Rugby League
The very first professional match
that Rovers ever played at Post Office Road took place on September 3rd 1921.
The opponents were Hull and Fev lost 21-9 which was no surprise, Hull finishing
the season in 3rd place in the 28 team Northern Rugby League table.
The Fev team were:
James Green; Jim Denton, Jack Hirst,
Norman Reeves, Sid Denton; Jimmy Williams, Joe Kirkham; Arthur Haigh, Harry
Dooler, Billy Clements, Charlie Hepworth, Dick Jones, John Morrell.
Jim Denton holds the record for
appearances for Featherstone at 440. Jack Hirst was Rovers’ first ever
international
Amongst 15 other matches that Rovers
have played on September 3rd was a home win by 11-8 against Castleford in the
NRL in 1947.
Our best result on this date was in
1996 when we beat York 50-15 in the first round of the Yorkshire Cup.
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On September 3rd 1966 Widnes Vikings were at Belle
Vue Stadium in Doncaster for a National League One match. Belle Vue was
principally the ground of Doncaster Rovers FC but the rugby league team played
there for a few year before the building of the Lakeside Stadium. Widnes
inflicted a 56-0 win on Doncaster. On the same day Oldham lost 52-12 to Leigh.
That year Oldham were relegated after losing every league match.
Last year, in the Qualifiers, Championship
team Leigh Centurions defeated Super League Hull KR 25-18 at the KC Lightstream
Stadium. This year both the status of the teams and the result were, of course,
reversed.
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There have been only been two representative matches on September 3rd. In
1980, Cumbria defeated 19-16 at Barrow and last year Belgium beat the
Netherlands 36-12 in Brussels. That was part of the European Championship B
competition. The tournament involved Belgium, Germany and the Netherlands and
Belgium were the winners.
World Events
In 1189,
Coronation of Richard I
In 1651,
Cromwell defeats Royalists at Battle of Worcester
In 1878,
Paddle steamer
Princess Alice sinks on the River Thames, 645 die
In 1935, Malcolm Campbell
breaks land speed record at over 300mph
In 1967, Sweden switches
to driving on the right
In 1995, eBay founded by Pierre Omidyar
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| Malcolm Campbell |
Birthdays
1757 Charles X,
French king
1856 Louis Sullivan, American architect
(pioneer of skyscrapers)
1875 Ferdinand
Porsche, German automotive engineer
1915 Memphis Slim,
American blues singer
1981 Fearne
Cotton, English television presenter
1990 Stefan Marsh,
Widnes rugby league player
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| Ferdinand Porsche |
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