Lancashire rugby league team
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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Governing body | Rugby Football League |
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
Date | Opposition | Result | Venue | Attendance | Tour |
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18 January 1908 | ![]() | 20–4 | Watersheddings, Oldham | 1907–08 All Golds tour | |
25 November 1908 | ![]() | 6–20 | Central Park, Wigan | 4,000 | 1908–09 Kangaroo Tour |
8 March 1909 | ![]() | 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 1927 | ![]() | 28–3 | 7,000 | 1926–27 Kiwis tour | |
26 September 1929 | ![]() | 14–26 | Wilderspool, Warrington | 24,000 | 1929–30 Kangaroo Tour |
20 September 1933 | ![]() | 7–33 | Wilderspool, Warrington | 16,576 | 1933–34 Kangaroo Tour |
29 September 1937 | ![]() | 7–5 | Wilderspool, Warrington | 16,250 | 1937–38 Kangaroo Tour |
8 December 1948 | ![]() | 13–8 | Central Park, Wigan | 11,788 | 1948–49 Kangaroo Tour |
22 November 1951 | ![]() | 13–12 | 1951–52 Kiwis tour | ||
30 November 1952 | ![]() | 11–36 | Wilderspool, Warrington | 5,863 | 1952–53 Kangaroo Tour |
23 September 1959 | ![]() | 30–22 | Knowsley Road, St. Helens | 15,743 | 1959–60 Kangaroo Tour |
25 September 1963 | ![]() | 13–11 | Central Park, Wigan | 15,068 | 1963–64 Kangaroo Tour |
30 November 1967 | ![]() | 2–14 | The Willows, Salford | 9,369 | 1967–68 Kangaroo Tour |
References
- 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.
- Lancashire at Rugby League Project
- Howes, David and Fletcher, Raymond (1983). Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook 1983-84. Macdonald & Co. p. 410. ISBN 0 356 09729 3.