Lancashire rugby league team
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Governing bodyRugby Football League

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]

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 1908 New Zealand20–4Watersheddings, OldhamUnknown1907–08 All Golds tour
25 November 1908 Australia6–20Central Park, Wigan4,0001908–09 Kangaroo Tour
8 March 1909 Australia19–14Wheater's Field, Broughton4,000
2 October 1911Australasia12–25Ewood Park, Blackburn5,0001911–12 Kangaroo Tour
30 November 1921Australasia6–29Goodison Park, Everton17,0001921–22 Kangaroo Tour
14 December 1921Australasia8–6Wilderspool, Warrington6,000
3 January 1927 New Zealand28–3Leigh6,000[4]1926–27 Kiwis tour
26 September 1929 Australia14–26Wilderspool, Warrington24,0001929–30 Kangaroo Tour
20 September 1933 Australia7–33Wilderspool, Warrington16,5761933–34 Kangaroo Tour
29 September 1937 Australia7–5Wilderspool, Warrington16,2501937–38 Kangaroo Tour
8 December 1948 Australia13–8Central Park, Wigan11,7881948–49 Kangaroo Tour
22 November 1951 New Zealand13–12Warrington7,000[5]1951–52 Kiwis tour
30 November 1952 Australia11–36Wilderspool, Warrington5,8631952–53 Kangaroo Tour
23 September 1959 Australia30–22Knowsley Road, St. Helens15,7431959–60 Kangaroo Tour
25 September 1963 Australia13–11Central Park, Wigan15,0681963–64 Kangaroo Tour
30 November 1967 Australia2–14The Willows, Salford9,3691967–68 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 2010 Malta62–0Victor Tedesco Stadium, Ħamrun, Malta

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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