6th September through the years

Reproducing one of my From the Archive articles- this one from today's programme v Whitehaven:

I thought I'd look back through Mike Latham's excellent Leigh Rugby League Club: A Comprehensive Record to gather information about some of the previous games on this date - 6th September through the years.

1902: Leigh defeated Broughton Rangers with former St Helens Recs halfback Jimmy Molyneux scoring a try and goal in a 5-3 home win.

1913: Two goals from Ellis Clarkson were not enough as Warrington overwhelmed Leigh 23-4 in an away match.

1919: Despite two goals from former Bedford Recs utility back Abraham Whalley, Leigh lost 4-13 at Barrow.

1924: Leigh took on Huddersfield at home and scored tries through Jimmy France and Harry Thomas. Sadly that wasn't enough and Leigh fell to a 12-6 defeat.

1930: Former Wigan St Pats forward Micky Griffin scored Leigh's only try in a hard fought 5-5 draw at Oldham with former Roughyed Tom Hurtley adding a goal.

1933: Swinton were rampant in a 43-11 win over Leigh. Billy Stringman, Dicky Prescott and Harry Davies scored tries for the visitors with Harry Meadows hitting a goal but Leigh were a distant second best.

1952: 13,000 looked on as Leigh lost 33-7 to Huddersfield. The Yorkshire team were in inspired form and all Leigh had in reply was a try from wingman Frank Kitchen and two goals from Jimmy Ledgard.

1954: Just a couple of days after putting Blackpool to the sword, 44-17, Leigh made the short trip to Swinton and won 20-5. Frank Kitchen and Walt Tabern were try-scorers while Ledgard struck 7 goals.

1958: Leigh surprisingly lost 16-20 at Liverpool City, a week after putting Warrington out of the Lancashire Cup. Keith Holden and Brian Fallon, both converts from local rugby union, scored tries with Gerald Hart adding 5 goals.

1960: Warrington were defeated 9-8 in a Lancashire Cup game at Wilderspool with Brian Fallon (a try and three goals) scoring all of Leigh's points.

1961: Leigh were kept scoreless in a home game against Wigan - 0-20.

1969: A trip to the seaside was enjoyed by all as Leigh romped to a 40-8 victory at Blackpool. Joe Walsh (4) and Rod Tickle (3) scored seven of Leigh's ten tries Gordon Lewis, Tommy Grainey and Jimmy Fiddler scoring the others. Fiddler kicked three goals and Alex Murphy two.

1978: A big defeat came at Odsal as Bradford Northern cruised to a 38-7 win. John Taylor scored Leigh's only try with John Woods kicking two goals.

1981: Leigh played their first home league game of their Championship winning season and narrowly defeated Bradford 17-14, cheered on by a crowd of 6,355. Mick McTigue, John Woods and Derek Pyke scored tries with Woods also landing four goals.

1987: After losing to Leeds 38-12 on the first day of the season, Leigh prevailed 14-6 in a close game against Castleford. Ian Jeffrey grabbed a try but individual scoring honurs went to Chris Johnson who scored a try and kicked three goals in a 14-6 win.

1989: 10,136 people crammed into Hilton Park as Leigh took on Wigan. The visitors roared away to a 44-7 win with Leigh's only respite coming from Bob Beardmore try, Phil Johnson goal and Alan Platt drop goal.

1992: Despite tries from John Pendlebury and Simon Booth plus a John Woods goal, Leigh lost 23-10 at Bradford.