Halifax Rlfc

	Fullname	''Halifax Rugby League Club''
	Emblem	Crest
	Colours	Blue and white
	Founded	1873
	Sport	Rugby League
	League	National League One
	Ground	Shay Stadium
	Web	wwwbluesoxcouk

Halifax RLFC are a Rugby League club formed in 1873 in the Yorkshire town of Halifax . Known as 'Fax', the official club colours are blue and white.

HISTORY

After becoming the first ever winners of the Yorkshire Cup in 1876, the club went on to win it on another four occasions. Several players were supplied for the Yorkshire County side in these years, and five were picked for the full England Rugby Union Team .

In 1886, the club moved to their traditional home of Thrum Hall , this would be their home ground for the next 112 years until 1998 when they moved across town to their present home, The Shay Stadium, which they share with Halifax Town AFC.

The Halifax club were founder members of the breakaway Northern Rugby Union in 1895 . Onfield success continued producing one of their best ever teams in the early years of the twentieth century. In 1902-03 they achieved the 'double' by winning the Challenge Cup and finishing top of Division One. They won the cup again the following season, and were the first ever Championship Play-off winners in season 1906-07.

Halifax enjoyed their first Wembley Challenge Cup final victory over York in 1931. They have since been to Wembley six more times, winning in 1939 and 1987, with their last appearance being in 1988 when they lost to Wigan .

The sides of the late 1930s and mid-1980s were outstanding teams, but many fans would claim the best of all was the team of the 1950s. During this decade they were Championship runners-up three times, Yorkshire Cup winners twice, and Yorkshire League winners four times. They played in two Wembley finals in 1954 and 1956, featuring in the first ever drawn final against Warrington in 1954, losing in the replay at Odsal Stadium in front of a world record Rugby League crowd of 102,569.

Halifax joined the Super League in 1996 and became known as the Blue Sox. However, this proved to be unpopular with most supporters who continued to refer to them as 'Fax'. The club returned to the traditional Halifax R.L.F.C. at the start of 2003. At the end of the 2003 season they were relegated from Super League and narrowly avoided a second relegation to National League 2 in 2004.

MAJOR HONOURS

Championship : 1907, 1965, 1903, 1986 ''(4 times)''

Championship Finalists:1953, 1954, 1956, 1966 ''(4 times)''

Challenge Cup : 1903, 1904, 1931, 1939, 1987 ''(5 times)''

Challenge Cup Finalists: 1921, 1941, 1942, 1949, 1954, 1956, 1988 ''(7 times)''

Yorkshire Cup : 1909, 1945, 1955, 1956, 1964 ''(5 times)''

Yorkshire Cup Finalists: 1906, 1908, 1942, 1980 ''(4 times)''

HALL OF FAME

George Thomson 1875-85;
Jimmy Dodd 1876-93;
Archie Rigg 1891-1915;
George Langhorn 1897-1913;
Joe Riley 1901-15;
Billy Little 1901-10;
Asa Robinson 1904-23;
Jack Beames 1913-22;
Cyril Stacey 1915-29;
Frank Todd 1916-28;
Dai Rees 1921-32;
Hudson Irving 1933-47;
Hubert Lockwood 1934-46;
Charlie Smith 1936-48;
Harry Beverley 1937-41;
Arthur Bassett 1939-48;
Arthur Daniels 1945-57;
Stan Kielty 1946-58;
Ken Dean 1948-60;
Jack Wilkinson 1948-59;
Alvin Ackerley 1948-58;
Albert Fearnley 1950-56;
Tommy Lynch 1951-56;
John Thorley 1952-60;
John Burnett 1953-67;
Johnny Freeman 1954-67;
Garfield Owen 1956-61;
Charlie Renilson 1957-69;
Jack Scroby 1959-70;
Terry Fogerty 1961-73;
Ronnie James 1961-72;
Colin Dixon 1961-68;
Ken Roberts 1963-67;
Gordon Baker 1964-82;
Mick Scott 1974-91;
Chris Anderson 1984-87.

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