A little piece of trivia

[wayne_r]

Just found a clip from the British Film Institute of Oldham vs Swinton in 1901 played at Watersheddings - what I did not realise was that at that time before the break away from  Union, after each tackle there was a scrum, replaced by play the ball in League ( very sensible) and later by the ruck/maul in Union (not so sensible). It interesting to see the footage and how the ball was thrown into the scrum from a few feet away. The link below...

 

http://player.bfi.org.uk/film/watch-oldham-v-swinton-1901-1901/

[Bleep1673]

That should be on the main board. That is wonderful. My partner thinks she saw me in the crowd.

[ivans82]

love the idea of the ball being fed into the scrum this way , bring back some unpredictability.......bring back watersheddings as well  i say , used to love my trips from workington there , was there 2 weeks running in the 90 s , once against i think oldham st annes in the cup , then oldham in the league the week after , half our team were from oldham then !

[wayne_r]

Funny that - as my wife said the same thing.......plus that I was still moaning about the score..... with Oldham winning.......