Radcliffe was a semi-professional
rugby league
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club based in
Radcliffe
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Places
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United Kingdom
* Radcliffe, Greater Manchester
** Radcliffe Tower, the remains of a medieval manor house in the town
** Radcliffe tram stop
* ...
, a town within the
Metropolitan Borough of Bury
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, in
Greater Manchester
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,
England
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.
The club joined the Rugby Football League, Northern Union in 1901–02 Northern Rugby Football Union season, 1901–02 and played for the single season in the Rugby league county leagues, Lancashire Senior Competition, which was effectively Division 2 (West).
History
The club had been founded in 1875 as Radcliffe Close Wesleyan FC. In 1896 the club joined the Northern Union playing in the Lancashire Second Competition . The club played in the 1897 Challenge Cup, inaugural Challenge Cup competition losing 3–0 away to Wigan Warriors, Wigan in the first round. The following year they entered the second Challenge Cup competition and lost again in the first round, this time away to Hull F.C. at the The Boulevard (stadium), Boulevard by 19 points to nil.
At the end of the 1900–01 season the club was promoted to the Lancashire Senior Competition but finished bottom on the competition and were not elected to the new second division of the Northern Rugby League at which time the club left the Northern Union.
Club league record
In the single season in which Radcliffe played semi-professional rugby league, 1901–02 Northern Rugby Football Union season, 1901–02, the team only managed two wins and a draw out of 24 games played.
Heading Abbreviations
RL = Single Division; Pl = Games played; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Lose; PF = Points for; PA = Points against; Diff = Points difference (+ or -); Pts = League points
League points: for win = 2; for draw = 1; for loss = 0.
See also
*British rugby league system
*Rugby league county leagues
*List of defunct rugby league clubs
References
External links
1896–97 Northern Rugby Football Union season at wigan.rlfans.comHull&Proud Fixtures & Results 1896/1897Widnes Vikings - One team, one passion Season In Review - 1896-97
Saints Heritage Society
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Defunct rugby league teams in England
Sport in the Metropolitan Borough of Bury
Radcliffe, Greater Manchester
Rugby league teams in Greater Manchester
Rugby league teams in England
1901 establishments in England
1902 disestablishments in England
Rugby clubs established in 1901