Today Previously: April 23rd

TODAY PREVIOUSLY: April 23rd

Rugby League

Fev have won the last four matches played on April 23rd but before that we lost six out of the previous seven!

Do you remember when we used to beat Leigh? Well, the last time we played on this day was back in 2009 and we won 30-16 away. It was played on a Thursday night because at that time one championship match per week was televised. Ian Hardman is the only survivor from the team that day:

Ian Hardman; Sam Smeaton, Andy Kirk, Tommy Haughey, Tommy Saxton; Iestyn Harris, Andy Kain; Tony Tonks, Joe McLocklan, Stuart Dickens, Matty Dale, Tim Spears, Jamie Field.  Subs: Jack Lee, Jonathan Fallon, Richard Blakeway, Stuart Kain

Fev’s tries were scored by Stuart Dickens, Ian Hardman, Tommy Haughedy, Stuart Kain and Tony Tonks with Stuart Dickens kicking 5 goals from 6 attempts. The first half was tight, Rovers leading 8-6 at the interval, but then we pulled away.

Back in 1949 we lost 11-4 in the league at home to Belle Vue Rangers, a Manchester side that younger fans might not recall!

There were also three matches against Castleford. We lost in 1962 (26-8 at home in the league) and 1972 (18-14 at home in an end of season Championship play-off) but in 1973 the result was much better, nilling the old enemy (15-0) in the league at home.

Also, of note is the result in 1989 when we beat Leeds 15-12 in the Premiership Trophy first round at Headingley.

In 2006, the National League clubs were engaged in group matches in the Northern Rail Cup. A thoroughly forgettable date for Halifax who lost 88-6 at Hull Kingston Rovers, the highest score ever conceded by Halifax. In 2010, Harlequins RL (now reverted to London Broncos) travelled to Wigan for a Super League match and won 38-26.

In 1952 England beat Other Nationalities (Europe) by 31-18 at Wigan and Australia won two ANZAC tests against New Zealand in 1994 by 20-14 and in 2004 by 37-10.

World Events

In 1014, King Brian Boru defeats the Vikings and liberates Ireland from foreign rule

In 1661, King Charles II is crowned

In 1867, Queen Victoria and Napoleon III turn down plans for a Channel Tunnel

In 1918, Battle of Zeebrugge ends

In 1962, First US satellite to reach the moon is launched

In 2013, West Indian cricketer,Chris Gayle, scores the fastest ever century in 30 balls

Birthdays

1564 William Shakespeare

1857 Ruggero Leoncavallo, Italian composer (I Pagliacci)

1858 Max Planck, nobel prize winner and founder of Quantum Physics

1928 Shirley Temple, American actor and child-star

1936 Roy Orbison, rock musician

1963 Carl Gibson, former Featherstone player and Great Britain international