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Acton And Willesden R.L.F.C.
Acton and Willesden RLFC was a professional rugby league team based at Acton Park Royal in London. Along with Streatham and Mitcham R.L.F.C., the club was an early attempt to establish rugby league in London during the 1930s. The club was discontinued after the 1935-36 season. History Prior to the Acton and Willesden / Streatham and Mitcham rugby league teams, rugby league had been played at the White City Stadium when Wigan Highfield relocated to London and played as London Highfield in 1933. Although the club drew good crowds the operating costs proved too much of a burden so the club moved to Liverpool and became Liverpool Stanley RLFC. Both Acton and Willesden RLFC and Streatham and Mitcham RLFC were started by local businessman Sydney Parkes. The idea of two teams was to generate plenty of interest in the game, and also to attempt to establish greyhound racing at both clubs' newly built grounds. Both teams were accepted into the Rugby Football League in March 1935, in time ...
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1935 In Sport
1935 in sports describes the year's events in world sport. Alpine skiing FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 5th FIS Alpine World Ski Championships are held at Mürren, Switzerland. The events are a downhill, a slalom and a combined race in both the men's and women's categories. The winners are: * Men's Downhill – Franz Zingerle (Austria) * Men's Slalom – Anton Seelos (Austria) * Men's Combined – Anton Seelos (Austria) * Women's Downhill – Christl Cranz (Germany) * Women's Slalom – Anny Rüegg (Switzerland) * Women's Combined – Christl Cranz (Germany) American football * NFL Championship: the Detroit Lions won 26–7 over the New York Giants at University of Detroit Stadium * Rose Bowl (1934 season): ** The Alabama Crimson Tide won 29–13 over the Stanford Indians to share the college football national championship * Minnesota Golden Gophers – college football national championship shared with SMU Mustangs * First Heisman Trophy presented to Jay Berwanger of the ...
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Liverpool Stanley
Liverpool Stanley was a semi-professional rugby league club from Liverpool, England. It was renamed Liverpool City in 1951, but was otherwise unrelated to the original Liverpool club of the same name. The club's origins date back to 1880 when it was founded as Wigan Highfield. Although the club was best known for its years in Liverpool, the club relocated numerous times, and were known as London Highfield, Huyton, Runcorn Highfield, Highfield, and eventually Prescot Panthers throughout their existence before being eventually wound up in 1996. History The first Liverpool City – 1906–1907 A professional club first emerged in Liverpool, called Liverpool City, in 1906, playing at the Stanley Athletics Ground. They hold an unwanted record in the professional game in the United Kingdom as being a team who lost every game in the season. In 1906–1907, they lost 30 games – they drew one against Bramley which was expunged because the return game was not played and also lost to ...
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Defunct Rugby League Teams In England
Defunct (no longer in use or active) may refer to: * ''Defunct'' (video game), 2014 * Zombie process or defunct process, in Unix-like operating systems See also * * :Former entities * End-of-life product * Obsolescence Obsolescence is the state of being which occurs when an object, service, or practice is no longer maintained or required even though it may still be in good working order. It usually happens when something that is more efficient or less risky r ...
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Con Murphy (rugby)
Cornelius "Con" Denis Murphy (3 September 1908 – 13 July 1964) was a Welsh dual-code international rugby union, and professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1930s and 1940s. He played representative level rugby union (RU) for Wales, and at club level for Ynysddu RFC and Cross Keys RFC, as a hooker, i.e. number 2, and representative level rugby league (RL) for Wales, and at club level for Acton and Willesden, Streatham and Mitcham and Leeds, as a , i.e. number 9, during the era of contested scrums.Graham Williams, Peter Lush, David Farrar (November 2009). "The British Rugby League Records Book age-108…114. London League Publications Ltd. Background Con Murphy was born in Aberfan, Wales, and he died aged 55 in Leeds, West Riding of Yorkshire, England. Playing career International honours Con Murphy won caps for Wales (RU) while at Cross Keys RFC in 1935 against England, Scotland, and Ireland, and won caps for Wales (RL) while at Leeds 1939…1944 5-caps. ...
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Dennis Madden
Dennis Madden (20 March 1913 – death unknown) was a Welsh rugby union and professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1930s. He played club level rugby union (RU) for Aberavon RFC, and representative level rugby league (RL) for Wales, and at club level for Acton and Willesden, Huddersfield and Leeds, as a . Background Dennis Madden was born in Aberavon, Wales. Playing career International honours Dennis Madden won 7 caps for Wales in 1935–1939 while at Acton and Willesden, Huddersfield, and Leeds. County Cup Final appearances Dennis Madden played at , and scored a try and a goal in Huddersfield's 18–10 victory over Hull F.C. in the 1938 Yorkshire Cup Final during the 1938–39 season at Odsal Stadium, Bradford Bradford is a city and the administrative centre of the City of Bradford district in West Yorkshire, England. The city is in the Pennines' eastern foothills on the banks of the Bradford Beck. Bradford had a population of 349,561 at the 2011 .. ...
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Craven Cottage
Craven Cottage is a football ground in Fulham, West London, England, which has been the home of Fulham F.C. since 1896.According to the club'official website The ground's capacity is 22,384; the record attendance is 49,335, for a game against Millwall in 1938. Next to Bishop's Park on the banks of the River Thames, it was originally a royal hunting lodge and has a history dating back over 300 years. The stadium has also been used by the United States, Australia, Ireland, and Canada men's national football teams, and was formerly the home ground for rugby league club Fulham RLFC. Life Pre-Fulham The original Cottage was built in 1780, by William Craven, the sixth Baron Craven and was located close to where the Johnny Haynes Stand is now. At the time, the surrounding areas were woods which made up part of Anne Boleyn's hunting grounds. The Cottage was lived in by Edward Bulwer-Lytton (who wrote ''The Last Days of Pompeii'') and other somewhat notable (and moneyed) persons ...
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Fulham R
Fulham () is an area of the London Borough of Hammersmith & Fulham in West London, England, southwest of Charing Cross. It lies on the north bank of the River Thames, bordering Hammersmith, Kensington and Chelsea. The area faces Wandsworth, Putney, Barn Elms and the London Wetland Centre in Barnes. on the far side of the river. First recorded by name in 691, Fulham was a manor and ancient parish which originally included Hammersmith. Between 1900 and 1965, it was the Metropolitan Borough of Fulham, before its merger with the Metropolitan Borough of Hammersmith created the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham (known as the London Borough of Hammersmith from 1965 to 1979). The district is split between the western and south-western postal areas. Fulham has a history of industry and enterprise dating back to the 15th century, with pottery, tapestry-weaving, paper-making and brewing in the 17th and 18th centuries in present-day Fulham High Street, and later involvement in t ...
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