heritage quay sports collections catalogue

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University of Huddersfield, 2016

University of Huddersfield Archive Service

Sports Collections

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The Rugby Football League (RFL) was founded in Huddersfield in 1895, so it is fitting that the archives of the RFL, the Huddersfield Past Players Association, the Up and Under oral history project and the papers of MEP Terry Wynn, can be accessed in Heritage Quay.

The rugby league collections present an unmatched history of the sport through unique documents such as minute books, player registers and correspondence. There is also the opportunity to get close to rare match programmes, photographs, tickets and one-of-a-kind shirts, caps and balls.

The archives offer a fascinating insight into social history from the late 19th century to the present day. At Heritage Quay you can explore the history and identity of the working classes; understand the importance of gender and regional identity in the sport; and discover the international reach of a sport born in Huddersfield. Smaller collections on cricket are also held, including a full set of Wisden.

Catalogued Collections

Printed Cricket Collection – http://heritagequay.org/archives/CRI/ Hodgson Cricket Collection Archive – http://heritagequay.org/archives/DH/ Rugby Football League Archive - http://heritagequay.org/archives/RFL/ Terry Wynn, MEP Archive – http://heritagequay.org/archives/TW/

Uncatalogued Collections

Huddersfield Rugby League Players Association Archive – http://heritagequay.org/archives/HPA/ Up and Under Project Archive –http://heritagequay.org/archives/?keyword=Up+and+under+project Wombwell & Oxford Authentics Cricket Club Archive - http://heritagequay.org/archives/?keyword=authentics

http://heritagequay.org/archives/CRI/

http://heritagequay.org/archives/DH/

http://heritagequay.org/archives/RFL/

http://heritagequay.org/archives/TW/

http://heritagequay.org/archives/HPA/

http://heritagequay.org/archives/?keyword=Up+and+under+project

http://heritagequay.org/archives/?keyword=authentics

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Printed Catalogues

This file contains a high level printed catalogue for the collections listed below. These

printed catalogues do not include item-level descriptions, to search the full catalogue for

each collection visit www.heritagequay.org/archives

Rugby Football League Archive - http://heritagequay.org/archives/RFL/ Terry Wynn, MEP Archive – http://heritagequay.org/archives/TW/

http://www.heritagequay.org/archives

http://heritagequay.org/archives/RFL/

http://heritagequay.org/archives/TW/

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Rugby Football League Archive

1880s – 2014

To search this catalogue electronically please visit www.heritagequay.org/archives

This catalogue was produced with support from the National Cataloguing Grants Programme for Archives

Accession No(s): 2008-08-01 Date of Accession: 1 August 2008 Collection Reference No: RFL Catalogued Date: 31 March 2015 Updated:


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Introduction

Administrative History The Rugby Football League was founded on Thursday 29 August 1895 (known as the Northern Rugby Football Union until 1922) when 21 clubs met at The George Hotel in Huddersfield and voted to break away from the Rugby Football Union. Although many factors played a part in the split with the Rugby Football Union, the main division was caused by the Rugby Football Union's decision to enforce the amateur principle of the sport, preventing "broken time" payments to players who had taken time off work to play rugby. By 1907 the Northern Union was participating in international competition as the first tourists arrived from New Zealand, followed a year later by the Australians and the first England versus Wales fixture. In April 1910 twenty-six players left England for the Northern Union's first tour of Australia and New Zealand. In 1922 the Northern Union changed its name to the Rugby Football League; reflecting the game's move from a professional version of rugby union to a new game with new rules and style of play and its own distinct cultural identity. The inter war years saw the first Challenge Cup Final at Wembley in 1929 and the establishment of rugby league in France. The outbreak of hostilities in September 1939 led to the New Zealand touring team returning home after only two fixtures but the Challenge Cup and War Emergency League continued under difficult circumstances with many clubs closing down for the duration of the war. The International Rugby League Board was formed in 1946 and the success of the immediate post-war years appeared to indicate that a bright future was opening up. Attendances reached record levels, club coffers were overflowing and the sport was playing a significant national role, touring Australia and New Zealand in 1946 with the outward journey on the warship HMS Indomitable. However, as with all spectator sports, crowds fell steadily throughout the 1960s and 1970s despite a number of initiatives including the introduction of substitutes (1964), professional rugby matches on Sunday (1967), and a six tackle rule (1972) to attempt to stop one team monopolising possession. In 1971 just 13,351 watched the three test matches against the New Zealand tourists, and barely 36,000 had seen the test series against the 1973 Australian tourists. Even rugby league's own supporters thought the game was dying. The decline in gate money began to be gradually offset somewhat in the 1970s by the growth in commercial sponsorship, particularly from the brewing and tobacco industries. Television had a huge impact on the game in the 1990s, when Rupert Murdoch negotiated world wide broadcasting rights. In August 1994 the Rugby Football League published its 'Framing The Future' document which called for a soccer style Premier League and club mergers. Less than eight months later, following approaches from Rupert Murdoch's News Ltd, it was agreed that a 14 club Super League would start in 1996. This suggestion proved controversial and, after protest by supporters over the announcement that 15 clubs would have to merge, the proposal

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was withdrawn and a return to three divisions with a 12 team Super League was agreed. The emphasis of the Super League today is upon a fast-paced game and providing family entertainment. Today rugby league is played globally although the strongest rugby league nations are England, Australia and New Zealand. In addition to the professional and semi-professional game, rugby league is also a popular amateur game. In 1973 the British Amateur Rugby League Association was formed and after only two seasons could claim 300 member clubs organised in twenty district leagues; it is now played in every county in England through amateur teams, school and youth teams, universities and colleges, and in the armed forces. Rugby league is also played in more than 50 countries worldwide at professional and amateur levels. For further information on the social, cultural and administrative development of the Rugby Football League see: Collins, Tony 'Rugby's Great Split'(2nd revised edition, Routledge, 2006) Collins, Tony 'Rugby League in Twentieth Century Britain' (Routledge, 2006)

Collection Description Records created by the Rugby Football League in the course of its activities as the governing body for rugby league in Britain and Ireland. The collection includes central administrative records relating to strategic planning. These include: minute books and correspondence; annual general meeting records; annual reports; and records relating to the Rugby Football League's involvement in the All Party Parliamentary Rugby League Group. Other administrative records include central financial records; records relating to the RFL's communication with broadcasters such as the BBC and Sky television; and records relating to governance and ensuring that clubs adhere to the RFL's operational rules. There are also large numbers of records relating to the Rugby Football League's role as a central body involved in organising competitions and tours which include British or Irish rugby league teams and clubs, including Academy (age-grade) rugby organised via professional clubs. Records relating to competitions include: administrative and financial records relating to individual tours and competitions; programmes; promotional records; kit (clothing), trophies and medals; photographs; and scorebooks. The Rugby Football League is a central representative for rugby league in Britain and Ireland; it has therefore created and collected large numbers of records as part of its relationships with professional UK clubs, rugby league supporters, amateur rugby league organisations, international rugby league clubs and governing bodies, and other sporting bodies such as the Rugby Football Union. Records created and collected as part of these relationships include administrative records such as correspondence, reports, and policies; programmes; Official Guides (year books); club records such as histories and statistics; photographs; menus; commemorative objects; magazines. Over the years the Rugby Football League has collected commercial publications as sources of information about the sport; these include magazines, journals and manuals on rugby league. Many of these are preserved in the archive and date from the 1940s to the 2000s. There are also some centrally collected press cuttings in the collection.

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Since the 1980s the Rugby Football League has accepted donations of personal archive collections from rugby league players, administrators and supporters. These collections range from single item donations such as Albert Rosenfeld's New South Wales cap; to much larger collections such as David Hinchliffe's administrative collection relating to the All Party Parliamentary Rugby League Group and Dai Jenkins' collection of programmes, photographs, letters and clothing relating to his rugby league career. Within supporter collections there are also a large number of press cutting scrapbooks covering a range of teams, players, countries and themes.

Extent 569 boxes

Custodial History Until the late 1980s, the RFL's administrative records had been housed at the then headquarters of the game at 180 Chapeltown Road in Leeds. Minute books, players' registers and similar documents were kept in the offices of the chief executive (known previously as the secretary and later secretary-general) and various other items were stored in the cellar of the building. Over the course of history of the sport, the RFL had acquired a range of printed material and ephemera but had made no attempt to catalogue, conserve or protect its heritage. In 1964, for example, the then secretary Bill Fallowfield had appealed in the pages of the 'Rugby Leaguer' for the return of the first minute book of the Northern Union covering the period 1895-98, to no avail. Moreover, various problems with ventilation and periodic flooding in the cellar at Chapeltown Road led to large amounts of material being thrown away due to dampness. In the mid-1980s the RFL secured sponsorship from Whitbread Breweries to create a 'Rugby League Hall of Fame'. It opened in 1988 and was housed in the Oulton Arms at Rothwell, where it continued until 2000. The research and gathering together of the materials for the Hall of Fame was the work of historian and author Robert Gate, who the RFL had appointed as their first-ever archivist on a part-time basis in 1988. Along with Trevor Delaney, author of 'The Grounds of Rugby League', 'The Roots of Rugby League' and a number of other pioneering works, Robert set new standards of research and helped to preserve the RFL's archival holdings, bringing it to the attention of both amateur and academic historians. Numerous items and collections were acquired over the years, although professional documentation standards would not be introduced until the late 2000s. These included the records of rugby league statistician Tom Webb, Huddersfield and Keighley player Idris Towill, Rochdale historian Colin Atkin, and Leeds and Great Britain's Dai Jenkins. In 2014 the archive received a Heritage Lottery Grant to purchase the Mike Stephenson Collection, which had previously been the basis for the Rugby League Heritage Centre exhibition at the George Hotel in Huddersfield. Robert Gate left the RFL in the mid-1990s and it wasn't until 1998 that the RFL replaced him with the academic historian Tony Collins. In 1995 the RFL had relocated to Red Hall in the north of Leeds, offering greater opportunities to develop the archives. More systematic attempts were made to conserve and organise the archive and the RFL's various heritage holdings were consolidated into what became known as the RFL Archives. In 2007 the RFL reached an agreement with the University of Huddersfield for it to be the repository of

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the RFL Archives, and the two organisations launched a successful and unique partnership to develop a professional archive for the RFL as the basis for an extensive strategic programme of public engagement heritage activities. In 2011, responsibility for the RFL Archive was passed from the RFL to Rugby League Cares, the charitable arm of the game. In 2014 RL Cares appointed the game's first-ever national Heritage Manager, Victoria Dawson, who led the development and implementation of 'Heritage on Tour', the sport's first national touring exhibition." Above information provided by Tony Collins via email in January 2015. The Rugby Football League Archive was deposited with the University of Huddersfield Archives in August 2008. Between 2012 and 2014 sections of the collection were listed by two volunteers, rugby league and rugby league heritage supporters David Thorpe and David Gronow. In 2013 the University of Huddersfield Archives was awarded a National Archives National Cataloguing Grants Programme for Archives grant to employ a collections access officer for a year. The collection was catalogued between February 2014 and February 2015 following principles of More Product Less Process. Since the original archive deposit in 2008 there have been a number of additions to the original deposit; these have been accessioned in line with departmental procedures and linked to the catalogue.

Related Material Huddersfield Rugby League Club Players Association Archive (held at the University of Huddersfield, HPA) Terry Wynn Archive (held at the University of Huddersfield, TW) Up and Under Project Archive (held at the University of Huddersfield, UAU) Records relating to universities rugby league held with the British Universities Sports Association Records at the University of Liverpool Library, Archives and Special Collections (GB 141 D741) Surviving records created by individual clubs may be held by the club or may have been deposited at a local record office. Bradford Bulls Foundation have their own archive collection containing match day programmes (1920s - present), DVDs (1970-present), Photographs (1950 -present) , Scrapbooks, Shirts etc. A more detailed catalogue will be available in due course. Please contact the Foundation on 01274 729728 to find out more or book an appointment to view items in the collection.

Access Conditions Originals available for consultation by appointment

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RFL Fonds

Rugby Football League Archive

569 boxes

Records created by the Rugby Football League in the course of its

activities as the governing body for rugby league in Britain and

Ireland.

The collection includes central administrative records relating to

strategic planning. These include: minute books and

correspondence; annual general meeting records; annual reports;

and records relating to the Rugby Football League's involvement

in the All Party Parliamentary Rugby League Group. Other

administrative records include central financial records; records

relating to the RFL's communication with broadcasters such as the

BBC and Sky television; and records relating to governance and

ensuring that clubs adhere to the RFL's operational rules.

There are also large numbers of records relating to the Rugby

Football League's role as a central body involved in organising

competitions and tours which include British or Irish rugby league

teams and clubs, including Academy (age-grade) rugby organised

via professional clubs. Records relating to competitions include:

administrative and financial records relating to individual tours

and competitions; programmes; promotional records; kit

(clothing), trophies and medals; photographs; and scorebooks.

The Rugby Football League is a central representative for rugby

league in Britain and Ireland; it has therefore created and collected

large numbers of records as part of its relationships with

professional UK clubs, rugby league supporters, amateur rugby

league organisations, international rugby league clubs and

governing bodies, and other sporting bodies such as the Rugby

Football Union. Records created and collected as part of these

relationships include administrative records such as

correspondence, reports, and policies; programmes; Official

Guides (year books); club records such as histories and statistics;

photographs; menus; commemorative objects; magazines.

Over the years the Rugby Football League has collected

commercial publications as sources of information about the sport;

these include magazines, journals and manuals on rugby league.

Many of these are preserved in the archive and date from the

1940s to the 2000s. There are also some centrally collected press

cuttings in the collection.

Since the 1980s the Rugby Football League has accepted

donations of personal archive collections from rugby league

players, administrators and supporters. These collections range

from single item donations such as Albert Rosenfeld's New South

Wales cap; to much larger collections such as David Hinchliffe's

administrative collection relating to the All Party Parliamentary

Rugby League Group and Dai Jenkins' collection of programmes,

photographs, letters and clothing relating to his rugby league

1880s-2014

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career. Within supporter collections there are also a large number

of press cutting scrapbooks covering a range of teams, players,

countries and themes.

Original available for consultation by appointment

RFL/AV Subfonds

Archives and Heritage - Rugby Football League Archive

140 boxes

Records in this section represent the function of managing

archives and heritage within the Rugby Football League.

This section includes collections of material collected by players,

supporters and, occassionally, administrators which have been

purchased by or donated to the Rugby Football League.

This section also includes records relating to heritage projects

initiated by the Rugby Football League and records which appear

to have been retained for heritage reference purposes, for example

academic dissertations relating to rugby league.


1880s-2013

RFL/AV/1 Subfonds

Rugby League - Player and Administrator Collections

51 boxes

Collections donated by players and administrators of rugby

league.


1880s-2000s

RFL/AV/1/1 Series

Joe Brittain Collection

1 box

A collection of photographs, press cuttings, clothing, scrapbook,

medal, letters, menus and programme formerly belonging to Joe

Brittain.


[1910s-

1960s]

RFL/AV/1/1/1 Subseries 1918-1930s

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Various documents

3 items

Various documents belonging to Joe Brittain icluding a

programme, letter and scrapbook fro 1918 to the 1930s.


RFL/AV/1/1/2 Subseries

Photographs

10 items

Individual and team photographs of Joe Brittain plus two of

Warrington players.


1918-1957


Memorabillia

4 items

An international shirt, two caps and a medal belonging to Joe

Brittain.


1920-1922

RFL/AV/1/1/4 File

Travel Arrangements

3 items

Travel arrangements to regional and international matches.


1920-1922

RFL/AV/1/1/4/1 Subseries

Travel arrangements to Workington.

1 item

England Vs Other Nationalities.

5 Feb 1921

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Menu Cards

3 items

Menu cards for club, county and international celebrations.


1921-1923

RFL/AV/1/2 Series

Idris Towill Collection

2 boxes

A collection of photographs, press cuttings, clothing, scrapbook,

books, magazines, programmes, menus, tickets, and caricature

formerly belonging to Idris Towill.


1920s-1980s

RFL/AV/1/3 Series

Jim Sullivan Collection

2 boxes

A collection of scrapbooks, shirt, trophy, itinerary, photographs,

postcards and auction catalogue formerly belonging to Jim

Sullivan.


1920s-1999

RFL/AV/1/4 Series

Ernest Parker Collection

1 box

A collection of season tickets, official guide books, Yorkshire

football handbooks, rugby union guide, scorebooks, accounts,

programmes, lists of officials, letters, badges, player contracts,

ticket, postcard and press cuttings formerly belonging to Ernest

Parker.


1880s-1960s

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Ernest Parker season tickets

Ernest Parker's Wakefield Trinity season tickets 1925-1928; the

collection includes Ernest Parker's season tickets from the 1880s-

1950s


1925-1928

RFL/AV/1/5 Series

Dai Jenkins Collection

14 boxes and 2 oversize items

Collection including: clothing, pennants, press cuttings,

photographs, letters, programmes and tour souvenirs formerly

belonging to Dai Jenkins.


[1920s-

1950s]

RFL/AV/1/6 Series

Tommy Dinsdale Collection

1 oversize item

Framed display of a cap, badge, photo and playing record of

Tommy Dinsdale who played for St Helen's Recreation Club as

well as making appearances for Lancashire and England.


1920s-1930s

RFL/AV/1/7 Series

Jack Mansley Collection

1 item

Collection of material relating to Jack Mansley with letter of

provenance from his daughter.


[1940s]

RFL/AV/1/8 Series

Brian Bevan Collection

[1940s-

1960s]

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3 boxes

Collection of clothing and a ball formerly belonging to Brian

Bevan.


RFL/AV/1/9 Series

Bryn Knowelden Collection

0.5 boxes

Collection of records formerly belonging to Bryn Knowelden

including shirt, photograph, press cuttings and publications.


c1940s-

c1960s

RFL/AV/1/10 Series

William Fallowfield Collection

2 items

Selection card and tankard formerly belonging to William

Fallowfield.


1950s

RFL/AV/1/11 Series

Gus Risman Collection

1 box

Collection of clothing formerly belonging to Gus Risman.


[1930s]-1946

RFL/AV/1/12 Series

Julia Lee Collection

16 boxes

This collection consists of scrapbooks primarily relating to Hull

and Hull KR rugby league teams. They were created by Julia Lee,

who was rugby league's first female referee to be qualified to

referee professional matches in England and Australia, and

1960s-2000s

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members of her family before being donated to the Rugby

Football League Board around 2004-2005 (provenance

information received verbally from Tony Collins).


RFL/AV/1/13 Series

Albert Rosenfeld Collection

1 item

Albert Rosenfeld's New South Wales cap


[1908?]

RFL/AV/1/14 Series

Mark Harris Collection

1 item

Mark Harris' (Australia) 1977 World Cup Shirt No. 5


1977

RFL/AV/1/15 Series

Joe Lydon Collection

2 items

Joe Lydon's (Great Britain) 1992 World Cup Shirt and runners up

medal in presentation box


1992

RFL/AV/1/16 Series

H H Waller Collection

1 item

Henry (Harry) Hirst Waller's Brighouse cap. HH Waller chaired

the meeting on 29 August 1895 which led to the split of rugby

from one code and the formation of a Northern Union.


1890-1891

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RFL/AV/1/17 Subfonds

Jack Harding Collection

4 boxes

The Jack Harding Collection consists of a mixture of records

collected and created by Jack Harding. Some have been created

during his time as Chair and Vice-Chair of the Rugby Football

League Council, others during his time as chairman of Leigh

Rugby League Football Club, others have been collected in a

personal capacity as a rugby league supporter.

The records include tour reports, correspondence, press cuttings,

programmes, tickets, menus, business cards, invitations,

photographs, commercial publications, tour souvenirs, and other

miscellaneous objects.


1970s

RFL/AV/1/17/1 Series

Great Britain Papers

1 box

Collection of personal and professional material from Jack

Harding's time as Manger of Great Britain's 1970 Tour to

Australasia. Series contains items such as photos, match reports,

correspondence, and financial records.


1969-1980

RFL/AV/1/17/1/1 File

General Correspondence

1 file

Letters sent to Jack Harding in his capacity as Manager of Great

Briatin's 1970 Tour to Australasia. The letters concern a variety of

matters.


1969-1970


Sent Letters

1 file

1969-1970

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Copies of letters sent by Jack Harding in his role as Manger of

Great Briatin's 1970 Tour to Australasia.



Contractual

1 file

Material relating to Jack Harding's Appointment and Contract as

Manger of Great Britain's 1970 Tour to Australasia


1969-1970


Financial and Commercial

1 file

Financial and Commericial records of Great Britain's 1970 Tour

To Australasia. Materials range from letters sent by businesses

soliciting Jack Harding to player expences on the tour


1969-1970


Pamphlets

1 file

Pamphlets and programmes collceted at British Rugby League

Lions Association events celebrating past tours


1980-1991


Reports

Jack Harding's match reports from the 1970 Great Britain Tour to

Australasia


1970

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Itineraries and Menus

1 file

Itenaries concerning Great Britain Tour events and also menus

from the Great Britain 1970 team flight over to Australasia.


1970


Player Management

1 file

Items related to Jack Harding's player management of the 1970

Great Britain team, including internal disiplinary reports and

instructions to the team


1970


Photographs

1 volume

A album containing Jack Harding's personal photographs from

Great Britain's 1970 Tour to Australasia.


1970


Personal

1 file and 5 items

Materials relating to Jack Harding's tenure as Manager of the 1970

Great Britain, for both the tour to Australasia and the Rugby

League World Cup. Items include letters, business cards, and a

commemorative tankard.


c1970


Photographs

1921-1973

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11 items

Collection of various photographs related to Leigh R.L.F.C.

Things depicted range from official team photos, to board

meetings, to Leigh's signing of E. McDonald Bailey.



Tickets

1 file

A collection of matchday tickets used and collected by Jack

Harding. These tickets relate to matches he attended due to his

professional roles with Rugby League, and also matches he

attended in a personal capacity as a fan


13 May

1967- 22 Nov

1986

RFL/AV/1/17/4 File

Press Cuttings

1 box

Complete newpapers and press cuttings from across the second

half of the Twentieth Century containing material realted to Leigh,

Great Britain, and Rugby League in general. There are large

numbers of articles relating to Great Briatin's 1970 Tour of

Australasia and to Leigh's 1971 Challenge Cup Final match

against Leeds. These articles and cuttings are from numerous

national, local, and specialist Rugby League publications.

These materials were collected by Jack Harding in relation to his

professional roles, alongside his personal interest in Rugby

League.


26 Oct 1961-

21 May 1986

RFL/AV/1/18 Series

Ernest Ward Collection

3 boxes7 items

A collection of shirts and documents formerly belonging to Ernest

Ward and donated to the Rugby Football League by his family.


1936-[1950s]

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RFL/AV/1/19 Series

WK Hall Collection

1 item

Records donated by W K Hall, whose grandfather W H Hall was a

rugby league referee.

Souvenir programme for 1936 tour to Australia, signed by the

touring team

Jim Leytham Funeral Card – Interred at Lancaster Cemetary

30/08/16

Copy of a photograph of the New Zealand Rugby Team 1907/08

Copy of a photograph of an unknown rugby team – 15 players

[early 20th century]

Copy of a photograph of W. H. Hall; Douglas Clark, Peter Kane,

Thomas Stainton [early 20th century]

Copy of a signed photograph of Douglas Clark [1912-1913]

Copy of a photograph of Jim Leytham [early 20th century]

Postcard of Hunslet rugby league team 1907-1908: ‘All 4 cups

team’

Postcard of Henry Gifford: England, Barrow 1901-1921,

Lancashire

Postcard of Oldham FC rugby league team: Challenge Cup

Winners 1925

Postcard of England v Sydney at Sydney Cricket Ground 5 June

1920

Postcard of Rochdale Hornets rugby league team [early 20th

century]

Postcard of Oldham rugby league team with 3 cups [early 20th

century]

Postcard of William Henry Hall – Referee early 20th century

Postcard of an unknown player – wearing Lancashire 1920/21

shirt and cap (Oldham?)

Postcard of the England team 1920

Huddersfield v Hull FC at Giant Axe, Lancaster [first half of 20th

century]

1907-1925

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Bob Coverdale Collection

1 box32 items

Bob Coverdale Collection - records relating to Bob Coverdale and

his rugby league career, most material from the 1950s and 1960s.

Please note: This collection cannot be accessed at Heritage Quay,

please contact the Sirius Academy in Hull

Originals can be accessed by contacting Sirius Academy in Hull

1950s-[2014]

RFL/AV/1/21/1 Subfonds

Bob Coverdale - shirts

2 items

World Cup Great Britain shirt. Number 10 on reverse. 1954

World Cup France shirt. Number 10 on reverse. 1954


1954


Bob Coverdale - caps

2 items

World Cup Great Britain cap. Red with double line gold edging on

peak. 1954

England cap. Red with white rose crest. 1957-1958


1953-1958


Bob Coverdale - pennant

1 item

1954 World Cup pennant.


1954

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Bob Coverdale - trophies and medals

10 items

Yorkshire County Challenge Cup Runners Up medal 1953-1954 .

Made by Fattorini. Red box.

World Cup medal 1954. Blue box with hook catch.

Yorkshire County Challenge Cup Runners Up medal 1954-1955.


Yorkshire County Challenge Cup Runners Up medal. 1955-1956


Northern Rugby Football League Championship winners medal

1955-1956. Made by Fattorini. Blue box.

H.H.B.L. Knock-Out Competition runners up medal (Hull KR)

1958. Made by Alec Brook Trophies (Mayfair, London). Card

box.

Eastern Division Championship winners medal 1962-1963. Made

by Fattorini. Black box.

Yorkshire Senior competition winners medal 1963-1964. Made by

Fattorini. Black card box.

International Rugby League Board 1954 World Cup medal. Red

hinged box. Insert reads: 'Presented to Bob Coverdale - Lincoln

Financial Group'. [Possibly presented retrospectively].

Eva Hardaker Trophy, 1962


1953-1964


Bob Coverdale - photographs

5 items

Framed photograph: Bob Coverdale in World Cup Great Britain

jersey and cap. 1954.

Photograph: Bob Coverdale in World Cup blazer, 1954.

Photograph: Great Britain team [taken at Red Hall?] 1954

Postcard: Stade Municipal, Bordeaux. Signed on reverse by Great

Britain team. [c1950s]

Photograph: World Cup 1954, Great Britain team bus. Includes

Bob Coverdale (left) and Johnny Whiteley (right).


1950s


Bob Coverdale - scrapbook

1 item

1960s

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Scrapbook: press cuttings, mostly from Hull Daily Mail, 1960s.



Bob Coverdale - programmes and brochures

9 items

Brochure: 'Novembre 54' 1954 World Cup brochure. Red cover.

In French.

Programme: Great Britain v New Zealand, 11 November 1954,

Stade Municipal, Bordeaux.

Programme: World Cup souvenir brochure, issued by the Rugby

Football League 1954

Programme: Hull Kingston Rovers v Keighley, Championship, 31

October 1964.

Programme: Hull Kingston Rovers v Hull FC, Championship, 8

October 1955.

Programme: Yorkshire v New Zealand, at Craven Park, Hull, 21

September 1955.

Programme: Hull FC v Bradford Northern, Yorkshire Cup semi-

final, 20 September 1955.

Programme: Yorkshire County Challenge Cup Final programme,

Halifax v Hull FC, 22 October 1955, Headingley.

Programme: Yorkshire County Challenge Cup Final Replay

programme, Halifax v Hull FC, 2 November 1955, Odsal.


1954-1955


Bob Coverdale - player information

2 items

Two boards with information about Bob Coverdale and his

playing career [presumably used when the collection was on

display from 2012-2014]


[2012-2014]


Mike Stephenson Collection

78 boxes plus tapes

Mike Stephenson 'Stevo' Collection

20th century

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RFL/AV/2 Subfonds

Rugby League - Supporter Collections

86 boxes

Collections donated by supporters of rugby league.


c1900-2013

RFL/AV/2/1 Series

Colin Atkin Collection

25 boxes90 volumes

Scrapbooks relating to rugby league and other sports created by

Colin Atkin.


1946-1998



5 boxes19 volumes

A collection of scrap books relating to various sports including:

rugby league, football, cricket, boxing, horse racing. The books

include: statistics, results, league tables, scorers, enhanced by

newspaper cuttings.


1946-1952



20 boxes71 volumes

Scrapbooks relating to rugby league featuring match reports,

results, league tables, scorers, etc. Mainly Rochdale Hornets and

Oldham based, but also includes some other clubs.


1952-1998

RFL/AV/2/2 Series 1920s-1970s

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Tom Webb Collection

17 boxes

Scrapbooks containing press cuttings relating to a range of rugby

league competitions and topics. The scrapbooks cover the

following categories: domestic competitions (primarily English

teams), retired players, Welsh players, Australian tours of New

Zealand, Australian rugby league, Australian tour of Great Britain,

Great Britain tours of Australia, rugby league in France, rugby

league in South Africa, rugby league in Italy, individual English

clubs, schools and junior rugby league, New Zealand rugby

league, referees, tours, retained players, the origins of rugby

league.

In addition to scrapbooks this collection also includes typed

histories and indexes of rugby league, and articles on the history

of rugby league.


RFL/AV/2/2/1 Series

Tom Webb scrapbooks - domestic rugby league and clubs

4 boxes70 items

English club rugby league scrapbooks that include articles relating

to the period along with contemporary cuttings; some contain

articles relating to tours and international rugby league.

Domestic Rugby League Scrapbooks box 1 (19 items)

· Scrapbook, 1934/35-1949/50

· Cuttings, 1938-1939, articles by Harry Sunderland

· Scrapbook, 1945-1946








· Scrapbook, Jan 1954- Jan 1955









Domestic Rugby League Scrapbooks box 2 (17 items)

19th-20th

century

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· Miscellaneous Cuttings (relating to Great Britain v

France)

· Miscellaneous Cuttings 1977-1978

Domestic Clubs and Amateur Rugby League (including Schools)

Records and Scrapbooks box 3 (20 items)

Club specific records and scrapbooks that include mostly

contemporary newspaper cuttings

· Batley Scrapbook and Calculations

· Blackpool Teams and Scorers 1974/75-1984/85

· Blackpool Scrapbook

· Bradford Northern Scrapbook

· Brighouse Scrapbook 1922

· Cardiff and South Wales Scrapbook mainly 1948-1953

· Dewsbury Scrapbook 1942-1983

· Liverpool City/Huyton Scrapbook 1950-1969

· Oldham Junior Rugby League Records 1896/97-1930/31

· Oldham Schools Rugby League Scrapbook 1952-1953

· Oldham Schools Rugby League Scrapbook 1953/54

· Oldham Schools Rugby League Scrapbook 1951-1952

· Rochdale Scrapbook 1954-1962

· Rochdale Scrapbook

· Manchester and District Rugby League

· Salford Scrapbook 1956-1980s

· Schools Rugby League Scrapbook 1951/52-1952/53

· Schools Rugby League Scrapbook 1958-1962

· Schools Rugby League Scrapbook 1957/58 (and some

information relating to earlier seasons)

· Widnes: A History in Figures

Domestic Clubs Records and Scrapbooks box 4 (13 items)

Club specific records and scrapbooks that include mostly

contemporary newspaper cuttings

· Runcorn Results 1876-1917/18 (includes 1896 map of

ground)

· Runcorn Northern Union Results 1895-1918

· Oldham Scrapbook; includes historical articles 'Look back

with Tom' and 'Oldham FC Down the Years'

· Oldham Scrapbook

· Liverpool Stanley Supporters Club, appears to be the 1937-

1939 cashbook with details of members, also invitation to the

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opening of the Social Club in 1955, and ticket for Liverpool City

v St Helens 2 October 1954

· Pontefract 1906/07

· Scrapbook: Widnes Centenary, Swinton Centenary, 50

Years of Rugby League Football, Widnes statistics 1895/96-1980

· Typed list of Hull KR teams and scorers

· Notes and statistics relating to Tyldesley Rugby Football

Club

· Notes and statistics relating to Warrington (Northern

Union) season 1913/14

· Notes and statistics relating to St Helens Recs

· Scrapbook: St Helens records 1949-1974

· Loose cuttings and pages from scrapbooks (domestic rugby

league)

Oversize (1 item)

· Wigan Scrapbook 1940-1950s


RFL/AV/2/2/2 Series

Tom Webb scrapbooks - retired players

2 boxes11 items

Retired Players box 1 (5 items)

Statistics and contemporary newspaper cuttings for individual

players

· Welsh Players who have retired (C4)

· Retired Players book 2




Retired Players box 2 (6 items)

Statistics and contemporary newspaper cuttings for individual

players

· Retired Players index (this covers the retired players

books 2-9 and Welsh players who have retired book) (C12)

· Retired Players book 5A (C6) [there were originally

two book 5s, one changed to 5 A to aid retrieval]

· Retired Players book 6 (C9)




Retired Players box 3

· Rugby League, Do you remember 1954 (E23) - articles

from Rugby Leaguer about individual players plus articles from

the 1960s 'where are they today'

· First Names, Book 1 1939/40 - 1982/83 (all clubs)

· First Names, Book 1 1895/96 - 1982/83 (22 clubs)

· First Names, Book 2 1919/20-1938/39 (all clubs)

· First Names, Book 2 1895/96-1982/83 (Swinton,

20th century

of 399


Warrington, Halifax, Rochdale, Keighley, Runcorn, Hull KR, Hull

FC, Batley, Dewsbury, Huddersfield)


RFL/AV/2/2/3 Series

Tom Webb scrapbooks - retained players

1 box3 items

Tom Webb scrapbooks - retained players

Scrapbook: retained players season 1965-1966 and 1966-1967

Scrapbook: retained retained players 1962-1965

Scrapbook: retained players 1969-1972


20th century

RFL/AV/2/2/4 Series

Tom Webb scrapbooks - international records

1 box24 items

International Records and Scrapbooks (24 items)

Mostly contemporary newspaper cuttings of tours and squads

from Great Britain, Australia and other nationalities

· New South Wales Tour of New Zealand Scrapbook

1912

· Queensland Tour of New Zealand Scrapbook 1925

· Australia Tour of France and Great Britain

Scrapbook 1933

· Australia Tour of New Zealand Scrapbook 1935

· Australia Domestic Scrapbook 1962



· South African Players with English Clubs

Scrapbook

· Great Britain Tour of Australia and New Zealand

Scrapbook 1914 - includes articles by Douglas Clark


Scrapbook 1920

· Great Britain tour of Australia and New Zealand

Scrapbook 1924


Scrapbook 1928


Scrapbook 1936


Scrapbook 1946/47 and 1953/54 - includes profiles of

players/potential players in the tours.

· Great Britain Press Cuttings 1967

20th century

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· France v Great Britain Scrapbook 1955/56

· Rugby League games against French Teams

(includes Huddersfield tour in 1946) (E49)

· Italy Scrapbook 1950-1983

· South Africa Scrapbook 1950s-1960s

· New Rugby League Developments Scrapbook

(mainly international - new countries playing rugby league)

· Australia Tour to New Zealand Scrapbook 1919

· Rough Play (E26) - covers Great Britain Tour to

Australia 1954

· Rugby League Clubs Australia Scrapbook

· French Rugby League Scrapbook


RFL/AV/2/2/5 Series

Tom Webb scrapbooks - New Zealand rugby league and New

Zealand tours

2 boxes77 items

New Zealand Tour Scrapbooks box 1 1908 – 1960 (59 items)

· The First New Zealand Tour, 1907

· Auckland, New Zealand, 1908


· Auckland Rugby League 1910-1972



· New Zealand Tours (New Zealand to Australia and

Australia to New Zealand) 1912

· Auckland New Zealand, 1912

· New Zealand Tour of Australia, 1913



· New Zealand, 1915



· New Zealand 1918

· New Zealand Tour of Australia (All Blacks) 1919





· Australian University Tour to Auckland, 1922




· Auckland Junior Records 1924-1947



· New Zealand tour to Great Britain 1926/27




20th century

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· Maoris, New Zealand



· New Zealand Rugby League Affairs










· West Coast Rugby League

New Zealand Tour Scrapbooks box 2 1960 – 1984 (28 items)


























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RFL/AV/2/2/6 Series

Tom Webb scrapbooks - miscellaneous rugby league

4 boxes21 items

RL Miscellaneous box 1 (2 items) Tom Webb

· Index Book no. 2 - articles and cuttings on various rugby

league matters, the index lists them (E63)

· Index of Rugby League – Bad Weather (E15)

RL Miscellaneous box 2 (10 items) Tom Webb

· ‘Rugby Union’ (article cuttings on the origins of rugby

league and rugby union)

· Lancashire and Yorkshire Cup Records 1905-1924 (E91)

· Rugby League Gazette, July 1950

· Rugby Leaguer, Young Readers’ Column - articles in

Rugby Leaguer from 19 October 1955 - 1 May 1964

· Summertime Rugby League 1931 (E30)

· Thomas Webb, miscellaneous cuttings from 1950s and

tickets from various games

· Best-Ever Club Thirteen (articles in Rugby Leaguer)

· Challenge Cup Finals from 1979 reports (E13)

· Referee scrapbook

· Press cuttings: 'Encyclopaedia of Rugby League' compiled

by Tom Webb, published in Rugby Leaguer 1955 [2 items]

Miscellaneous box 3 (4 items)

· County Test and International Appearances Book No. 1

(E84) 1926/27-1964/65


(E78) 1965/66-1977/78


(E22) 1978/79-1985/86

· Poaching of International players from 1920s onwards,

includes French rugby league players by Rugby Football Union in

1940s and banning of rugby league players by Rugby Football

Union (E75)

Miscellaneous box 4 (5 items)

· Lancashire and Yorkshire Cup Results 1909/10-1980/81

(E3)

· Two Divisions (proposals) 1924-1957 (E10)

· Junior Football/Scrummaging/Play the Ball/Rules (E81)

· Rugby League in Wales/Scotland (mainly late 1940s) and

Television (mainly 1960s) (E57)

· Rugby League Cup and County Records plus Wales v

France and Other Nationalities Results (E5)

20th century

of 399



RFL/AV/2/2/7 Series

Tom Webb scrapbooks - history of rugby league

1 box

Tom Webb scrapbooks - history of rugby league

· Rugby League, History of League no. 2 1955-1980 includes

articles about Salford Centenary 1979-1980 and Fulham entering

rugby league in 1980-1981 (E89)

· Thomas Webb, The History of Rugby League 1895-1925,

series of articles that appeared in Rugby Leaguer in 1975

· Thomas Webb, The History of the League 1950/51-1954/55

· Life Stories of RL Players (E12) - Arthur Rowe, McDonald

Bailey, Alex Murphy, Ike Southward, David Watkins, Chris

Hesketh

· History Book 3 - history of rugby league written by Tom

Webb, appeared in Rugby Leaguer from 20 August 1975

· Typed manuscript: History of Rugby League by Tom

Webb, 23 chapters, season by season 1952/53-1975/76

· History of Rugby League (weekly series by Tom Webb

which appeared in ‘Rugby Leaguer’ between 1975 and 1977).

From No. 5 in the series 1901/02 (appeared September 17, 1975)

to 1975/76 (appeared 1 June 1977). A complete run expect for the

first four. Photos and historical summary.

· Typed history of rugby league with manuscript corrections,

1920-1931

· Typed history of rugby league with manuscript corrections,

1931-1952


RFL/AV/2/2/8 Series

Tom Webb scrapbooks - statistics

1 box

Rugby League Statistics (9 items)

Contains mostly later newspaper cuttings, match results, scorers,

and match reports

· Season 1899-1900 - a list of games with teams and

scorers in date order

· Season 1901-1902 - a list of games with teams and

scorers in date order

· Scoring records 1928/29-1988/89 (B24) - with

leading tries, goals and scorers per season

· Results April 1948- July 1951 - contemporary

cuttings with match results, scorers and some game reports

19th-20th

century

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· Results 1948/49-1951/52 (4 small books covering

results, scores and attendances)

· Results 1957/58-1958/59 - contemporary cuttings

with match results, scorers and some game reports

· Results 1960/61 - details of players and scoring

records by club

· Challenge Cup Final Reports 1979-1989

· Season 1961/62

· Ground Records, Receipts and Attendance 1937

(E65) - attendance records, goal and try scoring records on a

timeline for each club

· County Championship Games 1895-1922

· Touring Parties, Personnel, Match Results and

Summaries, 1907/08-1921/22


RFL/AV/2/2/9 Series

Tom Webb scrapbooks - non rugby league

1 box63 items

Tom Webb scrapbooks - non rugby league

Scrapbooks covering soccer/association football

- 36 scrapbooks with league tables of various professional and

amateur leagues, arranged by year covering 1946-1984 [missing

1978/79 and 1981/82 and 1982/83, and two books for 1965/66]

- Scrapbook: Manchester Amateur football league tables 1903-

1962

- Scrapbook: Lancashire and Cheshire Amateur football league

tables 1909-1938

- Scrapbook: Corinithian League football league tables 1945-

1963

- Scrapbook: Midland League football league tables 1920-1954

- Scrapbook: South East Lancashire football league tables 1911-

1960

- Scrapbook: Northern League football league tables 1889-1895

- Scrapbook: Athenian League football league tables 1912-1977

- Scrapbook: Southern Amateur football league tables 1907-1983

- Scrapbook: Oldham Sunday School League football league

tables 1901-1915

- Scrapbook: Northern Alliance football league tables 1890-1925

- Scrapbook: Southern League football league tables 1894-1947

- Scrapbook: Delphian League football league tables 1951-1964

- Scrapbook: Liverpool County Combination football league

tables 1909

- Scrapbook: Southern Amateur Clubs book 2

- Scrapbook: Rochdale Football Club

- Scrapbook: Stalybridge Celtic

- Scrapbook: York City

- Scrapbook: Merthyr Tydfil

- Scrapbook: Oldham results 1924-1939

- Hull City AFC 1965-66 results

19th-20th

century

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- Midland League results 1889-1924

- Kent League, Yorkshire Mid Week League, East Lancashire

Transport League, Championship Table, Scottish League, Irish

League, Belfast City Cup, Southern Amateur League results 1936-

1937

- Sheffield Association League, Yorkshire Mid Week League,

Scottish Cup, English League 1937-1938

- London Combination Division 2, Northern Mid Week League,

Birmingham Combination, Northern League, Yorkshire Mid

Week League, Spartan League Premier Division, Lancashire

Amateur League Central Division and Northern Division, Central

Division, Lancashire Rugby League Cup, Yorkshire Rugby

League Cup, Irish Cup, Scottish Cup, Lancashire and Cheshier

Amateur League, Rugby League Cup, Lancashire Senior

Competition, Rugby League Combination, Yorkshire Senior

Competition, West Lancashire League, Lancashire and Cheshire

Amateur League results 1931-1932

Scrapbooks covering cricket

- Scrapbook: Yorkshire Cricket Council league tables 1896-1961

- Scrapbook: Lancashire League league tables 1891-1963

- Scrapbook: Cricket club and league histories


RFL/AV/2/3 Series

Tom Longworth Collection

17 boxes134 items

Scrapbooks of press cuttings relating to rugby league covering

English seasons 1909-1974, Australian tours of England 1929-

1983, New Zealand tours of England 1939-1980, English tours of

Australia 1908-1958, World Cup 1957-1970.


1900s-1980s

RFL/AV/2/3/1 Series

English rugby league season scrapbooks

12 boxes107 items

English rugby league season scrapbooks

- Scrapbook: Results and Cuttings 1909/10 (D104)







1909-1988

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- Scrapbook: Rugby league scorers 1928/29 (B8)


- Scrapbook: Record book 1930/31 (D49)






- Scrapbook: Scorers 1930/31 (B5)





















- Scrapbook: Rugby league scorers 1947/48 and 1948/49

- Scrapbook: Rugby league scorers 1949/50 and 1950/51 (B11)

- Scrapbook: Rugby league scorers 1953/54 and 1954/55 (B20)





- Scrapbook: Cuttings 1959/60 (D69)


- Scrapbook: Scorers 1955/56-1959/60 (B10)


- Scrapbook: Results 1956/57 (D45)






- Scrapbook: Cuttings 1962/63

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- Scrapbook: Results 1968/69 and 1969/70 (D55)





- Scrapbook: Transfer Cuttings 1930-1969 (E66)

- Scrapbook: Rugby League Cuttings 1967/68




- Scrapbook: Cuttings 1972/73-1973/74




- Scrapbook: Results and Scorers 1974/75 (D96)

- Scrapbook: Results and Scorers 1975/76 book 1 (D54)

- Scrapbook: Results and Cuttings 1975/76 book 2 (D81)


- Scrapbook: Results and Reports 1978/79 (D92)






- Scrapbook: Results, Scorers and Match Cuttings 1987/88 (D56)

- Scrapbook: Club cuttings 1955/56

- Scrapbook: Club cuttings 1956/57

- Scrapbook: Club cuttings 1957/58 (D75)

- Scrapbook: Club cuttings 1958/59 (D68)


RFL/AV/2/3/2 Series

Rugby league World Cup scrapbooks

0.5 boxes4 items

1957-1970

of 399


Rugby league World Cup scrapbooks

- Scrapbook: World Cup in Australia 1957 (E70)

- Scrapbook: World Cup in England 1960 (E51)

- Scrapbook: World Cup in Australia 1968 and France 1972, and

1975-1977 (E73)

- Scrapbook: World Cup in England 1970 (E74)


RFL/AV/2/3/3 Series

England tours of Australia and New Zealand scrapbooks

1.5 boxes9 items

England tours of Australia and New Zealand scrapbooks

- Scrapbook England Tour of Australia and New Zealand 1932/33

(E83)

- Scrapbook England Tour of Australia and New Zealand 1936

(E52)


(E61)

- Scrapbook England Tour of Australia and New Zealand 1950/51

(E42)


(E47)


(E41)

- Scrapbook: England Tours of Australia from 1908 and further

details, including players who took part in the tours, also includes

Challenge Cup cuttings. (E82)

- Scrapbook: England Tour of Australia and New Zealand 1979

(E4)

- Scrapbook: England Tour of Australia 1888, 1910, 1914, 1920,

1924, 1928 (E32)


1908-1979

RFL/AV/2/3/4 Series

Australia tours of England scrapbooks

1 box8 items

Australia tours of England scrapbooks

- Scrapbook: Harry Sunderland Articles – Australian Tours in

England 1929/30 and 1933/34 (E90)

- Scrapbook: Australian Tour of England – 1937/38 (E38)



1929-1983

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- Scrapbook: Australian Tour of England and France 1963/64

(E55)

- Scrapbook: Australian Tour of England 1973/74 and 1978/79

(E53)

- Scrapbook: Australian Tour of England 1952/53 and 1982/83

(E33)


RFL/AV/2/3/5 Series

New Zealand tours of England scrapbooks

1 box4 items

New Zealand tours of England scrapbooks

- Scrapbook: New Zealand Tour of England 1939 and 1947/48

(E40)

- Scrapbook: New Zealand Tour of England 1951/52 (E46)

- Scrapbook: New Zealand Tours of England 1955 to 1961 (E43)

- Scrapbook: New Zealand Tour of England 1971 and 1980 (E6)


1939-1980

RFL/AV/2/5 Series

Tony Hutton Collection

3 boxes

Collection of scrapbooks donated by Tony Hutton, member of the

Leeds Cricket and Football Hospital Relays Association.


1983-1996

RFL/AV/2/6 Series

Martin Wainwright Collection

1 item1 item

Scrapbook donated by Martin Wainwright (with letter of

provenance) featuring cuttings (mainly images, some

autographed) relating to Wigan, Bradford and Huddersfield rugby

league teams. Also includes a loose copy of the Evening

Chronicle Sports Pictorial, 29 December 1951.


[1940s-

1950s]

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RFL/AV/2/7 Series

Greg Shannon Collection

2 items

Two albums donated by Greg Shannon (a media assistant for

North Queensland Cowboys, and journalist):

Album of photocopies of photographs, programmes and press

cuttings relating to rugby league in Australia 1930s-2000s

Album of photocopies of photographs, press cuttings and internet

pages relating to rugby league in Australasia 1930s-2000s


1930s-2000s

RFL/AV/2/8 Series

David Livesey Collection

1 file10 items

Donation from David Livesey with provenance letter.

rosettes for: Hunslet (Challenge Cup), Hull KR (Lucky

Horseshoe), Wigan (Challenge Cup), Challenge Cup (Smaller

rosette, no name) [mid 20th century]

Rugby league collectors cards Great Britain 1977 - feature

photographs of players with written profiles (22 cards)

Tie Dewsbury RLFC (printed with image of player in Dewsbury

colours) [mid 20th century]

Bus advert ''Super Dewsbury for the Championship'' 19 May 1973

Australian Rugby League Tour Itinerary (Woodbine branded)

1963

Booklet Bradford Northern Rugby Football Club Cup Finalists

Season 1947-1948 - features player and manager photographs and

profiles

Programme Keith Holliday's benefit match 3 November 1962


1947-1977

RFL/AV/2/9 Series

JBA Rouse Collection

[c1900]-1932

of 399


1 item

Collection donated by Mr and Mrs J B A Rouse (includes letters

of provenance):

Menu from SS Jervis Bay signed by all of the 1932 Great Britain

ashes touring team 1932

Signed photograph of W A Davies and J W Campbell 1913

Signed photograph of W H Davies [c1900-1920]

Signed photograph of W A Davies 1914


RFL/AV/2/10 Series

Eddie Waring Collection

1 item

Cine Camera that Eddie Waring used when he accompanied the

Great Britain Team on their 1946 tour of Australia.


1946

RFL/AV/2/11 Series

Keith Sutcliffe Collection

1 item

Autograph book donated by Keith Sutcliffe, featuring autographs

of rugby league players from Barrow, Rochdale (players and

directors), Wigan (players and directors), Salford, Swinton,

Blackpool.


1950s

RFL/AV/2/12 Series

Sue Staveley Collection

1 item

Collection donated by Sue Staveley (with letter of provenance):

Photocopy of programme for Manningham v Rest 28 April 1894

Photocopies of selection cards for Hull KR 1898-1899

1894-1899

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Photocopies of selection and team information for Brighouse

Rangers 1896-1898

Photocopy of letter from Dukinfield cricket and football club to

Broughton Rangers 1894

Photocopy of Broughton Rangers cap [late 19th century]


RFL/AV/2/13 Series

Cigarette cards and silks

1 box

Cigarette cards and silks and other collectible cards featuring

rugby league players and teams.


20th century


Cigarette silks

1 file23 items

Cigarette silks. Printed 'silk' [satin] mounted on card, showing the

league colours for the following teams: Dewsbury, Batley, Wigan,

Hull KR, Barrow, Bradford Northern, Hunslet, Leeds, Salford,

Huddersfield, Keighley, Warrington, Widnes, St Helens.


[c1920]


Cigarette cards

15 items

Cigarette cards featuring rugby league players and teams:

- Five mounted cigarette-style cards (presented with The Rover

and The Hotspur magazines) featuring: Alan Prescott, Ike

Southward, Alvin Ackerley, Eric Fraser, and Alan Davies. [1950s]

- Eight mounted cigarette-style cards (presented with The Rover

and The Hotspur magazines) featuring: Alan Prescott, Ike

Southward, Alvin Ackerley, Eric Fraser, Alan Davies, Tommy

Harris, Jeff Stevenson and Eric Fraser. [1950s]

[1930s-

1950s]

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- Twenty Ardath tobacco photocards featuring the following

rugby league teams: Huddersfield, Halifax, Bradford, Hunslet,

Wigan, Dewsbury, Rochdale, Castleford, Featherstone, Liverpool,

St Helens Recs, St Helens, Warrington, Widnes, York, Swinton,

Salford, Broughton, Broughton A, Keighley. [1930s]

- Two cigarette photocards (issued with Senior Service, Junior

Member, and Illingworth's no. 10 cigarettes) from the sporting

events and stars series featuring the following rugby league teams:

Wigan, Castleford. [1930s]

- Six cigarette photocards (issued with Pinnace cigarettes)

featuring the following rugby league players: S Prosser, J Rogers,

J Ring, WM Hall, W Davies, G Thomas

- 10 mounted boards of cards still to list



Collectible cards

11 items

Collectible cards featuring rugby league players

- Seven 'Underground Art' cards produced by Sheridan

Collectibles, featuring London Underground posters advertising

rugby league events [c1990s-2000s] (1930s-1950s)

- Merlin trading card featuring Russ Walker of Hull FC [1990s]

- News Chronicle (?) collectible card featuring Gorden Owen of

Leigh [c1950s]

- Rugby League and Soccer Monthly collectible card featuring

Granville James of Wales and Hunslet 1954

- 20 Merlin trading cards featuring rugby league players, mounted

in card 1994


[c1950s-

2000s]

(1930s-

1950s)

RFL/AV/2/14 Series

David Hinchliffe Collection

15 boxes

Records collected by David Hinchliffe, including correspondence,

minutes and reports relating to the All Party Parliamentary Rugby

League Group.

These records contain personal data relating to living individuals.

The original may be made available for individual consultation if

the following terms have been met:

1990s

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- the Heritage Quay supervisor is satisfied that the researcher is

consulting the records for historical research purposes only and

will not cause substantial damage or distress to any subject of the

records

- the researcher has been alerted to the Data Protection principles

that they must follow

- the researcher has signed a Researcher Undertaking form

It may be possible to provide a redacted copy of a record if certain

sections contain data that is not suitable for production.

RFL/AV/2/15 Series

Media Petition Collection

2 boxes

Five folders of signatures for a petition protesting against media

'trashing' of rugby league. Includes signatures from Terry Wynn

and Doug Hoyle.

The petition was begun in late 2000 by Ray Gent, a supporter of

rugby league, following attacks on the game in the press and

media. Signatures were collected until December 2001- by this

time there were 30,000 signatories. [information obtained from

'The Petition, The: Rugby League Fans Say Enough is Enough' by

Ray Gent, Parrs Wood Press, 2002]







records






2001

RFL/AV/2/16 Series

Victoria Dawson Collection

1 box14 items

Records collected by Victoria Dawson:

Derby Weekend at the Gnoll official souvenir programme

31 March-1 April 2013

1963-2013

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French information card about the film 'This Sporting Life'

1963

Womens International Test Series Great Britain v Australia

programme [2002?]

Festival of World Cups Official Souvenir Programme 30 June - 14

July 2013 2013

Student Rugby League branded bottle opener [2000s]

Challenge Cup Final Hull FC v Wigan Warriors, 24 August 2013,

Wembley Stadium, programme; enclosed is a ticket for the match

2013

VHS Challenge Cup Hull v Widnes 1982 Final Replay 1982

Hull FC carrier bag [2013]

Hull Rovers Review - matchday magazine [2 copies] 07-Apr-

13

Hull FC Super League fixtures list 2012

East Hull Community News paper featuring article on a

partnership between Hull Kingston Rovers Community Trust and

Hull College March/April 2013

Hull Rovers Review - matchday magazine with tickets and match

information 07-Apr-13

Essay by Paul Waltham 'Developments in Rugby League: Has

Murdoch's Millions and Super League Really Changed the

Representation of a Rugby League Supporter?' [2000s?]

Hull FC Season ticket 2014



Anti Single Code Collection

1 item

This collection consists of items collected by the rugby league

(but not created by the rugby league) relating to the anti-single

code movement.

Window sticker: 100% League, 0% Union [c2001]


[c2001]

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RFL/AV/2/20 Series

Megan Griffiths Collection

1 item

Envelope of newspaper cuttings relating to the 1937 Challenge

Cup Final collected by Megan Griffiths. Also includes a letter

from Megan Griffiths' daughter describing her mother's interest in

rugby league and support for Widnes.


1937

RFL/AV/2/21 Series

David Jeanes Collection

3 items

David Jeanes Collection

- 3 posters from the 1972 World Cup Competition advertising:

France vs Great Britain; Australia vs. Great Britain; New Zealand

vs. Great Britain


1972


Mike Flynn Collection

46 items

Mike Flynn Collection, a collection of rugby league photographs,

mainly featuring the rugby league Championship and Challenge

Cup. Includes a handwritten list of photographs.


1920s-1980s


Barbara Hirst Collection

1 item

Barbara Hirst Collection

- Castleford Tigers rosette from the 2014 Challenge Cup Final


2014

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George Bell Collection

2 boxes

A collection of rugby league programmes, press cuttings,

publications and medal donated by George Bell.


1950s-2000s


Andrew Maye Collection

7 boxes955 items approx.

A collection of rugby league programmes and magazines donated

by Mr Andrew Maye.


20th century


William Duerden Collection

1 item

William Duerden Collection

- photocopy of Harold Wagstaff Baines card (originals were

produced in late 19th and early 20th centuries, copy made in

2003).


(19th-20th

century)2003


Bill Boak Collection

8 items

Bill Boak Collection

- Photographs (photocopies), newspaper article (photocopy) and

articles on George Boak and Jock Forsyth and their move from

Cummersdale Hornets to Huddersfield Football Club in 1893.


19th

century2011

of 399



Donation from World Rugby Museum Twickenham

2 items

Donation from World Rugby Museum Twickenham

- Photograph: France v Great Britain [1950s], played in France

- Photograph: Paris v Lyon-Villeurbanne, stade Buffalo, Paris

[1950s]


[1950s]


Jacqui Mellor Collection

9 items

Jacqui Mellor Collection

- Programme: Fulham v. Bramley, 20 February 1983 (2 copies)

- Programme: Fulham v. Bramley, 9 November 1980.

- Programme: Fulham v. Bradford Northern, 1 May 1981.

- Programme: Lancashire v. Zimbabwe, 8 October 1980.

- Souvenir Brochure: Oldham R.L.F.C. (1876-1976).

- Programme: Mayfield A.R.L.F.C. v. Beverley, undated.

- Programme: Bramley v. Huddersfield, 26 February 1983.

- Programme: Rochdale Hornets v. Bramley, 6 February 1983.


1970s-1980s


Robinson Collection

19 items

Robinson Collection

- Huddersfield Cricket and Athletics Club Supporters Club

Annual Report and Accounts, 1942-1943.









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- Programme for Huddersfield v. Wakefield Trinity, 12 May

1962. Challenge Cup.

- Photograph of Ben Robinson and unidentified woman, possibly

stood behind the bar of Huddersfield Supporter's Club. Undated.

- Newspaper cutting, 2 June 1977. Article concerns Derek Wroe's

award as Huddersfield Rugby League Suporters Club's player of

the year.

- Newspaper cutting from Huddersfield Daily Examiner, 10 June

1971. Article has headline ''RL must concentrate on a game to

attract the crowds'' and has an accompayin photograph of Miss J.

Rushworth Mr J. F. Armstrong, Mr J. Scroby, Mr E. Firth, Mr J.

Winner, Mr B. Robinson, Mr H. Lockwood and Mr W. Stoker. x

Fartown Rugby League Year Book, 1956.

- Fartown Rugby League Year Book, 1960.




- Fartown Rugby League Year Book, 1967 (2 copies).

- Programme for Huddersfield V. Dewsbury, 22 August 1976.

Esso Yorkshire Cup, 1st round.

- Benefit book for Don Close, Huddersfield player 1957 - 1968.

Autograph on front of book.

- Souvenir brochure from Huddersfield v. Wakefield Trinity at

Wembley Stadium, 12 May 1962 (2 copies).



Bill Huggins Collection

3 items

Bill Huggins Collection

- badge and shirt number formerly belonging to Stan Brogden

- letter of provenance


1933

RFL/AV/2/32 Series

Paul Russell Collection

14 boxes

Collection of programmes and publications, mostly relating to St

Helens and international matches.

1947-2004

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Programmes

1211 items


1947-2004

RFL/AV/2/32/1/1 Series

Domestic Competitions

1006 items

Programmes relating to the English domestic Rugby League.


1948-2004

RFL/AV/2/32/1/1/1 Subseries

League/Championship Programmes

706 items

Programmes for the Leauge/Championship competition, the

primary competition organised by the Rugby Football League.


1948-2004

RFL/AV/2/32/1/1/1/25 Series

St Helens Programmes

399 items

Programmes for various St Helens Rugby League matches.


1948-2004


Challenge Cup

106 items

The Challenge Cup is also known at the State Express Challenge

Cup and the Silk Cut Challenge Cup.

1952-2004

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Challenge Cup: Early Rounds

72 items

Programmes for the early rounds of the Challenge Cup:

8 Mar 1952 Workington v St Helens, second round

21 Mar 1959 Featherstone v St Helens, third round

6 Feb 1965 St Helens v Castleford, first round

2 Apr 1966 St Helens v Hull KR, third round

19 Mar 1966 St Helens v Swinton, second round

15 Feb 1969 Oldham v St Helens, second round

1 Mar 1969 Warrington v St Helens, third round

21 Feb 1970 St Helens v Bramley, second round

7 Mar 1970 Doncaster v St Helens, third round

16 Mar 1970 St Helens v Doncaster, third round replay

23 Jan 1971 Workington v St Helens, first round

20 Feb 1971 Leeds v St Helens, second round

[4 Dec 1971] Oldham v St Helens, first round

4 Mar 1972 York v St Helens, third round

26 Jan 1973 St Helens v Doncaster, first round

10 Mar 1974 Leigh v St Helens, third round

9 Feb 1975 Bramley v St Helens, first round

14 Mar 1976 St Helens v Oldham, third round

12 Feb 1977 Warrington v St Helens, first round, played at

Wilderspool Stadium

10 Feb 1978 St Helens v Huyton, first round

24 Feb 1978 St Helens v Huyton, first round

19 Mar 1978 St Helens v Huddersfield, third round

10 Mar 1979 Castleford v St Helens, third round

31 Mar 1979 Bradford v Widnes, played at Station Road,

Swinton

10 Feb 1980 St Helens v Workington, first round

23 Feb 1980 St Helens v Bradford, second round

15 Feb 1981 Huddersfield v St Helens, first round

28 Feb 1981 St Helens v Hull

15 Mar 1981 Oldham v St Helens, third round, played at

Watersheddings

13 Feb 1982 St Helens v Wigan

28 Feb 1982 Wigan v Widnes, second round, played at Central

Park, Wigan

13 Feb 1983 Wigan v Castleford, first round

13 Feb 1983 St Helens v Carlisle, first round


12 Feb 1984 Bramley v Wigan, first round

11 Mar 1984 St Helens v Wigan, third round

21 Feb 1985 St Helens v Hull KR, first round, match originally

scheduled for 10 Feb 1985

8 Mar 1986 Wigan v St Helens, second round

1 Feb 1987 Dewsbury v St Helens, first round, played at Crown

Flatt, Dewsbury

31 Jan 1988 Leigh v St Helens, first round tie, played at Hilton

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Park, Leigh

13 Feb 1988 Warrington v St Helens, second round

28 Feb 1988 Salford v St Helens, third round

12 Feb 1989 St Helens v Barrow, second round

26 Feb 1989 St Helens v Featherstone, third round

14 Jan 1990 St Helens v Castleford, preliminary round

28 Jan 1990 Bramley v St Helens, forst round

25 Feb 1990 St Helens v Whitehaven, third round

23 Feb 1991 St Helens v Wakefield, second round

10 Mar 1991 Halifax v St Helens, quarter final

26 Jan 1992 Widnes v St Helens, first round


22 Feb 1992 St Helens v Wigan, third round

31 Jan 1993 Featherstone v St Helens

13 Feb 1993 Wigan v St Helens, second round, played at Central

Park, Wigan

13 Feb 1994 Whitehaven v St Helens, fifth round

27 Feb 1994 St Helens v Doncaster, quarter final

11 Feb 1995 Wigan v St Helens, fourth round

15 Feb 1995 St Helens v Wigan, fourth round replay

24 Feb 1996 Salford v St Helens, quarter final

8 Feb 1997 St Helens v Wigan, fourth round

23 Feb 1997 St Helens v Hull, fifth round

1 Mar 1998 St Helens v Warrington, fifth round

15 Mar 1998 Wigan v St Helens, quarter final

14 Feb 1999 Hunslet v St Helens, fourth round, played at South

Leeds Stadium

27 Feb 1999 Leeds v St Helens, fifth round

26 Feb 2000 Leeds v St Helens, fifth round

10 Feb 2001 St Helens v Wigan, fourth round

9 Mar 2001 St Helens v Huddersfield, quarter final

28 Feb 2003 St Helens v Batley, fifth round

16 Mar 2003 Salford v St Helens, quarter final

13 Mar 2004 St Helens v Leeds, fifth round

28 Mar 2004 St Helens v Hull, quarter final



Challenge Cup: Semi Finals

21 items

Programmes for the semi final matches of the Challenge Cup:

15 Apr 1961 Hull v St Helens, played at Odsal

4 Apr 1970 Castleford v St Helens, played at Station Road,

Swinton

15 Apr 1972 St Helens v Warrington, played at Central Park,

Wigan

3 Apr 1976 Keighley v St Helens, played at Fartown,

Huddersfield

26 Mar 1977 Leeds v St Helens, played at Central Park, Wigan

8 Apr 1978 Warrington v St Helens, played at Central Park,

Wigan

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7 Apr 1979 Wakefield v St Helens, played at Headingley

4 Apr 1981 Hull KR v St Helens, played at Headingley

24 Mar 1984 York v Wigan, played at Elland Road

23 Mar 1985 Hull KR v Wigan, played at Elland Road

10 Apr 1985 Hull v Castleford, replay, played at Headingley

22 Mar 1986 Castleford v Oldham, played at Central Park,

Wigan

14 Mar 1987 St Helens v Leigh, played at Central Park, Wigan

28 Mar 1987 Widnes v Halifax, played at Headingley

11 Mar 1989 St Helens v Widnes, played at Central Park, Wigan

10 Mar 1990 St Helens v Wigan, played at Old Trafford

23 Mar 1991 Oldham v Wigan, played at Burnden Park, Bolton


26 Mar 1994 St Helens v Leeds, played at Central Park, Wigan


22 Mar 1997 St Helens v Salford, played at Central Park, Wigan



Challenge Cup: Finals

13 items

Programmes for the finals of the Challenge Cup:

13 May 1961 St Helens v Wigan, played at Wembley

21 May 1966 St Helens v Wigan, Played at Wembley

13 May 1972 Leeds v St Helens, played at Wembley

8 May 1976 St Helens v Widnes, played at Wembley

13 May 1978 Leeds v St Helens, played at Wembley

2 May 1987 Halifax v St Helens, played at Wembley

29 Apr 1989 St Helens v Wigan, played at Wembley

27 Apr 1991 St Helens v Wigan, played at Wembley

27 Apr 1996 Bradford v St Helens, played at Wembley, tickets

included

3 May 1997 Bradford v St Helens, played at Wembley

28 Apr 2001 Bradford v St Helens, played at Twickenham

27 Apr 2002 St Helens v Wigan, played at Murrayfield

15 May 2004 St Helens v Wigan, played at Millennium Stadium,

Cardiff


1961-2004


Lancashire Cup

45 items

Programmes from the Lancashire County Cup.


1957-1992

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Lancashire Cup: Early Rounds

29 items

Programmes for the Lancashire Cup, early rounds matches:

31 Aug 1957 Workington v St Helens, first round. Played at

Derwent Park

27 Aug 1960 Widnes v St Helens, first round. Played at

Naughton Park

10 Sep 1965 St Helens v Swinton, first round

18 Sep 1968 Widnes v St Helens, second round. Played at

Naughton Park

29 Sep 1969 Widnes v St Helens, second round. Played at

Naughton Park

9 Apr 1971 Wigan v St Helens, played at Central Park, Wigan

7 Aug 1971 St Helens v Leigh, first round

10 Aug 1971 St Helens v Warrington, second round

3 Sep 1972 Warrington v St Helens

30 Aug 1974 St Helens v Workington, first round

21 Aug 1976 Wigan v St Helens, first round

23 Aug 1978 Rochdale v St Helens, first round replay

25 Aug 1978 Rochdale v St Helens, first round, second replay.

Played at Central Park, Wigan

27 Aug 1978 Leigh v Rochdale, second round (quarter final)

19 Aug 1979 St Helens v Widnes, first round. Played at

Knowsley Road

23 Aug 1981 St Helens v Barrow, second round. Played at

Knowsley Road

5 Sep 1982 Wigan v St Helens, first round. Played at Central

Park, Wigan

15 Sep 1982 Barrow v St Helens, second round.

15 Sep 1982 Wigan v St Helens, second round. Played at Central

Park, Wigan

14 Sep 1984 St Helens v Runcorn, first round.

15 Sep 1985 St Helens v Carlisle, first round.

2 Oct 1985 Wigan v St Helens

24 Sep 1986 St Helens v Warrington, second round

13 Sep 1987 Leigh v St Helens

17 Sep 1989 St Helens v Runcorn

27 Sep 1989 St Helens v Oldham

26 Aug 1990 St Helens v Trafford Borough, first round

15 Sep 1991 St Helens v Trafford Borough, first round

30 Sep 1992 St Helens v Widnes, second round


1957-1992


Lancashire Cup Semi Finals

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7 items

Programmes for the Lancashire Cup semi finals:

7 Oct 1968 Leigh v St Helens

10 Oct 1970 Wigan v St Helens. Played at Central Park, Wigan

17 Aug 1971 St Helens v Widnes

10 Oct 1984 Salford v Wigan

1 Oct 1986 Wigan v St Helens

10 Oct 1991 St Helens v Wigan

7 Oct 1992 St Helens v Salford



Lancashire Cup: Finals

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Programmes for the Lancashire Cup finals:

20 Oct 1956 Oldham v St Helens

25 Oct 1958 Oldham v St Helens, played at Station Road

31 Oct 1959 St Helens v Warrington, played at Central Park,

Wigan

29 Oct 1960 St Helens v Swinton, played at Central Park, Wigan

11 Nov 1961 St Helens v Swinton, played at Central Park, Wigan

26 Oct 1963 Leigh v St Helens, played at Station Road

24 Oct 1964 St Helens v Swinton, played at Central Park, Wigan


Wigan

25 Oct 1968 St Helens v Oldham, played at Central Park, Wigan


Wigan

28 Oct 1984 St Helens v Wigan, final tie. Played at Central Park,

Wigan

20 Oct 1991 Rochdale v St Helens, played at Wilderspool

Stadium

18 Oct 1992 St Helens v Wigan, played at Knowsley Road


1956-1992


Premiership

32 items

Programmes for the Premiership early rounds, semi finals and

finals.


1975-1997

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Premiership: Early Rounds

17 items

Programmes for the early rounds of the Premiership:

16 May 1976 St Helens v Leeds, play off second leg

30 Apr 1977 St Helens v Wigan, play off

4 May 1977 Wigan v St Helens, play off replay

14 May 1977 St Helens v Castleford, play off

15 May 1979 Leeds v St Helens, round 1

26 Apr 1980 Bradford v St Helens, round 1

5 May 1982 Hull v St Helens, signed

29 Apr 1984 Warrington v St Helens, round 1

7 May 1985 St Helens v Wigan

27 Apr 1986 St Helens v Leeds, round 1

24 Apr 1988 St Helens v Castleford

7 May 1989 Widnes v St Helens

23 Apr 1993 St Helens v Halifax

26 Sep 1993 Castleford v St Helens, first division

8 May 1994 Wigan v St Helens, round 1

7 May 1995 St Helens v Halifax, round 1

14 May 1995 Leeds v St Helens


1976-1995


Premiership: Semi Finals

5 items

Programmes from the Semi-finals of the Premiership:

10 May 1977 Castleford v St Helens, played at Wheldon Road

3 May 1978 St Helens v Bradford

7 May 1978 Bradford v St Helens

10 May 1992 St Helens v Castleford

9 May 1993 St Helens v Leeds


1977-1993


Premiership: Finals

10 items

Programmes from the Finals of the Premiership:

17 May 1975 Leeds v St Helens, played at Central Park, Wigan

22 May 1976 St Helens v Salford, played at Station Road,

Swinton

28 May 1977 St Helens v Warrington, played at Station Road,

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Swinton

11 May 1985 Hull KR v St Helens, played at Elland Road, Leeds

18 May 18986 Halifax v Warrington, played at Elland Road,

Leeds

15 May 1988 St Helens v Widnes

17 May 1992 Wigan v St Helens, played at Old Trafford

16 May 1993 Wigan v St Helens, played at Old Trafford

8 Sep 1996 Keighley v Salford, played at Old Trafford

28 Sep 1997 Huddersfield v Hull/St Helens v Wigan played at

Old Trafford


RFL/AV/2/32/1/1/5 Series

County Championships

29 items

Programmes for inter-county championship matches. Includes

programmes from 'Rodstock: War of the Roses' and the 'Origin

Series'.

12 May 1952 Cumberland v Lancashire

15 Sep 1954 Lancashire v Cumberland

31 Aug 1960 Yorkshire v Lancashire

27 May 1961 Lancashire v Cumberland

26 Sep 1962 Yorkshire v Lancashire

11 Sep 1963 Lancashire v Yorkshire

10 Nov 1965 Lancashire v Yorkshire


12 Oct 1966 Lancashire v Cumberland


6 Nov 1968 Lancashire v Cumberland

24 Sep 1969 Cumberland v Lancashire


24 Feb 1971 Yorkshire v Lancashire

20 Oct 1971 Yorkshire v Cumberland

17 Jan 1973 Yorkshire v Cumberland


25 Nov 1975 Lancashire v Other Nationalities

20 Dec 1975 Lancashire v Yorkshire

2 Feb 1977 Lancashire v Cumbria

19 Oct 1977 Lancashire v Yorkshire

5 Sep 1979 Lancashire v Cumbria


26 May 1982 Lancashire v Yorkshire

11 Sep 1985 Lancashire v Yorkshire (Rodstock)

17 Sep 1986 Yorkshire v Lancashire (Rodstock)

16 Sep 1987 Lancashire v Yorkshire (Rodstock)

2002 Yorkshire v Lancashire (Origin Series)

2 Jul 2003 Yorkshire v Lancashire (Origin Series)


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Regal Trophy

45 items

The competition was also known as the Player's No. 6 Trophy

(1971–77), the John Player Trophy (1977–83) and the John Player

Special Trophy (1983–89), before becoming the Regal Trophy in

1989-1996.


1971-1976


Regal Trophy: Early Rounds

29 items

Programmes from the early rounds matches of the Regal Trophy:

11 Dec 1971 St Helens v Hull

24 Nov 1972 St Helens v Featherstone, second round

15 Sep 1973 St Helens v Featherstone, first round

6 Jan 1974 St Helens v Wakefield, third round replay

30 Sep 1979 Widnes v St Helens, second round

18 Oct 1981 Leeds v Wigan, first round

27 Nov 1982 St Helens v Fulham

12 Dec 1982 Wigan v St Helens, second round

18 Dec 1982 Salford v Wigan

6 Nov 1983 Wigan v York, first round

19 Nov 1983 Warrington v St Helens, second round

20 Nov 1983 Wigan v Salford, second round

26 Nov 1983 Widnes v Wigan, quater final

27 Nov 1983 St Helens v Featherstone

18 Nov 1984 St Helens v Keighley, first round

5 Dec 1984 St Helens v Bradford, second round

22 Dec 1984 St Helens v Halifax, quarter final

11 Dec 1985 St Helens v Hull, quarter final

14 Dec 1986 St Helens v Warrington, third round

14 Nov 1987 St Helens v Widnes, first round, played at

Knowsley Road

29 Nov 1987 St Helens v Hull, third round, played at Knowsley

Road

2 Dec 1989 St Helens v Hull KR, first round, signed

10 Dec 1989 St Helens v Dewsbury, second round

17 Dec 1989 St Helens v Oldham, third round

21 Dec 1989 Wigan v Leeds, third round replay

16 Dec 1990 Warrington v St Helens, third round, played at

Wilderspool

1 Dec 1991 St Helens v Bradford, third round, played at

Knowsley Road

18 Dec 1994 Batley v St Helens, third round

10 Dec 1995 St Helens v Halifax, quarter final, played at

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Regal Trophy: Semi Finals

11 items

Programmes for the Semi Final matches of the Regal Trophy:

13 Jan 1973 Leeds v St Helens

12 Dec 1981 Swinton v Hull KR, played at Headingley

1 Jan 1983 Warrington v Wigan, played at Knowsley Road

17 Dec 1983 Widnes v St Helens, played at Wilderspool Stadium

1984/1985 Hull v Leeds

20 Dec 1986 Hull v Wigan, played at Headingley

27 Dec 1986 Widnes v Warrington, played at Central Park

19 Dec 1987 Oldham v St Helens, played at Central Park

10 Dec 1988 St Helens v Widnes, played at Central Park

23 Dec 1989 Halifax v St Helens, played at Central Park

21 Dec 1991 St Helens v Widnes, played at Central Park


1973-1992


Regal Trophy: Finals

5 items

Programmes for the finals of the Regal Trophy:

23 Jan 1982 Hull v Hull KR, played at Headingley

26 Jan 1985 Hull v Hull KR, played at Boothferry Park, Hull

10 Jan 1987 Warrington v Wigan, played at Burnden Park,

Bolton

9 Jan 1988 Leeds v St Helens, played at Central Park, Wigan

13 Jan 1996 St Helens v Wigan, played at Alfred McAlpine

Stadium, Huddersfield


1982-1996


Charity Matches

5 items

Programmes from charity matches:

6 Nov 1966: 1966 Tourists v Rest of the League. Played at

Headingley in aid of the St John Ambulance Brigade.

21 Aug 1979: Great Britain Select XIII 1979 Tourists v Widnes.

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Played for the John Burke Appeal Fund at Naughton Park.

10 Aug 1980: St Helens v Oldham. Played for the Ward Cup.

26 Aug 1984: St Helens v Oldham, Charity Cup.

23 Aug 1992: St Helens v Wigan, CIS Insurance Charity Shield.



BBC2 Floodlit Trophy

14 items

Programmes for the BBC2 Flootlit Trophy matches:

14 Dec 1965 St Helens v Castleford, final

17 Nov 1970 Leigh v St Helens, second round. Game rescheduled

to 30 Nov 1970

8 Dec 1970 Wigan v St Helens, semi final, played at Central Park,

Wigan

15 Dec 1970 Leeds v St Helens, final, played at Headingley

10 Oct 1972 St Helens v Leeds

15 Oct 1974 St Helens v Leeds, first round

18 Nov 1975 St Helens v Hull

16 Nov 1976 Huddersfield v St Helens

22 Nov 1977 Leigh v St Helens, second round

11 Oct 1977 St Helens v Dewsbury

12 Dec 1978 St Helens v Widnes, final

9 Oct 1979 St Helens v Rochdale

20 Nov 1979 St Helens v Salford

27 Nov 1979 Bradford v St Helens


1965-1979


Top '16' Play-Off

7 items

Programmes for the Top '16' Play-Offs:

30 Apr 1966 St Helens v Warrington, first round

7 May 1966 St Helens v Oldham, second round

27 Apr 1968 Hull KR v St Helens, semi final

2 May 1970 Castleford v St Helens, semi final

24 Apr 1971 St Helens v Huddersfield, first round

30 Apr 1971 St Helens v Hull, second round

7 May 1971 St Helens v Leeds, semi final


1966-1971


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Locker Cup

2 items

Programmes for the Locker Cup:

9 Aug 1981 Wigan v Warrington

15 Aug 1982 Wigan v Warrington



Reserve Teams, Age Groups and Amateur Teams

9 items

Programmes from matches of the reserve and amatuer teams:

16 Apr 1972 Pilkington Recs v Dewsbury Celtic

7 Aug 1977 St Helens v Pilkington Recs

5 Aug 1979 St Helens v Pilkington Recs (Les Jones testimonial

match)

28 Oct 1981 Yorkshire v Lancashire, Colts County

Championship. Played at The Boulevard, Hull

17 Apr 1982 Pilkington Recs v NDLB (Hull), (BARLA Stimoral

National Cup semi final)

6 Aug 1982 St Helens v Pilkington Recs (Roy Mathias

testimonial match)

7 Apr 1989 Leeds v St Helens (Slalom Lager Alliance Challenge

Cup final)

9 Apr 1988 St Helens v Barrow (Slalom Lager Alliance

Challenge Cup final)

7 Jul 19998 Cumbria Academy v Yorkshire Academy. The

Academy County Championship. Played at Recreation Ground,

Whitehaven


1972-1999


Testimonial Matches

5 items

Programmes from testimonial matches:

26 Jul 1968 Billy Boston's XIII v A Selected XIII

26 May 1969 St Helens Born XIII v Wigan Born XIII, Eric

Ashton testimonial

22 May 1983 Warrington v St Helens, John Bevan testimonial

nd St Helens v Mansfield, Graham Liptrot testimonial

1995-96 Phil Viewers testamonial season


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Vice-Presidents Cup

1 item

Programme for the special pre-season challenge match, Vice

Presidents Cup:

20 Aug 1986 Sheffield v St Helens. Also featuring the Whitbred

Touch Rugby finals.


20 Aug 1986


International Competitions

190 items

Programmes from various International competitions.


1947-2004


World Cup

18 items

Programmes from the World Cup series:

24 Sep 1960 Great Britain v New Zealand

1 Oct 1960 Great Britain v France

8 Oct 1960 Great Britain v Australia

21 Oct 1970 Australia v New Zealand, played at Central Park,

Wigan

24 Oct 1970 Great Britain v Australia, played at Headingley,

Leeds

25 Oct 1970 France v New Zealand, played at Boulevard Ground,

Hull

28 Oct 1970 Great Britain v France, played at Wheldon Road,

Castleford

31 October 1970 Great Britain v New Zealand, played at Station

Road, Swinton

1 Nov 1970 Australia v France, played at Odsal Stadium,

Bradford

7 Nov 1970 Great Britain v Australia, played at Headingley,

Leeds

24 Oct 1992 Australia v Great Britain, final. Played at Wembley

21 Oct 1995 England v Wales, semi final. Played at Old Trafford,

Manchester

22 Oct 1995 Australia v New Zealand, semi final. Played at

Alfred McAlpine Stadium, Huddersfield

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11 Nov 2000 England v Ireland, quarter final. Played at

Headingley, Leeds

11 Nov 2000 Australia v Samoa, quarter final. Played at Vicarage

Road, Watford

12 Nov 2000 New Zealand v France, quarter final. Played at

Wheldon Road, Castleford

19 Nov 2000 Australia v Wales, semi final. Played at McAlpine

Stadium, Huddersfield

25 Nov 2000 Australia v New Zealand, final. Played at Old

Trafford, Manchester



Tours

28 items

Programmes for tour matches:

25 Sep 1947 St Helens v New Zealand

14 Oct 1948 St Helens v Australia

1948 Official souvenir booklet for the Australian tour

1955 New Zealand tour official souvenir booklet

23 Sep 1959 Lancashire v Australia, played at St Helens RFC

groud


26 Oct 1959 Combined Hull and Hull KR XIII v Australia, played

at Boothferry Park Stadium

20 Sep 1961 Rugby League XIII v New Zealand, played at The

White City Stadium, Manchester

14 Oct 1961 St Helens v New Zealand

25 Sep 1963 Lancashire v Australia

28 Sep 1963 St Helens v Australia


11 Oct 1967 Lancashire v Australia, played at The Willows,

Weaste, Salford

14 May 1968 Leeds v Great Britain

9 Nov 1970 St Helens v Australia

20 Apr 1975 St Helens v 1975 Welsh Tour Side

15 Oct 1978 Wales v Australia, played at St Helen's Field,

Swansea

12 Nov 1978 St Helens v Australia, played at Knowsley Road


17 Oct 1982 St Helens v Australia, played at Knowsley Road

29 Oct 1983 Leeds v Queensland, played at Headingley


2 Nov 1986 St Helens v Australia

1 Nov 1987 St Helens v Auckland


7 Oct 1990 St Helens v Australia, played at Knowsley Road

(Centenary souvenir brochure)

10 Aug 1996 Paris Saint Germain v St Helens

2003 New Zealand tour of Great Britain souvenir brochure

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European Triangular Tournaments

2 items

Programmes from European Triangular Tournament mathces:

29 Jan 1977 England v Wales, played at Headingley, Leeds

19 Feb 1978 Wales v England, played at St Helen's Field,

Swansea


1977-1978


Tri-Nations

1 item

Programme for the Tri-Nations tournament:

27 Nov 2004 Great Britain v Australia, final. Played at Elland

Road, Leeds


27 Nov 2004


International Championship

2 items

Programmes from International Championship matches:

18 Oct 1969 England v Wales, played at Leeds

24 Feb 1970 England v Wales, played at Headingley


1969-1970


European Championship

4 items

Programmes for the European Championship matches:

16 Mar 1979 Wales v England, played at Naughton Park, Widnes

26 Jan 1980 Wales v France, played at Naughton Park, Widnes

29 Feb 1980 England v Wales, played at Craven Park, Hull

18 Mar 1981 Wales v England, played at Craven Park, Hull

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Test Series

71 items

Programmes for the International Test Series:

9 Oct 1948 Great Britain v Australia, first test. Played at

Headingley

10 Nov 1951 Great Britain v New Zealand, second test. Played at

Swinton

8 Nov 1952 Great Britain v Australia, second test. Played at

Swinton

8 Oct 1955 Great Britain v New Zealand, first test. Played at

Station Road

15 Dec 1956 Great Britain v Australia, third test. Played at Station

Road

10 Apr 1957 Great Britain v France. Played at Knowsley Road

23 Nov 1957 Great Britain v France, played at Central Park

12 Dec 1959 Great Britain v Australia

30 Sep 1961 Great Britain v New Zealand, first test. Played at

Headingley

21 Oct 1961 Great Britain v New Zealand, second test. Played at

Odsal Stadium


Wembley

9 Nov 1963 Great Britain v Australia, played at Swinton


Station Road


Odsal Stadium

6 Nov 1965 Great Britain v New Zealand, third test. Played at

Central Park

9 Dec 1967 Great Britain v Australia, played at Station Road

21 Oct 1967 Great Britain v Australia, played at Headingley

3 Nov 1967 Great Britain v Australia, played at White City,

London

11 Jul 1970 Great Britain v New Zealand, first test. Played at

Carlaw Park, Auckland


Salford


Castleford


Headingley

24 Nov 1973 Great Britain v Australia, played at Headingley

21 Oct 1978 Great Britain v Australia, first test. Played at Central

Park

5 Nov 1978 Great Britain v Australia, second test. Played at Odsal

Stadium

18 Nov 1978 Great Britain v Australia, third test. Played at

Headingley

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Central Park.


Odsal Stadium


Headingley

6 Dec 1981 Great Britain v France, played at The Boulevard, Hull


Boothferry Park


Central Park

28 Nov 1982 Great Britain v Australia, third test. Played at

Headingley


Headingley


Wigan

9 Nov 1985 Great Britain v New Zealand, third test, (World Cup

qualifier). Played at Elland Road

1 Mar 1986 Great Britain v France, played at Wigan

25 Oct 1986 Great Britain v Australia, first test. Played at Old

Trafford


Elland Road

12 Nov 1986 Widnes v Australia

22 Nov 1986 Great Britain v Australia, third test/World Cup

qualifier. Played at Central Park, Wigan

24 Jan 1987 Great Britain v France, World Cup qualifier, played

at Headingley

24 Oct 1987 Great Britain v Papua New Guinea, World Cup

Qualifier. Played at Central Park, Wigan

6 Feb 1988 Great Britain v France, played at Headingly

21 Oct 1989 Great Britain v New Zealand, first test. Played at Old

Trafford


Elland Road

11 Nov 1989 Great Britain v New Zealand, third test/World Cup

qualifier. Played at Central Park

17 Jun 1990 Great Britain v Aukland

8 Jul 1990 Great Britain v Aukland, second test


Wembley

10 Nov 1990 Great Britain v Australia, second test. Played at Old

Trafford

24 Nov 1990 Great Britain v Australia, third test. Played at Elland

Road

9 Nov 1991 Great Britain v Papua New Guinea, World Cup

qualifier. Played at Central Park, Wigan

26 Jun 1992 Australia v Great Britain, Battle for the Ashes.

Played at Princes Park, Melbourne

3 Jul 1992 Australia v Great Britain, Battle for the Ashes. Played

at Lang Park, Brisbane


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6 Nov 1993 Great Briatin v New Zealand, third test. Playd at

Headingley


Wembley


Trafford


Road

1 Nov 1997 Great Britain v Australia, first test. Played at

Wembley


Trafford


Road


the Reebok Stadium, Bolton


Vicarage Road Stadium, Watford

17 Nov 2001 Great Britain v Australia, second test. Played at the

Reebok Stadium, Bolton

24 Nov 2001 Great Britain v Australia, third test. Played at the

JJB Stadium, Wigan

9 Nov 2002 Great Britain v New Zealand, first test. Played at

Ewood Park, Blackburn. Signed.

8 Nov 2003 Great Britain v Australia, first test. Played at JJB

Stadium, Wigan

22 Nov 2003 Great Britain v Australia, third test. Played at the

Alfred McAlpine Stadium, Huddersfield. With ticket.



World Club Challenge

6 items

Programmes from World Club Challenge matches:

4 Oct 1989 Widnes v Camberra, played at Old Trafford,

Manchester

2 Oct 1991 Wigan v Penrith, played at Anfield, Liverpool

16 Jun 1997 St Helens v Cronulla, group A, round 2. Played at

Knowsley Road, St Helens

22 Jan 2000 St Helens v Melbourne, played at the JJB Stadium,

Wigan

26 Jan 2001 St Helens v Brisbane, played The Reebok Stadium,

Bolton

14 Feb 2003 St Helens v Sydney, played the Reebok Stadium,

Bolton


1989-2000


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International Matches

27 items

Programmes for International Matches not part of a test series or

specific tour:

7 Dec 1951 Wales v New Zealand, played at Odsal Stadium.

(Floodlight International)

14 Mar 1959 Great Britain v France, played at Headingley

28 Jan 1961 Great Britain v France, played at Knowsley Road

17 Feb 1962 Great Britain v France, played at Central Park,

Wigan

3 Apr 1963 Great Britain v France, played at Central Park, Wigan

27 Jan 1965 St Helens v Other Nationalities

4 Mar 1967 Great Britain v France, played at Central Park, Wigan

2 Mar 1968 Great Britain v France, played at Odsal Stadium

30 Nov 1968 Great Britain v France, played at Knowsley Road

17 Mar 1971 Great Britain v France, played at St Helens

8 Nov 1981 Wales v England, played at Ninian Park, Cardiff

31 Jul 1982 Great Britain v France, played at Stadio di S. Elena

24 Oct 1982 Wales v Australia, played at Ninian Park, Cardiff

28 Jun 1984 Great Britain v Toothys Northern River Division,

played at Chris Cunningham Field

1 Mar 1985 Great Britain v France, played at Headingley

10 Nov 1987 The Chairman's XIII v Auckland, played at

Headingley

7 Jun 1988 Manly-Warringah v Great Britain, played at Brookvale

Oval

5 Feb 1989 France v Great Britain

16 Feb 1991 Great Britain v France, played at Headingley

27 Oct 1991 Wales v Papua New Guinea, played at Vetch Field,

Swansea

22 Mar 1992 Wales v France, played at Vetch Field, Swansea

7 Mar 1993 France v Great Britain, played at Stade A. Domec

3 Oct 1993 Wales v New Zealand, played at Vetch Field, Swansea

4 Mar 1994 Wales v France, played at Ninian Park, Cardiff

30 Oct 1994 Walesv Australia, played at Ninian Park, Cardiff

1 Nov 1996 New Zealand v Great Britain, played at Lancaster

Park, Christchurch

2 Nov 2003 Wales v Australia, played at Brewery Field, Bridgend



World Championship

3 items

Programmes from the World Chapionship matches:

20 Sep 1975 Wales v England, played at Wilderspool, Warrington

19 Oct 1975 Wales v Australia, played at St Helen's Field,

Swansea

1975

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2 Nov 1975 Wales v New Zealand, played at St Helen's Field,

Swansea



Hall of Fame

1 item

Programmes from Hall of Fame Challenge match:

29 Oct 1988: Great Britain v Rest of the World, played at

Headingley, Leeds


29 Oct 1988


Age Groups and Amateur Teams

26 items

Programmes from various amateur and age-range teams:

17 Apr 1969 England v France, Under 24 International. Played at

Wheldon Road, Castleford

14 Nov 1976 Great Britain v France, Under 24 International.

Played at Craven Park, Hull

18 Dec 1977 Great Britain v France Espoirs, (Under 21 team),

played at Stade Municipal, Tonneins

26 Mar 1978 Great Britain v France, (BARLA). Played at

Derwent Park, Workington

7 Apr 1979 Great Britain v France, Youth International

(BARLA). Played at Wheldon Road, Castleford

31 Oct 1979 St Helens ARL XIII v Papua New Guinea, played at

Knowsley Road

12 Jan 1980 Great Britain v Australia, Youth Test Match. Played

at Headingley

31 Jan 1981 Great Britain v France, Colts International. Played at

Headingley

16 Jan 1982 Great Britain v France, Under 24 International

30 Jan 1983 Great Britain v France, Under 24 International.

Played at Watersheddings, Oldham

27 Mar 1983 Great Britain v France, Youth (under 19)

International. Played at McLaren Field, Bramley

21 Oct 1983 Hull and Humberside League (BARLA) v New

Zealand Maoris. Played at Craven Park, Hull

18 Mar 1984 Great Britain v France, Colts International. Played at

Central Park, Wigan

2 Mar 1985 Great Britain v France, Colts International. Played at

Craven Park, Hull

9 Oct 1985 Great Britain Under 21s v New Zealand, played at

Odsal Stadium, Bradford

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9 Dec 1986 Yorkshire Youth (BARLA) v Australia, played at

Elland Road, Leeds

21 Mar 1987 Great Britain v Frnace, Under 21s. Played at

Knowsley Road

16 Oct 1987 Great Britain v New Zealand, FIrst Youth Test.

Played at Elland Road, Leeds

20 Oc 1987 Humberside Under 19s v Junior Kiwis, played at The

Boulevard, Hull

5 Jun 1988 Northern Division v Great Britain, played at Scully

Park, West Tamworth

16 Feb 1990 Great Britain v France, Under 21 International.

Played at Tattersfield, Doncaster

17 Dec 1991 BARLA President's XIII v Australian Schoolboys,

played at Watersheddings, Oldham

27 Feb 1992 BARLA President'a XIII v France, played at

McLaren Field, Bramley

16-17 Feb 1993 Great Britain v France, International Double

Header: Academy, played at Central Park, Wigan and Under 21s,

played at Spotland, Rochdale

2 Dec 1993 Great Britain v France Under 21s. Played at

Wilderspool Stadium, Warrington

1993 Junior Kiwis souvenir brochure


RFL/AV/2/32/1/3 Subseries

Over-seas Domestic Programmes

15 items


1970-2003


Rugby League News

6 items

Rugby League News is the official weekly publication and

programme of the Queensland Rugby League.

Programmes:

5 Aug 1970 New South Wales v Queensland, played at Sydney

Cricket Ground

20 May 1987 New South Wales v Queensland

2 Jun 1987 Queensland v New South Wales, State of Origin

match. Played at Lang Park

7 Jul 1987 Queensland v New Zealand, played at Lang Park

31 May 1988 Queensland v New South Wales, State of Origin

20 Sep 2003 Burleigh v Redcliffe, Queensland Cup final. Played

at the Dolphin Oval

1970-1987

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Big League

4 items

Big League is the official publication of the New South Wales

Rugby League.

Programmes:

16 Jun 1987 New South Wales v Queensland, State of Origin

competition. Vol 68, No. 16A

17 May 1988 New South Wales v Queensland, State of Origin

competition. Vol 69, No. 11A

21-27 Jul 1993 Vol. 74, No. 20

11-17 Aug 1993 Vol. 74, No. 23


1987-1993


State of Origin

5 items

State of Origin is an annual 'best of three' tournament between

Queensland and New South Wales.

Programmes:

26 May 1999, game 1, played at Suncorp Metway Stadium

5 Jun 2002, game 2, played at Anz Stadium

11 Jun 2003, game 1, played at Suncorp Studium

25 Jun 2003, game 2, played at Telstra Stadium

16 Jul 2003, game 3, played at Suncorp Stadium


1999-2003


Publications

14 items

In addition to the publications listed in this section there are also

Rugby League News, (the weekly publication and programme for

Queensland), and Big League, (the official publication of New

South Wales). These have been listed with the programmes as

they tend to relate to specific matches as souvenir brochures or

weekly programmes.


1985-2001

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Rugby Leaguer

2 items

Issues of the Rugby Leaguer newspaper, incomplete series:

Issue 2206: 16 Oct 2000

Issue 2233: 30 Apr 2001


2000-2001


Rugby League Express

9 items

Issues of the Rugby League Express newspaper:

Incomplete Series:

2 Oct 2000, No. 500

16 Oct 2000, No. 502

12 Feb 2001, No. 519

19 Feb 2001, No. 520

12 Mar 2001, No. 523

19 Mar 2001, No. 524

23 Apr 2001, No. 529

30 Apr 2001 , No. 530

14 May 2001, No. 532


2000-2001


Tickets

13 items

Tickets from a range of competitions and teams.


1973-2003

RFL/AV/3 Subfonds

Rugby League - Heritage Projects

9 boxes

This subfonds consists of records relating to heritage projects

organised by the rugby league, including the Rugby League Hall

1946-2003

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of Fame display, plans for a rugby league museum, reproductions

for display, publications and information on the history of rugby

league, one off events and commissions for commemorating

anniversaries.


RFL/AV/3/1 Series

Rugby League Hall of Fame

1 box

Records relating to the establishment of the Rugby League Hall of

Fame:

Booklet: Rugby League Hall of Fame - features photographs of

the displays and profiles of those inducted into the Hall of Fame

1989 [2copies]

Photograph album featuring the Rugby League Hall of Fame

display [c1988-1989]

File: Hall of Fame nominations, photographs, correspondence,

press cuttings, and 1988 Hall of Fame Challenge Match

programme 2000

File: Hall of Fame Inventory of items on display at Red Hall and

list of trophies in the cellar; also includes provenance information

and loan agreements for some items; plus information on players,

and press cuttings. 1988-2000

File relating to the launch of the Hall of Fame; also

correspondence relating to donation of programmes; and

correspondence relating to rugby league films 1980s-1990s

six caps of varying ages and design [Tony Collins suggested these

were displayed in the Hall of Fame]

Navy blue cap with Silver embroidery and lion crest [Tony

Collins suggested this was displayed in the Hall of Fame]

Mitre Boots 1980s [can be seen on display in a photograph in

RFL/AV3/2]

Photographs of players in the Hall of Fame (reproductions)

[c1990s]

Oversize reproduction photographs of players in the Hall of Fame

(in Hall of Fame mounts): Alex Murphy, Billy Boston, Billy

Batten, Jim Sullivan, Harold Wagstaff, Gus Risman, Jonty Parkin,

Brian Bevan, Albert Rosenfeld [c1990s]


1980s-2000

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RFL/AV/3/2 Series

Rugby league museum proposals and plans

5 items

Records relating to proposals to form a national Rugby League

Museum (these proposals were not carried out):

2 files: National Rugby League Experience consortium 2000

Leaflet: New Widnes Waterfront Vision, A Gateway

Development for the North West. [2003]

Letter from Halton Borough Council with questionnaire regarding

regeneration of southern Widnes. 2003

Halton Borough Council Proposal for The National Rugby League

Museum in Widnes' c1999

Wembley Twin Towers Opportunity at Venture Fields, Widnes'.

Images showing proposed site and elevations - linked to plan for a

National Rugby League Museum in Widnes. c1999

File relating to bids to form a national Rugby League Museum

including photographs of the Rugby League Hall of Fame display.

Also contains provenance information regarding Jim Sullivan

items. 1999-2000


1999-2003

RFL/AV/3/3 Series

Reproduction posters

9 items

Nine reproduction posters, the originals appear to date from the

late-19th to early 20th century. It is not known what these posters

were produced for but it is assumed that they were purchased for a

heritage event or project, some appear in photographs of the

Rugby League Hall of Fame:

Reproduction poster advertising 'The ''Swinton'' Ball'

Reproduction poster advertising a Northern Rugby Union match at

Headingly, Leeds - British Tourists vs English Colonials

Reproduction poster advertising Fattorini & Sons Ltd

Reproduction poster advertising Zam-Buk balm (endorsement by

the Australian Northern Union Rugby Football Team)

[c1990s]

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Reproduction poster advertising Tyldesley & Holbrook suppliers

of clothing for sports

Reproduction poster advertising the Grosvenor Hotel, Manchester,

Lancashire Headquarters of the Northern Rugby Union

Reproduction poster advertising John Weiss & Son knee cap

Reproduction poster advertising Wills & Co athletic goods

manufacturers

Reproduction poster advertising Manfield's football boots


RFL/AV/3/4 Series

Reproduction Baines cards

1 box

Reproductions of Baines cards, which were produced in the late

19th and early 20th centuries


[c1990s]

RFL/AV/3/5 Series

Historical publications and information

6 items

Correspondence and publications relating to the history of rugby

league:

Jubilee Souvenir (hard back) 1946

The Rugby Football League Jubilee Souvenir 1946 (written and

compiled by Stanley Chadwick) [paperback]

Tony Collins' file containing publications relating to the history of

Rugby League 1985-1995

Typed notes on the history of names and nicknames of Rugby

League clubs 1984

Typed documents and press cuttings relating to various rugby

league club histories 1950s-1960s

Folder of material relating to rugby league history - typed

documents and manuscript notes

1946-1995

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RFL/AV/3/6 Series

Wooden plaques

8 items

Wooden plaques commemorating events and organisations

Crest on wooden plaque '4 armoured workshop reme'

Wooden plaque for the Cumberland Rugby Football League

Wooden plaque for the Lancashire Rugby Football League

Wooden plaque for the Yorkshire Rugby Football League

Wooden plaque 'The British Rugby League Lions Association

Tours 75 Years Australia 1985'

Wooden plaque 'Rugby Football League Senior Referee'

Wooden plaque 'British Rugby League Lions Association

Australia 1980'

Great Britain Rugby League - wooden plaque with ceramic disc

featuring stylised lion's head


[c1980s-

c2000s]

RFL/AV/3/10 Series

Watercolour paintings of rugby league players

7 items

Watercolour paintings of rugby league players: Bobby Fulton,

Ernest Ward, Neil Fox, Reg Gasnier, Roger Millward, Clive

Churchill, Harold Wagstaff


[1980s]

RFL/AV/4 Subfonds

Rugby League - Heritage Reference Material

2 boxes

This subfonds contains records retained by the Rugby Football

League primarily for the purposes of historical reference. Some of

these records were created within the Rugby Football League

1935-1990s

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organisation, others appear to have been deliberately collected by

the Rugby Football League as heritage reference items.


RFL/AV/4/1 Subfonds

Dissertations, academic papers and articles on the history of

rugby league

13 items

Dissertations and academic papers written on the subject of rugby

league:

Rugby League in Wartime - John R Schleppi (University of

Dayton, Dayton, Ohio 45469, USA)

A History of Rugby League with Special Regard to Players’

Unions and Associations - Paul Elliott (A Dissertation submitted

for the Special Honours Degree of Bachelor of Arts in Economic

and Social History) April 1991

Analysis of the Finances within the Game of Rugby League - RA

Irving (Part Fulfilment for Attainment of the Qualification Master

of Arts in Business Analysis at Lancaster University) 7

September 1983

The Early History of Rugby League on the Fylde Coast (mainly

Fleetwood Rugby Club)

- includes Fleetwood playing records 1896-97, 1898-99, 1899-

1900, also Blackpool playing records 1897-98. (author not

specified, report not dated)

An Historical and Sociological Study of Rugby League in Wales -

Sean Turner (South Glamorgan Institute of Higher Education (not

dated)

A Select Bibliography on Rugby League - Jacqueline Pemberton

(not dated)

‘The Work and Play Principle’

The Professional Regulations of the Northern Rugby Football

Union - 1898-1905

(Paul Greenhalgh) - Peter Haigh (not dated)

A Dissertation on Rugby League

(Written in German Language) (not dated)

An Investigation into the Reasons for the Fall-Off in Attendances

at Rugby League Matches from 1960 to the Present, with

Recommendations to Increase the Games’ Popularity (c1975)

Gary Hetherington (Doncaster College of Education, Physical

Education Special Study)

[c1970s-

c1990s]

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The Demand for Football in England and Scotland - Peter JWN

Bird (Dept of Economics, University of Scotland, Stirling)

The Demand for Rugby League Football - Forecasting

Attendances at League Matches -

Cyril William Elliott, BSc (Submitted in Partial Fulfilment of the

Master of Arts Degree in Business Analysis, Sept 1983)

University of Lancaster, School of Management and

Organisational Sciences

Bibliography of rugby league 1980

A Social History of Rugby League Football with special reference

to South Lancashire in the Interwar years - Paul S Wright B.A.

(Hons) History, Lancashire Polytechnic, May 1988

Photocopy of article: 'Games of two halves' on the history of

rugby (league and union), Huw Richards, BBC History magazine,

March 2004


RFL/AV/4/2 Subfonds

Art, cinema and literature

9 items

Records relating to rugby league as featured in art, cinema and

literature:

Where's George?' film exhibitors campaign 1935

Rhyming 'Alphabet of Rugby League' by A Temple 1963-

1964

Theatre programme, Meir Youth and Community Centre

'Castleford Sevens for the Autumn Trophy' 1988

Reproductions of early 20th century cartoons of rugby league

[c1990s]

Prints featuring rugby league with the following titles: A loose

scrimmage; Partisanship; Stanley Berkeley; Sorry I missed;

Scrummage [early 20th century], two prints from the same series

without titles showing matches in progress; 7 items

Rugby league tea towel feturing images of rugby league trophies,

caps and logos, also all-time records [c1980s-c1990s]


1935-

[c1990s]

RFL/AV/4/3 Subfonds 1998-1999

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Correspondence relating to historical enquiries

1 item

Tony Collins' correspondence largely relating to queries received

regarding the history of Rugby League. Also includes

correspondence regarding deposits, some information on the

World Cup trademark, and proposals for a rugby league museum.







records






RFL/AV/4/4 Series

Rugby Football League history reference library

1 box

Rugby Football League history reference library - books relating

to the history of rugby league

unknown: 80 years of Rugby League: Saddleworth Rangers the

story so far

Ashton, Eric: Glory in the Centre Spot, Scratching Shed, Leeds,

2009, 9780956007544, Paperback, 205 pages, 216x137, New

edition of 1966-03 with introduction by Ray French, also

incorporating transcript of interview with Ashton recorded in

2006, Ashton's 1969 testimonial brochure and pieces by Dave

Hadfield and Denis Whittle

Bancroft, James W: The Rorke's Drift Test, Bancroft Publishing

.com, 2014, Paperback, 32 pages, 210/290, Commemorative

booklet clebrating the centenary of the match between British

Lions and Australia in 1914

Cook, Terry: Not much of a player, Terry Cook, Javea, Spain,

2012, Paperback, 150 pages, XIII Essays on Rugby League

Dale, Mitchell (Ed): Darren Lockyer: Life of a legend, ACP

Magazines, Sydney, 2000, Special edition of Rugby League Week

20th century

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Darbon, Sebastien: Une Breve Histoire du Rugby, L'oeil, Paris,

2007, 978-2-915543-16-2, Paperback, 147 pages, 105x210, In

French

Doyle, Gerry: Nursery of Champions, Illawarra Rugby League

Centenary Committee, Illawarra, 2011, Paperback, 120 pages,

270x210, ''Creating 100 years of Rugby League in the Illawarra

1911-2011''

Hadfield, Dave: Learning Curve: The Remarkable Story of

Student Rugby League, Scratching Shed Publishing Ltd., Leeds,

2013, 9780956804389, Paperback, 253 pages, 217x139

Hinchliffe, David: They Walked on Water: The Untold Story of

Wembley 1968, Scratching Shed Publishing Ltd., Leeds,

2013, 978-0957559318, Paperback, 212 pages, 217x139, Title

page signed by author

Mazon, Guy: Bioussa En XIII, ANAT, Perpignan, 2008,

9872855775314, Paperback, 136+ pages, 206x147, ''The Enigma

of French Rugby League''. Despite the French title, this book is in

English. ISBN is as printed in the book [probably should be 978-].

Not sure 'enigmatic' is the right term for Henri Bioussa. Any

further information would be much appreciated

Palmer, Tom: The Last Try, Kingston Press, Hull, 2014, 978-1-

902039-25-1, Paperback, 68 pages, 148x210, Based on records a

fictional account of the life of Jack Harrison VC, Hull FC rugby

player

de la Riviere, Richard: Rugby League: A Critical History 1980-

2013, League Productions Ltd., Brighouse, 2013, 978-1-901347-

27-2, Paperback, 304 pages, 232x152, Title page signed by author.

Tedeschi, Nick: Chasing Greatness, The Slattery Media Group,

Australia, 2012, 9781921778445(hbk.), hardback, 176 pages,

130x207mm, Words of Wisdom from Rugby League Icons

Unsworth/Mullaney/Mallin/Birchall, Ray/Michael/Dave/Derek:

Coalopolis to Pie Eaters, Wigan & Leigh Schools RL, Wigan,

2009, Stapled, 40 pages, 296x208, ''A Celebration of 100 Years of

Schools Rugby League'' in Wigan. A colourful brochure.

Williamson, John: Football's Forgotten Tour, John Williamson,

Australia, 2003, Paperback, 238 pages, 169x244, The story of the

British Australian rules of venture 1888


RFL/CM Subfonds

Competitions - Rugby Football League Archive

133 boxes

1906-2013

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Records in this section relate to the Rugby Football League's

function of organising competitions.

This section includes records for competitions which the Rugby

Football League are directly responsible for organising, examples

include the Challenge Cup and tours by the national rugby league

team.

This section also includes records for competitions which the

Rugby Football League has a partial responsibility for organising,

examples include competitions in which the national rugby league

team are participating and tours by other nations to the United

Kingdom.

This section does not include records relating to competitions in

which the Rugby Football League has played no organisational

role, examples include programmes for domestic competitions

outside of the United Kingdom - these can be found in the

community relations function with the records of the appropriate

international body.


RFL/CM/1 Subfonds

Domestic Competitions

34 boxes

Records in this section relate to United Kingdom, primarily

England and Wales, based competitions organised by, or in

conjunction with, the Rugby Football League or involving United

Kingdom Rugby Football League teams.

Records include correspondence and administrative files relating

to the organisation of competitions, match programmes, tickets,

match day memorabilia such as song sheets and flags, medals,

trophies, photographs, kit, financial records (where relating to an

individual competition - those relating to multiple competitions

can be found under RFL/FN). Records are not comprehensive and

coverage ranges greatly between competitions and years.

This section does not include benefit or testimonial matches for

players as these were organised on a club basis so can be found

with club records in RFL/CR/1


c1900s-

c2000s

RFL/CM/1/1 Series

League/Championship

1910s-2000s

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18 boxes

Records relating to the Leauge/Championship competition, the

primary competition organised by the Rugby Football League


RFL/CM/1/1/1 Subseries

League/Championship administration

3 boxes

Administrative records relating to the

League/Championship/Super League competition.


1967-2004

RFL/CM/1/1/1/1939 Subseries

Rugby League Championship administration 1939

1 item


- copy of Bye-laws for the Yorkshire and Lancashire Emergency

League with letter from John Wilson


1939



1 item


- Team sheet Liverpool v Swinton, Knotty Ash Stadium

Liverpool


25 November

1967



1 item

1995

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Report by Paul O’Brien and Abraham Kerr for the Rugby Football

League – Obtaining information on spectator and supporter

attitudes during move to Super League




2 items

File: Match administrative file for Stones Super League South

Wales v Carlisle 1996

File: Stones Super League folder containing press release, logo

guidelines, and team contacts 1996







records






1996



1 item

File: Super League Communications Guide


1997



1 item

File: First Division Grand Final – Wakefield v Hull KR at

McAlpine Stadium (includes VIPs, the board, staff, officials,

tickets, teams and correspondence). 26 September 1998

1998

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records








4 items

File: 'Marketing Manual'. Contains Super League marketing

strategies and processes.

Independent franchise applications (applications to join Super

League) from Swansea Black Swans, Villa Rockets, Dublin

Mariners, Hunslet Hawks, Gateshead, Leigh

Independent franchise applications (applications to join Super

League) from Featherstone, Dewsbury, Gateshead, Widnes,

Bramley, Leigh, Hull KR

File: records relating to Super League finals held at Old Trafford,

includes briefing notes for stewards, media bulletins, and team

sheets 2000-2006







records






2000-2006



2003

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2 items

File: Fixtures 2003 – National League and Cup

File: Fixtures 2003 – Super League

These records are subject to access restrictions in line with the

Data Protection Act 1998; please contact [email protected] for

further details.







records








1 item


- Letter: from Emma Rosewarne to Barry Richardson, Chairman

of Whitehaven RLFC regarding Whitehaven's application to join

the Super League.



further details.







records






2004

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League/Championship programmes and records produced for

spectators

15 boxes

Rugby League Championship programmes and records produced

for spectators


1910s-2000s


Rugby League Championship early rounds programmes

19 boxes

Rugby League Championship early rounds programmes


20th century

RFL/CM/1/1/2/1/1 Subseries

Magic Weekend programmes

3 items

Magic Weekend programmes


2010-2014

RFL/CM/1/1/2/1/B1 Subseries

Barrow early rounds programmes



Bradford early rounds programmes

35 items

Bradford early rounds programmes


1944-1997

of 399


RFL/CM/1/1/2/1/B4/1944-

04-22 Subseries

Programme: Championship Bradford v Wigan

1 item

Programme: Championship Bradford Northern v Wigan


22 April

1944

RFL/CM/1/1/2/1/B4/1951-

03-10 Subseries

Programme: Championship Bradford v Wakefield

1 item

Programme: Championship Bradford Northern v Wakefield


10 March

1951

RFL/CM/1/1/2/1/B4/1959-

04-04 Subseries


1 item



4 April 1959

RFL/CM/1/1/2/1/B4/1960-

04-19 Subseries


1 item



19 April

1960

RFL/CM/1/1/2/1/B4/1961-

08-30 Subseries

Programme: Championship Bradford v Leeds

1 item

Programme: Championship Bradford Northern v Leeds

30 August

1961

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RFL/CM/1/1/2/1/B4/1966-

04-11 Subseries

Programme: Championship Bradford v Huddersfield

1 item

Programme: Championship Bradford Northern v

Huddersfield


11 April

1966

RFL/CM/1/1/2/1/B4/1967-

02-25 Subseries

Programme: Championship Bradford v Huddersfield

1 item


Huddersfield


25 February

1967

RFL/CM/1/1/2/1/B4/1967-

03-25 Subseries

Programme: Championship Bradford v Keighley

1 item

Programme: Championship Bradford Northern v Keighley


25 March

1967

RFL/CM/1/1/2/1/B4/1977-

11-27 Subseries


1 item



27

November

1977

RFL/CM/1/1/2/1/B4/1979-

04-13 Subseries


1 item

13 April

1979

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RFL/CM/1/1/2/1/B4/1980-

10-05 Subseries


1 item



5 October

1980

RFL/CM/1/1/2/1/B4/1982-

01-31 Subseries

Programme: Championship Bradford v Warrington

1 item


Warrington


31 January

1982

RFL/CM/1/1/2/1/B4/1982-

04-12 Subseries


1 item



12 April

1982

RFL/CM/1/1/2/1/B4/1983-

04-05 Subseries


1 item



5 April 1983

RFL/CM/1/1/2/1/B4/1984-

04-24 Subseries


24 April

1984

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1 item



RFL/CM/1/1/2/1/B4/1985-

04-02 Subseries

Programme: Championship Bradford v Wigan

1 item

Programme: Championship Bradford Northern v Wigan


2 April 1985

RFL/CM/1/1/2/1/B4/1985-

04-09 Subseries


1 item



9 April 1985

RFL/CM/1/1/2/1/B4/1989-

09-24 Subseries

Programme: Championship Bradford v St Helens

1 item

Programme: Championship Bradford Northern v St Helens


24

September

1989

RFL/CM/1/1/2/1/B4/1990-

10-07 Subseries


1 item



7 October

1990

RFL/CM/1/1/2/1/B4/1992-

11-22 Subseries

22

November

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Programme: Championship Bradford v St Helens

1 item

Programme: Championship Bradford Northern v St Helens


1992


Bramley early rounds programmes


RFL/CM/1/1/2/1/D1 Subseries

Dewsbury early rounds programmes


RFL/CM/1/1/2/1/D2/1997-

06-15 Subseries

Programme: Super League Doncaster v York

Programme: Super League Doncaster v York


15 June

1997

RFL/CM/1/1/2/1/F1 Subseries

Featherstone early rounds programmes


RFL/CM/1/1/2/1/H1 Subseries

Halifax early rounds programmes


of 399



Huddersfield early rounds programmes



Hull FC early rounds programmes



Hull KR early rounds programmes



Hunslet early rounds programmes


RFL/CM/1/1/2/1/K1 Subseries

Keighley early rounds programmes


RFL/CM/1/1/2/1/K2 Subseries

Kent early rounds programmes


of 399


RFL/CM/1/1/2/1/L1 Subseries

Leeds early rounds programmes



Leigh early rounds programmes



Liverpool early rounds programmes



London early rounds programmes


RFL/CM/1/1/2/1/M2 Subseries

Mansfield/Nottingham early rounds programmes


RFL/CM/1/1/2/1/O1 Subseries

Oldham early rounds programmes

of 399



RFL/CM/1/1/2/1/R1 Subseries

Rochdale early rounds programmes


RFL/CM/1/1/2/1/S1 Subseries

Salford early rounds programmes



Sheffield early rounds programmes



Swinton early rounds programmes



St Helens early rounds programmes


RFL/CM/1/1/2/1/U1 Subseries

Underbank early rounds programmes

of 399



RFL/CM/1/1/2/1/W1 Subseries

Wakefield early rounds programmes



Warrington early rounds programmes



Whitehaven early rounds programmes



Widnes early rounds programmes



Wigan early rounds programmes



Workington early rounds programmes

of 399



RFL/CM/1/1/2/1/Y1 Subseries

York early rounds programmes



Rugby League Championship Final programmes

49 items

Rugby League Championship Final programmes


1932-2014


Rugby League Championship tickets

2 items

Rugby League Championship tickets


1998-2013


Rugby League Championship promotional records

2 items

Rugby League Championship promotional records


1940s


League/Championship kit, trophies and clothing

1 item

Rugby League Championship kit, trophies and clothing produced

2011

of 399


for players or administrators


RFL/CM/1/1/4 Series

League/Championship photographs

73 small items10 large items

There are currently no records in this sub series.


1949-1996

RFL/CM/1/2 Series

Challenge Cup

9 boxes

Records relating to the Challenge Cup competition


1915-2013


Challenge Cup administration

4.5 boxes51 items

This subseries contains records relating to the Rugby Football

League Board's administration and organisation of the Challenge

Cup. Programmes and other records produced for spectators, and

kit, trophies and clothing produced for players or administrators

are listed in separate subseries.


1921-2004


Challenge Cup administration 1931

1 item

Menu: Dinner given at the Challenge Cup Final 2 May 1931,

signed on reverse.


1931

of 399




1 item

File: Challenge Cup Final Wembley May 3rd 1947 Statement of

Accounts


1947



1 item

File: Administrative file relating to the 1948 Challenge Cup Final







records






1948



1 item








records





1949

of 399





1 item

List of guests and table plan: Sir Arthur Elvin's luncheon party 6

May 1950 (Challenge Cup final)


1950



1 item








records






1954



1 item








records



1956

of 399







1 item








records






1957



1 item








records






1958



1966

of 399


1 item








records








1 item








records






1966



1 item

File: administrative file relating to invited guests for the 1968

Challenge Cup Final. This type of administrative file may include:

programmes, tickets, lists of invited guests, sample letters, menus

and programmes of arrangements, seating plans, details of the

match result (scorers, attendance, gate receipts, referee).

1968

of 399








records








1 item












records






1969



1 item






File: copies of meeting minutes relating to block book and

1970

of 399


correspondence with Lancashire police, c1970







records








1 item












records






1971



1 item






1973

of 399


Programmes, book on Arthur Elvin, and table plans; all for non-

rugby league events held at Wembley 1950s-1973s - it is assumed

that these were collected by William Fallowfield (his name

appears on many of the table plans) in a public relations capacity

during his time as Secretary for the Rugby Football League.







records








1 item












records






1974



1 item

1975

of 399













records








1 item












records






1976



1 item


1977

of 399






Table plan and list of guests: lunch given to invited guests at

Challenge Cup final, 7 May 1977







records








1 item












records






1978



1 item

1981

of 399


Challenge Cup administrative files 1981

- Table plan and list of guests: lunch given to invited guests at


- Programme of arrangements: Challenge Cup Final 2 May 1981




1 item

Programme of arrangements: 1 May 1982


1982



1 item

Table plan and list of guests: lunch given to invited guests at



1983



1 item

Programme of arrangements: Challenge Cup Final 5 May 1984


1984



1 item

Programme of arrangements: Challenge Cup Final 27 April 1991


1991

of 399




1 item

Table plan and list of invited guests to lunch held at Challenge

Cup Final 2 May 1992







records






1992



2 items

File: Maurice Lindsay's correspondence file (primarily

correspondence with invited guests) relating to the 1995

Challenge Cup Final.

File: folder of information relating to the 1995 Challenge Cup

final including: list of players, player profiles, Challenge Cup

statistics (in detail for 1994-1995) and facts, Silk Cut programme

of events card.







records






1995

of 399




1 item

File: Maurice Lindsay's correspondence files relating to the 1996

Challenge Cup final, also includes photographs and invited guests

programme of arrangements and dinner plans.







records






1996



5 items

File: Maurice Lindsay's correspondence (primarily

correspondence with invited guests) relating to the 1997

Challenge Cup, also includes: invited guest dinner plan, official

programme of arrangements and invitation to the Challenge Cup

Final.

File: Administrative match file for the 1997 Challenge Cup Final

File: Administrative match file for the 29 March 1997 Challenge

Cup Semi-Final


Cup Semi-Final

File: Administrative information file relating to the 1997

Challenge Cup Cup and Plate







1997

of 399


records








3 items

File: Administrative match file Challenge Cup Semi-Final 29

March 1998

File: Administrative match file Challenge Cup Semi-Final

Sheffield v Salford 28 March 1998

File: Administrative match file Challenge Cup Final 1998







records






1998



5 items

File: Two administrative match files for the 1999 Challenge Cup

Final


Cup Semi-Final


Cup Semi-Final

File: Administrative match file for the 1999 Challenge Cup Semi-

Finals

1999

of 399








records








1 item

File: Documents relating to the development of Wembley

Stadium, includes House of Commons reports, correspondence

and agreements.







records






1999-2000



1 item

Document listing all the names engraved on the Challenge Cup

trophy 1895-1999.


2001


2004

of 399



1 item

Challenge Cup administrative files 2004

- Challenge Cup Semi-Final executive box tickets



Challenge Cup programmes and records produced for spectators

3 boxes

This subseries contains programmes and records produced for

spectators for Challenge Cup matches.

Records relating to the Rugby Football League Board's

administration and organisation of the Challenge Cup, and kit,

trophies and clothing produced for players or administrators

relating to this competition are listed in separate subseries.

Records include:

Community singing sheets, programmes, tickets, pin badges


1915-2013


Challenge Cup early rounds programmes

1 box120 items

Challenge Cup early rounds programmes


1946-1998


Challenge Cup semi-final programmes

117 items

Challenge Cup semi-final programmes


1931-2013


1915-2008

of 399


Challenge Cup final programmes

79 items

Challenge Cup final programmes



Challenge Cup tickets

43 items

Tickets for Challenge Cup games - tickets may also be found

alongside individual programmes where it appeared that they had

been put in the programme by a supporter at a match - these are

listed in the catalogue descriptions.

- Challenge Cup Finals tickets 1947-1982 [incomplete, and for

some years there are multiple tickets]

- Challenge Cup Semi-final ticket Warrington v Wigan 3 April

1966 [3 tickets]

- Challenge Cup Final Replay ticket Widnes v Warrington 10

May 1950 [nb this match did not take place as the result was not a

draw in the original Final]

- Ticket: Scotland Rugby League Silk Cut Challenge Cup - 1st

Round: Scottish Border Eagles v Wath Brow Hornets, Glasgow 6

December 1998 (2 copies)


1947-1998


Challenge Cup community singing sheets

15 items

Challenge Cup Final community singing sheets produced by the

News Chronicle and Daily Express. These sheets were produced

so that spectators could sing together prior to the match. The

sheets generally included one verse of a number of popular and

traditional songs.


1934-1971

RFL/CM/1/2/2/6 Series

Challenge Cup statistics

3 items

[c1960s]

of 399


Challenge Cup statistics

Challenge Cup records of past finals - printed list of winners,

runners-up, scores, attendance, receipts, venues, and referees for

the Challenge Cup finals 1897-1960.

Manuscript list of teams who competed in the Challenge Cup

Semi-Finals for the Emergency Competition 1941-1945

Printed list of teams who competed in Challenge Cup Semi-Finals

1897-1965



Challenge Cup posters and promotional records

18 items

Challenge Cup posters


1930-2010

RFL/CM/1/2/2/7/1 Subseries

Challenge Cup Final London Underground posters

10 items

Challenge Cup Final London Underground posters


(1930s-

1950s)2014


Challenge Cup booking material

1 item

Challenge Cup booking material

- Booking form for tickets for the Challenge Cup Final to be held

at Murrayfield on 29 April 2000, with booklet promoting the 2000

Challenge Cup final to be held at Murrayfield on 29 April 2000.

Details competition structure, prize fund and gives information on

rugby league in Scotland.


2000

of 399



Challenge Cup kit, trophies and clothing

1.5 boxes10 items

kit, trophies and clothing produced for players or administrators

produced for, or used in, the Challenge Cup.


1908-[2012]


Challenge Cup photographs


Challenge Cup photographs


1935-1996

RFL/CM/1/3 Series

Yorkshire Cup

89 items

Records relating to the Yorkshire Cup competition.


1921-1992


Yorkshire Cup administration

0 items

There are currently no records in this series.


not

applicable


Yorkshire Cup programmes and records produced for spectators

87 items

Yorkshire Cup programmes and records produced for spectators


1921-1992

of 399



Yorkshire Cup early rounds programmes and records produced

for spectators

38 items

Yorkshire Cup early rounds programmes and records produced for

spectators


1949-1992


Yorkshire Cup semi-final programmes and records produced for

spectators

7 items

Yorkshire Cup semi-final programmes and records produced for

spectators


1958-1985


Yorkshire Cup final programmes and records produced for

spectators

42 items

Yorkshire Cup final programmes and records produced for

spectators


1921-1988


Yorkshire Cup kit, trophies and clothing

2 items

Yorkshire Cup kit, trophies and clothing produced for players or

administrators


1980-[c1988]

RFL/CM/1/3/4 Subseries 1977-1991

of 399


Yorkshire Cup photographs

6 small items1 large item



RFL/CM/1/4 Series

Lancashire Cup

51 items

Records relating to the Lancashire Cup competition.


1928-1992


Lancashire Cup administration

0 items



not

applicable


Lancashire Cup programmes and records produced for

spectators

51 items

Lancashire Cup programmes and records produced for spectators


1928-1992


Lancashire Cup early rounds programmes and records produced

for spectators

3 items

Lancashire Cup early rounds programmes and records produced

for spectators

1947-1992

of 399




Lancashire Cup semi-final programmes and records produced

for spectators

1 item

Lancashire Cup semi-final programmes and records produced for

spectators


1992


Lancashire Cup final programmes and records produced for

spectators

47 items

Lancashire Cup final programmes and records produced for

spectators


1928-1987


Lancashire Cup kit, trophies and clothing

0 items



not

applicable


Lancashire Cup photographs

2 large items1 small item

Lancashire Cup photographs


1956

RFL/CM/1/5 Series

Premiership

1975-2000

of 399


27 items1 box

Records relating to the Premiership competition



Premiership administration

5 items

Premiership administration records


1989-2000


Premiership programmes and records produced for spectators

22 items

Premiership programmes and records produced for spectators


1975-1997


Premiership early rounds programmes and records produced for

spectators

0 items



not

applicable


Premiership semi-final programmes and records produced for

spectators

3 items

Premiership semi-final programmes and records produced for

spectators


1980-1997

of 399



Premiership final programmes and records produced for

spectators

20 items

Premiership final programmes and records produced for spectators


1975-1996


Premiership kit, trophies and clothing

0 items



not

applicable


Premiership photographs

1 item



1994

RFL/CM/1/6 Series

Bottom Fourteen Competition

1 item

Records relating to the Bottom Fourteen Competition


1965


Bottom Fourteen Competition administration

0 items


not

applicable

of 399




Bottom Fourteen Competition programmes

1 item

Programmes relating to the Bottom Fourteen competition.


1965


Bottom Fourteen Competition kit, trophies and clothing

0 items



not

applicable


Bottom Fourteen Competition photographs

0 items



not

applicable

RFL/CM/1/7 Series

Club Championship

2 items

Records relating to the Club Championship competition.


[c1972]-1974


Club Championship administration

1 item

Club Championship administration records

[c1972-

c1974]

of 399




Club Championship programmes

1 item

Programmes relating to the Club Championship competition.


1974


Club Championship kit, trophies and clothing

0 items



not

applicable


Club Championship photographs

2 items



1974-1975

RFL/CM/1/8 Series

County of Origin

18 items

Records relating to County of Origin matches, this includes the

traditional Lancashire v Yorkshire 'War of the Roses' matches but

may also include matches featuring other county teams such as

Cumbria.


1966-2003


County of Origin matches administration

2003

of 399


1 item

Administrative records relating to County of Origin matches.



County of Origin Matches programmes and records produced

for spectators

14 items

County of Origin Matches programmes and records produced for

spectators


1966-2001


County of Origin Matches kit, trophies and clothing

4 items

County of Origin Matches kit, trophies and clothing produced for

players or administrators


[c1980s]-

1990


County of Origin photographs



RFL/CM/1/9 Series

Regal Trophy

2 boxes65 items

Records relating to the Regal Trophy competition. The

competition was also known as the Player's No. 6 Trophy (1971–

77), the John Player Trophy (1977–83) and the John Player

Special Trophy (1983–89), before becoming the Regal Trophy in

1989-1996.

1972-1997

of 399




Regal Trophy administration

1 item

Regal Trophy administration


1994-1997


Regal Trophy programmes and records produced for spectators

62 items

Regal Trophy programmes and records produced for spectators


1972-1995


Rugby League Regal Trophy early rounds programmes and

records produced for spectators

20 items

Rugby League Regal Trophy early rounds programmes and



1981-1995


Rugby League Regal Trophy semi final programmes and records

produced for spectators

20 items

Rugby League Regal Trophy semi final programmes and records



1979-1990


1972-1995

of 399


Regal Trophy final programmes and records produced for

spectators

21 items

Regal Trophy final programmes and records produced for

spectators



Rugby League Regal Trophy kit, trophies and clothing

3 items

Rugby League Regal Trophy kit, trophies and clothing produced



[1977]-1996


Regal Trophy photographs




RFL/CM/1/10 Series

Charity Shield

1 box7 items

Records relating to the Charity Shield competition.


1985-1995


Charity Shield administration

1 item

Charity Shield administration


1994-1995

of 399



Charity Shield programmes and records produced for spectators

5 items

Charity Shield programmes and records produced for spectators


1985-1995


Charity Shield kit, trophies and clothing

1 item

Charity Shield kit, trophies and clothing produced for players or

administrators


1989


Charity Shield photographs

0 items



not

applicable

RFL/CM/1/11 Series


4 items



1974-1979


BBC2 Floodlit Trophy administration

0 items


not

applicable

of 399




BBC2 Floodlit Trophy programmes and records produced for

spectators

4 items

BBC2 Floodlit Trophy programmes and records produced for

spectators


1974-1979


BBC2 Floodlit Trophy kit, trophies and clothing

0 items



not

applicable


BBC2 Floodlit Trophy photographs



RFL/CM/1/12 Series

Captain Morgan Trophy

1 item

Records relating to the Captain Morgan Trophy


1974


Captain Morgan Trophy administration

0 items

not

applicable

of 399





Captain Morgan Trophy programmes and records produced for

spectators

1 item

Captain Morgan Trophy programmes and other records produced

for spectators.


1974


Captain Morgan Trophy kit, trophies and clothing

0 items



not

applicable


Captain Morgan Trophy photographs

0 items



not

applicable

RFL/CM/1/13 Series

Rugby School

2 items

Records relating to the first rugby league games to be played at

Rugby School.


2000

RFL/CM/1/13/1 Subseries 2000

of 399


Rugby School matches administration

2 items

Administration records relating to the Rugby School games.



Rugby School matches programmes and records produced for

spectators

0 items



not

applicable


Rugby School matches kit, trophies and clothing

0 items



not

applicable


Rugby School match photographs



RFL/CM/1/14 Series

Clash of the Codes

7 items

Records relating to Clash of the Codes (dual code) matches.


1943-1996

of 399



Clash of the Codes administration

2 items

Administration records relating to Clash of the Codes matches.


[1943]-1996


Administration records relating to the Bath FC [rugby union] v

Wigan RLFC match

2 items

File: Administration records relating to the Bath FC [rugby

union] v Wigan RLFC match 25 May 1996. Includes travel

information, Wigan squad details, ticket and hospitality costs,

television broadcasting.

File: File of press cuttings relating to the Bath FC [rugby union]

v Wigan RLFC match 25 May 1996.







records

- the researcher has been alerted to the Data Protection

principles that they must follow


It may be possible to provide a redacted copy of a record if

certain sections contain data that is not suitable for production.

1996


Clash of the Codes programmes

4 items

Programmes relating to Clash of the Codes matches.


1943-1996


Clash of the Codes kit, trophies and clothing

not

applicable

of 399


0 items




Clash of the Codes photographs



RFL/CM/1/15 Series

American Challenge Match

1 item

Records relating to the Rugby League American Challenge

Match.


1989


American Challenge Match administration

0 items



not

applicable


American Challenge Match programmes

1 item

Programmes relating to the American Challenge Match.


1989


not

applicable

of 399


American Challenge Match kit, trophies and clothing

0 items




American Challenge match photographs



RFL/CM/1/16 Series

Domestic Sevens

4 items

Records relating to domestic Sevens competitions


1968-1989


Domestic Sevens administration

0 items



not

applicable


Domestic Sevens programmes and records produced for

spectators

4 items

Domestic Sevens programmes and records produced for spectators


1968-1989

RFL/CM/1/16/3 Subseries not

of 399


Domestic Sevens kit, trophies and clothing

0 items



applicable


Domestic Sevens photographs

2 items

Domestic Sevens photographs


1968

RFL/CM/1/17 Series

Reserve Team competitions

20 items

Records relating to Rugby Football League A Team [reserve

team] competitions.


1931-

[c1990s]


Reserve Team administration

1 item

Reserve Team administration


1931


Rugby League Combination records

1 item

Rugby League Combination records

Rugby League Combination Bye-Laws, a competition for reserve

teams, outline of structure of the competition 1931-1932

1931

of 399




Yorkshire Senior Competition records

3 items

Yorkshire Senior Competition minute books







records






1921-1967


Reserve Team programmes and records produced for spectators

16 items

Reserve Team programmes and records produced for spectators


1947-1994


Reserve Team kit, trophies and clothing

3 items

Reserve Team kit, trophies and clothing produced for players or

administrators


[c1980s-

c1990s]


Reserve Team competitions photographs

not

applicable

of 399


0 items



RFL/CM/2 Subfonds

International Competitions

58 boxes

Records in this section relate to international rugby league

competitions in which the Rugby Football League has had some

involvement; by organising the competition, supplying a national

team for the competition, or sending representatives of the

organisation to the competition.


to the organisation of competitions, match programmes, tickets,

match day memorabilia, medals, trophies, photographs, kit,

financial records (where relating to an individual competition -

those relating to multiple competitions can be found under

RFL/FN). Records are not comprehensive and coverage ranges

greatly between competitions and years.

This section does not include records relating to tours by national

teams; these records can be found under RFL/CM/3).


1950-2013

RFL/CM/2/1 Series

World Cup

51 boxes

Records relating to the World Cup competition


1954-2013


World Cup administration

45 boxes

World Cup administration


1956-2000

of 399



World Cup administrative files 1957

6 items


- File: press cuttings (from Australian newspapers)

- File: press cuttings (from Australian and Great Britain

newspapers)

- File: administrative file, includes itinerary, play contracts,

results, report on the competition

- File: extra matches, includes correspondence and planning

papers relating to the playing of extra matches by the Great

Britain team on the return journey from the competition, 1956-

1957

- File: financial correspondence, includes correspondence relating

to accounts and invoices, and a presentation copy of the income

and expenditure account and balance sheet for the competition

- Cash book, includes details of expenses and cash payments to

players during the competition







records






1956-1957



1 item


- File: correspondence, includes letters to players, details of travel

arrangements and itinerary, venues, training plan, fixtures, press

cuttings, referees, trophy insurance, accommodation, financial

1960

of 399


information, ticket sales.







records








1.5 boxes10 items


- File: Invoices and expenses

- File: accounts and financial correspondence

- File: travel and accommodation correspondence

- File: correspondence relating to extra matches to be played by

the Great Britain team against Queensland, Fiji and Bermuda

around the World Cup competition

- File: correspondence file, includes kit and outfitting, World Cup

badge correspondence, competition report, correspondence with

players, agreements [repackaged into three envelopes]

- Bundle of mixed correspondence relating to the 1968 World

Cup. Includes correspondence and documents relating to fixtures,

itinerary, agreements, accommodation, competition report.

- One file and one bundle of press cuttings

- Bank of New Zealand cheque book

- Commonwealth Trading Bank of Australia cheque book







records

1968

of 399









1 box5 items


- File: press cuttings

- File: accounts and invoices

- File: correspondence relating to travel and itinerary

- File: correspondence with match venues

- File: general correspondence, includes correspondence relating

to: fixtures, finances, tankards, matches, broadcasting, insurance,

sponsorship, tickets, travel, players, invited guests.







records






1970



1 box5 items


- File: match administrative file for World Cup Final, Lyon, 11

November 1973

- File: correspondence file including correspondence relating to:

1972

of 399


France, equipment, Australia and New Zealand, press, publicity

and broadcasting, tickets, travel, additional matches, insurance,

finances, players, selectors, trial matches, referees, laws of the

game.


- File: accounts

- File: mixed correspondence, including travel, accommodation,

minutes, letters of thanks, finance, kit, itinerary, player profiles,

press cuttings. [split across two envelopes]







records








14 boxes

The 1995 World Cup was hosted by Great Britain and a large

number of administrative files were retained relating to all areas

of the competition's organisation, including:

sponsorship, marketing, promotion, television rights, media

relations, match administrative files, car parking, flag poles, seat

reservations, national anthems, blazer badges, team draws, doping

control, match officials, referees, travel and accommodation,

financial projections, press cuttings, venue information, team

information, player registration, catering, security, entertainment,

ticket planning, correspondence, schedules, kit, tournament rules,

charity collections at matches, records relating to the Rugby

Football League centenary celebrations which were organised

alongside the World Cup.







records

1995-1997

of 399







Particular attention is drawn to player registrations which may

include personal addresses and medical information, also file

entitled 'International Board Hotel Accommodation' which

includes a witness statement for a court case.



27 boxes

The 2000 World Cup was hosted by Great Britain and a large

number of administrative files were retained relating to all areas

of the competition's organisation, including:

Staffing, player registration, entertainment, tickets, equipment,

agreements, insurance, training facilities, match officials, referees,

emerging nations tournament, sponsorship, television rights

broadcasting, match files, tournament structure, media relations,

kit, match procedures, doping control, misconduct,

correspondence with competing nations, development

programmes, medals, grants, fixtures, policing, security, product

placement, budgets, financial, merchandise, accommodation,

catering, hospitality, travel, correspondence with local councils,

mascot, Student Rugby League correspondence.







records






Particular attention is drawn to player registrations which may

include personal addresses and medical information.

1999-2000



2013

of 399


2 items


- Team sheet: World Cup Final, New Zealand v Australia, Old

Trafford Manchester, 30 November 2013

- Pass for the Trafford Suite for the World Cup Final, 30

November 2013



World Cup programmes and records produced for spectators

4 boxes79 items

World Cup programmes and records produced for spectators


1954-2013


World Cup programmes and souvenir brochures

3 boxes73 items

World Cup programmes and souvenir brochures


1954-2013


World Cup records produced for spectators

1 box7 items

World Cup records produced for spectators, excluding

programmes and souvenir brochures


1960-2000


World Cup tickets

1 item

2013

of 399


World Cup tickets



World Cup promotional records and posters

1 item

World Cup promotional records and posters


1975


World Cup kit, trophies and clothing

2 boxes8 items

World Cup kit, trophies and clothing produced for players or

administrators


1960-1995


World Cup photographs

8 large items367 items

World Cup photographs


1957-1995

RFL/CM/2/2 Series

Courtney Goodwill Trophy

2 boxes3 items

Records relating to the Courtney Goodwill Trophy competition


[1930s]-1969


Courtney Goodwill Trophy administration

1956-1969

of 399


1 item

Courtney Goodwill Trophy administration



Courtney Goodwill Trophy programmes and records produced

for spectators

1 item



[1930s-

1940s]


Courtney Goodwill Trophy kit, trophies and clothing

1 item

Courtney Goodwill Trophy kit, trophies and clothing produced for



1950-1951


Courtney Goodwill Trophy photographs

1 large photo



[c1930s]

RFL/CM/2/3 Series

Tri-Nations

4 items

Records relating to the Tri-Nations competition


2004-2006

RFL/CM/2/3/1 Subseries 2004

of 399


Tri-Nations administration

2 items

Tri-Nations administration



Rugby League Tri-Nations programmes and records produced

for spectators

2 items

Rugby League Tri-Nations programmes and records produced for

spectators


2006


Rugby League Tri-Nations kit, trophies and clothing

0 items

There are currently no records in this sub series


not

applicable


Tri-Nations photographs



RFL/CM/2/4 Series

Four Nations

0 items

There are currently no records in this series.


not

applicable

of 399



Four Nations

0 items



not

applicable


Four Nations

0 items



not

applicable


Four Nations

0 items



not

applicable


Four Nations photographs



RFL/CM/2/5 Series

European Cup

13 items

Records relating to the European Cup competition.


1998

of 399



European Cup administration

4 items

European Cup administration


1936-1996


European Cup programmes and records produced for spectators

17 items

European Cup programmes and records produced for spectators


1946-2009


European Cup kit, trophies and clothing

1 item

European Cup medals and kit


[c1990s-

2000s]


European Cup photographs

5 items

European Cup photographs


1946-1953

RFL/CM/2/6 Subfonds

Pacific Cup

1 item

Records relating to the Pacific Cup competition


1996

of 399



Pacific Cup administration

1 item

Pacific Cup administration


1996


Pacific Cup programmes and records produced for spectators

0 items



not

applicable


Pacific Cup kit, trophies and clothing

0 items



not

applicable


Pacific Cup photographs



RFL/CM/2/7 Series

International Triangular Tournaments

6 items

Records relating to International Triangular Tournaments


1975-1999

of 399



International Triangular Tournaments administration

1 item

International Triangular Tournaments administration


1999


International Triangular Tournaments programmes and records


6 items

International Triangular Tournaments programmes and records



1975-1978


International Triangular Tournaments kit, trophies and clothing

0 items



not

applicable


International Triangular Tournament photographs



RFL/CM/2/8 Series

International Championship

6 items

Records relating to the International Championship competition

1969-1977

of 399




International Championship administration

0 items



not

applicable


International Championship programmes and records produced

for spectators

6 items

International Championship programmes and records produced for

spectators


1969-1977


International Championship kit, trophies and clothing

0 items



not

applicable


International Championship photographs



RFL/CM/2/9 Subfonds

One-off international matches and reciprocal test series

2 boxes

1960-1992

of 399


Records relating to one-off international matches (including

friendly matches) and reciprocal test series




administration

6 items


administration


1960-1998



programmes and records produced for spectators

33 items


programmes and records produced for spectators


1951-2001


One-off international matches and reciprocal test series kit,

trophies and clothing

2 items

One-off international matches and reciprocal test series kit,

trophies and clothing produced for players or administrators


1990-1992



photographs

2 large photos87 small photos


1946-1987

of 399



RFL/CM/2/10 Series

World Sevens

1 item

Records relating to the World Sevens competition


1995


World Sevens administration

1 item

World Sevens administration


1995


World Sevens programmes and records produced for spectators

0 items



not

applicable


World Sevens kit, trophies and clothing

0 items



not

applicable


World Sevens photographs


of 399



RFL/CM/2/11 Subfonds

Nines

3 items

Records relating to the Rugby League Nines competition


1987-2000


Nines administration

2 items

Rugby League Nines administration


1997-2000


Nines programmes and records produced for spectators

1 item

Rugby League Nines programmes and records produced for

spectators


1987


Nines kit, trophies and clothing

0 items



not

applicable


Nines photographs

of 399




RFL/CM/2/12 Series

World Club Challenge

25 items

Records relating to the World Club Challenge competition


1989-2003


World Club Challenge administration

4 items

World Club Challenge administration records


1995-2003


World Club Challenge programmes and records produced for

spectators

20 items

World Club Challenge programmes and records produced for

spectators


1989-1997


World Club Challenge kit, trophies and clothing

1 item

World Club Challenge kit, trophies and clothing produced for



1991


of 399


World Club Challenge photographs



RFL/CM/2/13 Series

Lincoln Financial Group International Challenge

2 items

Records relating to the Lincoln Financial Group International

Challenge competition


1999



administration

1 item

Lincoln Financial Group International Challenge administration


1999



administrative files 1999

2 items

Lincoln Financial Group International Challenge administrative

files 1999

- File: match administrative file Lincoln Financial Group

International Challenge England v France 23 October 1999

- File: Match file for 1999 internationals; includes Lincoln

Financial Triangular Tournament and Lincoln Financial

International Challenge







1999

of 399


records

- the researcher has been alerted to the Data Protection

principles that they must follow


It may be possible to provide a redacted copy of a record if

certain sections contain data that is not suitable for production.



0 items



not

applicable



0 items



not

applicable


Lincoln Financial Group International Challenge photographs



RFL/CM/2/14 Series

Hall of Fame Challenge Match

2 boxes15 items

Records relating to the Hall of Fame Challenge Match


1988


1988

of 399


Hall of Fame Challenge Match administration

4 items

Hall of Fame Challenge Match administration



Hall of Fame Challenge Match programmes and records


2 items

Hall of Fame Challenge Match programmes and records produced

for spectators


1988


Hall of Fame Challenge Match kit, trophies and clothing

9 items

Hall of Fame Challenge Match kit, trophies and clothing produced



29 October

1988


Hall of Fame Challenge Match photographs



RFL/CM/3 Subfonds

Tours

28 boxes

Records in this section relate to official tours by rugby league

national teams. Tours are primarily those which involve the

United Kingdom, either as tourists to a host country, or as hosts

for touring teams from other nations.

1908-2002

of 399



to the organisation of the tour, match programmes, tickets, match

day memorabilia, medals, trophies, photographs, kit, financial

records (where relating to an individual tour - those relating to

multiple competitions can be found under RFL/FN). Records are

not comprehensive and coverage ranges greatly between country

and years.

This section does not include one-off internationals or reciprocal

test series; these records can be found under RFL/CM/2/10).


RFL/CM/3/1 Series

Tours by Great Britain based teams to Australasia

14 boxes

Records relating to tours by UK based teams to Australasia; tours

to Australia and New Zealand have been grouped together as

sometimes tours have visited both countries.


1910-1996


Tours by Great Britain based teams to Australasia

administration

12.5 boxes

Tours by Great Britain based teams to Australasia administration


1910-1996


Tour by Great Britain to Australasia administration files 1910

1 item

Tours by Great Britain based teams to Australasia administration

files 1910

- statement of receipts and expenditure for Great Britain tour to

Australasia


1910

of 399




1 item


- Folder containing photocopies of ‘English Footballers in

Sydney’ from the Town and Country Journal newspaper, 10 June

1914. [photocopy]


1914


Tour by Great Britain to Australasia administrative files 1924

1 item

Tours by Great Britain based teams to Australasia administrative

files 1924

- 1924 GB Tour to Austalasia) – tour correspondence: covering

accounts, allowances, expenses


1924



1 item


- 1928 GB Tour to Australasia – tour administration, kit, tour

correspondence covering accounts, detailed match reports


1928



2 items


- Presentation scrapbook of press cuttings of the 1932 Great

1932

of 399


Britain tour to Australasia

- Cartoon featuring caricatures of the English Rugby League

Team [on their tour of Australia in 1932] from the Sydney Mail

[1932]




1 item


- 1936 GB tour to Australia – tour correspondence: covering tour

itinerary, tour trial teams, match reports, balance sheet, general

correspondence







records






1938



5 items


- Photocopy of Rugby Football League Council Minutes for a

meeting of the Rugby League Council, held in the Griffin Hotel,

Leeds, on Wednesday 24 October 1945. The Minutes include

mention of the invitation from the New South Wales Board of

Control for a proposed tour of Australasia. A proposal that the

invitation be accepted was passed, subject to transport being

available ( carried by 19 votes to 4).

- Contract: A written contract made on 15 March 1946 between

the Rugby Football League

and the selected players and officials, signed in full by the Players

1945-1946

of 399


and Managers.

- Report of tour activities by Mr WM Gabbatt (Business

Manager); includes financial particulars, plus an addendum to the

report with an analysis of gate receipts.

- Balance Sheet, Income & Expenditure Account, .made up to 8

November 1946, by RF Miller & Co, Chartered Accountants,

Barrow-In-Furness.

- Scrapbook of press cuttings of 1946 tour with manuscript

additions detailing match results, attendance and gate receipts







records








6 items


- Financial reports for the tour

- Two files of tour correspondence

- File covering the tour itinerary and travel arrangements

- File of typed and manuscript match results

- File of press cuttingsNotes made for a rugby league oral history

project note that the correspondence includes information on a

player who returned home by air when his wife had childbirth

complications. Details on medical action taken to reduce risk of

disease while travelling. Details on training and life on board the

ship to Australia.






1950

of 399



records








12 items


- Two cheque books

- Deposit book

- Receipt book

- Tour match statistics, including venues, attendances, gate

receipts

- File: tour accouts, gate receipts and match reports

- Two folders of press cuttings

- Book: allowances, includes details of allowances paid to players

during the tour, loose papers in the front (checklists of player

travel requirements)

- File: paid vouchers - receipts for expenses during the tour

- File: tour correspondence

- Qantas time selector [1954-1958]







records






1954

of 399




3 items


- File: tour correspondence and manager's reports

- File: correspondence, includes income and expenditure account








records






1958



2 boxes


- Two boxes of files and loose documents: accounts, statistics,

contracts, tour itinerary, correspondence, press cuttings, cash

book, cheque book, receipts.







records






1962

of 399




2 boxes


- File: general correspondence [repackaged into two parts]

- File: players' appearances, match reports, statistics

- Two files of x-ray photographs

- File: Income and expenditure accouts, balance sheet, accounts

correspondence


- Wages book

- Tour accouts

- Red folder: Financial correspondence

- File: Invoices

- Two deposit books

- Cheque Book

- Bundle of certificates of posting







records






NB files include x-rays and medical reports relating to individuals

1966



1970

of 399


8 items


- File: Tour managers reports and match reports

- File: Itinerary, personnel details

- File: Accounts and invoices

- File: Accounts and invoices (envelope)

- File: General correspondence

- Agreement between Rugby Football League and players and

tour managers

- File: Press cuttings 23 May 1970-24 June 1970

- File: Press cuttings 20 June 1970-28 July 1970

- File: Press cuttings 20 May 1970-30 July 1970







records








2 boxes25 items


- File: baggage labels and headed writing paper

- Three loose documents: results of matches and scorers

- File: statement of accounts and financial documents

- File: receipts and invoices, itinerary for 25 May 1974

1974

of 399


- File: loose press cuttings

- Volume: cash paid to players

- Bank of New Zealand cheque book

- Volume: expenses cash book, with loose receipts

- Volume: deposit book

- File: bank statements and cheque stubs

- File: correspondence, manager's reports

- File: manager's match reports (includes team sheets and details

of scores, scorers and substitutions)

- File: personnel, including registration documents and player

personal information

- Agreement between Rugby Football League and players and

managers

- File: financial records focussing on income from matches

- File: correspondence and documents relating to travel, tour

itinerary

- File: correspondence, largely relating to accommodation, travel

and kit

- File: correspondence relating to accommodation, travel, kit and

finances

- File: correspondence relating to travel arrangements

- File: correspondence relating to travel, fixtures, personnel,

finance, accommodation

- File: correspondence relating to invoices and finance

- File: correspondence relating to supporters travelling alongside

the touring party

- File: correspondence relating to officials touring with the party

e.g. press

- File: correspondence relating to insurance







of 399



records








1 item


- Agreement between Rugby Football League and tour managers







records






1975



1 item


- File: itinerary and press cuttings







records




1977

of 399






11 items


- File: invoices

- File: paid tour expenses

- File: match returns receipts

- File: tour accounts

- Agreement between Rugby Football League and managers and

players

- File: correspondence relating to accommodation and travel

- File: match statistics and match reports

- File: itinerary and travel arrangements

- File: personnel - player personal details and letters of selection

- Cheque book (Australia)

- Cheque book (New Zealand)







records






1979



1984

of 399


14 items


- Scrapbook: press cuttings

- Bundle: press cuttings

- Tour pennant

- File: statements from and correspondence with Bank of New

Zealand

- File: statements from and correspondence with Commonwealth

Bank of Australia

- File: invoices

- File: correspondence relating to tour finances and profits, and

details of expenses paid

- File: match accounts, financial records relating to individual

matches

- File: 'notes' - general file containing details on travel, personnel,

finance, statistics

- Copies of Australian commercial publication (Big League)

which appears to have been collected during the tour

- Cheque book (New Zealand)

- Deposit book (New Zealand)

- Cheque book (Australia)

- Deposit book (Australia)







records








1988

of 399


1 box


- File: 18 May-5 July 1988

- File: press cuttings 6 July-20 July 1988

- File: correspondence relating to broadcasting

- File: correspondence thanking tourists and Rugby Football

League

- File: 1988 tour results (scores, venues and attendances) and

photocopy of Rothman's Rugby League Year Book detailing

results of past tours

- File: travel arrangements including correspondence, itinerary

diary, payments, and proposed wives tour

- Audited accounts

- File: correspondence relating to insurance and medical claims

- Australasian commercial publications, these appear to have

been collected during the tour

- File: official reports reports by managers

- File: manager's match reports, including team sheets, and details

of scores, scorers and substitutions

- Scrapbook: press cuttings [in box with 1990s tour material]







records








2 items

1990

of 399




- presentation artwork for tour







records








3 items


- letter from Prime Minister John Major wishing the Great Britain

team luck

- postcard featuring photograph of Great Britain team on front

and team signatures on reverse

- scrapbook of press cuttings relating to the 1992 British Coal

Tour by Great Britain to Australasia







records






1992

RFL/CM/3/1/1/1996 Subseries 1996

of 399



2 items


- File: correspondence with Herbert Smith [lawyers] regarding

selection issues surrounding two players

- File: correspondence relating to the tour, primarily relating to

gate receipts, finances and broadcasting, also includes squad list

- File: correspondence relating to the tour, primarily finances,

broadcasting and player availability. This file also includes

correspondence relating to the 1996 Oceania Cup [Pacific Cup]







records







Tours by Great Britain based teams to Australasia programmes

and records produced for spectators

0.5 box35 items

Tours by Great Britain based teams to Australasia programmes



1928-1992


Tours by Great Britain based teams to Australasia kit, trophies

and clothing

1 box4 items

Tours by UK based teams to Australasia kit, trophies and clothing

produced for players or administrators

1958-1988

of 399




Tours by Great Britain based teams to Australasia photographs

23 large photos64 small photos15 oversize photos

Tours by Great Britain based teams to Australasia photographs


1914

RFL/CM/3/2 Series

Tours by Great Britain based teams to France

2 items

Records relating to tours by Great Britain based teams to France.


1989-1998


Tours by Great Britain based teams to France administration

0 items



not

applicable


Tours by Great Britain based teams to France programmes and


0 items



not

applicable


Tours by Great Britain based teams to France kit, trophies and

clothing

2 items

1989-1998

of 399


Tours by Great Britain based teams to France kit, trophies and

clothing produced for players or administrators



Tours by Great Britain based teams to France photographs

0 items



not

applicable

RFL/CM/3/3 Series

Tours by Great Britain based teams to South Africa

4 items

Records relating to tours by Great Britain based teams to South

Africa


1957



1 item



1957


Tours by Great Britain based teams to South Africa programmes


3 items

Tours by Great Britain based teams to South Africa programmes



1957

of 399



Tours by Great Britain based teams to South Africa kit, trophies

and clothing

0 items



not

applicable


Tours by Great Britain based teams to South Africa photographs

0 items



not

applicable

RFL/CM/3/4 Subfonds

Tours by Great Britain based teams to Russia

1 item

Records relating to tours by Great Britain based teams to Russia


1991


Tours by Great Britain based teams to Russia administration

0 items



not

applicable


Tours by Great Britain based teams to Russia programmes and


1 item

Tours by Great Britain based teams to Russia programmes and


1991

of 399




Tours by Great Britain based teams to Russia kit, trophies and

clothing

0 items



not

applicable


Tours by Great Britain based teams to Russia photographs

0 items



not

applicable

RFL/CM/3/5 Series

Tours by Australia

7 boxes279 items

Records relating to tours by Australia


1908-2001


Tours by Australia administration

4 boxes37 items

Rugby League Tours by Australia administration


1929-1997


Rugby League Tour by Australia to Europe administrative files

1929

1929

of 399


2 items


1929

- File: tour file containing correspondence, financial records,

press cuttings, tour arrangements, meeting minutes

- Menu for Australian team's visit to York, 11 September 1929




1930

2 items

Rugby League Tours by Australia to Europe administrative files

1930

- File: correspondence relating to Wales v Australia match,

Wembley, 18 January 1930

- Telegram from H Waller, thought to relate to reorganising a

match between Great Britain and Australia, 10 January 1930


1930



1933

1 item


1933

- File: match results with details of teams, results, officials,

attendance, gate receipts, additional comments







records




1933

of 399






1948

1 item


1948

- BL Atkinson's (President of Lancashire County) card for a

dinner and reception given by Lancashire County Rugby League

to the Australian touring party

- booklet for a dinner and reception given by Warrington Football

Club to the Australian Touring Team, Masonic Hall, 30 October

1948


1948



1950

1 item


1950

- press cutting relating to the tour from the Sunday Telegraph, 11

June 1950


1950



1952

8 items


1952

- File: match administrative file for Great Britain v Australia, 4

October 1952, Leeds

1952

of 399



November 1952, Swinton


December 1952, Odsal Bradford


- File: administrative file for farewell dinner held at Hotel

Metropole Leeds 13 December 1952, includes loose tickets and

menu

- File: financial correspondence and statistics

- Menu for farewell dinner at Hotel Metropole Leeds on 13

December 1952, with two tickets and two invitations

- Toast list including lists of officials and players to

commemorate Lancashire v Australia match, 19 November 1952







records








1956

1 item


1956



1956



1959

1959

of 399


2 items


1959


- autographs of Australian players, manager and coach - on

yellow and green form




1967

6 items


1967

- Tour correspondence: broadcasting, travel, personnel,

accommodation, tickets, itinerary, finance

- File: match administrative file, First Test, Great Britain v

Australia, 21 October 1967, Headingley Leeds

- File: match administrative file, Second Test, Great Britain v

Australia, 3 November 1967, White City London

- File: match administrative file, Third Test, Great Britain v

Australia, 9 December 1967, Swinton

- Scrapbook: press cuttings (from Australian newspapers)

- Scrapbook: press cuttings (from English newspapers)







records






1967

RFL/CM/3/5/1/1973 Subseries 1973

of 399



1973

3 items


1973

- File: match administrative file, First Test, Great Britain v

Australia, 3 November 1973, Wembley

- File: 1973 Tour by Australia, includes details on itinerary,

publicity, travel, accommodation

- file: correspondence relating to Australia in France 1973







records








1978

1 item


1978



1978


Rugby League Tour by Queensland to Europe administrative

files 1983

1 item

Rugby League Tours by Queensland to Europe administrative

1983

of 399


files 1983

- File: correspondence, player profiles and photographs







records








1994

6 items


1994

- File: match administrative file First Test, Great Britain v

Australia, 22 October 1994, Wembley

- File: match administrative file Wales v Australia, 30 October

1994, Ninian Park Cardiff

- File: match administrative file Great Britain v Australia, 5

Novebmer 1994, Old Trafford

- File: match administrative file Great Britain Under-21st v

Australia, 15 November 1994, Gateshead

- File: administrative file 'Kangaroo Tour 1994' includes

correspondence, agreements, doping control, travel, personnel,

finance, broadcasting, fixtures [this file has been repackaged into

two folders for preservation reasons]

- Pin badge, John Smith's 1994 Tests [likely to have been

produced as gifts for officials and guests]







records

1994

of 399









1997

3 items


1997

- File: correspondence file, including South African opener,

accommodation, tickets, charity collection, invited guests,

fixtures, promotion

- File: correspondence relating to sponsorship

- File: 1997 Tour by Australia, administrative file including table

plans for luncheons for invited guests, records relating to

marketing, sponsorship and broadcasting







records






1997


Tours by Australia programmes and records produced for

spectators

2.5 boxes241 items

Tours by Australia programmes and records produced for

spectators


1908-2001

of 399



Tours by Australia kit, trophies and clothing

3 items

Rugby League Tours by Australia kit, trophies and clothing



1946-[1988]


Tours by Australia photographs

60 small photos14 large photos



not

applicable

RFL/CM/3/6 Series

Tours by New Zealand

6 boxes214 items

Records relating to tours by New Zealand


1908-2002


Tours by New Zealand administration

2 boxes20 items

Tours by New Zealand administration


1951-2002


Tours by New Zealand to Europe administrative files 1947

1 item


1947

of 399


- Menu: Dinner given by Oldham Football Club to mark the

Oldham v New Zealand match, Town Hall Oldham, signed




2 items


- scrapbook of press cuttings relating to the 1951 New Zealand

tour, with manuscript annotations detailing weather

- File: William Fallowfield's correspondence file relating to the

1951 New Zealand tour of Great Britain

- Menu: Dinner given by Oldham Football Club to mark the

Oldham v New Zealand match, Assembly Room Central Fire

Station Oldham, signed


1951



2 items



tour, with manuscript annotations detailing weather

- - File: William Fallowfield's correspondence file relating to the

1955 New Zealand tour of Great Britain

- Programme: Reception and dinner given to the New Zealand

team by Lancashire County Rugby League, Masonic Hall

Warrington


1955



1 item


1956

of 399


- artwork for the cover of a brochure for a New Zealand Tour;

this tour did not take place




1 item



tour


1965



3 items



tour to Great Britain

- File: '1971 New Zealand Tour: Dead Correspondence' - William

Fallowfield's correspondence file relating to the tour, primarily

deals with accommodation for the touring party

- File: Tour by New Zealand 1971, general administrative file

including correspondence with New Zealand, hotels, transport,

clubs and referees, itinerary, player profiles







records






1971

of 399




1 item


- File: 1980 New Zealand tour player profiles and tour itinerary







records






1980



1 item


- table plan and list of guests for luncheon given at Wembley

stadium for invited guests at the 1993 first test, Great Britain v

New Zealand


1993



7 items


- Administrative file: New Zealand Test Series 1998

- Administrative file: First Test Great Britain v New Zealand,

McApline Stadium Huddersfield, 31 October 1998

- Administrative file: Second Test Great Britain v New Zealand,

Reebok Stadium Bolton, 7 November 1998

1998

of 399


- Administrative file: Third Test Great Britain v New Zealand,

Vicarage Road Watford, 14 November 1998

- Administrative file: First Test Great Britain v New Zealand,

McApline Stadium Huddersfield, 31 October 1998 [red file]

- Administrative file: Second Test Great Britain v New Zealand,

Reebok Stadium Bolton, 7 November 1998 [red file]

- Administrative file: Third Test Great Britain v New Zealand,

Vicarage Road Watford, 14 November 1998 [red file]







records








1 item


- press cutting relating to the introduction of the George Smith

Medal


[2002]


Tours by New Zealand programmes and records produced for

spectators

2 boxes192 items

Tours by New Zealand programmes and records produced for

spectators


1907-2002

of 399



Tours by New Zealand kit, trophies and clothing

2 boxes4 items

Tours by New Zealand kit, trophies and clothing produced for



1926-1998


Tours by New Zealand photographs

16 large photos247 small photos



not

applicable

RFL/CM/3/7 Series

Tours by France

31 items

Records relating to tours by France


1950-1992


Tours by France administration

0 items



not

applicable


Tours by France programmes and records produced for

spectators

31 items

Tours by France programmes and records produced for spectators

1950-1992

of 399




Tours by France kit, trophies and clothing

0 items



not

applicable


Tours by France photographs

3 small photos

Tours by France photographs


RFL/CM/3/8 Series

Tours by Papua New Guinea

4 items

Records relating to tours by Papua New Guinea


1987-1991


Tours by Papua New Guinea administration

1 item

Tours by Papua New Guinea administration


1987


Tours by Papua New Guinea programmes and records produced

for spectators

3 items

1987-1991

of 399


Tours by Papua New Guinea programmes and records produced

for spectators



Tours by Papua New Guinea kit, trophies and clothing

0 items



not

applicable


Tours by Papua New Guinea photographs

0 items



not

applicable

RFL/CM/3/9/1 Subfonds

Tours by United States of America administration

There are currently no records in this sub fonds



Tours by United States of America programmes and records





Tours by United States of America kit, trophies and clothing

of 399





Tours by United States of America photographs

3 small photos

Tours by United States of America photographs



Tours by Italy administration




Tours by Italy programmes and records produced for spectators




Tours by Italy kit, trophies and clothing




Tours by Italy photographs

7 items


1954

of 399


RFL/CM/4 Series

Academy and age-grade rugby league

2 boxes37 items

Records relating to Academy and age-grade rugby league

organised by the Rugby Football League or Rugby Football

League clubs; records relating to youth rugby league organised by

other organisations (for example, schools and universities rugby

league) can be found with community game records under

RFL/CR/4.


1963-1994

RFL/CM/4/1 Subseries

Academy and age-grade rugby league administration

1 box15 items

Academy Grade rugby administration


1963-2004


Academy and age-grade rugby league administrative files 1967

1 item

Academy Grade rugby administrative files 1967







records






1963-1967


1996

of 399



2 items


- File: Correspondence and minutes regarding the Great Britain

Academy tour to New Zealand 1996

- Fax: fax to Neil Tunnicliffe regarding the French junior team

tour of England 1996







records








1 item


- File: Match file Great Britain and Ireland Young Lions

Development Sqaud v France Under-19s. 4 March 1999







records






1999


2001

of 399



1 item


- File: Folder: Academy Championship Fixtures 2001, includes

correspondence and fixture plans







records








2 items


- File: Academy Championship 2002, includes correspondence

relating to fixture planning

- File: Academy First Division Fixtures 2002, includes

correspondence and fixture plans







records






2002


2003

of 399



4 items


- File: Senior Academy Championship Under 21 2003, includes

correspondence relating to fixture planning

- File: Junior Academy Under 18 Fixture Information, includes

correspondence, and fixture planning for the grading phase for

2003

- File: Academy Junior Under 18 Championship and First

Division 2003, includes correspondence and fixture planning

documentation

- File: Senior Academy Under 21 Fixture Information, includes

correspondence and fixture plans for the 2003 competition







records








4 items


- File: Junior Academy Under 18 Grading Phase 2004, includes

correspondence, fixtures and grading plans

- File: Junior Academy First Division 2004, includes

correspondence and fixtures

- File: Academy Under-21s Senior 2004 Grading Phase, includes

correspondence and fixtures

- File: Senior Academy First Division (Second Phase) 2004,

includes correspondence and fixtures

2004

of 399








records







Academy and age-grade rugby league programmes and records


36 items

Academy and age-grade rugby league programmes and records



1949-1993


Academy and age-grade rugby league kit, trophies and clothing

6 items

Academy and age-grade rugby league kit, trophies and clothing



[c1980s]-

1994


Academy and age-grade rugby league rugby photographs

58 items

Academy and age-grade rugby league rugby photographs


1984-1995

RFL/CM/A Subfonds

Competitions - Central Administration

1906-1997

of 399


11 boxes117 items

In addition to maintaining records relating to the administration of

individual competitions, from time to time the Rugby Football

League has also kept combined records relating to multiple

competitions. These can be found in this section and include

administration files relating to medals and trophies, and

scorebooks.


RFL/CM/A/1 Series

Scorebooks

8 boxes93 items

This series includes scorebooks


1906-1997

RFL/CM/A/1/1 Subseries

League/Championship scorebooks

5 boxes77 items

League/Championship scorebooks, arranged by year


1906-1993


A Team competition scorebooks

3 items

A Team competition scorebooks

- Scorebook: Alliance League Score Book 1984/85 - 1986/87

- Scorebook: Alliance League Scorebook 1987/88 - 1990/91

- Scorebook: Alliance League Scorebook 1991/92 - 1992/93


1984-1993


1954-1984

of 399


Yorkshire Senior Competition scorebooks

4 items

Yorkshire Senior Competition scorebooks

- Scorebook: Yorkshire Senior Competition Results 1954-55 -

1961-62

- Scorebook: Yorkshire Senior Competition Scorebook 1962/63 -

1970/72

- Scorebook: Yorkshire Senior Competition Scorebook 1971/72 -

1978/79

- Scorebook: Yorkshire Senior Competition 1980/81 - 1983/84



Academy and Colts scorebooks

4 items

Academy and Colts scorebooks

- Scorebook: Colts League 1972/73 - 1974/75



- Scorebook: Academy League 1991/92 - 1992/93


1972-1993


Scorebooks covering multiple competitions

5 items

Scorebooks covering multiple competitions

- Scorebook: print-outs featuring scores for Division 1, Division 2

and Alliance League, Championship 1993-1994

- Scorebook: print-outs featuring scores for Division 1, Division

2, Alliance League, Challenge Cup, Academy Leagues 1993-1994

- Scorebook: print-outs featuring scores for Championship,

Division 1, Regal Trophy, Premiership, Challenge Cup, Australian

1993-1997

of 399


Tour, Alliance League (A Teams), European Championship,

Internationals, Academy League, Pre and Post-Season matches

1994-1995

- Scorebook: print-outs featuring scores for Championship,

Division 1, Regal Trophy 1995-1996

- Scorebook: print-outs featuring scores for Super League,

Division 1, Division 2, Challenge Cup, World Club

Championship, Premiership, Alliance Leagues, Academy Leagues

19967-1997


RFL/CM/A/2 Series

Medal and trophies administration files

1 box8 items

Medal and trophies administration files relating to a range of

competitions

- File: Medals 1990s, contains letters, orders, invoice and despatch

notices for various medals.

- File: Engraving 1980s contains letters, orders, invoice and

despatch notices for engraving medals.

- File: Medals 1982-1990/91 contains letters, orders, invoice and

despatch notices for various medals.

- File: Extra Medals, contains letters, orders, invoice and despatch

notices for various medals (mostly Championship and Second

Division. 1990s

- File: World Cup Medals and Trophy 1995, contains letters,

orders, invoice and despatch notices for the trophy and medals of

the 1995 World Cup.

- File: Trophies 1980s-1990s, contains spread sheets highlighting

various trophy winners.

- File: Rugby League Plate, contains letters, orders, invoice and

despatch notices for the plate. 1990s

- File: Tankards, contains letters, orders, invoice and despatch

notices for tankards. 1980s-1990s


1980s-1990s

RFL/CM/A/3 Series 1985-1993

of 399


Safety at sports grounds administration

4 items

Safety at sports grounds administration

- File: Rugby League Safety and Liaison Team. 1993

- File: The Rugby Football League; Organisation; Police

Authorities; XIII', containing reports relating to police and safety

at matches, and correspondence with the police, also copies of

disturbance reports at matches. 1992-1993

- Circular: letter sent by the Rugby Football League to clubs

concerning the Safety of Sports Grounds Designation Order 1985

Photocopy from Hansard: discussion of safety at sports grounds,

November 1993







records






RFL/CM/A/4 Series

Programme administration

2 items

Records relating to programme administration; (note that

photographs of players (which may have featured in programmes)

that cannot be linked with a particular competition have been

catalogued under RFL/HR/1/8).

- bundle of boards featuring original cartoon artwork for use in

programmes, [c1980s-c1990s]

- scrapbook of photographs used in rguby league programmes

1960s


1960s-

[c1990s]

of 399


RFL/CM/A/5 Series

Sample badges, ties and medals

6 items

Sample badges, ties and medals from multiple or unknown

competitions

- Folder containing blazer badges for various competitions

[c1970s-c1990s]

- Four ties, competition or purpose unknown [c1980s-c1990s]

- Sample medal, competition unknown, produced by Thomas

Fattorini [c1990s-c2000s]


[c1970s-

c2000s]

RFL/CM/A/6 Series

Official team sheets

1 item

Official team sheets for friendly games between senior clubs and

Challenge Cup games for amateur clubs


26 December

2004-16

January 2005

RFL/CM/A/7 Series

Performance statistics

1 item

Performance statistics

- Scrapbook: Great Britain rugby league team performance

statistics 1985-1986


1985-1986

RFL/CM/A/8 Subfonds

Pennants

2 items

Pennants not linked with an individual competition or where the

competition is unknown

[c1980s-

c2000s]

of 399


- Pennant: British Lions Rugby League, competition unknown

[c1980s-c2000s]

- Pennant: Great Britain Rugby League, competition unknown

[c1980s-c2000s]


RFL/CM/A/9 Subfonds

Media guides to competitions

1 item

Media guides to competitions

- Booklet: Rugby League's Autumn Internationals 2003 Media

Guide


2003

RFL/CP Subfonds

Corporate Planning and Administration - Rugby Football

League Archive

34 boxes

Records in this section represent the function of corporate

planning and its administration within the Rugby Football League.

This section includes annual reports of the Rugby Football

League, minutes of the Rugby Football League Council and

Management Committee, Regional Committee Records, Sub

Committee Records, records of Annual General Meetings, the

Rugby Football League's own records of their involvement with

the All Party Parliamentary Rugby League Group, and central

administration records which relate to corporate planning in

addition to other functions (But which cannot be separated due to

their format).


1899-2005

RFL/CP/1 Series

Rugby Football League Annual Reports

1 box

This series of annual reports also includes other documentation;

the annual reports appear to be part of bundles of documents put

1920s-2005

of 399


together for distribution at the annual general meeting of the

Rugby Football League. Series is incomplete.


RFL/CP/2 Series

Rugby Football League Committee Records

10 boxes

Minutes and records of the Rugby Football League Council, also

known as the Rugby Football League Committee.


1899-1997

RFL/CP/2/1 Subseries

Rugby Football League Committee Minute Books

9 boxes21 volumes

Minute Books of the Rugby Football League Council. These

records include the minutes of the committee, which cover

decision making on topics including: financial awards to clubs,

representation on the committee, organisation of competitions and

tours, provision of medals, relationships with amateur sporting

organisations (within and outside rugby league), changes to bye-

laws, changes to rules (laws of the game), rulings on disputes,

promotion of rugby league football, coaching, sponsorship,

insurance, tickets and passes, celebrations and anniversaries,

referees, charitable awards, benefit matches.

In addition to minutes some volumes also contain: copies of

competition rules, sub-committee meeting records and regional

committee meeting records annual general meeting reports, annual

reports and accounts.

Later volumes may include an index but most volumes are simply

arranged chronologically and are not indexed.

The first volume (1895-1899) of this subseries is known to have

been missing since c1960s.







records



1899-1985

of 399





NB - earlier records will be available for consultation, use the

Data Protection flowchart.


Rugby Football League Council members records

1 box2 files

Files containing council representatives' contact details.







records






1995-1997

RFL/CP/3 Series

Rugby Football League Management Committee

7 boxes

Minute Books of the Rugby Football League Management

Committee.

These records include the minutes of the management committee,

which cover operational decision making on topics including:

fixtures, personnel matters (including registration and striking off

of players and referees), club fines, supply of national kit, details

of national team players, admission charges, advertising, finance.

These volumes may also include records of annual general

meetings.

It is assumed that the earliest registers have been lost as the first

register present is dated 1903 and refers to previous minutes.


1903-1998

of 399



Rugby Football League Management Committee Minute Books

6 boxes19 volumes

Minute Books of the Rugby Football League Management

Committee.

These records include the minutes of the management committee,

which cover operational decision making on topics including:

fixtures, personnel matters (including registration and striking off

of players and referees), club fines, supply of national kit, details

of national team players, admission charges, advertising, finance.

These volumes may also include: records of annual general

meetings and annual reports and accounts.

It is assumed that the earliest registers have been lost as the first

register present is dated 1903 and refers to previous minutes.







records






NB - earlier records in this series will be available for

consultation, use the Data Protection flowchart.

1903-1988


Rugby Football League Management Committee attendance

registers

2 files

Rugby Football League Management Committee attendance

registers, 1987-1994 missing.





1979-1998

of 399




records









Rugby Football League Management Committee memoranda

and reports

10 items

File: list of responses to proposal for a new constitution c1950s

File: Ammendment to Rugby League Bye-Laws 1954

File: Commission relating to Administration of the Game,

committee appointed to investigate the structure of the Rugby

Football League 1951

Loose sheet - extracts from minutes 1904-1908 [appears to have

been compiled as part of the investigation into the

structure/constitution of the Rugby Football League in the early

1950s]

Statement and information from management committee relating

to proposal to move to a two division system 1954

Standard of Play Report – Management Committee 03/03/54

Two Divisions Recommendations from Management Committee

to all clubs 21/10/54

Memorandum on Lord’s Day Observance Submitted by Rugby

Football League 21/11/1961 (2 copies)

Letter relating to changing fixture formula 1972

The Rugby Football League Working Party Report and

Recommendations Observations by the Rugby Football League

Board of Directors'. Comments by the Board on a report by the

Working Party concerning the future governance and direction of

Rugby League. 1997




1950s-1990s

of 399





records








RFL/CP/4 Subfonds

Rugby Football League Regional Committee Records

2 boxes

Minutes of, and relating to, regional committees including:

Minutes of Yorkshire County Committees 1905-1930 [incomplete

run]

Lancashire County Rugby League (Annual General Meeting

reports and Statements of Accounts) 1930s-1970s [incomplete

run]

Lancashire County Rugby League notice of AGM with statement

of accounts 11 July 1944 (Manchester)

Minute Book for Rugby League Commissioners for Cumberland

and Wales 1927-1933

Press cutting and correspondence relating to Cumberland County

Rugby League 1960







records








1905-1970s

of 399


RFL/CP/5 Subfonds

Rugby Football League Sub Committee Records

9 boxes16 items

Minutes of Rugby Football League sub-committees.


1950-2003

RFL/CP/6 Series

Rugby Football League Annual General Meeting Documents

1 box

Files of annual general meeting documents including agendas and

annual reports for the Rugby Football League and the Yorkshire

Senior Competition.







records






1958-1966

RFL/CP/7 Subfonds

All Party Parliamentary Rugby League Group

1 box

Records relating to the All Party Parliamentary Rugby League

Group created by the Rugby Football League. Includes minutes,

correspondence, copy of David Hinchliffe's private member's bill,

and official group ties.







1988-1990s

of 399


records






RFL/CP/8 Subfonds

Rugby Football League Central Administration Records

3 boxes

This section consists of central administrative records which cross

multiple functions.


1920-2000s

RFL/CP/8/3 Series

Maurice Lindsay's correspondence

1 item

Maurice Lindsay's correspondence, includes letters relating to

House of Commons National Heritage Committee, including

several letters from Ian McCartney, Socialist MP. Also letters

relating to the World Cup 1995 (and Wales' involvement), and the

All-Party Parliamentary Rugby League Group (including letters

from Neil Kinnock) 1993







records






1993

RFL/CR Subfonds

Community Relations - Rugby Football League Archive

75 boxes

20th century

of 399


Records in this section represent the Rugby Football League's

function of maintaining relations with the wider rugby league

community.

This section includes records relating to United Kingdom rugby

league clubs and their associated bodies (including supporters

associations), Rugby Football League Year Books, records

relating to the UK record Keepers Associated, records relating to

the Community Game, records relating to the British Lions

Association, records relating to rugby union, and records relating

to a number of international and overseas rugby league bodies.

This section also includes records relating to the Rugby Football

League's corporate social responsibility programmes, records

relating to honours and awards, and records relating to centrally

managed participation and development programmes.


RFL/CR/1 Subfonds

UK rugby league clubs and associated bodies

40 boxes

Records generated by UK rugby league clubs and their associated

bodies such as supporters clubs and record keepers clubs. Records

include club histories and anniversary publications, programmes

and brochures for testimonial matches and other one-off matches

not associated with a particular competition, copies of team

statistics from the UK Record Keepers Club, club year books,club

annual general meeting records, club annual reports, special

programmes and brochures for cup finals published by individual

clubs, fanzines, supporter's club magazines.

It is recognised that individual clubs play an important role

producing programmes for home games of competitions and have

a long history of doing so. However, for consistency within the

catalogue, programmes relating to competitions (rather than to

testimonial, benefit or charity matches) have been stored and

listed with other records relating to competitions under RFL/CM.


1890s-2010s

RFL/CR/1/1 Subfonds

National fanzines

3 boxes

Fanzines produced with a national outlook - not relating to a

specific team but with a general focus on Great Britain.

1990-2009

of 399



RFL/CR/1/1/1 Series

The Greatest Game

32 items

The Greatest Game, national rugby league fanzine

Incomplete series.

Loose editions:

- 1. August/September 1990; 2. October/November 1990; 6.

September 1991; 9. April 1992; 12. December 1992; 13. February

1993; 14. May 1993; 15. June 1993; 22. Summer 1995; 34. Spring

1999; 35. Summer 1999; 36. Autumn 1999; 37. Winter 2000; 38.

Summer 2000; 39. Spring 2001; 40. Late Spring 2001; 41.

Autumn 2001; 42. Winter 2001/2002; 43. Late Spring 2002; 44.

Autumn 2002; 45. Winter 2002/2003; 46. Spring 2003; Spring

2004, 48. Winter 04/05, 50. Autumn 05, 52. Winter 06/07, 55.

Summer 2008, 56. Winter 2008/9

Bound editions:

- Volume 1

1. August/September 1990, 2. October/November 1990, 3.

January 1991, 4. March 1991, 5. May 1991, 6. September 1991, 7.

November 1991, 8. February 1992, 9. April 1992, 10. June 1992,

11. October 1992

- Volume 2

12. December 1992, 13. February 1993, 14. May 1993, 15. June

1993, 16. November 1993, 17. February 1994, 18. April 1994, 19.

Summer 1994, 20. October 1994, 21. March 1995, 22. Summer

1995, 23. Autumn 1995, 24. Winter

- Volume 3

25. Spring 1996, 26. Summer 1996, 27. Autumn 1996, 28. Spring

1997, 29. Summer 1997, 30. Winter 1997/98, 31. Spring 1998, 32.

Summer 1998, 33. Winter 1998/99

- The Great Game t shirt [c1990s]


1990-2009

RFL/CR/1/1/2 Series

The Final Hooter

35 items

The Final Hooter, rugby league fanzine

Loose editions

1997-2001

of 399


- 17. 30 July 1997; 25. 4 December 1997; 27. 5 January 1998; 28.

23 January 1998; 31. 1 March 1998; 33. 15 March 1998; 34. 20

March 1998; 35. 30 March 1998; 36. 1 April 1998; 37. 18 April

1998; 40. 14 March 1998; 41. 31 May 1998; 43. 24 June 1998; 44.

20 July 1998; 46. 14 August 1998; 47. 20 October 1998; 48. 12

November 1998; 49. 5 December 1998; 50. 25 December 1998;

51. 5 January 1999; 52. 28 January 1999; 53 10 April 1999; 54. 22

May 1999; 55. June 1999; 56. July 1999; 57. August 1999; 58.

September 1999; 59. October/November 1999; 60. December

1999; 61. January/February 2000; 62. 1 April 2000; 63. 29 April

2000; 64. June 2000; 65. January 2001

Bound editions

- 2. 5 January 1997, 3. 18 January 1997, 4. 11 February 1997, 5.

11 February 1997, 6. 26 February 1997, 7. 12 March 1997, 8. 26

March 1997, 9. 9 April 1997, 7. 12 March 1997, 8. 26 March

1997, 9. 9 March 1997, 10. 23 April 1997, 11. 7 May 1997, 12. 4

June 1997, 13. 4 June 1997, 14. 18 June 1997, 15. 2 July 1997, 16.

16 July 1997, 17. 30 July 1997, 18. 13 August 1997, 19. 27

August 1997, 20. 10 September 1997, 21. 30 September 1997, 22.

24 October 1997, 23. 14 November 1997, 24. 20 November 1997,

25. 4 December 1997, 26. 20 December 1997, 27. 5 January 1998,

28. 23 January 1998, 29. 14 February 1998, 30. 20 February 1998,

31. 1 March 1998, 32. 7 March 1998, 33. 15 March 1998, 34. 20

March 1998, 35.30 March 1998, 36. 1 April 1998, 37. 18 April

1998, 38. 19 April 1998, 39. 9 May 1998, 40. 14 March 1998, 41.

31 May 1998, 42. 17 June 1998, 43. 24 June 1998, 44. 20 July

1998, 45. 27 July 1998, 46. 14 August 1998, 47. 20 October 1998,

48. 12 November 1998, 49. 5 December 1998, 50. 25 December

1998, 51. 15 January 1999


RFL/CR/1/1/3 Series

Up and Under

1 item

Up and Under, rugby league fanzine.

Incomplete series.

A note on the original labels states that this was the first national

rugby league fanzine.

Loose editions

- no. 3 [1990]


[1990]

RFL/CR/1/1/4 Series

The View from Behind the Sticks

1990

of 399


1 item

The View from Behind the Sticks, rugby league fanzine

Incomplete series.

Loose editions

- [issue 1] 1990


RFL/CR/1/2 Subfonds

UK clubs and associated bodies - central administration

1 box11 items

This section includes records which relate to administering the

relationship between the Rugby Football League and UK clubs

but which does not relate to one individual club.

- File: Correspondence relating to the Emergency League,

Challenge Cup and rugby league in wartime; primarily

correspondence with clubs but also includes press cuttings,

committee minutes, agreements. 1939-1945

- File: Club Chairmen 1995-1996 Season

- File: Club Chairmen 1997 Season

- File: Foundation for Sport and Arts, correspondence with the

Rugby Football League relating to applications to the Foundation

for Sport and Arts by UK rugby clubs.

- Booklets: Six club contact diaries, include contacts for clubs

(generally Chairman, Secretary, Coach and Captain) and officials

at the Rugby Football League. 1987-2000

- File: Club logos/crests for English rugby league teams c1990s

Original available for consultation by appointment. Be aware of

Data Protection issues in Club Chairmen contact files

1939-2000

RFL/CR/1/B1 Series

Barrow rugby league club records

1 box17 items

Records generated by, or uniquely relevant to, Barrow rugby

league club.


1944-2001

of 399


RFL/CR/1/B1/1 Subseries

Barrow rugby league business records

3 items

Barrow rugby league business records


1944-1967


Barrow rugby league year books, handbooks and annuals

1 items

Barrow rugby league year books, handbooks and annuals


1967


Barrow rugby league photographs

0 items



not

applicable


Barrow rugby league magazines

0 items



not

applicable


Barrow rugby league fanzines

1 item

Barrow rugby league fanzines

1981

of 399




Barrow rugby league souvenir publications and objects

2 items

Barrow rugby league souvenir publications and objects


1954-1957


Barrow rugby league testimonial, benefit match programmes

and brochures

5 items

Barrow rugby league testimonial, benefit match programmes and

brochures


1954-1990

RFL/CR/1/B1/8 Subfonds

Barrow rugby league one-off match and charity match

programmes and publications

0 items



not

applicable


Barrow rugby league press cuttings

3 items

Barrow rugby league press cuttings


2001


Barrow rugby league histories and anniversary publications

1981

of 399


1 item

Barrow rugby league histories and anniversary publications



Barrow rugby league statistics and fixtures

1 item

Barrow rugby league statistics and fixtures


[1990s]


Barrow rugby league club community work

0 items



not

applicable

RFL/CR/1/B2 Series

Batley rugby league club records

1 box9 items

Records generated by, or uniquely relevant to, Batley rugby

league club.


1945-1993


Batley rugby league club business records

0 items



not

applicable


not

applicable

of 399


Batley rugby league club year books, hand books and annuals

0 items




Batley rugby league club photographs

1 item

Batley rugby league club photographs


1983-1984


Batley rugby league club magazines

0 items



not

applicable


Batley rugby league club fanzines

0 items



not

applicable


Batley rugby league club souvenir publications and objects

0 items



not

applicable

RFL/CR/1/B2/7 Subseries 1952-1993

of 399


Batley rugby league club testimonial, benefit match programmes

brochures

4 items

Batley rugby league club testimonial, benefit match programmes

brochures



Batley rugby league club one-off match and charity match


0 items



not

applicable


Batley rugby league club press cuttings

1 item

Batley rugby league club press cuttings


1945


Batley rugby league club histories and anniversary publications

2 items

Batley rugby league club histories and anniversary publications


1971-1986


Batley rugby league club statisitics and fixtures

1 item

Batley rugby league club statisitics and fixtures

[1990s]

of 399




Batley rugby league club community work

0 items



not

applicable

RFL/CR/1/B3 Series

Blackpool rugby league club records

1 box

Records generated by, or uniquely relevant to, Blackpool rugby

league club. These records are awaiting detailed listing, please

contact [email protected] for further information.


20th century


Blackpool rugby league business records



Blackpool rugby league year books, handbooks and annuals



Blackpool rugby league photographs


of 399



Blackpool rugby league magazines



Blackpool rugby league fanzines



Blackpool rugby league souvenir publications and objects



Blackpool rugby league testimonial, benefit match programmes

and brochures



Blackpool rugby league one-off match and charity match




Blackpool rugby league press cuttings

of 399




Blackpool rugby league histories and anniversary publications



Blackpool rugby league statistics and fixtures



Blackpool rugby league community work

0 items



RFL/CR/1/B4 Series

Bradford Rugby League Club Records

1 box

Records generated by, or uniquely relevant to, Bradford rugby

league club.


1895-2010


Bradford rugby league business records

2 items

Bradford rugby league business records


1944-1945

of 399



Bradford rugby league year books, handbooks and annuals

7 items

Bradford rugby league year books, handbooks and annuals


1948-1976


Bradford rugby league photographs

13 items

Bradford rugby league photographs


[c1980s]-

2000s

RFL/CR/1/B4/3/1 Subseries

Bradford photographs (photocopies)

3 items

Black and white photocopies of match play


1970-1980


Photographs of Bradford fans, Matthew Elliott and Wibecy

Middle School

3 items

Colour photographs of Bradford fans, Matthew Wlliott and

Wibecy Middle School


1990-2000


Bradford rugby league colour photographs

6 items

Bradford rugby league colour photographs taken by Gordon

1990-2000

of 399


Clayton focusing on Bullmania crowd scenes and Steve

McNamara



List of rugby league photographs

1 item

Handwritten list of rugby league photographs, may have appeared

in 14 chapter book about Bradford and possibly a Hunslet book


[c1980s-

c1990s]


Bradford rugby league magazines

2 items

Bradford rugby league magazines


1996


Bradford Bulls Bulletin

2 items

Bradford Bulls Bulletin Issues 1-2 featuring articles and

colummns about the club and team members.


1996


Bradford rugby league fanzines

7 items

Bradford rugby league fanzines


1989-1991


1989-1991

of 399


The Steam Pig

7 items

Unofficial Fanzine of Bradford Northern, created by fans between

1988 and 1991. Containg humourous articles and personal

opinions about the club.

Issues 2-7 and special 'Pig Appeal Issue'



Bradford rugby league souvenir publications and objects

2 items

Bradford rugby league souvenir publications and objects


1973-1980


Bradford rugby league testimonial and benefit match

programmes and brochures

8 items

Bradford rugby league testimonial and benefit match programmes

and brochures


1950-1999


Bradford rugby league one-off and charity match programmes

and publications

1 item

Bradford rugby league one-off and charity match programmes and

publications


1997


Bradford rugby league press cuttings

not

applicable

of 399


0 items




Bradford rugby league histories and anniversary publications

5 items

Bradford rugby league histories and anniversary publications.

Contains 'Putting Valley on the Parade Map' - book about

Bradford City Football Club, is however relevant to the Bradford

Rugby League collection.


1979-2010


Bradford rugby league statistics and fixtures

2 items

Bradford rugby league statistics and fixtures


1990s


Bradford rugby league community work records

1 item

Bradford rugby league community work records


2009-2010

RFL/CR/1/B5 Series

Bramley rugby league club records

0.5 box

Records generated by, or uniquely relevant to, Bramley rugby



20th century

of 399




Bramley rugby league business records



Bramley rugby league year books, handbooks and annuals



Bramley rugby league photographs



Bramley rugby league magazines



Bramley rugby league fanzines



Bramley rugby league souvenir publications and objects

of 399




Bramley rugby league testimonial, benefit match programmes

and brochures



Bramley rugby league one-off match and charity match




Bramley rugby league press cuttings



Bramley rugby league histories and anniversary publications



Bramley rugby league statistics and fixtures



of 399


Bramley rugby league club community work


RFL/CR/1/B6 Series

Brighouse rugby league club records

1 box

Records generated by, or uniquely relevant to, Brighouse rugby




20th century


Brighouse rugby league business records



Brighouse rugby league year books, handbooks and annuals



Brighouse rugby league photographs



Brighouse rugby league magazines


of 399



Brighouse rugby league fanzines



Brighouse rugby league souvenir publications and objects



Brighouse rugby league testimonial, benefit match programmes

and brochures



Brighouse rugby league one-off match and charity match




Brighouse rugby league press cuttings



Brighouse rugby league histories and anniversary publications

of 399




Brighouse rugby league statistics and fixtures



Brighouse rugby league club community work


RFL/CR/1/B7 Series

Belle Vue Rangers rugby league club records

0.5 box

Records generated by, or uniquely relevant to, Belle Vue Rangers

rugby league club. These records are awaiting detailed listing,

please contact [email protected] for further information.


20th century


Belle Vue Rangers rugby league business records



Belle Vue Rangers rugby league year books, handbooks and

annuals


of 399



Belle Vue Rangers rugby league photographs



Belle Vue Rangers rugby league magazines



Belle Vue Rangers rugby league fanzines



Belle Vue Rangers rugby league souvenir publications and

objects



Belle Vue Rangers rugby league testimonial, benefit match




Belle Vue Rangers rugby league one-off match and charity

match programmes and publications

of 399




Belle Vue Rangers rugby league press cuttings



Belle Vue Rangers rugby league histories and anniversary

publications



Belle Vue Rangers rugby league statistics and fixtures



Belle Vue Rangers rugby league club community work


RFL/CR/1/C1 Series

Carlisle rugby league club records

0.5 box

Records generated by, or uniquely relevant to, Carlisle rugby




20th century

of 399


RFL/CR/1/C1/1 Subseries

Carlisle rugby league business records



Carlisle rugby league year books, handbooks and annuals



Carlisle rugby league photographs



Carlisle rugby league magazines



Carlisle rugby league fanzines



Carlisle rugby league souvenir publications and objects


of 399



Carlisle rugby league testimonial, benefit match programmes

and brochures



Carlisle rugby league one-off match and charity match




Carlisle rugby league press cuttings



Carlisle rugby league histories and anniversary publications



Carlisle rugby league statistics and fixtures



Carlisle rugby league club community work

of 399



RFL/CR/1/C2 Series

Castleford rugby league club records

1 box

Records generated by, or uniquely relevant to, Castleford rugby




20th century


Castleford rugby league business records



Castleford rugby league year books, handbooks and annuals



Castleford rugby league photographs



Castleford rugby league magazines


of 399



Castleford rugby league fanzines



Castleford rugby league souvenir publications and objects



Castleford rugby league testimonial, benefit match programmes

and brochures



Castleford rugby league one-off match and charity match




Castleford rugby league press cuttings



Castleford rugby league histories and anniversary publications

of 399




Castleford rugby league statistics and fixtures



Castleford rugby league club community work


RFL/CR/1/C3 Series

Cumbria rugby league club records

0.5 box

Records generated by, or uniquely relevant to, Cumbria rugby




20th century


Cumbria rugby league business records



Cumbria rugby league year books, handbooks and annuals


of 399



Cumbria rugby league photographs



Cumbria rugby league magazines



Cumbria rugby league fanzines



Cumbria rugby league souvenir publications and objects



Cumbria rugby league testimonial, benefit match programmes

and brochures



Cumbria rugby league one-off match and charity match


of 399




Cumbria rugby league press cuttings



Cumbria rugby league histories and anniversary publications



Cumbria rugby league statistics and fixtures



Cumbria rugby league club community work


RFL/CR/1/D1 Series

Dewsbury rugby league club records

1 box

Records generated by, or uniquely relevant to, Dewsbury rugby




20th century

RFL/CR/1/D1/1 Subseries

of 399


Dewsbury rugby league business records



Dewsbury rugby league year books, handbooks and annuals



Dewsbury rugby league photographs



Dewsbury rugby league magazines



Dewsbury rugby league fanzines



Dewsbury rugby league souvenir publications and objects


of 399



Dewsbury rugby league testimonial, benefit match programmes

and brochures



Dewsbury rugby league one-off match and charity match




Dewsbury rugby league press cuttings



Dewsbury rugby league histories and anniversary publications



Dewsbury rugby league statistics and fixtures



Dewsbury rugby league club community work

of 399



RFL/CR/1/D2 Series

Doncaster rugby league club records

1 box8 items

Records generated by, or uniquely relevant to, Doncaster rugby

league club.


1961-2001


Doncaster rugby league club business records

1 item

Doncaster rugby league club business records


1961


Doncaster rugby league club year books, hand books and

annuals

0 items



not

applicable


Doncaster rugby league club photographs

0 items



not

applicable


Doncaster rugby league club magazines

0 items

not

applicable

of 399





Doncaster rugby league club fanzines

3 items

Doncaster rugby league club fanzines


2000-2001

RFL/CR/1/D2/5/1 Series

Who The Hell was St. George Anyway

3 items

Who The Hell was St. George Anyway - Doncaster rugby league

fanzine

- Who The Hell was St. George Anyway Issue 37 The 'Don't be

miserable' Issue

- Who The Hell was St. George Anyway Issue 38 The 'Probably

snowing and called off' Issue

- Who The Hell was St. George Anyway Issue 39 The 'Tony

Miller Testimonial Issue' Issue


2000-2001


Doncaster rugby league club souvenir publications and objects

0 items



not

applicable


Doncaster rugby league club testimonial, benefit match


2 items

1982-1988

of 399


Doncaster rugby league club testimonial, benefit match




Doncaster Rugby League Club one-off match and charity

matches programmes and publictions

0 items



not

applicable


Doncaster rugby league club press cuttings

0 items



not

applicable


Doncaster rugby league club histories and anniversary

publications

1 item

Doncaster rugby league club histories and anniversary

publications


1962


Doncaster rugby league club statisitics and fixtures

1 item

Doncaster rugby league club statisitics and fixtures


[1990s]

RFL/CR/1/D2/12 Subseries not

of 399


Doncaster rugby league community work

0 items



applicable

RFL/CR/1/F1 Series

Featherstone rugby league club records

1 box

Records generated by, or uniquely relevant to, Featherstone rugby




20th century

RFL/CR/1/F1/1 Subseries

Featherstone rugby league business records



Featherstone rugby league year books, handbooks and annuals



Featherstone rugby league photographs



Featherstone rugby league magazines

of 399




Featherstone rugby league fanzines



Featherstone rugby league souvenir publications and objects



Featherstone rugby league testimonial, benefit match




Featherstone rugby league one-off match and charity match




Featherstone rugby league press cuttings



of 399


Featherstone rugby league histories and anniversary

publications



Featherstone rugby league statistics and fixtures



Featherstone rugby league club community work


RFL/CR/1/H1 Series

Halifax rugby league club records

1 box

Records generated by, or uniquely relevant to, Halifax rugby




20th century

RFL/CR/1/H1/1 Subseries

Halifax rugby league business records



Halifax rugby league year books, handbooks and annuals

of 399




Halifax rugby league photographs



Halifax rugby league magazines



Halifax rugby league fanzines



Halifax rugby league souvenir publications and objects



Halifax rugby league testimonial, benefit match programmes

and brochures



Halifax rugby league one-off match and charity match

of 399





Halifax rugby league press cuttings



Halifax rugby league histories and anniversary publications



Halifax rugby league statistics and fixtures



Halifax rugby league club community work


RFL/CR/1/H2 Series

Huddersfield rugby league records

2 boxes

Records generated by, or uniquely relevant to, Huddersfield

Rugby League Club, Huddersfield Rugby League Supporters'

Club, and Huddersfield Rugby League Players' Association.


[1910s]-2004

of 399



Huddersfield rugby league business records

7 items

Records relating to the official business management of

Huddersfield Rugby League Club and Huddersfield Rugby

League Club Supporters' Club [Huddersfield Cricket and Athletic

Club Supporters' Club].


1944-[1996]


Huddersfield rugby league year books, handbooks and annuals

20 items

Booklets: The Fartown Rugby League Yearbook published by

Huddersfield Cricket and Athletic Club Supporters Club 1952-

1970 and 1981-1982

- these booklets generally to include the following information:

season fixtures for first team and A team, information on the

supporters' club, review of the previous season, details of

international players, photographs, season records and statistics,

player signings and transfers, crowd figures and gate receipt

records.


1952-1982


Huddersfield rugby league photographs

5 items

Photographs relating to Huddersfield rugby league.


1911-2004


Huddersfield rugby league magazines

0 items

There are no records in this sub series

not

applicable

of 399




Huddersfield rugby league fanzines

0 items

There are no records in this sub series


not

applicable


Huddersfield rugby league souvenir publications and objects

7 items

Souvenir publications and objects, may be produced by the club,

supporters' association, players' association or third parties.


1933-1995


Huddersfield rugby league testimonial and benefit match


22 items

This sub-series consists of benefit brochures and testimonial

match programmes relating to Huddersfield players.

Benefit brochures [benefit books] are sometimes published

alongside a testimonial match as a written record of a player's

achievements, they often include tributes from well known

personalities such as players, coaches and managers.


1924-1989


Huddersfield rugby league one-off and charity match


2 items

Huddersfield Rugby League one-off and charity match

programmes - matches not relating to a specific competition or an

individual player's testimonial or benefit match.

1936

of 399




Huddersfield rugby league press cuttings

2 items

Press cuttings relating to Huddersfield rugby league


1999-2010


Huddersfield rugby league histories and anniversary

publications

6 items

Booklets relating to the history of Huddersfield Rugby League

Club and Huddersfield Rugby League Club Supporters' Club

[Huddersfield Cricket and Athletic Club Supporters' Club].


1946-1995


Huddersfield rugby league statistics and fixtures

1 item

Statistics and fixture information for Huddersfield Rugby League

Club.


1990s

RFL/CR/1/H2/12 Subfonds

Huddersfield rugby league club community work records

0 items



not

applicable

RFL/CR/1/H3 Series

1940-[1990s]

of 399


Hull FC rugby league records

1 box

Records generated by, or uniquely relevant to, Hull FC Rugby

League Club and Hull FC Rugby League Supporters' Club.



Hull FC rugby league business records

7 items

Records relating to the official business management of Hull

Rugby League Football Club.


1940-[1990s]


Hull FC rugby league year books, handbooks and annuals

1 item

Hull FC year books, handbooks and annuals


1954-1955


Hull FC rugby league photographs

0 items



not

applicable


Hull FC rugby league magazines

0 items



not

applicable

of 399



Hull FC rugby league fanzines

7 items

Hull FC rugby league fanzines


1983-[c2000]

RFL/CR/1/H3/5/1 Subseries

In Touch magazine

3 items

In Touch magazine - a magazine to promote and represent rugby

league on Humberside

- Volume 1, September 1983

- Volume 6, March 1984

- Volume 7, April 1984


1983-1984


In Any Kind of Weather

1 item

In Any Kind of Weather - a Hull FC fanzine

- 1 issue, [c2000]


[c2000]


The Colour Purple

3 items

The Colour Purple fanzine

- number 5, number 6, number 7


1993


Hull FC rugby league souvenir publications and objects

1956-1985

of 399


8 items

Souvenir publications and objects, may be produced by the club,

supporters' association, players' association or third parties.



Hull FC rugby league testimonial and benefit match


5 items

Benefit brochures [benefit books] are sometimes published

alongside a testimonial match as a written record of a player's

achievements, they often include tributes from well known

personalities such as players, coaches and managers.


1973-1990


Hull FC rugby league one-off and charity match programmes

and publications

1 item

Hull FC rugby league one-off and charity match programmes -

matches not relating to a specific competition or an individual

player's testimonial or benefit match.


[1962]


Hull FC rugby league press cuttings

1 item

Press cuttings relating to Hull FC


2002


Hull FC rugby league histories and anniversary publications

5 items

1948-1992

of 399


Booklets and books relating to the history of Hull FC rugby

league club.



Hull FC rugby league statistics and fixtures

3 items

Hull FC rugby league statistics and fixtures


[1990s]


Hull FC rugby league community work

0 items



not

applicable

RFL/CR/1/H4 Series

Hull Kingston Rovers rugby league club records

1 box

Records generated by, or uniquely relevant to, Hull Kingston

Rovers rugby league club.


(1921)-2007


Hull Kingston Rovers rugby league business records

3 items

Hull Kingston Rovers rugby league business records

- Photocopy of the first cheque paid by Hull KR on their new

ground, Holderness Road Tram Terminus 1921

- Directors' Report and Balance Sheet, season 1939-1940

(1921)-1945

of 399


- Notice of Ordinary General Meeting to be held 31 July 1945,

includes agenda, directors' report and balance sheets



Hull Kingston Rovers rugby league year books, handbooks and

annuals

15 items

Hull Kingston Rovers rugby league year books, handbooks and

annuals


1961-1969


The Robin - Hull Kingston Rovers Supporters' Club Annual

10 items

Seven editions of The Robin - Hull Kingston Rovers Supporters'

Club Annual [some duplicates retained as they include annotations

and autographs]


1962-1969


Craven Park Greyhound Stadium and Hull Kingston Rovers

Official Year Book

5 items

Five editions of Craven Park Greyhound Stadium and Hull

Kingston Rovers Official Year Book


1961-1965


Hull Kingston Rovers rugby league photographs

1 item

Hull Kingston Rovers rugby league photographs


(1922-

1923)[c1990s]

of 399



Hull Kingston Rovers rugby league magazines

2 items

Hull Kingston Rovers rugby league magazines


1970-1972


The Robin

2 items

Two editions of The Robin, a Hull KR magazine


1970-1972


Hull Kingston Rovers rugby league fanzines

15 items

Hull Kingston Rovers rugby league fanzines


1989-1993


Flag Edge Touch

15 items

- Fifteen issues of Flag Edge Touch, a fanzine relating to Hull KR

- Flag Edge Touch t shirt [c1989-c1993]


1989-1993


Hull Kingston Rovers rugby league souvenir publications and

objects

1 item

1981

of 399


Hull Kingston Rovers rugby league souvenir publications and

objects



Hull Kingston Rovers rugby league testimonial and benefit

match programmes and brochures

15 items

Hull Kingston Rovers rugby league testimonial and benefit match



1973-2007


Hull Kingston Rovers rugby league one-off and charity match


1 item

Hull Kingston Rovers rugby league one-off and charity match



1983


Hull Kingston Rovers rugby league press cuttings

1 item

Hull Kingston Rovers rugby league press cuttings

- Farewell to Craven Park, Sports Mail Special, 8 April 1989


1989


Hull Kingston Rovers rugby league histories and anniversary

publications

4 items

Hull Kingston Rovers rugby league histories and anniversary

1981-2005

of 399


publications

- Booklet: Hull & Rovers through 88 seasons by Christopher

Elton 1981

- Booklet: Recollections of Rugby League by R W Smalley 1999

[looks at the history of Hull FC and Hull KR]

- Booklet: Red Red Robins A short history of Hull Kingston

Rovers 1882-1999 by Paul Schofield and Steven Schofield 1999

- Booklet: To Hull and Back Memoirs of a Rugby Renegade by

Emlyn Richards [2005] includes note from Emlyn Richards to

Tony Collins



Hull Kingston Rovers rugby league statistics and fixtures

2 items

Hull Kingston Rovers rugby league statistics and fixtures


1972-1990s


Hull Kingston Rovers rugby league community work

0 items



not

applicable

RFL/CR/1/H5 Series

Hunslet rugby league club records

1 box

Records generated by, or uniquely relevant to, Hunslet rugby




20th century


of 399


Hunslet rugby league business records



Hunslet rugby league year books, handbooks and annuals



Hunslet rugby league photographs



Hunslet rugby league magazines



Hunslet rugby league fanzines



Hunslet rugby league club records


of 399



Hunslet rugby league testimonial, benefit match programmes

and brochures



Hunslet rugby league one-off match and charity match




Hunslet rugby league press cuttings



Hunslet rugby league histories and anniversary publications



Hunslet rugby league statistics and fixtures



Hunslet rugby league club community work

\\\\\\\

of 399



RFL/CR/1/K1 Series

Keighley rugby league club records

0.5 box

Records generated by, or uniquely relevant to, Keighley rugby




20th century

RFL/CR/1/K1/1 Subseries

Keighley rugby league business records



Keighley rugby league year books, handbooks and annuals



Keighley rugby league photographs



Keighley rugby league magazines


of 399



Keighley rugby league fanzines



Keighley rugby league souvenir publications and objects



Keighley rugby league testimonial, benefit match programmes

and brochures



Keighley rugby league one-off match and charity match




Keighley rugby league press cuttings



Keighley rugby league histories and anniversary publications

of 399




Keighley rugby league statistics and fixtures



Keighley rugby league club community work


RFL/CR/1/K2 Series

Kent rugby league club records

0.5 box

Records generated by, or uniquely relevant to, Kent Invicta rugby




20th century


Kent rugby league business records



Kent rugby league year books, handbooks and annuals



of 399


Kent rugby league photographs



Kent rugby league magazines



Kent rugby league fanzines



Kent rugby league souvenir publications and objects



Kent rugby league testimonial, benefit match programmes and

brochures



Kent rugby league one-off match and charity match



of 399



Kent rugby league press cuttings



Kent rugby league histories and anniversary publications



Kent rugby league statistics and fixtures



Kent rugby league club community work


RFL/CR/1/L1 Series

Leeds rugby league club records

1 box

Records generated by, or uniquely relevant to, Leeds rugby league

club. These records are awaiting detailed listing, please contact

[email protected] for further information.


20th century

RFL/CR/1/L1/1 Subseries

of 399


Leeds rugby league business records



Leeds rugby league year books, handbooks and annuals



Leeds rugby league photographs



Leeds rugby league magazines



Leeds rugby league fanzines



Leeds rugby league souvenir publications and objects



of 399


Leeds rugby league testimonial, benefit match programmes and

brochures

nb check oversize items for this section



Leeds rugby league one-off match and charity match




Leeds rugby league press cuttings



Leeds rugby league histories and anniversary publications



Leeds rugby league statistics and fixtures



Leeds rugby league club community work


of 399


RFL/CR/1/L2 Series

Leigh rugby league club records

1 box

Records generated by, or uniquely relevant to, Leigh rugby league




20th century


Leigh rugby league business records



Leigh rugby league year books, handbooks and annuals



Leigh rugby league photographs



Leigh rugby league magazines



of 399


Leigh rugby league fanzines



Leigh rugby league souvenir publications and objects



Leigh rugby league testimonial, benefit match programmes and

brochures



Leigh rugby league one-off match and charity match




Leigh rugby league press cuttings



Leigh rugby league histories and anniversary publications


of 399



Leigh rugby league statistics and fixtures



Leigh rugby league club community work


RFL/CR/1/L3 Series

Liverpool City and associated clubs rugby league business

records

1 box

Records generated by, or uniquely relevant to, Liverpool City

rugby league club and associated clubs. These records are

awaiting detailed listing, please contact [email protected] for

further information.


20th century


Liverpool City and associated clubs rugby league club records



Liverpool City and associated clubs rugby league year books,

handbooks and annuals



of 399


Liverpool City and associated clubs rugby league photographs



Liverpool City and associated clubs rugby league magazines



Liverpool City and associated clubs rugby league fanzines



Liverpool City and associated clubs rugby league souvenir

publications and objects



Liverpool City and associated clubs rugby league testimonial,

benefit match programmes and brochures



Liverpool City and associated clubs rugby league one-off match

and charity match programmes and publications


of 399



Liverpool City and associated clubs rugby league press cuttings



Liverpool City and associated clubs rugby league histories and

anniversary publications



Liverpool City and associated clubs rugby league statistics and

fixtures



Liverpool City and associated clubs rugby league club

community work


RFL/CR/1/L4 Series

London rugby league club records

1 box

Records generated by, or uniquely relevant to, London rugby




20th century

of 399



London rugby league business records



London rugby league year books, handbooks and annuals



London rugby league photographs



London rugby league magazines



London rugby league fanzines



London rugby league souvenir publications and objects


of 399



London rugby league testimonial, benefit match programmes

and brochures



London rugby league one-off match and charity match




London rugby league press cuttings



London rugby league histories and anniversary publications



London rugby league statistics and fixtures



London rugby league club community work

of 399



RFL/CR/1/M1 Series

Manningham rugby league club records

0

Records generated by, or uniquely relevant to, Manningham rugby




20th century

RFL/CR/1/M2 Series

Mansfield/Nottingham rugby league club records

1 box

Records generated by, or uniquely relevant to,

Mansfield/Nottingham rugby league club. These records are

awaiting detailed listing, please contact [email protected] for

further information.


20th century

RFL/CR/1/M2/1 Subseries

Mansfield/Nottingham rugby league business records



Mansfield/Nottingham rugby league year books, handbooks and

annuals



Mansfield/Nottingham rugby league photographs

of 399




Mansfield/Nottingham rugby league magazines



Mansfield/Nottingham rugby league fanzines



Mansfield/Nottingham rugby league souvenir publications and

objects



Mansfield/Nottingham rugby league testimonial, benefit match




Mansfield/Nottingham rugby league one-off match and charity

match programmes and publications


of 399



Mansfield/Nottingham rugby league press cuttings



Mansfield/Nottingham rugby league histories and anniversary

publications



Mansfield/Nottingham rugby league statistics and fixtures



Mansfield/Nottingham rugby league club community work


RFL/CR/1/O1 Series

Oldham rugby league club records

1 box

Records generated by, or uniquely relevant to, Oldham rugby




20th century

RFL/CR/1/O1/1 Subseries

Oldham rugby league business records

of 399




Oldham rugby league year books, handbooks and annuals



Oldham rugby league photographs



Oldham rugby league magazines



Oldham rugby league fanzines



Oldham rugby league souvenir publications and objects



Oldham rugby league testimonial, benefit match programmes

of 399


and brochures



Oldham rugby league one-off match and charity match




Oldham rugby league press cuttings



Oldham rugby league histories and anniversary publications



Oldham rugby league statistics and fixtures



Oldham rugby league club community work


of 399


RFL/CR/1/R1 Series

Rochdale rugby league club records

1 box

Records generated by, or uniquely relevant to, Rochdale rugby




20th century

RFL/CR/1/R1/1 Subseries

Rochdale rugby league club business records



Rochdale rugby league year books, handbooks and annuals



Rochdale rugby league photographs



Rochdale rugby league magazines


RFL/CR/1/R1/4/1 Subseries

The Hornet

5 items

1949-1958

of 399


The Hornet: the magazine of the Rochdale Supporters and

Shareholders Association



Rochdale rugby league fanzines



Rochdale rugby league souvenir publications and objects



Rochdale rugby league testimonial and benefit match




Rochdale rugby league one-off and charity match programmes

and publications



Rochdale rugby league press cuttings


of 399



Rochdale rugby league histories and anniversary publications



Rochdale rugby league statistics and fixtures



Rochdale rugby league club community work


RFL/CR/1/S1 Series

Salford rugby league club records

1 box

Records generated by, or uniquely relevant to, Salford rugby




20th century

RFL/CR/1/S1/1 Subseries

Salford rugby league business records



Salford rugby league year books, handbooks and annuals

of 399




Salford rugby league photographs



Salford rugby league magazines



Salford rugby league fanzines



Salford rugby league souvenir publications and objects



Salford rugby league testimonial, benefit match programmes

and brochures



of 399


Salford rugby league one-off match and charity match




Salford rugby league press cuttings



Salford rugby league histories and anniversary publications



Salford rugby league statistics and fixtures



Salford rugby league club community work


RFL/CR/1/S2 Series

Sheffield rugby league club records

1 box

Records generated by, or uniquely relevant to, Sheffield rugby



20th century

of 399




Sheffield rugby league business records



Sheffield rugby league year books, handbooks and annuals



Sheffield rugby league photographs



Sheffield rugby league magazines



Sheffield rugby league fanzines



Sheffield rugby league souvenir publications and objects

of 399




Sheffield rugby league testimonial, benefit match programmes

and brochures



Sheffield rugby league one-off match and charity match




Sheffield rugby league press cuttings



Sheffield rugby league histories and anniversary publications



Sheffield rugby league statistics and fixtures



of 399


Sheffield rugby league club community work


RFL/CR/1/S3 Series

Swinton rugby league club records

0.5 box

Records generated by, or uniquely relevant to, Swinton rugby




20th century


Swinton rugby league business records



Swinton rugby league year books, handbooks and annuals



Swinton rugby league photographs



Swinton rugby league magazines

of 399




Swinton rugby league fanzines



Swinton rugby league souvenir publications and objects



Swinton rugby league testimonial, benefit match programmes

and brochures



Swinton rugby league one-off match and charity match




Swinton rugby league press cuttings



Swinton rugby league histories and anniversary publications

of 399




Swinton rugby league statistics and fixtures



Swinton rugby league club community work


RFL/CR/1/S4 Series

St Helens rugby league club records

1 box

Records generated by, or uniquely relevant to, St Helens and St

Helens Recs rugby league club. These records are awaiting

detailed listing, please contact [email protected] for further

information.


20th century


St Helens rugby league business records



St Helens rugby league year books, handbooks and annuals


of 399



St Helens rugby league photographs



St Helens rugby league magazines



St Helens rugby league fanzines



St Helens rugby league souvenir publications and objects



St Helens rugby league testimonial, benefit match programmes

and brochures



St Helens rugby league one-off match and charity match


of 399




St Helens rugby league press cuttings



St Helens rugby league histories and anniversary publications



St Helens rugby league statistics and fixtures



St Helens rugby league club community work


RFL/CR/1/U1 Series

Underbank rugby league club records

0.5 box

Records generated by, or uniquely relevant to, Underbank rugby




20th century

of 399


RFL/CR/1/U1/1 Subseries

Underbank rugby league business records



Underbank rugby league year books, handbooks and annuals



Underbank rugby league photographs



Underbank rugby league magazines



Underbank rugby league fanzines



Underbank rugby league souvenir publications and objects


of 399



Underbank rugby league testimonial, benefit match programmes

and brochures



Underbank rugby league one-off match and charity match




Underbank rugby league press cuttings



Underbank rugby league histories and anniversary publications



Underbank rugby league statistics and fixtures



Underbank rugby league club community work

of 399



RFL/CR/1/W1 Series

Wakefield rugby league club records

2 boxes

Records generated by, or uniquely relevant to, Wakefield rugby




20th century

RFL/CR/1/W1/1 Subseries

Wakefield rugby league business records



Wakefield rugby league year books, handbooks and annuals



Wakefield rugby league photographs



Wakefield rugby league magazines


of 399



Wakefield rugby league fanzines



Wakefield rugby league souvenir publications and objects



Wakefield rugby league testimonial, benefit match programmes

and brochures



Wakefield rugby league one-off match and charity match




Wakefield rugby league press cuttings



Wakefield rugby league histories and anniversary publications

of 399




Wakefield rugby league statistics and fixtures



Wakefield rugby league club community work


RFL/CR/1/W2 Series

Warrington rugby league club records

1 box

Records generated by, or uniquely relevant to, Warrington rugby




20th century


Warrington rugby league business records



Warrington rugby league year books, handbooks and annuals


of 399



Warrington rugby league photographs



Warrington rugby league magazines



Warrington rugby league fanzines



Warrington rugby league souvenir publications and objects



Warrington rugby league testimonial, benefit match




Warrington rugby league one-off match and charity match


of 399




Warrington rugby league press cuttings



Warrington rugby league histories and anniversary publications



Warrington rugby league statistics and fixtures



Warrington rugby league club community work


RFL/CR/1/W3 Series

Whitehaven rugby league club records

1 box

Records generated by, or uniquely relevant to, Whitehaven rugby




20th century


of 399


Whitehaven rugby league business records



Whitehaven rugby league year books, handbooks and annuals



Whitehaven rugby league photographs



Whitehaven rugby league magazines



Whitehaven rugby league fanzines



Whitehaven rugby league souvenir publications and objects


of 399



Whitehaven rugby league testimonial, benefit match




Whitehaven rugby league one-off match and charity match




Whitehaven rugby league press cuttings



Whitehaven rugby league histories and anniversary publications



Whitehaven rugby league statistics and fixtures



Whitehaven rugby league club community work

of 399



RFL/CR/1/W4 Series

Widnes rugby league club records

1 box

Records generated by, or uniquely relevant to, Widnes rugby




20th century


Widnes rugby league business records



Widnes rugby league year books, handbooks and annuals



Widnes rugby league photographs



Widnes rugby league magazines



of 399


Widnes rugby league fanzines



Widnes rugby league souvenir publications and objects



Widnes rugby league testimonial, benefit match programmes

and brochures



Widnes rugby league one-off match and charity match




Widnes rugby league press cuttings



Widnes rugby league histories and anniversary publications


of 399



Widnes rugby league statistics and fixtures



Widnes rugby league club community work


RFL/CR/1/W5 Series

Wigan rugby league club records

1 box

Records generated by, or uniquely relevant to, Wigan rugby




20th century


Wigan rugby league business records



Wigan rugby league year books, handbooks and annuals



of 399


Wigan rugby league photographs



Wigan rugby league magazines



Wigan rugby league fanzines



Wigan rugby league souvenir publications and objects



Wigan rugby league testimonial, benefit match programmes and

brochures



Wigan rugby league one-off match and charity match



of 399



Wigan rugby league press cuttings



Wigan rugby league histories and anniversary publications



Wigan rugby league statistics and fixtures



Wigan rugby league club community work


RFL/CR/1/W6 Series

Workington rugby league club records

1 box

Records generated by, or uniquely relevant to, Workington rugby




20th century


Workington rugby league business records

of 399




Workington rugby league year books, handbooks and annuals



Workington rugby league photographs



Workington rugby league magazines



Workington rugby league fanzines



Workington rugby league souvenir publications and objects



of 399


Workington rugby league testimonial, benefit match




Workington rugby league one-off match and charity match




Workington rugby league press cuttings



Workington rugby league histories and anniversary publications



Workington rugby league statistics and fixtures



Workington rugby league club community work


of 399


RFL/CR/1/Y1 Series

York rugby league club records

1 box

Records generated by, or uniquely relevant to, York rugby league




20th century

RFL/CR/1/Y1/1 Subseries

York rugby league business records



York rugby league year books, handbooks and annuals



York rugby league photographs



York rugby league magazines



York rugby league fanzines

of 399




York rugby league souvenir publications and objects



York rugby league testimonial, benefit match programmes and

brochures



York rugby league one-off match and charity match




York rugby league press cuttings



York rugby league histories and anniversary publications


of 399



York rugby league statistics and fixtures



Yorkrugby league club community work


RFL/CR/1/YS Series

Yorkshire Rugby League Supporters' Federation records

1 box3 items

Yorkshire Rugby League Supporters' Federation records


1923-1981

RFL/CR/1/YS/1 Series

Yorkshire Rugby League Supporters Federation minute books

3 items

Yorkshire Rugby League Supporters Federation minute books

- Minute book March 1923-August 1930 (includes details of the

foundation of the organisation and the role of Supporters Clubs in

rugby league)

- Minute book June 1935-April 1955

- Minute book 1955-1979 (includes list of presidents, chairmen,

secretaries, treasurers, and life members from 1923-1981; also

includes a list of clubs and when they joined the federation)


1923-1981

RFL/CR/2 Series

Rugby Football League Year Books

1903-2000

of 399


3 boxes94 volumes

Also known as Official Guide Books or Official Guides.

These books were produced annually and provide a useful

reference guide of information about the Rugby Football League

and its organisation including: past chairmen, committees,

members of the Rugby Football League, bye-laws, standing

orders, disciplinary committee rules, Challenge Cup competition

rules, agreement with the Football Association, management

committee, clubs in membership, Cumberland county league,

Lancashire county league, Yorkshire county league, District

leagues, referees, international league and cup records, fixtures,

laws of the game, club colours, grounds, club contact details.


RFL/CR/3 Subfonds

Rugby League Record Keepers' Club

4 boxes

Records created by or relating to the Rugby League Record

Keepers' Club


1982-1990s

RFL/CR/3/1 Subseries

Rugby League Record Keepers' Club Teams and Scorers books

2 boxes

- Booklets: Rugby League Record Keepers' Club Teams and

Scorers books, also know as the blue books. These booklets are

arranged by year and feature statistics from the domestic

League/Championship competition for professional English rugby

league clubs from 1895-1992.

- File: typed document of corrections for the Teams and Scorers

booklets


1990s


Irvin Saxton's History of Rugby League books

1 box

Booklets on the history of rugby league, edited by Irvin Saxton.

1990s

of 399


The booklets are arranged by year and include results of domestic

and international matches as well as a written history of key

events in rugby league during the year. The booklets cover 1895-

1989; there are additionally some booklets that summarise and

cover multiple years.



Rugby League Record Keepers' Club loose sheets

4 items

Rugby League Record Keepers' Club loose sheets in blue folders.

Arranged by year and featuring statistics for the primary domestic

League/Championship competition, also Great Britain, Australia

and New Zealand tours. Teams include domestic professional

clubs, also: Manningham, Merthyr Tydfil, Mid Rhonda, Millom,

Morecambe, Newcastle, Normanton, Pontefract, Radcliffe,

Runcorn, South Shields, Sowerby Bridge, Stockport, Tyldlesley.

1890s-1990s


1990s

RFL/CR/3/A Subseries

Rugby League Record Keepers Club administration

2 items

Administrative records relating to the Rugby Football League's

relationship with the UK Record Keepers Club

- File: correspondence with Mr N Williams regarding a history of

rugby league 1982

- List of members of the Rugby League Record Keepers' Club

1984


1982-1984

RFL/CR/4 Subfonds

Community Game

15 boxes

Records in this section relate to the Rugby Football League's role

in the administration of the community game and its

communication with the community game's associations and

governing bodies. This includes amateur rugby league organised

1950s-2007

of 399


by the British Amateur Rugby League Association, universities,

student and schools rugby league.


RFL/CR/4/1 Subfonds

Community game administration

4 boxes

Records in this section relate to the Rugby Football League's role

in the administration of the community game and its

communication with the community game's associations and

governing bodies.


1932-2003

RFL/CR/4/1/1 Subfonds

British Amateur Rugby League Association administrative

records

3 items

British Amateur Rugby League Association administrative records


1983

RFL/CR/4/1/1/1 Series

British Amateur Rugby League Association meeting minutes

2 items

British Amateur Rugby League Association Executive Committee

meeting minutes 13 February 1983 and 16 October 1983


1983


British Amateur Rugby League Association correspondence

1 item

British Amateur Rugby League Association correspondence

- file: documents relating to British Amateur Rugby League

Association youth tour of New Zealand 1983

1983

of 399



RFL/CR/4/1/2 Series

Correspondence with district leagues 1932-1933

1 item

Correspondence with district leagues


1932-1933

RFL/CR/4/1/3 Series

Correspondence with amateur district leagues 1950s-1973

2.5 boxes

- Correspondence with amateur district leagues and district league

annual reports 1950s-1973

(leagues covered include: Barrow, Bradford, Blackpool,

Cumberland, Castleford, Doncaster, Heavy Woolen, Halifax, Hull,

Huddersfield, Keighley, Leeds, Lancashire, Leigh, Manchester,

Merseyside, Midlands, Oldham, Rochdale, Southern, South West,

St Helens, Universities, Wakefield, Warrington, Widnes, Wigan,

York, Yorkshire).

- Summary of amateur district league interim reports 1972-1973

- Correspondence and circulars with amateur district leagues

1973-1974

- Records relating to plans for a John Wilson memorial building

at Castleford and District Amateur Rugby League 1950s


1950s-1973


Lancashire County Amateur Rugby League administrative

records

4 items

Lancashire County Amateur Rugby League administrative records


1950-1961

RFL/CR/4/1/4/1 Series 1950-1961

of 399


Lancashire County Amateur Rugby League minute books

2 items

Lancashire County Amateur Rugby League minute books

- Lancashire County Amateur Rugby League minute book 1957-

1961

- Lancashire County Amateur Rugby League minute book 1950-

1956



Lancashire County Amateur Rugby League accounts

1 item

Lancashire County Amateur Rugby League accounts

- Lancashire County Amateur Rugby League accounts 1953-1960


1953-1960

RFL/CR/4/1/4/3 Subseries

Merseyside Amateur Rugby League Association administrative

records

1 item

Merseyside Amateur Rugby League Association administrative

records, includes short history of MARLA and details of the

management committee.


1956

RFL/CR/4/1/5 Series

Southern Amateur Rugby League administrative records

17 items

Administrative records relating to the Southern Amateur Rugby

League (the Southern Amateur Rugby League changed its name to

the London Amateur Rugby League in 1986).


1970-2003

of 399



Southern Rugby League Council minutes

1 item

Southern Rugby League Council minutes

- File: Southern Rugby League Council minutes 1983-1992


1970-1979


Southern Rugby League Coaching Association minutes

1 item

Southern Rugby League Coaching Association minutes

- File: Southern Rugby League Coaching Association minutes

1981-1982


1981-1982


Southern Amateur Rugby League meeting minutes

7 items

Southern Amateur Rugby League meeting minutes

- File: Southern Amateur Rugby League meeting minutes 1970-

1979 [split into three folders for preservation purposes]

- File: Southern Amateur Rugby League meeting minutes 1980-

1989 [split into two folders for preservation purposes]

- File: London Amateur Rugby League meeting minutes 1989-

1997 [split into two folders for preservation purposes]


1970-1997


Southern Amateur Rugby League Development Association

minutes

1973-1994

of 399


2 items

Southern Amateur Rugby League Development Association

minutes

- File: Sports Development Committee, report and letters

regarding development of the Southern Amateur Rugby League 5

February 1973

- File: Southern Amateur Rugby League Development

Association minutes and correspondence 1994



London Amateur Rugby League correspondence

1 item

London Amateur Rugby League correspondence

- File: correspondence and accounts 2000-2003


2000-2003


London Amateur Rugby League development plans

2 items

London Amateur Rugby League development plans

- London Rugby League Development Plan [1992]

- Rugby League Development Plan London 1992-1992


1992


London Amateur Rugby League press cuttings

1 item

London Amateur Rugby League press cuttings

- spiral bound folder of photocopies of press cuttings ands

promotional material relating to amateur rugby league in London

1987-1988

1987-1988

of 399




London Amateur Rugby League disciplinary records

1 item

London Amateur Rugby League disciplinary records

- File: London Amateur Rugby League dismissals 1995-1998


1995-1998


London Amateur Rugby League administrative handbooks

1 item

London Amateur Rugby League administrative handbooks

- London Amateur Rugby League Handbook [1996]; includes

contacts, adminstrators duties, forms, competition rules, results,

constitution, venues, colours, committees.


[1996]

RFL/CR/4/1/6 Series

Inner London Schools Rugby League administrative records

1 item

Inner London Schools Rugby League administrative records

- File: correspondence, accounts, press cuttings, fixtures and

constitution for the Inner London Education Authority Schools

Amateur Rugby League Association 1980


1980


Student rugby league administrative records

10 items

Student rugby league administrative records

1980s-1990s

of 399




Student rugby league press releases and press cuttings

3 items

Student rugby league press releases and press cuttings


1980s-1990s


Student Rugby League World Cup administrative records

7 items

Student Rugby League World Cup administrative records

- Report on the Student World Cup, York 1989, contains press

cuttings and promotional material

- Draft material for report on 1989 Student World Cup

- File: Student Rugby League World Cup correspondence 1992 (3

files)

- File: Student Rugby League World Cup correspondence and

administrative records 1992

- File: Student World Cup 1992


1989-1992


English Schools' Rugby League administrative records

1 item

English Schools' Rugby League administrative records

- English Schools' Rugby League Secretary's Report Season

1975-1976


1975-1976

RFL/CR/4/2 Subfonds

of 399


Community game programmes and records produced for

spectators

Community game programmes and records produced for

spectators



Community game programmes

1 box

Community game programmes


[c1950s]-

2007


Community game adult domestic competition programmes

1 folder

Community game adult domestic competition programmes


[c1950s-

1990s]


Community game adult international programmes

1 folder


[c1950s-

1990s]


Services rugby league programmes

1 item

Services rugby league programmes


13 April

[1955]

RFL/CR/4/2/1/4 Series 1983-1989

of 399


Schools rugby league programmes

4 items

Schools rugby league programmes



Universities rugby league programmes

24 items

Universities rugby league programmes


1986-2007


Scotland rugby league programmes

4 items

Scotland rugby league programmes


1988-1999


Community game handbooks

1.5 boxes

Community game handbooks


1969-1998


Southern Amateur Rugby League handbooks

7 items

Southern Amateur Rugby League handbooks 1984-1996 (note, the

Southern Amateur Rugby League changed its name to the London

Amateur Rugby League in 1986)


1984-1996

of 399



Kingston-Upon-Hull & Humberside Amateur Rugby League

handbooks

1 item

Kingston-Upon-Hull & Humberside Amateur Rugby League

handbooks

- Kingston-Upon-Hull & Humberside Amateur Rugby League

handbook 1988-1989


1988-1989


BARLA handbooks

1 box21 items

British Amateur Rugby League Association handbooks; an annual

volume including information on: BARLA officials, contacts,

rules, leagues, teams, results, fixtures, articles, constitution, bye-

laws.


1975-1998


Lancashire Schools' Rugby League Association handbooks

1 item

Lancashire Schools' Rugby League Association handbooks

- Lancashire Schools' Rugby League Association handbook

season 1974-1975


1974-1975


North West Counties Schools' Rugby League handbooks

1 item

North West Counties Schools' Rugby League handbooks

1992-1992

of 399


- North West Counties Schools' Rugby League handbook season

1991-1992



Humberside Schools' Rugby Football League handbooks

2 items

Humberside Schools' Rugby Football League handbooks

- Humberside Schools' Rugby Football League handbooks

(Kingston-Upon-Hull Division) 1978-1979

- Humberside Schools' Rugby Football League handbook

(Kingston-Upon-Hull Division) 1979-1980


1978-1980


The English Schools Rugby League handbooks

2 items

The English Schools Rugby League handbooks

- The English Schools Rugby League handbook [1981-1982]

- The English Schools Rugby League handbook 1993-1994


[1981]-1994


Leeds and Hunslet and Morley Schools' Rugby League

handbooks

5 items

Leeds and Hunslet and Morley Schools' Rugby League handbooks

- Leeds and Hunslett Schools' Rugby League handbook 1983-

1984

- Leeds and Hunslet and Morley Schools' Rugby League

handbook 1986-1987


handbook 1989-1990

1983-1997

of 399



handbook 1990-1991

- Leeds and Hunslet and Schools' Rugby League handbook 1996-

1997



Universities and Colleges rugby league handbooks

2 items

Universities and Colleges rugby league handbooks

- The University Rugby League Clubs Handbook 1969-1970

- University and College Rugby League Clubs Association

Handbook 1972-1973


1969-1973


Community game souvenir publications and brochures

12 items

Community game souvenir publications and brochures

- Souvenir Brochure: BARLA Slalom Lager National Amateur

Rugby League (annual publication providing an introduction to

the season), four issues, [1986]-1990

- Leeds Schools' Rugby League Wembley 1987

- Booklet: 'A short history of the Southern Amateur Rugby

League' and 'Cloth caps amidst the dreaming spires? Oxford and

Cambridge take up the League code, 1975-81 1988

- Souvenir booklet: The History of Tertiary Rugby League and

The World Student Cup' produced for the Student World Cup held

in York, 1989

- Brochure: Wigan Schools' Rugby League Wembley 1989

- Souvenir brochure: Official Opening by Her Majesty the Queen

of BARLA's Headquarters, West Yorkshire House, Huddersfield

30 November 1990

- Souvenir brochure: The Official Opening of the British Amateur

[1986-

c2000s]

of 399


Rugby League Association Headquarters 30 November 1990

- Booklet: The Lighter Side of Rugby League (publication by

York Amateur League) [1998]

- Kingston Upon Hull & Humberside Amateur Rugby League

Official Yearbook 1990-1991

- British Amateur Rugby League Association Review of the

Season 1993/94

- Souvenir rugby ball printed with Oxford v Cambridge [c1990s-

c2000s]

- Brochure: Student Rugby League Home Nations

Championships Glasgow 2003



Community game magazines

1 box33 items

Community game magazines


1990-2006


The Bulletin

30 items

The Bulletin magazine - Journal of the British Amateur Rugby

League Association

- thirty issues 1998-2006 (incomplete)


1998-2006


Try RL on the Ball

2 items

Magazine: Try RL on the Ball

- Issue 1 Spring 1991

- Issue 2 1991

1991

of 399




Blues & Golds

1 item

Blues & Golds magazine

- Blues & Golds Orrell St James' ARLFC magazine 1990


1990

RFL/CR/4/3 Subfonds

Community game kit, trophies and clothing

3 items

Community Game kit, trophies and clothing produced for players

or administrators

- English Schools Rugby League tie [c1990s-c2000s]

- Skirlaugh ARLFC [Amateur Rugby League Football Club] tie

[c1990s-c2000s]

- Pennant: Moroccoan Rugby Football Association, A Morocco

R13 v British Amateur Rugby League Association 3 March 1994


[c1990s-

c2000s]

RFL/CR/4/4 Subfonds

Community game photographs

0 items

There are currently no records in this subfonds.


not

applicable

RFL/CR/4/4/1 Series

Student rugby league photographs

3 boxes

c1980s-

c1990s

of 399


Student rugby league photographs



Community game photographs to identify

1 bundle

Community game photographs to identify


c1950s-

c1990s

RFL/CR/5 Subfonds

British Rugby League Lions Association

1 box

Records relating to the British Rugby League Lions Association.


1980-2005

RFL/CR/5/1 Series

British Lions Association reunion lunches

3 items

Records relating to British Lions Association reunion lunches


1981-2005

RFL/CR/5/1/1 Subseries

British Lions Association Reunion Luncheon programmes

16 items

Programmes for the British Rugby League Lions Association

annual reunion lunches 1981-1993, 1995, 2005, 2010, 2014


1981-2005


British Lions Association reunion lunches administrative

records

1989-1994

of 399


1 item

Administrative records relating to British Rugby League Lions

Association reunion lunches including: seating plans, lists of

guests, standard letters and circulars, correspondence.

Original available for consultation by appointment. Includes

personal addresses, Data Protection form required for access.

RFL/CR/5/1/3 Series

British Lions Association photographs and press cuttings

1 item

British Lions Association photographs and press cuttings


1990s

RFL/CR/5/2 Series

British Lions Association trips

1 item

Records relating to British Rugby League Lions Association trips

- Tour programme and photocopies of press cuttings relating to

the British Rugby League Lions Association tour of Australia

1980


1980

RFL/CR/5/3 Series

British Lions Association photographs

2 items

British Lions Association photographs


1980-1985

RFL/CR/6 Subfonds

International Bodies and Clubs

8 boxes

1929-2013

of 399


Records relating to the Rugby Football League's relationship with

international governing bodies and clubs.


RFL/CR/6/1 Series

Rugby League International Board

2.5 boxes24 items


the Rugby League International Board


1952-1999


Rugby League International Board administration

15 items

Rugby League International Board administration


1952-1999


Rugby League International Board administrative records 1952

2 items



1952



3 items


- Documents relating to the Rugby League International Board

Conference held in Auckland, New Zealand in 1955, including

programme of events with agenda, menu for complimentary

dinner, and telegram sent by William Fallowfield regarding rule

changes agreed at the meeting.

1955

of 399





1 item


- File: correspondence with the International Board, 1976-1982

includes travel arrangements, photographs, meeting agendas,

reports


1976-1982



1 item


- tankard: International Rugby League Board Sydney 1977


1977



1 item


- File: correspondence relating to arrangements for meetings of

the International Board in France, 1978-1982


1978-1982



1 item


- File: correspondence with the International Board, includes

1981

of 399


travel arrangements, meeting agendas, reports 1981-1983




1 item


- File: correspondence with the International Board largely

relating to the meeting to be held 16-19 November 1982


1982



1 item


- File: correspondence with the International Board largely

relating to the meeting to be held in Auckland September 1983


1983



1 item


- File: International Board papers, includes reports, regulations,

minutes, correspondence. 1998


1998



1 item


1999

of 399


- Bound report: Meeting of the Rugby League International

Federation 27-28 October 1999


RFL/CR/6/2 Series

Australian Rugby League

1 box

Records relating to Australian rugby league and the Rugby

Football League's relationship with Australia's rugby league

governing body.


1929-2013


Australian Rugby League administration

18 items

Australian Rugby League administration

- File: press cuttings and programme relating to Brisbane Rugby

League's link with rugby union. 1929

- Report on the administration and organisation of rugby league

in Great Britain and France by J K Sharp for the Australian Rugby

League Board of Control. Sharp travelled with the 1948-1949

Australian touring team to research this report. 1949

- File: records relating to the Manly-Warringah Schoolboys'

Rugby League Football Carnival, Brookvale Oval, 30 July 1955

- File: correspondence and records relating to rugby league in

Australia and Australia's rugby league governing body. 1979

- Brisbane Rugby Football League fifteenth annual report and

balance sheet. 1936

- Country Rugby Football League of New South Wales, fiftieth-

fifty second and fifty fourth annual reports, 1983-1987 [four

items]

- First Northern Sydney District Rugby League Football Club Ltd

Annual Report. 1986

- St George League's Club Limited 39th annual report and

financial statements for 1993.

1929-2012

of 399


- Australian Rugby Football League Limited contact diaries for

1989 and 1992

- Two files: press cuttings relating to Australian rugby league,

2012

- Copy of Parra Pulse, Parramatta City Council's community

newsletter, features a competition to win a signed Parramatta Eels

rugby league jersey. July-September 2012

- Plaque presented to the Rugby Football League by Illawarra

Academy of Sport during their tour of Great Britain 1992

- Metal bowl: To Mrs W Fallowfield Best Wishes NSWRFL

[New South Wales Rugby Football League] 1955 1955

- Tankard: NSWGC [New South Wales Golf Club?] [c1960s-

1970s?]



Australian Rugby League programmes and records produced for

spectators

19 items

Programme: Winfield Cup Footbal Final Fever Bowls New South

Wales Rugby League, 16 September 1989

Souvenir booklet: Silver Jubilee of Carlaw Park, Headquarters of

Auckland Rugby League 1921-1946

Season guides: Canberra Raiders 2011-2012 [2 items]

Souvenir newspaper: South Sydney Rugby League Club 1967-

1968

Flyer: corporate event package advert for West Tigers v Manley

Sea Eagles

Membership pack: Western Sydney Wanderers inaugral season

2012-2013

Fanzine: Rugby League Gazette no. 3 March/April 1993

Booklet: 6th annual Tom Brock Lecture: 'No More Bloody

Bundles for Britain': The post-World War II Tours of the British

and French Allies 22 September 2004

Booklet: 7th annual Tom Brock Lecture: 'The Great Fibro versus

Silvertail Wars' 21 September 2005

Newspaper: Central Coast Grandstand Issue 23, 23 February 2012

1964-2013

of 399


(2 copies)

Coaching manuals

- Book: How to Play Rugby League authorised by the New South

Wales and the Queensland Rugby Football League 1964

- Book: The Australian Rugby Football League Coaching Manual

in Co-operation with Rothmans National Sport Foundation

(copyright Australian Rugby League) 1980

- Book: Wally Lewis How to Play Rugby League (copyright

Wally Lewis) 1990

Programmes:

- Magazine: Leagues' Club Journal, The Official Organ of the

N.S.W. [New South Wales] Leagues' Club, seven issues, 1957-

1965, incomplete series

- Magazine: The Western Australian Rugby League Magazine,

Souvenir Issue English Visit 1975

- Magazine: The Eastern Suburbs Roosters, Official Publication

of the Eastern Suburbs Rugby League Football Club Ltd, No. 4

July 1989

- Programme: Queensland Wizard Cup Grand Final Toowoomba

Clydesdales v Redcliffe Dolphins, 16 September 2006

- Programme: Queensland Wizard Cup Grand Final Ipswich Jets

v Souths Logan Magpies, [13 September] 2008

- Shirt: St George Illawara (Australia) official licensed shirt

[thought to have been given to Manchester United on a close

season tour] [2010-2013]



Australian Rugby League kit, trophies and clothing

0 items



not

applicable


Australian Rugby League photographs

1 large photo

1919

of 399


Australian Rugby League photographs


RFL/CR/6/3 Series

New Zealand Rugby League

10 items

Records relating to New Zealand rugby league and the Rugby

Football League's relationship with New Zealand's rugby league

governing body.


1975-2012


New Zealand Rugby League administration

7 items

New Zealand Rugby League administration

- badge - New Zealand rugby league [c1950s-c1960s]

- William Fallowfield's honorary membership card for the New

Zealand Rugby League. 1975

- New Zealand Rugby League Annual Accounts and Balance

Sheet 1986

- File: press cuttings relating to rugby league in New Zealand

2012

- Booklet: In League Winna, associated with an exhibition from

the New South Wales Aboriginal Rugby League Knockout and St

Marys Rugby League Club, held at Penrith Regional Gallery &

The Lewers Bequest, 13 July-16 September 2012

- The New Zealand Rugby Football League (Inc) 75th Annual

Report, 1983

- Newsletter: Kiwis Association Newsletter no. 53, Jun/Jul 2014


1975-2014


New Zealand Rugby League programmes and records produced

for spectators

1971-1973

of 399


3 items

New Zealand Rugby League programmes and records produced

for spectators

- New Zealand Rugby League Annual 1971-1973 (3 items)



New Zealand Rugby League kit, trophies and clothing

0 items



not

applicable


New Zealand Rugby League photographs

0 items



not

applicable

RFL/CR/6/4 Series

French Rugby League

21 items

Records relating to French rugby league and the Rugby Football

League's relationship with France's rugby league governing body.


1934-1998


French Rugby League administration

15 items

French Rugby League administration

- file containing agreement between the Rugby Football League

and Jean Galia, photocopy of player agreement, and

1934-1998

of 399


correspondence relating to the tour which became the foundation

of rugby league in France, 1934

- two telegrams relating to playing strength in France and their

invitation to tour Australia 1937

-file: press cuttings relating to professionalism in French rugby

union, 1940s

- file cover labelled F F Jeu XIII, Ligue Franciase de Rugby 13,

Mr W Fallowfield [c1940s]

- file: records relating to French rugby league, professionalism,

and conflict with French rugby union, 1940s

- file: dinner programmes, invitations and menus for events

attended by William Fallowfield in France, 1940s-1950s

- William Fallowfield's life membership card to the French

Rugby League, [c1950s-c1970s]

- two files relating to the Alex Angel Trophy/Alex Angel Cup,

1992-1993

- administrative file: correspondence with French rugby league

1991-1992

- press release relating to inquiry into French Rugby league and

its treatment during the Second World War, 1998. With letter of

provenance from Cliff Sprachlen

- key ring with rugby design, on reverse: Albi XIII 1933-1973

1973

- 3 French medallions (one damaged, needs repair) [c1950s-

c1980s]

- lapel badge - Federation Francaise de jeu A13 [c1950s-c1960s]

- lapel badge - metal badge on black ribbon, badge has stadium

design above fleur de lis, lion and castle design [c1950s-c1960s]



French Rugby League programmes and records produced for

spectators

6 items

French Rugby League programmes and records produced for

spectators

- French publication: Pau Bearn 13 Saison 1972/73, includes

1972-1992

of 399


photographs and information on rugby league in France

- French publication: Le Jeu a XIII, Louis Bonnery et Raymond

Thomas (Press Universitaires de France, 1986)

- French publication: Rugby a Treize France-Australie 1933-

1986, Louis Bonnery (Cano & Franck, 1986)

- French publication: l'annee treiziste 1982-1983, Alain Carre

(1983)

- French publication: Rugby a Treize Technique et Entrainement,

Louis Bonnery (Revue EP.S, 1992)

- French publication: XIII Catalan Cinquant Ans D'Epopee (du

Castillet, 1984)



French Rugby League kit, trophies and clothing

0 items



not

applicable


French Rugby League photographs

1 item

French Rugby League photographs


1935

RFL/CR/6/5 Series

Papua New Guinean Rugby League

4 items

Records relating to Papua New Guinean rugby league and the

Rugby Football League's relationship with Papua New Guinea's

rugby league governing body.


[1970s] -

1980s

of 399



Papua New Guinean Rugby League administration

1 item

Papua New Guinean Rugby League administration

- Papua New Guinea Rugby League President's Report, covers

the history and present state of rugby league in Papua New Guinea

[1970s]


[1970s]


Papua New Guinean Rugby League programmes and records


2 items

Papua New Guinean Rugby League programmes and records



1980s


Papua New Guinean Rugby League kit, trophies and clothing

0 items



not

applicable


Papua New Guinean Rugby League photographs

1 item

Papua New Guinean Rugby League photographs


1974

RFL/CR/6/6 Series

USA Rugby League

1953-2000

of 399


7 items

Records relating to rugby league in the United States of America

and the Rugby Football League's relationship with the United

States' rugby league governing body.



USA Rugby League administration

4 items

USA Rugby League administration

- File: correspondenceand records relating to the development of

rugby league in the United States and Canada 1953-1955

- File: correspondence and records relating to the development of

rugby league in the United States, primarily California 1954-1957


rugby league in the United States, 1955-1958 [split across two

files during repackaging]


rugby league in the United States, 1959-1960

- cardboard folder with 'The United States Rugby League'

branding [c1980s-c1990s]


1953-

[c1990s]


USA Rugby League programmes and records produced for

spectators

3 items

USA Rugby League programmes and records produced for

spectators


1954-2000


USA Rugby League kit, trophies and clothing

0 items

not

applicable

of 399





USA Rugby League photographs

0 items



not

applicable

RFL/CR/6/7 Series

Canadian Rugby League

1 item

Records relating to Canadian rugby league and the Rugby

Football League's relationship with Canada's rugby league

governing body.


1992-1994


Canadian Rugby League administration

1 item

Canadian Rugby League administration

- File: correspondence regarding rugby league and its

development in Canada, 1992-1994


1992-1994


Canadian Rugby League programmes and records produced for

spectators

0 items



not

applicable

of 399



Canadian Rugby League kit, trophies and clothing

0 items



not

applicable


Canadian Rugby League photographs

0 items



not

applicable

RFL/CR/6/8 Series

Italian Rugby League

3 items

Records relating to Italian rugby league and the Rugby Football

League's relationship with Italy's rugby league governing body.


1953-1969


Italian Rugby League administration

2 items

Italian Rugby League administration

- File: correspondence file relating to the development of rugby

league in Italy, 1953-1958

- File: correspondence file relating to the development of rugby

league in Italy, 1961-1969


1953-1969

RFL/CR/6/8/2 Subseries 1961

of 399


Italian Rugby League programmes and records produced for

spectators

1 item

Italian Rugby League programmes and records produced for

spectators



Italian Rugby League kit, trophies and clothing

0 items



not

applicable


Italian Rugby League photographs

0 items



not

applicable

RFL/CR/6/9 Series

Russian Rugby League

10 items

Records relating to Russian rugby league and the Rugby Football

League's relationship with Russia's rugby league governing body.


[c1950s]-

2005


Russian Rugby League administration

6 items

Russian Rugby League administration

[c1950s-

c1990s]

of 399


- File: Visit to Moscow 2-5 April 1992, visit by David Oxley to

the USSR with the purpose of promoting rugby league in Russia.

- Watch with rugby design, includes instruction booklet [in

Russian] [c1950s-c1990s]

- Alarm clock [Russian] [c1950s-c1990s]

- Russian rugby league presentation stone [c1950s-c1990s]

- badge - St George and eagles design [c1950s-c1990s]

- painted wooden egg with stand [c1950s-c1990s]


The file 'Visit to Moscow 2-5 April 1992' contains visa

applications with personal information on. They have been

retained because they detail members of the party traveling to

Russia and their role in the party that does not appear in other

documents.


Russian Rugby League programmes and records produced for

spectators

2 items

Russian Rugby League programmes and records produced for

spectators


1991-[c1992]


Russian Rugby League kit, trophies and clothing

1 item

Russian Rugby League kit, trophies and clothing produced for



2005


Russian Rugby League photographs

1 item

Russian Rugby League photographs

1990

of 399


- Presentation album of photographs 'Cosmodrome Baikonur'

showing photographs of Russian space shuttles, officials and

rugby league being played in Russia. 1990


RFL/CR/6/10 Series

South African Rugby League

4 items

Records relating to South African rugby league and the Rugby

Football League's relationship with South Africa's rugby league

governing body.


1962-1990s


South African Rugby League administration

2 items

South African Rugby League administration

- File: correspondence regarding the development of rugby league

in South Africa 1962-1964

- File: correspondence with Wilf Rosenberg regarding the

development of rugby league in South Africa 1996


1962-1996


South African Rugby League programmes and records produced

for spectators

1 item

South African Rugby League programmes and records produced

for spectators


1990s


South African Rugby League kit, trophies and clothing

not

applicable

of 399


0 items




South African Rugby League photographs

1 item

South African Rugby League photographs


1992

RFL/CR/6/11 Series

Welsh Rugby League

13 items

Records relating to Welsh rugby league and the Rugby Football

League's relationship with Wales' rugby league governing body.


1947-

[c1990s]


Welsh Rugby League administration

8 items

Welsh Rugby League administration

- File: correspondence relating to rugby league and its

development in Wales 1947-1949

- File: correspondence relating to rugby league and its

developement in Wales 1950-1962

- File: correspondence with Cardiff City Rugby League Football

Club 1981-1984

- File: correspondence with Bridgend Rugby League Football

Club 1984-1987

- File: statistics for Welsh clubs 1908-1927 [similar information

to the blue folders in the club boxes] created by the Rugby League

Record Keepers Club

- 3 miners lamps with presentation booklets [c1980s]

1947-1987

of 399


- Order of Service for funeral of Philip Houghton Melling 24

November 2011



Welsh Rugby League programmes and records produced for

spectators

4 items

Welsh Rugby League programmes and records produced for

spectators


1959-[1990s]


Rebel Rugby XII fanzine

1 item

Rebel Rugby XII fanzine

- issue 1


1990s


Welsh Rugby League kit, trophies and clothing

2 items

Welsh Rugby League kit, trophies and clothing produced for



[c1980s-

c1990s]


Welsh Rugby League photographs

0 items



not

applicable

of 399


RFL/CR/6/12 Series

Moroccan Rugby League

1 item

Records relating to Moroccan rugby league and the Rugby

Football League's relationship with Morocco's rugby league

community.


[c1980s]


Moroccan Rugby League administration

0 items



not

applicable


Moroccan Rugby League programmes and records produced for

spectators

0 items



not

applicable


Moroccan Rugby League kit, trophies and clothing

1 item

Moroccan Rugby League kit, trophies and clothing produced for


- trophy: Moroccan rugby football association [c1980s]


[c1980s]


Moroccan Rugby League photographs

not

applicable

of 399


0 items



RFL/CR/6/13 Subfonds

Scottish Rugby League

7 items

Records relating to Scottish rugby league and the Rugby Football

League's relationship with Scotland's rugby league community.


1998-2003


Scottish Rugby League administration

1 item

Scottish Rugby League administration

- Scotland Rugby League business card [c2000s]


[c2000s]


Scottish Rugby League programmes and records produced for

spectators

8 items

Scottish Rugby League programmes and records produced for

spectators

- Programme: Scotland Rugby League 10-a-side tournament,

Whitecraigs Rugby Club Glasgow, 19 April 1998

- Programme: Scotland Rugby League the 1st Scottish Grand

Final Border Eagles v Edinburgh Eagles, Hillhead Sports Club, 23

August 1998, with two tickets

- Programme: Scotland Rugby League Scottish Grand Final

Edinburgh Eagles v Portobello Playboys, Hillhead Sports Club

Glasgow, 8 August 1999

- Programme: Scotland Rugby League the 4th Scottish Grand

1998-2006

of 399


Final, West of Scotland FC Glasgow, 11 August 2001

- Programme: Scotland Rugby League Nines Tournament,

Paisley Rugby Club, 10 May 2003

- Programme: Scotland Rugby League Scottish Grand Final

Edinburgh Eagles v Fife Lions and Scottish Plate Final, Portobello

Playboys v Clyde Buccaneers, Broughton RFC Edinburgh, 5 July

2003

- Programme: International Challenge Match Scotland 'A' v

France Federale 17 June 2006

- Programme: Scotland 'A' v Wales 'A', Lochinch Park Glasgow,

16 July 2006

- Programme: Scotland Rugby Leaguge Scottish Grand Final Fife

Lions v Moray Eels, Fife Southern RFC Rosyth, 29 July 2006



Scottish Rugby League kit, trophies and clothing




Scottish Rugby League photographs



RFL/CR/6/14 Series

Georgian Rugby League

1 box4 items

Records relating to Georgian rugby league and the Rugby Football

League's relationship with Georgia's rugby league community.


[2005]

of 399



Georgian Rugby League administration

2 items

Georgian Rugby League administrative records

Dagger

2005


Georgian Rugby League programmes and records produced for

spectators

0 items



not

applicable


Georgian Rugby League kit, trophies and clothing

2 items

Georgian Rugby League kit, trophies and clothing produced for


- Georgia rugby league playing shirt [c2005]

- Medal from Georgia's first rugby league international v

Netherlands [2005]


[2005]


Georgian Rugby League photographs

0 items



not

applicable

RFL/CR/6/A Subfonds

1954-1982

of 399


International bodies - central administration

2 items

International bodies - central administration records that cover

more than one country or governing body

- File: International correspondence 1954-1964, covers

correspondence regarding rugby league from countries including:

Australia, Russia, South Africa, Portugal, Yugoslavia, Romania,

Argentina, Ireland

- File: International correspondence 1970-1982, covers

correspondence regarding rugby league from countries including:

France, Italy, United States of America, Germany, Australia, New

Zealand


RFL/CR/7 Subfonds

Corporate social responsibility programmes

3 items

Records relating to Rugby Football League corporate social

responsibility programmes.


2000s

RFL/CR/7/1 Series

Rugby Football League child protection programmes

1 item

Records relating to Rugby Football League child protection

programmes

- File: Rugby League Child Protection Policy and Implementation

Procedures, in collaboration with the NSCPPP and Sport England

2003


2003

RFL/CR/7/2 Series

Rugby Football League anti-racism programmes

2 items

Records relating to Rugby Football League anti-racism

2000s

of 399


programmes

- two files relating to 'Tackle It' a study by Leeds Metropolitan

University looking at racism in rugby league and options for

tackling it.


RFL/CR/8 Subfonds

Rugby union

4 items


rugby union.


1947-

[c2000s]

RFL/CR/8/1 Subfonds

Correspondence between the Rugby Football League and rugby

union

2 items

Correspondence between the Rugby Football League and rugby

union

- file of correspondence between the Rugby Football League and

rugby union-related bodies, also includes enquiries sent to the

Rugby Football League regarding rugby union 1947-1964

- file of correspondence regarding Middlesex County Rugby

Football Union's invitation to Wigan rugby league team to play in

the 1997 Middlesex Sevens competition 1996


1947-1996

RFL/CR/8/2 Series

Reports relating to relations between rugby league and rugby

union

1 item

Reports relating to relations between rugby league and rugby

union

- House of Commons National Heritage Committee Third Report

Relations Between Rugby Union and Rugby League 29 March

1995

1995

of 399



RFL/CR/8/3 Series

Objects relating to the Rugby Football League's relationship

with rugby union

1 item

Objects relating to the Rugby Football League's relationship with

rugby union

- Framed embroidered rose [this was framed at Twickenham and

is very similar to the Rugby Football Union's logo, it is therefore

suggested that this item was presented to the Rugby Football

League by the Rugby Football Union]


[c1990s-

2000s]

RFL/CR/9 Subfonds

Honours and awards

2 items

Records relating to honours and awards given by the Rugby

Football League.


[c1990s]

RFL/CR/9/1 Series

Rugby Football League life membership

2 items

Records relating to the award of Rugby Football League life

membership

- two Rugby League Life Member ties


[c1990s]

RFL/CR/9/2/1977 Series

Photographs: Man of Steel awards ceremonies 1977-1981

1 file

1977-1981

of 399


Photographs: Man of Steel awards ceremonies 1977-1981



Photographs: Man of Steel awards ceremony 1980

1 file

File of photographs featuring awards including the Trumann's

Man of Steel awards


1980



2 items



1983



1 file

File of photographs featuring awards including the Greenall Man

of Steel awards


1985

RFL/CR/9/3 Subfonds

Posters and advertising material

Posters and advertising material relating to rugby league honours

and awards

- poster advertising Trumanns Man of Steel awards 1980


RFL/CR/10 Subfonds 1970s-1999

of 399


Central participation and development programmes

1 box6 items

Records relating to central participation and development

programmes

- File: Correspondence regarding the expansion of rugby league

in Britain 1970s-1980s

- The Central Council of Physical Recreation, Report of the tenth

National Conference of Sport and Recreation 1981

- The Central Council of Physical Recreation, Report of the

eleventh National Conference of Sport and Recreation 1982

- Report: The actual and potential supporter of Rugby League by

Dr PM Williamson on behalf of the Rugby Football League

December 1987.

- Report on the development of rugby league, by Brendan Clark

as part of his undergraduate degree attachment to the Rugby

Football League c1987

- House of Commons Culture Media and Sport Committee

Second Report The Future of Professional Rugby 9

December 1999







records






RFL/CR/11 Series

Rugby League Bulletin

4 items

Rugby League Bulletin, official magazine of the Rugby Football

League


2009

of 399


RFL/ET Subfonds

Estates and Facilities - Rugby Football League Archive

1 box3 items


function of managing its estates.

Records primarily relate to the mangement of the Rugby Football

League's head office as match grounds and pitches are the

responsibility of individual clubs.

- File on alterations to the Secretary’s office, overhaul of heating

and light, early 1950s

- File concerning Rugby Football League headquarters building

alterations, 1961-2 – at this point the headquarters was in Halifax

in Lord Street Chambers.

- Metal plaque: 'Offices of the Rugby Football League' no date

- Three polaroid photographs showing the Rugby Football

League headquarters; David Oxley; a garden [c1990s]


1950s-1960s

RFL/FN Subfonds

Finance - Rugby Football League Archive

7 boxes


function of managing its finances.

This section includes cash books, accounts, statistics, documents

relating to pay, pension, insurance and tax.

This section does not include financial records relating to

individual competitions or tours where they have previously been

kept with other records relating to the organisation of the

competition. These financial records have been maintained in their

original order with the other competition records.


1910-1990s

RFL/FN/1 Series

Financial analysis scrapbooks

1952-1995

of 399


2.5 boxes11 items

A series of scrapbooks containing newspaper cuttings relating to

rugby league competitions and annotated with details of scores,

attendances, receipts, weather, tv attendance and gross gates.

These appear to have been created by the Rugby Football League

to record or track tax payments.


RFL/FN/2 Series

Financial analysis volumes

0.5 boxes2 items

Financial analysis volumes containing details of teams,

attendance, gross gate receipts, weather, television coverage.


1964-1992

RFL/FN/3 Series

Tour statistics

5 items

Financial statistics for tours by year, includes opponents, venue,

date, attendance, gross gate receipts, tax paid share paid to touring

team [some records do not include all of these details].

- statistics for tours by Australia to England and France 1937-

1938

- statistics for tours by Great Britain to Australasia and tours by

Australia to New Zealand and Europe 1946-1982 (includes visual

map representations for Great Britain tours to Australia and New

Zealand)

- statistics for tours by New Zealand to Great Britain 1947-1982

- statistics for Australian tours 1949-1971

- statistics for tours by France to Australia 1951-1964


1937-1982

RFL/FN/4 Series

Wages books

5 items

1960-1980

of 399


Five wages books for Rugby Football League head office staff

Data Protection issues - see guidelines for information

RFL/FN/5 Subfonds

Competition accounts

2 items

Accounts relating to rugby league competitions

- Match financial accounts (various competitions and levels)

1949-1959

- Volume: test match ticket sales 1975-1988


1949-1988

RFL/FN/6 Series

Competition cash books

4 items

Competition cash books

- Wembley cash book 1967-1979

- cash book Wembley 1967, also contains photograph of L Jordan

- 2 cash books, appears to be A team competitions 1970s-1990s


1967-1990s

RFL/FN/7 Series

Competition statistics

2 items

Competition statistics

- Telegram relating to gate receipts shares for a match between

England and Wales 1937

- Financial statistics for the Great Britain vs Australia 1997 test

series, 1994 Great Britain vs Australia test series, 1996

Premiership Final, Challenge Cup Final 1998


1937-1998

of 399


RFL/FN/8 Subfonds

British Playing Fields Society financial records

2 items

British Playing Fields Society financial records

- British Playing Field Society Revenue Accounts 1930-1972

- British Playing Fields Society cash book 1974-1979


1930-1979

RFL/FN/9 Subfonds

Northern Rugby Football Union Mutual Insurance Society

records

1 item

Northern Rugby Football Union Mutual Insurance Society records

- Minutes of the Northern Rugby Football Union Mutual

Insurance Society 1910-1939


1910-1939

RFL/FN/10 Subfonds

Records relating to the impact of Entertainment Duty on

finances

3 items

Records relating to the impact of Entertainment Duty on finances

Rugby Football League memorandum: Entertainment Duty –

Impact on Finances of Clubs January 1953 [The date appears to

be incorrect, likely to be January 1954 - David Gronow 2012]; a

17 page memorandum ‘to reveal the effects of the increased rates

of Entertainment Duty on the finances of professional RL clubs’

- Annual General Meeting documents from various professional

clubs 1952/53 collected as evidence for the above memorandum:

Batley (year ended 30/04/53); Barrow (year ended 31/05/53);

Bradford Northern (year ended 30/06/53); Doncaster (year ended

30/04/53); Halifax (year ended 30/04/53); Huddersfield (year

ended 30/04/53); Leigh (year ended 30/04/53); Liverpool (year

ended 31/05/53); Oldham (year ended 31/03/53); Salford (year

ended 31/05/53); St Helens (year ended 15/05/53); Swinton (year

1953-[1954]

of 399


ended 30/06/53); Warrington (year ended 31/05/53)

- Documents relating to the impact of entertainment duty 1950s


RFL/FN/11 Subfonds

Financial correspondence

8 items

Financial correspondence

- File: Standardisation of wages and bonuses 1954-1955

- Envelope of information on income tax and signing on fees,

1961-1963

- File: National Health Insurance, Graduated Pensions, SET,

Industrial Injury, Unemployment Pay, Income Tax, government

decisions, circulars, policy letters and government publications.

1960-1962

- Correspondence relating to Value Added Tax 1970s

- Correspondence relating to insurance 1970s

- Correspondence relating to income tax 1970s

- File: income tax, signing on fees, expenses. 1981

- Administrative file: Correspondence regarding finance for the

Great Britain Women's Rugby League Tour of Australia 1996


1954-1996

RFL/FN/12 Series

Central accounts

2 items

Records relating to Rugby Football League central accounts.

- Volume: central accounts 1952-1957 (there are a number of

loose inserts and pieces of correspondence in the volume)

- Rugby Football League cash book 1956-1979


1952-1979

of 399


RFL/GV Subfonds

Governance - Rugby Football League Archive

9 boxes


function of governance and enforcement of the organisation's

operational rules.

This section includes tribunal records and records of fines

imposed on teams for failing to follow operational rules.


1905-c2003

RFL/GV/1 Series

Individual player transfer tribunals

7 boxes

Records relating to player transfer tribunals; transfer tribunals take

place when an arbitration process is required to agree the process

of transferring a player from one club to another. These files

consist primarily of correspondence between the Rugby Football

League, players and clubs. Files are arranged alphabetically by

surname.






- the researcher has signed a Researcher Undertaking form.

NB The fact that any individual transfer tribunal took place should

not be disclosed unless a Researcher Undertaking form has been

signed.

Ask the archivist responsible for the collection or senior member

of staff if you have any Data Protection concerns around making

these records accessible.

c1992-c2003

RFL/GV/2 Series

Collated player transfer tribunal files

0.5 boxes4 files

Collated player transfer tribunal files transfer tribunals take place

when an arbitration process is required to agree the process of

transferring a player from one club to another. These files consist

primarily of correspondence between the Rugby Football League,

c1988-c1992

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players and clubs. Files are arranged alphabetically by surname

with multiple names per file.



further details.







records






NB The fact that any individual transfer tribunal took place should

not be disclosed unless the above conditions have been met.

Ask the archivist responsible for the collection, or senior member

of staff, if you have any Data Protection concerns around making

these records accessible.

RFL/GV/3 Series

Administrative records relating to player transfer tribunals

0.5 boxes3 files

Administrative records relating to player transfer tribunals

- File: Trinbunal general, includes meeting minutes, standard

letters, responses to queries regarding the tribunal process. 1987-

1992

- File: Tribunal review 16 October 1990, includes meeting

minutes relating to a review of the tribunal process and regulations

relating to transfers, blank copy of a player contract and

registration form, correspondence. 1990

- File: Trinbual - fees and appointments, includes documents

relating to tribunal costs, blank copies of tribunal documents,

correspondence, details of attendance at tribunals. 1988-1990


1987-1992

RFL/GV/4 Series

1905-1984

of 399


Club fines

1 box4 items

Records relating to club fines for breach of operational rules

- Volume: Northern Rugby Football League Fines, details fines

imposed on clubs for breaches of operational rules including late

starts, lack of full player list, disturbances on the ground, playing

suspended/unregistered players 1905-1938

- Volume: fines arranged by club, details fines imposed on clubs

for breaches of operational rules including playing

suspended/unregistered players, late reports, disturbances on the

ground, late payments, criticism of referee 1970s

- File: Halifax alleged illegal payments 1964

- File: Oldham v Leigh appeal, relating to the appeal by Oldham

and Leigh clubs following the abandonment of a match on 8

January 1984 due to a brawl


RFL/HR Subfonds

Personnel - Rugby Football League Archive

24 boxes


function of managing personnel.

This section includes records relating to the management of

players, referees and coaches.


1906-2003

RFL/HR/1 Subfonds

Managing personnel - players

21 boxes

Records relating to the management of professional players


1906-2003

RFL/HR/1/1 Series

Registers of Players

1906-1978

of 399


19 boxes42 volumes

Registers of Players are the official central record of which club a

professional rugby league player is playing for. The registers are

arranged by year, and within each year by club.


Player Registers - Assuming youngest player in register is 16,

register should be closed for 84 years

RFL/HR/1/2 Series

Registers of players - reserve teams

2 items

Registers of players for the reserve, or A, teams of professional

clubs

Yorkshire Senior Competition registers of players 1935-1946 and

1947-1948


1935-1948

RFL/HR/1/3 Subfonds

Player transfers

4 items

Records relating to player transfers and the transfer system

- File: list of rugby league transfers arranged by date with details

of players, clubs and fees paid 1948-1968; and list of South

African players at English clubs 1923-1962.

- File: correspondence relating to the international transfer ban.

1947-1950

- File: correspondence and reports relating to international

transfers. 1989

- Document relating to the Bosman ruling and the Rugby Football

League transfer system [1995]


1923-[1995]

RFL/HR/1/4 Subfonds

International appearances

1 item

1940s-1950s

of 399


Records relating to international appearances by Rugby Football

League players

- Volume: International Appearances, includes lists of

international appearances and caps by players from England,

Wales and Other Nationalities, test match appearances, test match

caps, International Championship medals, Amateur International

caps and badges,. Also includes details of officials for

international test matches, Championship finals, Challenge Cup

finals. Also includes statistics relating to Challenge Cup semi-

finals, test matches (1947-1954), international and representative

games, and international touring teams. Also includes information

on Council Members' trips to France, programme production costs

and sales, and international blazer badges. Also includes a number

of loose documents including documents relating to to the

televising of rugby league matches. 1940s-1950s

- Card index of players who played for Great Britain or Wales.

1980s-1990s


Data protection alert: the card index of players who played for

Great Britain or Wales. 1980s-1990s contains personal data

including date and place of birth, marital status, addresses and

telephone numbers.

RFL/HR/1/5 Series

Player pen pictures

4 items

Player pen pictures - descriptions/profiles of players generally

including age, height, weight, summary of rugby career and

details of hobbies.

- File: International pen pictures, features players who had played

at international level in British amateur and professional rugby

league. Also includes pen pictures for French and Australian

teams. 1960s

- File:club pen pictures (some from newspapers), features players

from British professional clubs. 1960s

- File: club pen pictures, features players from British

professional clubs, arranged by club. 1960s

- File: club pen pictures, features players from British

professional clubs, arranged by club. 1970s


1960s-1970s

of 399


RFL/HR/1/6 Subfonds

Player compensation and contracts

4 items

Records relating to player compensation

- File: records relating to the Rugby Football League's dispute

with the Players' Union player agreements, transfers, and fees.

1952

- File: winning bonuses, includes correspondence between the

Rugby Football League and clubs. 1955-1962

- Document relating to the player contract and compensation

system 22 November 1996

- File: Players' Consultative Committee. 1998


1952-1998

RFL/HR/1/7 Subfonds

Player disciplinary records

6 items

Records relating to disciplinary action taken against players for

on-field offences

- Volume: player suspensions, arranged by player surname. 1928-

1949


1960 [binding damaged]


1975 [binding and spine damaged]


1983 [spine damaged]

- Standard of play report, Management Committee meeting to

discuss current standard of play compared with the pre-war [pre-

1939] standard. 3 March 1954

- File: Len Casey's appeal file 1984 (Len Casey had been selected

for the Great Britain tour in 1984 but was suspended for six

months so was unable to attend; he appealed this decision)


1928-1984

of 399


RFL/HR/1/8 Subfonds

Photographs of rugby league players

203 small photos14 large photos

Photographs of rugby league players


1890s-1997

RFL/HR/1/8/1 Subseries

Postcards of rugby league players

37 items

Postcards of individual rugby league players

- D Cartwright, Featherstone

- W Carswell, Barrow

- T Mannion, Warrington

- R Blackburn, Warrington

- GA Skelhorn, Warrington

- T Cunliffe, Warrington

- J Owen, St Helens Rec's

- D Edwards, Rochdale

- E Thomas, Leigh

- J Darwell, Leigh

- J France, Leigh

- W Emery, Leigh

- J Cartwright, Leigh

- C Pollard, Wakefield

- H Hewson, Wakefield

- J Corsi, York

- A Corsi, York

- J McEwan, York

- J H Bettridge, York

- A Mann, Bradford

- T Melling, Bradford

- J Cresswell, Hull FC

- J Holdsworth, Hull FC

- J Ellis, Hull FC

- H Garratt, Hull FC

- J Beasty, Hull FC

- E Caswell, Hull FC

- E Rogers, Hull FC

- J Mills, Hull FC

- F Gibson, Hull KR

- L Osborne, Hull KR

- A Moore, Hull KR

- J H Wilkinson, Hull KR

- J Cook, Hull KR

- J R Wilkinson, Hull KR

- G Austin, Hull KR

[c1920s]

of 399


- W Westerdale, Hull KR


RFL/HR/1/8/BROPHY1 Subseries

Photograph: Tom Brophy

1 item

Photograph: Tom Brophy, Barrow


[1960s-

1970s]

RFL/HR/1/8/CHALLINOR1 Subseries

Photograph: Jim Challinor

1 item

Photograph: Jim Challinor


[1950s-

1960s]

RFL/HR/1/8/GALLAGHER1 Subseries

Photograph: John Gallagher

1 item

Photograph: John Gallagher on his debut for Leeds


25 May

1990

RFL/HR/1/8/HARDISTY1 Subseries

Photograph: A Hardisty

1 item

Photograph: Alan Hardisty, Castleford


1970

RFL/HR/1/8/HARRISON1 Subseries

Photograph: Mike Harrison

1 item

1965

of 399


Photograph: Mike Harrison, Hull FC (formerly of Fish

Trades Youth Club)


RFL/HR/1/8/PALIN1 Subseries

Photographs: Harold Palin

1 item

Photographs: Harold Palin


1947

RFL/HR/1/8/TYSON1 Subseries

Photograph: Brian Tyson

1 item

Photograph: Brian Tyson, Hull KR


1962

RFL/HR/1/9 Subfonds

Photographs of domestic rugby league teams

Photographs of domestic rugby league teams


RFL/HR/2 Subfonds

Managing personnel - match officials

2.5 boxes

Records relating to the Rugby Football League's management of

match officials and their relationship.


1899-1997

RFL/HR/2/1 Series

Yorkshire Society of Referees minute books

1899-1979

of 399


1 box2 items

Yorkshire Society of Referees minute books 1899-1919 and 1956-

1979. The 1899-1919 volume also includes loose papers in the

front of the volume.


RFL/HR/2/2 Series

Match official examination records

2 items

Referee examination records

- Referee examination results 1948-1972

- Referee examination question papers 1947-1973


1947-1973

RFL/HR/2/3 Series

Meetings between the Rugby Football League and referees

1 item

Meetings between the Rugby Football League and referees

- meeting minutes between the Rugby Football League

Management Committee and Northern League Referees, Leeds,

28 October 1936


1936

RFL/HR/2/4 Series

Registers of match officials

1 item

Registers of match officials

- print outs of computerised lists of match officials (referees and

touch judges) for Challenge Cup and pre-season matches for

professional and age-grade rugby 1997


1997

of 399


RFL/HR/2/5 Series

Reports and publications

1 item

Reports and publications relating to referees

- The performance characteristics of the senior rugby league

referees: A report submitted to the Rugby Football League

(August 1980-April 1981) by Gerald Quinn, John White and John

Thornhill of the Human Performance Laboratory at the University

of Salford


1981

RFL/HR/2/6 Series

Awards and objects

3 items

Awards and objects relating to referees

- Testimonial brochure: Billy Thompson 'Tommo' [1980s]

- Tankard presented to W Fallowfield by the Barrow Rugby

League Referees November 1964

- keyring 'Respect the Ref' with external body logo [possibly UK

Sport] [c1990s]


1964-[1990s]

RFL/HR/3 Subfonds

Managing personnel - development programmes

1 item

Records relating to Rugby Football League personnel

development programmes

- Pamphlet: World Class Performance Plan, outlines the Rugby

Football League's plan for developing coaches and players 2003


2003

RFL/HR/4 Subfonds

(1949)-

1984[1990s]

of 399


Managing personnel - coaching

11 items

Records relating to the Rugby Football League's management of

coaches and their relationship.


RFL/HR/4/1 Series

Coaching manuals

10 items

Coaching manuals

- Manual of Rugby League Coaching by The Leeds and Hunslet

Schools' Rugby Leagues (published by the Rugby Football

League) 1971

- The Rugby League Coach by Les Bettinson [c1970s]

- Coaching Scheme supported by BP - rugby union coaching

scheme booklet, 1979-1980

- The Rugby League Skills Manual by Phil Larder 1983

- The Rugby Football League Conference of Club Coaches

February 1983

- The National Coaching Foundation Introductory Study Pack

(packs 2-6) 1984 [5 items]


1971-1984

RFL/HR/4/2 Series

Coaching examinations

1 item

Coaching examinations

- Photocopy of the Rugby Football League Regional Coaches'

Course - Headingley, Theoretical Examination 22 July 1949 with

compliments slip to Tony Collins from London League

Publications


(1949)[1990s]

RFL/HR/4/3 Subfonds 20th century

of 399


Coaching photographs

18 small photographs

Coaching photographs


RFL/HR/5 Subfonds

Managing personnel - head office staff

Managing personnel - head office staff


RFL/MD Subfonds

Media Relations - Rugby Football League Archive

27 boxes


function of managing relations with the media.

This section includes records relating to correspondence and

negotiations with television broadcasters.

This section also includes records relating to media monitoring

such as commercial publications and press cuttings.

Press cuttings which appear to have been collected only as part of

an individual competition, and not systematically as part of a

central function, have been arranged with their respective

competition.

Press cuttings which relate to an individual country, but do not

appear to have been systematically collected as part of a central

function, have been arranged under the community relations

function with the records of their respective country or

international body.


1929-2012

RFL/MD/1 Subfonds

Media monitoring

26 boxes

1940s-2012

of 399


Records relating to the Rugby Football League's monitoring of

commercial publications featuring rugby league and press

cuttings. Press cuttings which appear to have been collected on an

ad hoc basis in relation to an individual competition or event have

been catalogued with the appropriate event; press cuttings in the

media monitoring section are those which appear to have been

collected as part of a centralised effort to collect press information

about rugby league as a whole.


RFL/MD/1/1 Subfonds

Media monitoring - commercial publications

19 boxes

Commercial publications collected by the Rugby Football League

for information on contemporary activities and interest in

professional rugby league. Published histories of rugby league are

catalogued either with their respective international body

(RFL/CR/6) or have been kept with the Rugby Football League

printed archive material.


1940s-2012

RFL/MD/1/1/1 Series

Rugby League Review

4 items

Rugby League Review, monthly magazine.

Incomplete series.

- Bound volume: Volume Two, Numbers 13-24, September 1947-

August 1948

- Loose edition: Volume Four, Number 54, 4 November 1949

- Loose edition: Volume Four, Number 86, 16 June 1950

- Loose edition, vol. 5, No. 124, 9 March 1951


1947-1950

RFL/MD/1/1/2 Series

Rugby League Gazette

8 items

1940s-1950s

of 399


Rugby League Gazette, monthly magazine.

Incomplete series.

- September 1949

- November 1949

- December 1949

- February 1950

- March 1950

- July 1950

- January 1955 (Volume 2, Number 5)

- April 1955 (Volume 2, Number 8)


RFL/MD/1/1/3 Series

Rugby Leaguer

1 box

Rugby Leaguer, weekly magazine.

Incomplete series.


1957-1966

RFL/MD/1/1/4 Series

Rugby Leaguer Review

4 items

Rugby Leaguer Review, monthly magazine (companion

publication to the weekly Rugby Leaguer)

- Bound volume: Issues 1-11, 1988-1989



- Envelope of loose cuttings from Rugby Leaguer Review

magazine 1990s


1988-1991

of 399


RFL/MD/1/1/5 Series

Rugby League Magazine

1 file

Rugby League Magazine.

Incomplete series.


1963-1970

RFL/MD/1/1/6 Series

Open Rugby

3 boxes

Open Rugby, rugby league magazine. Open Rugby changed its

name and became Rugby League World from March 1999.

Incomplete series.

The following issues are missing from the Open Rugby/Rugby

League World series:

no. 175 May 1995

no. 184 Apr 1996

no. 200 Sep 1997

no. 202 Nov 1997

no. 217-225 Apr 1999-Dec 1999

no. 227-301 Feb 2000-Apr 2006

no. 303 Jun 2006

no. 306-333 Sep 2006-Jan 2009

no. 335-336 Mar-May 2009

no. 338-341 Jun-Sep 2009


1980-2009

RFL/MD/1/1/7 Series

Code 13 The Journal of Rugby League Heritage

17 items

Code 13 The Journal of Rugby League Heritage.

Issues 1-17 (complete).


1986-1989

RFL/MD/1/1/8 Series

Rugby League Week International

1990

of 399


1 item

Rugby League Week International, magazine.

Incomplete series.

- loose issue, 1 November 1990


RFL/MD/1/1/9 Series

Rugby League Thirteen

13 items

Rugby League Thirteen, rugby league magazine.

Issues 1-12 (complete) and one special supplement (unclear which

issue this relates to).


1990

RFL/MD/1/1/10 Series

League Express

2 boxes

League Express, newspaper style rugby league magazine.

Incomplete series.


1991-1994


Rugby League Weekend

6 items

Rugby League Weekend.

Incomplete series.

The name of this publication was previously League Express

Weekend before being changed to Rugby League Weekend. It was

later changed to Super League Week, then to Total Rugby League,

it then moved to online format totalrl.com.

The editions currently available at the University of Huddersfield

include Rugby League Weekend and Super League Week

publications.


1995-[1996]

of 399



Super League The Magazine

1 item

Super League The Magazine, rugby league magazine.

- Loose edition: Issue 1, 19 March 1996


1996


Our Game

8 items

Our Game, rugby league magazine.

Incomplete series.

1. Spring 2000; 2. Autumn 2000; 3. Spring 2001; 4. Autumn 2001

5. Spring 2002; 7. Spring 2003; 11. Spring 2005; 12. Autumn

2005; 13. Spring 2006; 14. Autumn 2006


2000-2006


Touchlines

1 item

Touchlines: The Magazine of the Rugby Memorabilia Society.

Incomplete series.

- Loose edition: September 2001


2001


New League Weekly

1 item

New League Weekly, newspaper style rugby league magazine.

Incomplete series.

2002

of 399


- Loose edition: 24 June 2002



Rugby League Journal

22 items

Rugby League Journal, rugby league magazine.

Incomplete series.


2002-2009

RFL/MD/1/1/17 Subfonds

United Kingdom annuals

1 box

United Kingdom rugby league annuals and one-off commercial

publications


1948-1975

RFL/MD/1/1/17/1 Series

Ken Ashton's Rugby League Fanfare

2 items

Ken Ashton's Rugby League Fanfare

- Ken Ashton's Rugby League Fanfare Wembley Special 1973

- A Ken Ashton Rugby League Souvenir, Leeds v Salford

Player's No. 6 Cup Final 1973


1973


Rugby Revels

1 item

Rugby Revels, rugby league publication


1961-1962

of 399



Rugby Favourites

2 items

Rugby Favourites, rugby league publication


1948-1949


Daily Telegraph Sports Year Book

1 item

Daily Telegraph Sports Year Book, includes information on rugby

league


1948


Harry Sunderland's Cavalcade of Rugby League

1 item

Harry Sunderland's Cavalcade of Rugby League, rugby league

publication


1950


Windsors Rugby League Annual

2 items

Windsors Rugby League Annual, rugby league publication


1962-1964


Playfair Rugby League Annual

1 item

1984-1985

of 399


Playfair Rugby League Annual, rugby league publication



Rugby League Review

4 items

Rugby League Review, annual rugby league publication


1976-1980


British Coal The Rugby League Yearbook

1 item

British Coal The Rugby League Yearbook, annual rugby league

publication


1989-1990


Rugby League All Stars

1 item

Rugby League All Stars, rugby league publication - published by

the Rugby Football League


1975


Eddie Waring Rugby League Annual

6 items

Eddie Waring Rugby League Annual, rugby league publication


1959-1969


Australia commercial publications

1969-2012

of 399


4 boxes

Commercial publications on the subject of rugby league produced

in Australia.



Big League

3 boxes

Big League, Australian rugby league magazine.

Incomplete series.


1983-2012


Rugby League News

1 item

Rugby League News, Australian rugby league magazine.

Incomplete series.

- Vol. 39, No. 9, May 17-18 1969


1969


Rugby League Week

5 items

Rugby League Week, a magazine focussing on rugby league in

Australia.

Incomplete series.


1988-2012

RFL/MD/1/1/18/4 Subfonds

Australian rugby league newspaper supplements

3 items

1989-2012

of 399


Australian rugby league newspaper supplements.



New Zealand commercial publications

2 items


in New Zealand.


1947-1975


The Auckland Rugby League Gazette

1 item

The Auckland Rugby League Gazette, a magazine focussing on

rugby league in New Zealand.

- Loose issue, 16 August 1947


16 August

1947


New Zealand rugby league annuals

1 item

New Zealand commercial rugby league annuals.

- Air New Zealand Rugby League Annual 1975


1975


French commercial publications

4 boxes


in France.


1977-2000

of 399



Treize magazine

3 boxes

Treize magazine, a French magazine focussing on rugby league.

This series is incomplete.

Unbound copies:

1. September 1978, 3. November 1978, 4. December 1978-

January 1979, 11. October 1979, 18. May 1980, 21. September

1980, 22. October-November 1980, 23. December 1980, 24.

January 1981, 25. February 1981, 26. March 1981, 27. April 1981,

28. May 1981, 28. May 1981 (supplement – tour to antipodes), 29.

June 1981, 30. July 1981, 31. October 1981, 32. November 1981,

33. December 1981, 34. January 1982, 35. February 1982, 36.

March 1982, 37. April 1982, 38. April (?) 1982, 39. June 1982,

40. July 1982, 41. October 1982, 42. November 1982, 43.

December 1982, 44. January 1983, 45. February 1983, 47. April

1983, 48. May 1983, 49. June 1983, 50. July 1983, 51. October

1983, 52. November 1983, 53. December 1983, 54. January 1984,

55. February 1984, 56. March 1984, 57. April 1984, 58. May

1984, 59. June 1984, 60. June (?) 1984, 61. October 1984, 62.

November 1984, 63. December 1984, 64. January 1985, 65.

February 1985, 66. March 1985, 67. April 1985, 68. May 1985,

69. June 1985, 70. July 1985, 71. October 1985, 72. November

1985, 73. December 1985, 75. February 1986, 76. March 1986,

77. April 1986, 78. May 1986, 79. June 1986, 80. July 1986, 82.

November 1986, 83. December 1986, 84. January 1987, 85.

February 1987. 86. March 1987 87. April 1987 88. May 1987 91.

September 1987 92. October 1987 93. November 1987 94.

December 1987 95. January 1988, 96. February 1988, 97. Match

1988, 98. April 1988, 99. May 1988, 100. June 1988, 101.

September 1988, 102. October 1988, 103. November 1988, 104.

December 1988, 105. January 1989, 106. February 1989, 107.

March 1989, 108. April 1989, 109. May 1989, 111. September

1989, 112. October 1989 113. November 1989, 114. December

1989, 115. January 1990, 221. December 2000

Bound copies:

Number 116 February 1990 to Number 128 April 1991

Number 129 June 1991 to Number 190 June 1997 (Numbers 144,

146 and 160 missing)


1978-2000


Le XIII magazine

26 January

1977

of 399


1 item

Le XIII magazine, a French magazine focussing on rugby league.

This series is incomplete.

Unbound copies:

24. 26 January 1977



Papua New Guinean commercial publications

0.5 box


in Papua New Guinea.


1987


PNG Top League

5 items

Colour magazines covering a range of topics relating to rugby

league in Papua New Guinea.

Issue 1, 5 June 1987



Issue 5, 3 July 1987

Issue 6, 10 July 1987


1987


Tom Webb's Rugby League Record

1 item

Tom Webb's Rugby League Record, rugby league magazine

- Volume 1, Number 3, November 1962


1962

of 399


RFL/MD/1/2 Subfonds

Press cuttings and scrapbooks

7 boxes

Press cuttings and scrapbooks


1947-2005


Loose press cuttings

5 items

Loose press cuttings

- File: press cuttings relating to multiple rugby league

competitions 1947-1948

- File: mixed press cuttings, includes articles relating to

Huddersfield, Blackpool, Mansfield, Royal Air Force (RAF), and

Summer Rugby Scheme 1940s-1950s

- File: rugby league press coverage from the News Chronicle and

Daily Dispatch, includes article on Orford Tannery amateur club

from Warrington 21 January 1958

- Sunday Times colour magazine featuring article (and front

cover) on rugby league 3 May 1964

- File: mixed press cuttings relating to multiple rugby league

competitions 1990s


1947-1990s


Rugby league scrapbooks

8 items

Rugby league scrapbooks of unknown provenance

- Scrapbook of press cuttings covering the Australian tour to

Great Britain 1921-1922

- Scrapbook of press cuttings covering the Australian tour to

Great Britain 1929-1930

- Scrapbook of press cuttings covering the Great Britain tour to

Australia and New Zealand 1938

1921-1950s

of 399




- Scrapbook of press cuttings covering the New Zealand tour to

Great Britain 1947

- Scrapbook containing press cuttings relating to domestic and

international rugby league competitions 1950s






RFL/MD/1/2/3 Series

Press cuttings

5 boxes

Series of folders of press cuttings relating to multiple rugby league

competitions 2000-2005

These folders appear to have been collected centrally by the

Rugby Football League as part of a media monitoring exercise.


2000-2005

RFL/MD/2 Subfonds

Communications with broadcasters

1 box11 items

Communications with broadcasters


1929-1990s

RFL/MD/2/1 Series

Correspondence with Sky television

5 items

Correspondence with Sky television and press cuttings relating to

Satellite television.


1980s-1995

of 399


RFL/MD/2/2 Series

Correspondence with the BBC

1 item

Correspondence with the British Broadcasting Corporation


1929-1970s

RFL/MD/2/3 Series

Correspondence with Channel 4 television

1 item

Correspondence with Channel 4 television


1980s

RFL/MD/2/4 Series

Correspondence with American television broadcasters

1 item

Correspondence with American television broadcasters


1978-1985

RFL/MD/2/5 Series

Rugby Football League television contracts

1 item

Rugby Football League television contracts


1990s

RFL/MD/2/6 Subfonds

Reports and research relating to television broadcasting

2 items

Reports and research relating to television broadcasting and its

impact and role for rugby league.

1980s-1993

of 399



RFL/MK Subfonds

Marketing - Rugby Football League Archive

1 box6 items


function of marketing the Rugby Football League as an

organisation.

Records relating to the marketing of individual events and

competitions have been arranged with their respective event or

competition.

- Marketing report: A Preliminary Report to the Rugby Football

League Council August 1971 by John Caine Associates

- Manuscript document: table detailing teams, newspapers and

percentage coverage [c1980s-c1990s]

- Folder containing two documents from Grey marketing agency

regarding marketing for the rugby league 1991

- Australian Rugby League computer game (for use on Sega

Mega Drive) 1994

- Jonah Lomu Rugby computer game (for use on Playstation)

1997

- CD-R labelled: ''Super League Pro Rugby'' DOS game [c1990s-

c2000s]


1971-[-

c2000s]

RFL/RU Subfonds

Laws of the Game - Rugby Football League Archive

1 box


function of developing and enforcing the laws of the game.

This section includes copies of the laws of the game (these can

also be found in the year books), manuals on how to play the

game, manuals and laws relating to rugby union (presumably

maintained for reference when developing laws). Many of these

records were not published by the Rugby Football League but it

has been assumed they were collected as reference material for

use when developing the laws of the game.

1948-1980

of 399



RFL/RU/1 Series

Rugby league laws of the game and manuals

13 items

Rugby league laws of the game [rules] and manuals


[c1950s-

c1960s]

RFL/RU/1/1 Subseries

Rugby league laws of the game

11 items

Booklets covering the official Rugby Football League laws of the

game and the official international laws of the game, also mini-

footy.


[c1950s]-

1986

RFL/RU/1/2 Subseries

Rugby league manuals

3 items

Manuals and guides on how to play rugby league football


[c1950s-

c1960s]

RFL/RU/2 Series

Laws of the game administration

1 item

Records relating to the administration of the laws [rules] of the

game. Please note, most records relating to the administration and

development of the laws of the game of rugby league will be

found


1948-1958

RFL/RU/3 Series 1948-1980

of 399


Rugby union laws and manuals

3 items

Records relating to the laws and rules of rugby union - it is

assumed that these items were collected as reference material

when the Rugby Football League were considering rule changes.

Booklet: 'Why the Whistle Went' - humerous guide to the rules of

rugby union 1948

Booklet: guide to Mini Rugby (3rd edition 1979-1980)

Booklet: know the game Rugby Union Football 10th edition 1973


of 399



Terry Wynn Archive

1961 - 2010

To search this catalogue electronically please visit www.heritagequay.org/archives

Accession No(s): 2010-12-14 Date of Accession: 14 October 2011 Collection Reference No: JHW Catalogued Date: 14 August 2012 Updated


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Introduction

Administrative History Terry Wynn was a Member of European Parliament (MEP) for North-West England between 1989 and 2006. In 1989, with the help of fellow MEP, Brian Simpson, he established a cross party parliamentary group at Brussels to promote Rugby League as a Sport and highlight discrimination of the rugby league players by Rugby Football unions. He is a lifelong fan of the Wigan Warriors. Between 1999 and 2006, he was president of the EU Budget Committee. He has a special interest in the use of development aid in South Africa. Sources http://www.terrywynn.com/ http://www.eucnetwork.org.nz/activities/euresidence/docs/wynn_profile.pdf

Collection Description The collection is divided into three sections; 1. Correspondences and Photographs relating to Terry Wynn, the European parliament or Rugby League (1988-2005) 2. Programmes and memorabilia collected by Terry Wynn (1961-2010) 3. Magazines collected by Terry Wynn (Open Rugby: The League Magazine and Rugby League World (1980-2010))

Extent 10 boxes

Custodial History Accumulated by Terry Wynn during his work as an MEP.

Related Material RFL - Rugby Football League Archive. HPA - Rugby League Past Players Papers.

Access Conditions Originals available for consultation by appointment

http://www.terrywynn.com/

http://www.eucnetwork.org.nz/activities/euresidence/docs/wynn_profile.pdf

of 399


TW Fonds

Terry Wynn Archive

665 items

10 boxes

The collection is divided into three sections;

1. Correspondences and Photographs relating to Terry Wynn, the

European parliament or Rugby League (1988-2005)

2. Programmes and memorabilia collected by Terry Wynn (1961-2010)

3. Magazines collected by Terry Wynn (Open Rugby: The League

Magazine and Rugby League World (1980-2010))


1961-2010

TW/1 Section

Correspondence and Photographs

173 items in 2 boxes

Box 1

7 photographs of Terry Wynn

24 letters to Terry Wynn 1988-2002 (French Rugby League, Wigan

Warriors, Sheffield Eagles, South African Rugby League, Commission

for Racial Quality, Rugby League Intergroup, The Politics of Sport,

BARLA, Scandanavian Rugby League)

4 emails to/from Terry Wynn 2000-2002 (Student Rugby League in

Russia, London Broncos, Wigan Warriors, Bramley Rugby League,

Rugby League Express

Booklet made by Stefan Hopewell on Russian Rugby League

Booklet on Rugby Leagues around the country with relation to an RFL

conference- 2001

Webpage printout regarding a mix up over names involving Terry

Wynn and a Welsh MEP- 2001

Copy of The Bulletin: Journal of the British Amateur Rugby League

Association (BARLA) Issue 12- 2000

South African Rugby League brochure, regarding a tour to Yorkshire-

2000

Folder containing the South African Rugby League report to the

International Board- 1998List of contacts at the different national

associations in Rugby League

6 Letters to/from Tony Cunningham MEP (Eurathlon 97, Rugby

League Intergroup, Samoan Rugby League, Rugby League Intergroup)

- 1995-1998

A proposal of the future path of Rugby League by Lionel Hurst, Chief

Executive of the London Broncos- 2001

Building the Peace: Youth Sport in Northern Ireland- an in-depth study

Copy of 'What's the difference?: A Study of the nature and extent of

Racism in Rugby League

2 booklets on the 'Tackle Racism in Rugby League' campaign- 1998

1988-2005

of 399


Article and a letter on the significance of the Bosman transfer and its

implications on Rugby League- 1995

Newspaper article on the global appeal of Rugby Union

Contacts for various Pacific islands associations

Newspaper article regarding the Japanese Rugby League Association-

1995

Copies of articles from Open Rugby: The league Magazine- 1995

Programme from Great Britain Young Lions Tour to New Zealand

(BARLA)- 1995

Programme from the Great Britain Lions (BARLA) tour to South

Africa- 1995

Folder containing information on the Rugby league Intergroup at the

European Parliament- 1995

Folder containing copies of articles from Open Rugby: The League

magazine and Rugby League articles from national newspapers- 1991

Postcard containing the signatures of the French national Rugby league

team- 1991

2 commemorative programmes of the Queen opening BARLA

headquarters in Huddersfield- 1990

Box 2

5 Photographs of Terry Wynn

The Greatest Game Magazine (2001) Issue 40

35 Letters to/from Terry Wynn 1996-2000

2 Letters to/from Brian Simpson, MEP for North West England 1999-

2004, 2006-2009 (2000)

5 Emails to/from Terry Wynn from various correspondences 2000

7 Fax messages to/from Terry Wynn 1999- 2000

Advertisement regarding the Inaugural meeting of supporters Of

Rugby League at the European Parliament

Letter to a newspaper regarding verbal abuse towards Mr Wynn at a St

Helens vs Wigan match

Parliamentary Culture, Media and sport select committee report:

membership and powers- 2000

Notification of the select committee's publication of the government

response to 'the Future of Professional Rugby'- 2000

Extracts from the financial times regarding the European parliament's

involvement in sport- 1999

Letter to the RFL on the constitution and development of South

African Rugby League by Barry Haslam, referee and chairman of

South African Rugby League (2000)

Press Release of the European Parliament forming the Rugby League

Support Group

Copy of the report 'The Future of Professional Rugby' (1999-2000)

Copy of the Brussels Notebook: Directorate for Press and Audiovisual

services, regarding EU enlargement and financial aid to Turkey- (1999)

Publication of the overview of the European Parliament Rugby League

Support Group inaugural meeting- (October 1999)

Press release from Terry Wynn's constituency office, containing

evidence for the Culture, Media and Sports committee on 'The Future

of Professional Rugby'- (1999)

A copy of the Europeean Commission's response to the Helsinki report

on sport (1999)

Letter to Terry Wynn with information about the 2000 Rugby League

World Cup attached (1999)

Press release about opponents to French Rugby League (1999)

of 399


Programme from the 1999 Australian Schoolboys Tour to Great Britain

and Ireland

The overall document of 'the Future of Professional Rugby' report

Third Annual report of Mini League Rugby in South Africa

Article from the Guardian newspaper regarding the growth of French

Rugby League (1998)

Article from a local newspaper in Wigan relating to Terry Wynn

An invitation to Tony Cunningham MEP for Cumbria and Lancashire

North 1994-1999, to the meeting of the Rugby League Intergroup in

Strasbourg (1998)

A complaint filed regarding the purchase of Wigan Warriors and

Wigan Athletic Football Club (1998)

Mini league UK & Ireland Communication Tour booklet (1998)

Press release regarding the creation of the French Rugby league

association

Minutes of the all parliamentary Rugby League group meeting

(January 1997)

Commemorative Wigan Rugby League supporters gift set (1990-1991)

Fax messages to the Lebanese Rugby League Vice-President, Danny

Kazandjian from Terry Wynn (2005)

Letter to the Deputy Prime minister from Terry Wynn (2004)

E-mails to other MEP's to gather support for a Rugby league group

2004-2005

A history of the Rugby league Support group

Report by the Corporate Partnership Programme 'Walking the Talk'

disabilities in the workplace (2003)

E-mails to/from Terry Wynn involving Dutch Rugby league (2004)

Letters to the Dutch Rugby League Federation from Terry Wynn

(2004)

E-mails regarding the growth of rugby league in Morocco (2003-2004)

Warrington Wolves 'Community Development Programme' and letter

(2003)

List of members of the Rugby league Support Group (December 2004)

E-mail to Terry Wynn regarding the development of Rugby League in

Serbia and Eastern Europe (2003)

Letter regarding the development of Rugby League in Russia (2003)

Folder containing information on European Rugby League and the

European Parliament's involvement- E-mails/Reports (2002-2003)

Folder containing report from the European Parliament's Sports

Intergroup conference on the story of French Rugby league and the

barring of it during the Vichy Regime, plus associated e-mails (2003)

Folder containing information on the development of Rugby League in

South Africa (2001)

Brief History of Rugby League


TW/2 Section

Programmes and Memorabilia


Programmes

Wigan RLFC 1974-2007 (League, Cup)

1961-2010

of 399


Challenge Cup Final 1961-2005,

Super League Grand Final 1992-2010

World Club Challenge 1991-2003

Hull Kingston Rovers 1979

Leigh RLFC 1974-2000

Widnes RLFC 1982

Annual review of the Rugby Football League 2003 and 2004

Yorkshire vs Lancashire Challenge (Roses matches) 1982-2002

Lancashire vs Sussex Cricket 1984

Super League: On the Road Magazine 1998

Great Britain Rugby League 1978-2004

Wales Rugby League 1975

England Rugby League 1975-2004

Rugby League World Cup 1975 and 2000

Rugby League Emerging Nations 1995

Oxford vs Cambridge Varsity Match 1984

Cumbria vs Anzac Rugby League 2004

Incomplete run of Programmes. Date range only included.

Associated Memorabilia

Match Tickets 1986-1993

Autographs on a flyer by all the Wigan Rugby League players- no date

Rugby League All Stars Brochure (no date)

Roger Millward magazine (no date)


TW/3 Series

Magazines


This series holds issues of Open Rugby: The League Magazine from

October 1980 to February 1999 (Issues 26-215). This collection is not

complete.

Issues missing; 34, 44, 128-130, 134-136, 156

It also holds Rugby League World Magazines from March 1999 to

November 2010 (Issues 216-355). This collection is not complete.

Issues missing; 238, 294-303,306, 308-314, 316, 317, 323-351, 354


October

1980-

November

2010