Brighouse Rangers (1915)
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Brighouse Rangers was a professional rugby league club. This club was based in Brighouse
, a town
within the Metropolitan Borough of Calderdale, in West Yorkshire
, England
. It is situated on the River Calder
and has a population of approx 35,000.
The club played in the Wartime Emergency Leagues from 1915-16
to 1918-19 (January)
but not the “Victory” League.
Football Club were founded in the 1870s, and joined the RFU
in 1879, to become one of the founder members of the new Northern Union in 1895, played in the first season 1895-96, became the first winner of the Yorkshire Senior Competition in 1896-97, and continued for 11 seasons until 1905-06
, and disbanded in summer 1906.
This club, Brighouse Rangers was in existence in 1915, but otherwise there is very little publicised information available.
and spent three and a half years with very little success.
In the first season 1915-16
the club finished bottom out of the 24 clubs with 3 points.
In the second season 1916-17
Brighouse Rangers managed to finish second bottom out of 26 clubs with 2 points. The bottom club York also had 2 points, but had played one game more and therefore had a poorer percentage rating.
In the third season 1917-18
the club managed a slight improvement finishing 18th out of 22.
The next season, 1918-19 (Jan)
, commenced as another Wartime Emergency League but with the end of the war, the programme was terminated in January 1919, and a quickly arranged and shortened “Victory" League programme was instigated.
This programme was never completed - and no league tables were ever produced.
It is assumed that the club continued to have very limited success and folded before the start of the 1919 (Feb-May) “Victory” League
as they do not appear in the league tables for this season.
Note - Nowhere in the official archives is the word "Victory" used. It has been used in this article to distinguish between the two competitions held in the 1918-19 season.
The current club are amateurs Brighouse Rangers ARLFC. In the 1970 Brighouse played at Wellholme Park, near the Cricket Club. Towards the approach of the new millennium in 2000, Tesco bought the site including Brighouse ARLFC clubhouse and with the money, the club built anew on Russell Way, off Bradford Road.
Pl = Games Played: W = Win; D = Draw; L = Lose; PF = Points For; PA = Points Against; Diff = Points Difference (+ or -); Pts = League Points
League points: for win = 2; for draw = 1; for loss = 0.
Brighouse
Brighouse is a town within the Metropolitan Borough of Calderdale, in West Yorkshire, England. It is situated on the River Calder, east of Halifax in the Pennines. It is served by Junction 25 of the M62 motorway and Brighouse railway station on the Caldervale Line and Huddersfield Line. In the...
, a town
Town
A town is a human settlement larger than a village but smaller than a city. The size a settlement must be in order to be called a "town" varies considerably in different parts of the world, so that, for example, many American "small towns" seem to British people to be no more than villages, while...
within the Metropolitan Borough of Calderdale, in West Yorkshire
West Yorkshire
West Yorkshire is a metropolitan county within the Yorkshire and the Humber region of England with a population of 2.2 million. West Yorkshire came into existence as a metropolitan county in 1974 after the passage of the Local Government Act 1972....
, England
England
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. It is situated on the River Calder
River Calder, West Yorkshire
The River Calder is a river in West Yorkshire, in Northern England.The Calder rises on the green eastern slopes of the Pennines flows through alternating green countryside, former woollen-mill villages, and large and small towns before joining the River Aire near Castleford.The river's valley is...
and has a population of approx 35,000.
The club played in the Wartime Emergency Leagues from 1915-16
1915-16 Northern Rugby Football Union Wartime Emergency League season
The 1915-16 Northern Rugby Football Union season was the first season of Rugby league's Wartime Emergency League football. Each club played a differing number of fixtures, depending upon the closeness of neighbours, ease of travel etc, with York playing only 11 and Barrow 13 while Salford played 35...
to 1918-19 (January)
1918-19 (January) Northern Rugby Football Union Wartime Emergency League season
The 1918-19 Northern Rugby Football Union season was the fourth season of Rugby league's Wartime Emergency League football. Each club again played a differing number of fixtures, depending upon the closeness of neighbours, ease of travel etc....
but not the “Victory” League.
Early history
The previous Brighouse RangersBrighouse Rangers RFC (Rugby League)
Brighouse Rangers was a professional rugby league club.The club was based in Brighouse, a town within the Metropolitan Borough of Calderdale, in West Yorkshire, England...
Football Club were founded in the 1870s, and joined the RFU
Rugby Football Union
The Rugby Football Union was founded in 1871 as the governing body for the sport of rugby union, and performed as the international governing body prior to the formation of the International Rugby Board in 1886...
in 1879, to become one of the founder members of the new Northern Union in 1895, played in the first season 1895-96, became the first winner of the Yorkshire Senior Competition in 1896-97, and continued for 11 seasons until 1905-06
1905-06 Northern Rugby Football Union season
The 1905–06 Northern Rugby Football Union season was the eleventh season of rugby league football.-Season summary:Leigh won the Championship for the first time this season and Bradford their first Challenge Cup....
, and disbanded in summer 1906.
This club, Brighouse Rangers was in existence in 1915, but otherwise there is very little publicised information available.
Wartime Emergency League
Brighouse Rangers joined the War League for season 1915-161915-16 Northern Rugby Football Union Wartime Emergency League season
The 1915-16 Northern Rugby Football Union season was the first season of Rugby league's Wartime Emergency League football. Each club played a differing number of fixtures, depending upon the closeness of neighbours, ease of travel etc, with York playing only 11 and Barrow 13 while Salford played 35...
and spent three and a half years with very little success.
In the first season 1915-16
1915-16 Northern Rugby Football Union Wartime Emergency League season
The 1915-16 Northern Rugby Football Union season was the first season of Rugby league's Wartime Emergency League football. Each club played a differing number of fixtures, depending upon the closeness of neighbours, ease of travel etc, with York playing only 11 and Barrow 13 while Salford played 35...
the club finished bottom out of the 24 clubs with 3 points.
In the second season 1916-17
1916-17 Northern Rugby Football Union Wartime Emergency League season
The 1916-17 Northern Rugby Football Union season was the second season of Rugby league's Wartime Emergency League football. Each club played a differing number of fixtures, depending upon the closeness of neighbours, ease of travel etc., with Brighouse Rangers and Barrow playing 17 games each...
Brighouse Rangers managed to finish second bottom out of 26 clubs with 2 points. The bottom club York also had 2 points, but had played one game more and therefore had a poorer percentage rating.
In the third season 1917-18
1917-18 Northern Rugby Football Union Wartime Emergency League season
The 1917-18 Northern Rugby Football Union season was the third season of Rugby league's Wartime Emergency League football. Each club played a differing number of fixtures, depending upon the closeness of neighbours, ease of travel etc., with Rochdale Hornets playing only 7 games and St Helens 18...
the club managed a slight improvement finishing 18th out of 22.
The next season, 1918-19 (Jan)
1918-19 (January) Northern Rugby Football Union Wartime Emergency League season
The 1918-19 Northern Rugby Football Union season was the fourth season of Rugby league's Wartime Emergency League football. Each club again played a differing number of fixtures, depending upon the closeness of neighbours, ease of travel etc....
, commenced as another Wartime Emergency League but with the end of the war, the programme was terminated in January 1919, and a quickly arranged and shortened “Victory" League programme was instigated.
This programme was never completed - and no league tables were ever produced.
It is assumed that the club continued to have very limited success and folded before the start of the 1919 (Feb-May) “Victory” League
1919 (Feb-May) Northern Rugby Football Union Victory season
The 1919 Northern Rugby Football Union season was the fifth season of Rugby league's Wartime Emergency League football. Each club again played a differing number of fixtures, depending upon the closeness of neighbours, ease of travel etc., with York playing only 4 games and Barrow 5 while...
as they do not appear in the league tables for this season.
Note - Nowhere in the official archives is the word "Victory" used. It has been used in this article to distinguish between the two competitions held in the 1918-19 season.
Successor clubs
Brighouse Rugby League club have reformed numerous times since then.The current club are amateurs Brighouse Rangers ARLFC. In the 1970 Brighouse played at Wellholme Park, near the Cricket Club. Towards the approach of the new millennium in 2000, Tesco bought the site including Brighouse ARLFC clubhouse and with the money, the club built anew on Russell Way, off Bradford Road.
Club league performance
| In a Season | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Details | Season | Competition | Comments | Notes | Ref | |
| Highest League Position | 18 | 1917-18 | WEL | out of 22 clubs | ||
| Lowest League Position | 25 | 1916-17 | WEL | out of 26 clubs | ||
| and | 24 | 1915-16 | WEL | out of 24 clubs | ||
| Most League Points | 10 | 1917-18 | WEL | out of possible 40 = 25% | ||
| Least League Points | 2 | 1916-17 | WEL | out of possible 34 = 6% | ||
| Most Points Scored (PF) | 75 | 1917-18 | WEL | In 20 games = 3.75/game | ||
| Most Points Conceded (PA) | 344 | 1915-16 | WEL | In 22 games = 3.23/game | ||
| or | 311 | 1916-17 | WEL | In 17 games = 3.47/game | ||
| Least Points Scored (PF) | 59 | 1916-17 | WEL | In 17 games = 3.47/game | ||
| or (PF) | 71 | 1915-16 | WEL | In 22 games = 3.23/game | ||
| Least Points Conceded (PA) | 302 | 1917-18 | WEL | In 20 games = 3.75/game | ||
| Best Points Difference | ||||||
| 1917-18 | WEL | In 20 games | ||||
| Worst Points Difference | ||||||
| 1915-16 | WEL | In 22 games | ||||
Club league record
| Season | Competition | Pos | Team Name | Pl | W | D | L | PF | PA | Diff | Pts | % | No of teams in league | Notes | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1915-16 | WEL | 24 | Brighouse Rangers | 22 | 1 | 1 | 20 | 71 | 344 | ||||||
| 3 | 6.82 | 24 | |||||||||||||
| 1916-17 | WEL | 25 | Brighouse Rangers | 17 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 59 | 311 | ||||||
| 2 | 5.89 | 26 | |||||||||||||
| 1917-18 | WEL | 18 | Brighouse Rangers | 20 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 75 | 302 | ||||||
| 10 | 25 | 22 | |||||||||||||
| 1918-1919 (Jan) | position is unknown as League programme not completed and tables not calculated| | ||||||||||||||
Pl = Games Played: W = Win; D = Draw; L = Lose; PF = Points For; PA = Points Against; Diff = Points Difference (+ or -); Pts = League Points
League points: for win = 2; for draw = 1; for loss = 0.
Several fixtures and results
The following a one of Brighouse Rangers’ fixtures for the four seasons in which they participated in the Wartime Emergency League :-| Season | Date | Competition | Opponent | Venue | H/A | Result | Score | Att | Notes | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1917-18 | Sat 22-12-1917 | WEL | Hull Hull FC Hull Football Club, commonly referred to as Hull or Hull FC, is a professional rugby league football club established in 1865 and based in Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire, England. The club plays in the Super League competition... |
Boulevard The Boulevard (Stadium) The Boulevard was a multi-purpose stadium in Hull, England. The venue was saved from demolition and reopened on 25 October 2007 as the home of greyhound racing in the city. It can also be used as a community stadium hosting amateur rugby league matches... |
H | Lost | 3-24 |
CC Rx = Challenge Cup Round x; WEL = Wartime Emergency League:
See also
- British rugby league systemBritish rugby league systemThe British rugby league system is based on four separate structures: the professional leagues administered by the Rugby Football League, the reserve leagues, the amateur leagues administered by British Amateur Rugby League Association and the Rugby League Conference.There is no system of automatic...
- 1915-16 Northern Rugby Football Union Wartime Emergency League season1915-16 Northern Rugby Football Union Wartime Emergency League seasonThe 1915-16 Northern Rugby Football Union season was the first season of Rugby league's Wartime Emergency League football. Each club played a differing number of fixtures, depending upon the closeness of neighbours, ease of travel etc, with York playing only 11 and Barrow 13 while Salford played 35...
- 1916-17 Northern Rugby Football Union Wartime Emergency League season1916-17 Northern Rugby Football Union Wartime Emergency League seasonThe 1916-17 Northern Rugby Football Union season was the second season of Rugby league's Wartime Emergency League football. Each club played a differing number of fixtures, depending upon the closeness of neighbours, ease of travel etc., with Brighouse Rangers and Barrow playing 17 games each...
- 1917-18 Northern Rugby Football Union Wartime Emergency League season1917-18 Northern Rugby Football Union Wartime Emergency League seasonThe 1917-18 Northern Rugby Football Union season was the third season of Rugby league's Wartime Emergency League football. Each club played a differing number of fixtures, depending upon the closeness of neighbours, ease of travel etc., with Rochdale Hornets playing only 7 games and St Helens 18...
- 1918-19 (January) Northern Rugby Football Union Wartime Emergency League season1918-19 (January) Northern Rugby Football Union Wartime Emergency League seasonThe 1918-19 Northern Rugby Football Union season was the fourth season of Rugby league's Wartime Emergency League football. Each club again played a differing number of fixtures, depending upon the closeness of neighbours, ease of travel etc....
- 1919 (Feb-May) Northern Rugby Football Union Victory season1919 (Feb-May) Northern Rugby Football Union Victory seasonThe 1919 Northern Rugby Football Union season was the fifth season of Rugby league's Wartime Emergency League football. Each club again played a differing number of fixtures, depending upon the closeness of neighbours, ease of travel etc., with York playing only 4 games and Barrow 5 while...
- History of rugby leagueHistory of rugby leagueThe history of rugby league as a separate form of rugby football goes back to 1895 in Huddersfield, Northern England when the Northern Rugby Football Union broke away from the established Rugby Football Union to administer its own separate competition. Similar schisms occurred later in Australia...
- The Great Schism – Rugby League View
- The Great Schism – Rugby Union View
- List of defunct rugby league clubs
- Brighouse - Sport - Rugby league
External links
- 1896–97 Northern Rugby Football Union season at wigan.rlfans.com
- Hull&Proud Fixtures & Results 1896/1897
- Widnes Vikings - One team, one passion Season In Review - 1896-97
- Saints Heritage Society
- Warington History
- Brighouse Rangers ARLFC - History
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