Hotel, Huddersfield, together with representatives of 21 other clubs, and agreed to form the Northern Rugby Football Union.

After the Great Schism [4] in 1895, Tyldesley were one of the founder members of the new league. In the first season 1895-96 the league consisted of 22 clubs and Tyldesley finished in a very creditable 6th position.

In season 1896-97 the league was divided into Yorkshire and Lancashire, Tyldesley playing in the latter section, where they would stay for the remainder of their (semi) professional existence. They again had a quite successful season finishing in 3rd position out of 14 teams

In the two following seasons, still in the Lancashire section, season 1897-98 & 1898-99 they could only manage a lowly 12th position (out of 14 teams).

In the final season, 1899–1900 they won the wooden spoon, finishing 14th out of 14 teams, with only five points thanks to two wins and one draw.

Revert to Rugby Union

At the end of the 1901–02 season the club, which had played in the Lancashire second competition, disbanded as the club had amassed substantial liabilities. [5] A reformed Tyldesley club was admitted to the Rugby Football Union in 1911. [6]

In 1926, landowning Club President (Mr. William Hesketh Ramsden [7] ) gave the Well Street ground in trust to the Club.

Club League Record

The League positions for Tyldesley for the 5 years in which they played (semi) professional Rugby League are given in the following table :- [8]

SeasonCompetitionPosTeam NamePlWDLPWPADiffPts% PtsNo of teams in leagueNotesRef
1895–96 RL6Tyldesley4221813260164965022 [9]
Only limited County League information is available for this season.
1896–97Lancs Sen Comp3Tyldesley26152915980793214
1897–98Lancs Sen Comp12Tyldesley268117111281-1701714
1898–99Lancs Sen Comp12Tyldesley26351882240-1581114
1899–1900Lancs Sen Comp14Tyldesley26212366336-270520.8314

Heading Abbreviations
RL = Single Division; Pl = Games played; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Lose; PF = Points for; PA = Points against; Diff = Points difference (+ or -); Pts = League points
% Pts = A percentage system was used to determine league positions due to clubs playing varying number of fixtures and against different opponents
League points: for win = 2; for draw = 1; for loss = 0.

Several fixtures & results

The following are just a few of Tyldesley's fixtures during the five seasons (and other times) in which they played (semi) professional Rugby League :- [9] [10] [11] [12] [13]

SeasonDateCompetitionOpponentVenueH/AResultScoreAttNotesRef
1895–96Sat 28 September 1895Rl Wigan Folly Field ADraw0-0" "1 [9]
1895–96Sat 26 October 1895RL St. Helens Knowsley Road ADraw3-3 [12]
1895–962 November 1895Rl Widnes HomeHWon9-0 [13]
1895–9630 November 1895RL Warrington HomeHLost3-10 [11]
1895–96Sat 28 December 1895Rl Hull Boulevard HWon3-0 [10]
1895–968 February 1896RLWidnes Lowerhouse Lane ALost0-112 [13]
1895–967 March 1896RlWarrington Wilderspool HDraw3-3 [11]
1895–96Sat 21 March 1896RLHullHomeHWon18-0 [10]
1895–96Sat 28 March 1896RlSt HelensHomeHWon11-10 [12]
1895–96Tue 21 April 1896RLWiganHomeHWon5-0 [9]
1896–97-1 -1 1896Lanc Sen CompWidnes Lowerhouse Lane AWon8-42 [13]
1896–97Sat 26 September 1896Lanc Sen CompSt Helens Knowsley Road ALost0-3 [12]
1896–97Sat 31 October 1896Lanc Sen CompWigan Folly Field AWon3-01 [9]
1896–977 November 1896Lanc Sen CompWidnesHomeHWon| [13]
1896–97Sat 5 December 1896Lanc Sen CompWiganHomeHWon8-0 [9]
1896–9719 December 1896Lanc Sen CompWarringtonHomeHWon3-0 [11]
1896–97Sat 20 February 1897Lanc Sen CompSt HelensHomeHWon12-9 [12]
1896–9727 February 1897Lanc Sen CompWarrington Wilderspool HWon6-0 [11]
1896–9727 March 1897CC R2 Leeds HomeHWon9-3
1896–97Sat 10 April 1897CC R4St Helens Knowsley Road ALost0-12 [12]
1897–98Sat 25 December 1897Lanc Sen CompWigan Folly Field ALost2-31 [9]
1897–984 September 1897Lanc Sen CompWarringtonHomeHWon19-0 [11]
1897–98Sat 25 September 1897Lanc Sen CompSt Helens Knowsley Road ALost0-11 [12]
1897–98Sat 9 October 1897Lanc Sen CompWiganHomeHWon3-0 [9]
1897–9813 November 1897Lanc Sen CompWidnesHomeHLost2-27 [13]
1897–984 December 1897Lanc Sen CompWarrington Wilderspool HLost0-9 [11]
18 97-9818 December 1897Lanc Sen CompWidnes Lowerhouse Lane ALost0-32 [13]
1897–98Sat 15 January 1898Lanc Sen CompSt HelensHomeHWon8-3 [12]
1897–98Fri 8 April 1898FriendlyHull Boulevard HLost2-9 [10]
1898–991 October 1898Lanc Sen CompWidnesHomeHLost4-8 [13]
1898–9929 October 1898Lanc Sen CompWarrington Wilderspool HLost4-21 [11]
1898–99Sat 24 December 1898Lanc Sen CompWiganHomeHDraw0-0 [9]
1898–99Mon 26 December 1898Lanc Sen CompSt Helens Knowsley Road ALost5-9 [12]
1898–9921 January 1899Lanc Sen CompWarringtonHomeHLost0-6 [11]
1898–99Sat 11 February 1899Lanc Sen CompSt HelensHomeHLost3-6 [12]
1898–99Sat 4 March 1899Lanc Sen CompWigan Folly Field ADraw0-01 [9]
1898–9915 April 1899Lanc Sen CompWidnes Lowerhouse Lane ALost2-142 [13]
1899–190026 October 1899Lanc Sen CompWarrington Wilderspool HLost0-22 [11]
1899–190011 November 1899Lanc Sen CompWidnesHomeHLost3-10 [13]
1899–190025 November 1899Lanc Sen CompWidnes Lowerhouse Lane ALost0-112 [13]
1899–1900Sat 2 December 1899Lanc Sen CompSt Helens Knowsley Road ALost3-26 [12]
1899–1900Sat 23 December 1899Lanc Sen CompWigan Folly Field ALost6-151 [9]
1899–1900Sat 30 December 1899Lanc Sen CompSt HelensHomeHLost3-14 [12]
1899–19007 January 1900Lanc Sen CompWarringtonHomeHLost0-11 [11]
1899–1900Sat 13 January 1900Lanc Sen CompWiganHomeHLost5-7 [9]
1899–190017 April 1900SWL R1Widnes Lowerhouse Lane ALost6-232 [13]

Notes and Comments

  1. Folly Field is the stadium used by Wigan at the time until 1901. They then became sub-tenants of Springfield Park See below - Note 3.
  2. Lowerhouse Lane is the original site of the current ground used by Widnes. It was renamed Naughton Park in 1932 in honour of club secretary, Tom Naughton - and later renamed Halton Stadium after being completely rebuilt in 1997.
  3. Wigan became sub-tenants of Springfield Park, which they shared with Wigan United AFC, playing their first game there on 14 September 1901 at which a crowd of 4,000 saw them beat Morecambe 12–0, and the last game on 28 April 1902 when Wigan beat the Rest of Lancashire Senior Competition. A temporary ground was necessary to span the period between moving from Folly Field and the new ground at Central Park being constructed.

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References

  1. ↑ "Hard lines for Tyldesley". Athletic News: 2. 7 September 1891.
  2. ↑ "Tyldesley RUFC - Club History". Archived from the original on 20 August 2009.
  3. ↑ "International Statistics at scrum.com". scrum.com. 31 December 2008. Retrieved 1 January 2009.
  4. ↑ J C Lindley with personal recollections by D W Armitage (1973). 100 Years of Rugby - The History of Wakefield Trinity Football Club. The Wakefield Trinity Centenary Committee. pp. 34 and 35.
  5. ↑ "Sport and Play" . Lancashire Evening Post. No. 4512. 13 April 1901. p. 5 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  6. ↑ "Historic sports club pleads for fundraiser support". Leigh Journal. 20 March 2017. Retrieved 26 November 2021.
  7. ↑ "Archived" (PDF). London Gazette. 21 December 1900. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 March 2016. Retrieved 1 June 2023.[ dead link ]
  8. ↑ Jack Winstanley & Malcolm Ryding (1975). John Player Rugby League Yearbook 1975–76. Queen Anne Press.
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