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Brighouse Rangers (1915)
Brighouse Rangers was a (semi) professional rugby league club. This club was based in Brighouse, a town within the Metropolitan Borough of Calderdale, in West Yorkshire, England. It is situated on the River Calder and has a population of approx 35,000. The club played in the Wartime Emergency Leagues from 1915–16 to 1918–19 (January) but not the “Victory” League. History Early history The previous Brighouse Rangers Football Club were founded in the 1870s, and joined the RFU in 1879, to become one of the founder members of the new Northern Union in 1895, played in the first season 1895–96, became the first winner of the Yorkshire Senior Competition in 1896–97, and continued for 11 seasons until 1905–06, and disbanded in summer 1906. This club, Brighouse Rangers was in existence in 1915, but otherwise there is very little publicised information available. Wartime Emergency League Brighouse Rangers joined the War League for season 1915–16 and spent thre ...
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Northern Rugby Football Union
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Rugby Clubs Established In 1915
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Sport In Calderdale
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