I was searching for something, and stumbled upon this site. Thought people might be interested in looking up old RL stories.
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, Jan 04 2013 02:18 PM
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Posted 04 January 2013 - 02:18 PM
"Journalists are meant to be neutral, for God's sake." - Stephen 'Wiggy' Jones
"Perhaps it would be better that future criticism of sports be made on the narrow basis of what is being discussed, without reference to other sports, unless those sports offer a solution to the problem in hand." - Brian 'Pigface' Moore
"What happens in rugby union? A player takes the ball, moves forward a little and gets tackled. A whole load of players then roll about on the ground. Pheep! The referee gives a penalty." - Simon Barnes
"Perhaps it would be better that future criticism of sports be made on the narrow basis of what is being discussed, without reference to other sports, unless those sports offer a solution to the problem in hand." - Brian 'Pigface' Moore
"What happens in rugby union? A player takes the ball, moves forward a little and gets tackled. A whole load of players then roll about on the ground. Pheep! The referee gives a penalty." - Simon Barnes
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Posted 04 January 2013 - 02:34 PM
Just done a search for the phrase "All Golds" and turned up reports for their tour matches. LINK
Edited by Futtocks, 04 January 2013 - 02:35 PM.
"Journalists are meant to be neutral, for God's sake." - Stephen 'Wiggy' Jones
"Perhaps it would be better that future criticism of sports be made on the narrow basis of what is being discussed, without reference to other sports, unless those sports offer a solution to the problem in hand." - Brian 'Pigface' Moore
"What happens in rugby union? A player takes the ball, moves forward a little and gets tackled. A whole load of players then roll about on the ground. Pheep! The referee gives a penalty." - Simon Barnes
"Perhaps it would be better that future criticism of sports be made on the narrow basis of what is being discussed, without reference to other sports, unless those sports offer a solution to the problem in hand." - Brian 'Pigface' Moore
"What happens in rugby union? A player takes the ball, moves forward a little and gets tackled. A whole load of players then roll about on the ground. Pheep! The referee gives a penalty." - Simon Barnes
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Posted 04 January 2013 - 05:08 PM
From 1907
"The 'All Golds' seemed to recognise that the contest they had entered Into was going to be a hard fought one, while on the other hand their opponents, who have been dubbed the "Lily Whites," think that the affair Is hardly worthy of notice, calling the League a nine days' wonder". The 'All Golds' tonked them.
"The general opinion of members of the Metropolitan Rugby Union is that the new League will disappear like the comet". Ho ho.
"The 'All Golds' seemed to recognise that the contest they had entered Into was going to be a hard fought one, while on the other hand their opponents, who have been dubbed the "Lily Whites," think that the affair Is hardly worthy of notice, calling the League a nine days' wonder". The 'All Golds' tonked them.
"The general opinion of members of the Metropolitan Rugby Union is that the new League will disappear like the comet". Ho ho.
"Journalists are meant to be neutral, for God's sake." - Stephen 'Wiggy' Jones
"Perhaps it would be better that future criticism of sports be made on the narrow basis of what is being discussed, without reference to other sports, unless those sports offer a solution to the problem in hand." - Brian 'Pigface' Moore
"What happens in rugby union? A player takes the ball, moves forward a little and gets tackled. A whole load of players then roll about on the ground. Pheep! The referee gives a penalty." - Simon Barnes
"Perhaps it would be better that future criticism of sports be made on the narrow basis of what is being discussed, without reference to other sports, unless those sports offer a solution to the problem in hand." - Brian 'Pigface' Moore
"What happens in rugby union? A player takes the ball, moves forward a little and gets tackled. A whole load of players then roll about on the ground. Pheep! The referee gives a penalty." - Simon Barnes
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Posted 04 January 2013 - 05:45 PM
From 1907
"The 'All Golds' seemed to recognise that the contest they had entered Into was going to be a hard fought one, while on the other hand their opponents, who have been dubbed the "Lily Whites," think that the affair Is hardly worthy of notice, calling the League a nine days' wonder". The 'All Golds' tonked them.
"The general opinion of members of the Metropolitan Rugby Union is that the new League will disappear like the comet". Ho ho.
Great stuff.
Astute analysis from a Wigan fan:
Rumour going around Headingley that Wire will have to play the second half with 12 men.
It seems that they forgot to bring the half time oranges, and Solomona ate Chris Bridge instead.
Don't know why he was hungry, as he looked as though he had eaten the whole youth team before the game started.
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Posted 04 January 2013 - 08:35 PM
Strange you should post this. I was in an antique shop today and found a copy of the Daily Mirror from 1938 or 39. There was a small article about how Bramley had always struggled against the odds to compete but were hoping to beat Wakey in a cup game. There was another line saying the GB RL team had beaten France in Bordeaux something like 12-3. And that was pretty much it.
Oh and it was the Northern edition.
Oh and it was the Northern edition.
Edited by Johnoco, 04 January 2013 - 08:35 PM.
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Posted 04 January 2013 - 10:20 PM
The images you see on this site, is what I do for a living. Not in Australia, but here in the UK. I work for a Microfilm/Document Scanning Bureau and spend my time QA'ing a lot of images from old newspapers which then are sent to be put online. Can be a pain in the ass really when dealing with 100+ year old stuff.
But the work does give me an insite into how life was in the past.
But the work does give me an insite into how life was in the past.
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Posted 07 January 2013 - 10:31 AM
The images you see on this site, is what I do for a living. Not in Australia, but here in the UK. I work for a Microfilm/Document Scanning Bureau and spend my time QA'ing a lot of images from old newspapers which then are sent to be put online. Can be a pain in the ass really when dealing with 100+ year old stuff.
I occasionally do similar scan'n'tidy up jobs on old sheet music. Not hugely technically demanding on the whole, but always time-consuming.
"Journalists are meant to be neutral, for God's sake." - Stephen 'Wiggy' Jones
"Perhaps it would be better that future criticism of sports be made on the narrow basis of what is being discussed, without reference to other sports, unless those sports offer a solution to the problem in hand." - Brian 'Pigface' Moore
"What happens in rugby union? A player takes the ball, moves forward a little and gets tackled. A whole load of players then roll about on the ground. Pheep! The referee gives a penalty." - Simon Barnes
"Perhaps it would be better that future criticism of sports be made on the narrow basis of what is being discussed, without reference to other sports, unless those sports offer a solution to the problem in hand." - Brian 'Pigface' Moore
"What happens in rugby union? A player takes the ball, moves forward a little and gets tackled. A whole load of players then roll about on the ground. Pheep! The referee gives a penalty." - Simon Barnes
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Posted 07 January 2013 - 07:36 PM
I was searching for something, and stumbled upon this site. Thought people might be interested in looking up old RL stories.
Thanks mate. Found some very interesting stuff on Don Graham who played for Fev back in the early 50s.
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Posted 07 January 2013 - 07:44 PM
I was searching for something, and stumbled upon this site. Thought people might be interested in looking up old RL stories.
looks great at first glance and I've shared on twitter - see you in a fortneet when I've stopped reading
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That's the problem with opinions, everyone's got one....That's the good thing about opinions, everyone's got one.
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Posted 08 January 2013 - 01:23 PM
If there's anything you like, you can save either the text or a PDF of the original article. Nice option, that.
"Journalists are meant to be neutral, for God's sake." - Stephen 'Wiggy' Jones
"Perhaps it would be better that future criticism of sports be made on the narrow basis of what is being discussed, without reference to other sports, unless those sports offer a solution to the problem in hand." - Brian 'Pigface' Moore
"What happens in rugby union? A player takes the ball, moves forward a little and gets tackled. A whole load of players then roll about on the ground. Pheep! The referee gives a penalty." - Simon Barnes
"Perhaps it would be better that future criticism of sports be made on the narrow basis of what is being discussed, without reference to other sports, unless those sports offer a solution to the problem in hand." - Brian 'Pigface' Moore
"What happens in rugby union? A player takes the ball, moves forward a little and gets tackled. A whole load of players then roll about on the ground. Pheep! The referee gives a penalty." - Simon Barnes
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Posted 08 January 2013 - 06:53 PM
great site some cup results from 1923 here, http://trove.nla.gov...e&searchLimits=I was searching for something, and stumbled upon this site. Thought people might be interested in looking up old RL stories.
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