On this day 113 years ago, on 10 December 1904, Huddersfield and Dewsbury drew 3-3 in what, under normal circumstances, would have been a relatively unremarkable game. But Richard de la Riviere explains why it wasn't.
In fact the game was played behind locked doors, with only members allowed in, because the town of Dewsbury had suffered an outbOn this day – when Rugby League was hit by a smallpox epidemic
On this day 113 years ago, on 10 December 1904, Huddersfield and Dewsbury drew 3-3 in what, under normal circumstances, would have been a relatively unremarkable game. But Richard de la Riviere explains why it wasn't.
In fact the game was played behind locked doors, with only members allowed in, because the town of Dewsbury had suffered an outb
