Today: Previously - May 27th
Rugby League
In all the years since 1921, only on
two occasions that Fev have had a match on May 27th. That is not as surprising
as it looks at first glance because until RL changed to summer in 1996, May
27th was after the season had ended.
Both occasions resulted in resounding
victories for the Rovers. In 2007, during a season in which we won promotion
out of National League 2 we defeated Swinton at home by 42-4. Steve Dooler and
Dean Colton scored two tries each and the rest of the tries came from Danny
Kirmond, Paul Hughes, Jamie Field and Tommy Haughey.
In 2012 we travelled to the South
Leeds Stadium for a Championship tie against Hunslet, winning 54-10. Despite it
being only 5 years ago there are only 3 members of that team who are still in
the Fev squad. The team was:
Ian Hardman; Jack Briscoe, Andy Bostock(T), Greg Worthington, Tom Saxton(T);
Andy Kain, Liam Finn(T/9G); Anthony England, Ben Kaye(T), Stuart Dickens(T),
Matty Dale, Jon Grayshon, Jon Hepworth(2T).
Subs: Andy Ellis, James Lockwood(T), Nathan Chappell(T), Dominic Maloney
Liam Finn’s nine goals were part of
his world record of 41 consecutive successful goal kicks which he set on June 14th
at Keighley.
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In 2006, in their first season in
Super League, Catalans Dragons welcomed Wakefield Trinity Wildcats to Perpignan
on May 27th and ran out 28-20 winners.
Warrington Wolves have twice played Leeds
Rhinos in recent years and had very good results. In 2011 they beat them 42-6 at
Headingley and last year they repeated the feat with a 52-18 at the Halliwell
Jones Stadium.
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On tour in 1984, the British Lions beat
Western Division (Australia) 36-30 in Dubbo. In 1988 they beat North Queensland
in Cairns 66-16 and in 1992 they beat Islands Zone (PNG) 38-20. The only Lions
test match was in Goroka in 1990 when they lost 20-18 to Papua New Guinea.
There have been two State of Origin
matches on May 27th. In 1986 New South Wales won 22-16 in Brisbane but in 2015
Queensland were 11-10 winners in Sydney.
In 1703, Saint Petersburg founded by Peter the Great
In 1849, London’s Euston station opened
In 1878, Australia defeat MCC by nine wickets in amazing low scoring match (Aus: 41 & 12-1, MCC 33 & 19)
In 1896, 255 people killed by Tornado in St Louis, USA
In 1930, New York’s Chrysler Building opens to the public
In 1963, Jomo Kenyatta elected as first Prime Minister of Kenya
Birthdays
1867 Arnold Bennett, English novelist and playwright
1887 Frank Woolley, Kent and England cricketer
1907 Rachel Carson, American ecologist (Silent Spring)
1911 Vincent Price, American actor
1965 Pat Cash, Australian tennis player
1989 Rémy Marginet, French RL player (Fev in 2015)
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