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Michael Smith (rugby League, Born C. 1947)
Michael "Mick"/"Mike" Smith (born ) is an English former professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1960s and 1970s. He played at representative level for Yorkshire, and at club level for Featherstone Rovers, and Huddersfield, as a , or . Background Michael Smith was born in Rossington, Doncaster, West Riding of Yorkshire, England. Playing career County honours Michael Smith won caps for Yorkshire while at Featherstone Rovers; during the 1974–75 season against Cumbria and Other Nationalities. Challenge Cup Final appearances Mick Smith played in Featherstone Rovers' 17-12 victory over Barrow in the 1966–67 Challenge Cup Final during the 1966–67 season at Wembley Stadium, London on Saturday 13 May 1967, in front of a crowd of 76,290, played at (replaced by substitute David "Dave" Hartley) in the 33-14 victory over Bradford Northern in the 1972–73 Challenge Cup Final during the 1972–73 season at Wembley Stadium, London on Saturday 12 May 1973, in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rossington
Rossington is a civil parish and former mining village in the City of Doncaster, South Yorkshire, England and is surrounded by countryside and the market towns of Bawtry and Tickhill. Geography Historically part of the West Riding of Yorkshire, it has a population of 13,255, increasing to 13,557 at the 2011 Census. Robin Hood Airport Doncaster Sheffield is around two miles to the east. The village is demarcated to the north and west by a line of 400 kV pylons, as seen from the M18, to the north. The Finningley and Rossington Relief Road Scheme – from Junction 3 of the M18 to Parrot's Corner (junction of the A638 and the B6463 roads) – is proposed to allow access to the airport. Construction was due to start in late summer 2012 though initial site clearance work only commenced in early 2013. To the north-west, the village borders Loversall, with the boundary following the River Torne, passing directly next to the western edge of the former Rossington Main Coll ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Hartley (rugby League)
David Hartley (birth unknown – 16 January 2014) was an English professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1960s and 1970s. He played at representative level for Yorkshire, and at club level for Normanton ARLFC, Leeds ( A-Team), Featherstone Rovers, and Rochdale Hornets, as a or . Background David Hartley's funeral service took place at Pontefract Crematorium, Wakefield Road, Pontefract at 3.20pm on Monday 27 January 2014. Playing career County honours David Hartley won a cap for Yorkshire while at Featherstone Rovers; during the 1974–75 season against Cumbria Challenge Cup Final appearances David Hartley was an unused substitute in Featherstone Rovers' 17-12 victory over Barrow in the 1966–67 Challenge Cup Final during the 1966–67 season at Wembley Stadium, London on Saturday 13 May 1967, in front of a crowd of 76,290, appeared as a substitute (replacing Michael Smith) and scored a try, becoming the first interchange/substitute to score in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1969–70 Northern Rugby Football League Season
The 1969–70 Northern Rugby Football League season was the 75th season of rugby league football in Britain. Rule change * Tactical substitutions were now allowed to occur after half time during a game, they had been permitted before half time since 1964. Season summary Leeds had ended the regular season as league leaders for the fourth successive season. St. Helens won their fifth Rugby Football League Championship when they beat Leeds 24-12 in the final. Frank Myler was awarded the Harry Sunderland Trophy as man-of-the-match. The Challenge Cup winners were Castleford who beat Wigan 7-2 in the final. Wigan won the Lancashire League, and Leeds won the Yorkshire League. This was the last season in which the Lancashire League and Yorkshire League titles were awarded, as the competitions were abolished following a vote on fixture reform during the season. Championship Play-offs Final Challenge Cup Castleford beat Wigan 7-2 in the final played at Wembley in front ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1969–70 Yorkshire Cup
The 1969–70 Yorkshire Cup was the sixty-second occasion on which the RFL Yorkshire Cup, Yorkshire Cup competition was held. Hull F.C. won the trophy by beating Featherstone Rovers by a score of 12-9. The match was played at Headingley Stadium, Headingley, Leeds, now in West Yorkshire. The attendance was 11,089 and receipts were £3,419. This was only Hull F.C., Hull FC's second Yorkshire Cup win (the previous being in 1923 Yorkshire Cup, 1923) in thirteen final appearances, and in many quarters the club had been classed as "the bridesmaid but never the bride". It was also Featherstone Rovers's first of two successive final defeats. This was the last Yorkshire Cup final for nine years in which the attendance would reach 10,000. Background This season there were no junior/amateur clubs taking part, no new entrants and no "leavers", so the total of entries remained the same, at sixteen. This in turn resulted in no byes in the first round. Competition and results Round ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hull F
Hull may refer to: Structures * The hull of an armored fighting vehicle, housing the chassis * Fuselage, of an aircraft * Hull (botany), the outer covering of seeds * Hull (watercraft), the body or frame of a sea-going craft * Submarine hull Mathematics * Affine hull, in affine geometry * Conical hull, in convex geometry * Convex hull, in convex geometry ** Carathéodory's theorem (convex hull) * Holomorphically convex hull, in complex analysis * Injective hull, of a module * Linear hull, another name for the linear span * Skolem hull, of mathematical logic Places United Kingdom England * Hull, the common name of Kingston upon Hull, a city in the East Riding of Yorkshire ** Hull City A.F.C., a football team ** Hull FC, rugby league club formed in 1865, based in the west of the city ** Hull Kingston Rovers (Hull KR), rugby league club formed in 1882, based in the east of the city ** Port of Hull ** University of Hull * River Hull, river in the East Riding of Yorks ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leeds
Leeds is a city in West Yorkshire, England. It is the largest settlement in Yorkshire and the administrative centre of the City of Leeds Metropolitan Borough, which is the second most populous district in the United Kingdom. It is built around the River Aire and is in the eastern foothills of the Pennines. The city was a small manorial borough in the 13th century and a market town in the 16th century. It expanded by becoming a major production and trading centre (mainly with wool) in the 17th and 18th centuries. Leeds developed as a mill town during the Industrial Revolution alongside other surrounding villages and towns in the West Riding of Yorkshire. It was also known for its flax industry, iron foundries, engineering and printing, as well as shopping, with several surviving Victorian era arcades, such as Kirkgate Market. City status was awarded in 1893, and a populous urban centre formed in the following century which absorbed surrounding villages and overtook t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Headingley Rugby Stadium
Headingley Rugby Stadium (known as AMT Headingley Rugby Stadium due to sponsorship) is a rugby league stadium in Headingley, Leeds and shares the same site as Headingley Cricket Ground. It is the home ground of the Leeds Rhinos, and is the fifth largest rugby league stadium in England. History 1889–1980s: Construction and development Leeds St Johns, who were later to become Leeds Rugby League Football Club then Leeds Rhinos, moved to Headingley in 1889 and built Headingley stadium. Leeds were founder members of the Northern Union in 1895 and Headingley hosted rugby league's first ever Challenge Cup Final in 1897. In the 1930s, major developments took place on two sides of the rugby ground. The South Stand was completed in 1931, with some of the work being carried out by club players, while the old wooden North Stand was burned down during a match against Halifax on 25 March 1932. By the end of 1932, a new North Stand had been completed. The record attendance at Heading ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1966–67 Yorkshire Cup
The 1966–67 Yorkshire Cup was the fifty-ninth occasion on which the Yorkshire Cup competition had been held. Hull Kingston Rovers won the trophy by beating Featherstone Rovers by the score of 25-12. The match was played at Headingley, Leeds, now in West Yorkshire. The attendance was 13,241 and receipts were £3,482 This was the first of two successive victories for Hull Kingston Rovers. Background This season there were no junior/amateur clubs taking part, no new entrants and no "leavers" and so the total of entries remained the same at sixteen. This in turn resulted in no byes in the first round. Competition and results Round 1 Involved 8 matches (with no byes) and 16 clubs Round 1 - replays Involved 1 match and 2 clubs Round 2 - quarterfinals Involved 4 matches and 8 clubs Round 3 – semifinals Involved 2 matches and 4 clubs Final Teams and scorers Scoring - Try = three (3) points - Goal = two (2) points - Drop goal = two (2) points ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hull Kingston Rovers
Hull Kingston Rovers (often abbreviated to Hull KR) are a professional rugby league club based in Kingston upon Hull, Yorkshire, England. The club play home games at Craven Park, Hull, Craven Park and compete in Super League, the top tier of British rugby league system, British rugby league. Hull KR have won the List of British rugby league champions, League Championship five times and Challenge Cup twice. Hull Kingston Rovers are one of two professional rugby league teams in Hull. Hull F.C. play on the west side of the city, and Hull KR on the east side, at Sewell Group Craven Park. The River Hull is the divide between the two. Hull KR's nickname, "The Robins", originates from their traditional playing colours of red and white. After a ten-year stay in the Super League (2007–2016), they were relegated to the Championship (rugby league), Championship in the 2016 season, due to the Million Pound Game. In the 2017 Championship season, Hull KR successfully gained automatic pro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1973–74 Northern Rugby Football League Season
The 1973–74 Rugby Football League season was the 79th season of rugby league football. Season summary 1973-1974 saw two division rugby re-introduced. The Championship playoffs were discontinued and the league leaders were declared the champions. A "Club Championship" was played in place of the playoffs but this was a one-off precursor to what became the end of season Premiership. It was a complicated format that involved sides from both divisions. On 25 April, David Watkins of Salford scored the last of 929 points (41 tries, 403 goals) in a record run of scoring in 92 consecutive games for one club. Keith Mumby made his début for Bradford Northern this season as the club's youngest ever player, aged 16. In a match against Doncaster this season he scored 12 goals and a try. He went on to become the club's record appearance holder, playing 576 games. Salford won their fifth Championship. Oldham, Hull Kingston Rovers, Leigh and Whitehaven were demoted to the Second Division. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1973–74 Challenge Cup
The 1973–74 Challenge Cup was the 73rd staging of rugby league's oldest knockout competition, the Challenge Cup. The final was contested by Warrington and Featherstone Rovers at Wembley. Warrington beat Featherstone Rovers 24-9 at Wembley in front of a crowd of 77,400. The winner of the Lance Todd Trophy was the Warrington , Derek Whitehead. Warrington defeated Huddersfield, Huyton, Wigan and Dewsbury to get to the final against Featherstone Rovers. This was Warrington’s fourth Cup final win in ten Final appearances. Warrington's full-back Derek Whitehead won the Lance Todd Trophy for man-of-the-match. First round Second round Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final References External linksChallenge Cup official websiteat Rugby League Project {{DEFAULTSORT:1973-74 Challenge Cup Challenge Cup Challenge Cup The Rugby Football League Challenge Cup, commonly known just as the Challenge Cup is a Single-elimination tournament, knockout rugby league cup co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Warrington Wolves
Warrington Wolves are a professional rugby league club based in Warrington, England. They play home games at the Halliwell Jones Stadium and compete in Super League, the top tier of British rugby league system, British rugby league. Warrington are the only British-based club to have played every season in the top flight. They have won the List of British rugby league champions, League Championship three times and the Challenge Cup nine times. The club's traditional home colours are white, primrose and blue. Warrington have local rivalries with Widnes Vikings, Widnes, St Helens R.F.C., St Helens and Wigan Warriors, Wigan. History Early years: 1876–1895 Although the official foundation date for the club is given as 1876, rugby football was certainly played in the town before that date and there was an earlier club bearing the name of Warrington Football Club. Under the heading 'Outdoor Sports – Football' the Widnes Guardian of 25 January 1873 reports on a recent game betwee ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
