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13 CommentsPhoto: RON HUNT
Item #: 30869
I wonder, when this scenario was last seen; a team mate holding the ball in position for his kicker? The lads beneath the sticks seem to be a little bit dejected too . . . although one of them does look as though he's about to shout Boo! Most unsporting.
I'd say he's one of those St Helens lot Philip. He's spat his dummy and is about to take his ball home.
G.W. If the artist's impression is of the game in which St Helens Recs had suffered a mild 9-0 beating then you could be right, and also of the fact that his team mates had shown some sportsmanship.
Good to have you back onboard.
If you look closely, the players are actually standing in the field of play - in front of the try line. Is that allowed in rugby league? At first glance, this looks like rugby union: the clubs on the fixture card give that impression. But there are 13 men in front of the posts...
In 1889 it would have been rugby union. The northern clubs broke away in 1895 to create what was to become the semi-professional rugby league.
For the uninitiated this is Rugby Union. Rugby League came 6 years later in 1895 and it was another 10 years before it became 13 a side.
Well-in! Keith and Fred; and Jarvo's query had certainly been on the premises.
Looks like Aspull Nilled Wigan!
Oops! read it the wrong way round.
Not played foggy.That is a belter..I have "watched" matches at Wigan in the fog.How daft was that.
RugbyFootballHistory.com > Scoring history table, gives bewildering accounts of 'points awarded' i.e., Prior to 1886, touching down the ball behind your own goal line was awarded a point, and not to be confused with the Cheltenham scoring system. The Cheltenham system?
Holding the ball for a conversion attempt was not common but not unknown (in RU) in the late 1950's, as an ex-kicker I had the ball balanced by a colleague at times but I found it more of a hinderance than helpful.
Jack. My tattered Encyclopaedia of Sport that gives results up to and including the 1958-59 season includes a photo of England's JE Williams holding the ball in place for DF Allison during the 1956 game against Ireland at Twickenham - You'd been in good company.