Widnes Vikings at 150: How club was established by cricketers, Scots and track runners

STEVE FOX celebrates the founding of the Widnes club 150 years ago. FARNWORTH & Appleton Cricket Club (formed 1871) does not appear in any histories of that sport and with good reason. Whereas local rivals Widnes CC were established and organised enough to employ a professional from Kent, Farnworth & Appleton often turned up for away ga

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