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A new club, Featherstone Rovers, was formed in the Railway Hotel in 1902, reformed in 1906 and joined the Northern Union in 1907. Initially the club played in the Dewsbury, Wakefield & District League (1919 to 1921) as well as the Yorkshire Combination (1905 to 1912) and The Yorkshire Junior Cup (1909 to 1921).
Featherstone Rovers are an English rugby league club. Everyone who played for the club between 1921 and 2016 has been allocated a sequential heritage number by the club, in order of their appearance. Everyone who played for the club between 1921 and 2016 has been allocated a sequential heritage number by the club, in order of their appearance.
In the 2023 rugby league season, Featherstone Rovers competed in the RFL Championship and the Challenge Cup.In the Championship, Featherstone won the League Leaders' Shield having lost only two regular season games, but suffered a 36–22 upset in the play-off semi-final against London Broncos.
Vince Farrar played at prop and scored a try in Featherstone Rovers' 33-14 victory over Bradford Northern in the 1973 Challenge Cup Final during the 1972–73 season at Wembley Stadium, London on Saturday 12 May 1973, in front of a crowd of 72,395, and was a substitute in Hull FC's 5-10 defeat by Hull Kingston Rovers in the 1980 Challenge Cup Final during the 1979–80 season at Wembley ...
The 1986–87 Rugby Football League season was the 92nd season of rugby league football. ... Oldham, Featherstone Rovers, Barrow and Wakefield Trinity were relegated ...
The 1973–74 Challenge Cup was the 73rd staging of rugby league's oldest knockout competition, the Challenge Cup. The final was contested by Warrington and Featherstone Rovers at Wembley. Warrington beat Featherstone Rovers 24-9 at Wembley in front of a crowd of 77,400. [1] The winner of the Lance Todd Trophy was the Warrington fullback, Derek ...
The 1972–73 Challenge Cup was the 72nd staging of rugby league's oldest knockout competition, the Challenge Cup. The final was contested by Featherstone Rovers and Bradford Northern at Wembley . Featherstone Rovers beat Bradford Northern 33-14 at Wembley in front of a crowd of 72,395.
The Rugby League Yorkshire Cup competition was a knock-out competition between (mainly professional) rugby league clubs from the county of Yorkshire. The actual area was at times increased to encompass other teams from outside the county such as Newcastle , Mansfield , Coventry , and even London (in the form of Acton & Willesden .