Today: Previously - July 22nd

Today: Previously  -  July 22nd

Today: Previously  -  July 22nd

Rugby League

Fev have been playing professional matches ever since 1921 but they have only once played a match before on July 22nd. That was just five years ago in 2012. The match was a home Championship match against Batley. In the 72nd minute Liam Finn scored a drop goal to take the score to 31-24. But then in the 79th minute Batley’s Alex Brown scored a try. Batley didn’t attempt the conversion in their attempt to grab a last minute victory but it was to no avail, Fev winning 31-28.

The Fev team that day was

Ian Hardman; Jack Briscoe, Sam Smeaton, Greg Worthington, Tom Saxton; Andy Kain, Liam Finn; Anthony England, Ben Kaye, Stuart Dickens, Jon Grayshon, Tim Spears, Matthew Dale. 

Subs: Dominic Maloney, Michael Haley, James Lockwood, Jack Bussey

Jon Grayshon scored Fev’s first try and then Andy Kain scored a first half hatrick in the space of 13 minutes. In addition to the drop goal Liam Finn scored a try and kicked 5 goals from 5 attempts.

The Batley team included James Walton and Matty Wildie. League Express named Andy Kain as Rovers Man of the Match. As Batley’s Man of the Match they chose a substitute forward - Alex Walmsley.

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Other matches on July 22nd include Bradford beating Leeds in Super League at Odsal by 44-22 in 2001. On the same day another current Championhip club recorded a Super League win with London beating Warrington 31-28 at the Halliwell Jones.

In 2007, Castleford, the current Super League leaders, were in National League 1 and beat Batley 42-6 at Mount Pleasant.

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On July 22nd 1950 Australia beat Great Britain 5-2 in Sydney. It was the 3rd match in an Ashes series and gave Australia a 2-1 victory after GB had won the 1st test and Australia the 2nd.

GB lost another test match on July 22nd 1984. This time it was against New Zealqand in Christchurch with a 28-12 scoreline.

In 2006 there was a European Developing Nations Tri-Nations series and Germany beat Estonia 38-24.

In 2009 Papua New Guinea played a Test Match against Fiji in Port Moresby and won 54-10.

World Events

Bradley Wiggins

In 1306, King Phillip orders expulsion of Jews from France

In 1933, Wiley Post completes 1st solo round the world flight

In 1942, 300,000 Jews from Warsaw Ghetto sent to Treblinka Extermination Camp

In 1983, World Record temperature of -89.2°C recorded in Antarctica

In 2012, Bradley Wiggins wins the Tour de France

Birthdays

Bonnie Langford

1510 Alessandro de Medici, Duke of Florence

1882 Edward Hopper, American painter

1898 Alexander Calder, American mobiles sculptor

1926 Bryan Forbes, English film director

1964 Bonnie Langford, English actor

1972 Barrie McDermott, English rugby league player