I have the St. Helens ones, anyone elses club play on Christmas day in the olden days?

St. Helens v

"1895-12-25","Widnes"
"1899-12-25","Broughton Rangers "
"1901-12-25","Hull K.R. "
"1903-12-25","Wigan "
"1905-12-25","Runcorn "
"1906-12-25","Liverpool City "
"1907-12-25","Runcorn "
"1908-12-25","Runcorn"
"1909-12-25","Runcorn"
"1911-12-25","Widnes "
"1912-12-25","Widnes"
"1913-12-25","Widnes"
"1918-12-25","St. Helens Recs "
"1919-12-25","St. Helens Recs"
"1920-12-25","St. Helens Recs "
"1922-12-25","St. Helens Recs"
"1923-12-25","St. Helens Recs"
"1924-12-25","St. Helens Recs"
"1925-12-25","St. Helens Recs"
"1926-12-25","St. Helens Recs"
"1928-12-25","St. Helens Recs"
"1929-12-25","St. Helens Recs"
"1930-12-25","St. Helens Recs"
"1931-12-25","St. Helens Recs"
"1932-12-25","St. Helens Recs "
"1933-12-25","St. Helens Recs "
"1934-12-25","St. Helens Recs"
"1935-12-25","St. Helens Recs "
"1936-12-25","St. Helens Recs "
"1937-12-25","St. Helens Recs "
"1939-12-25","Widnes"
"1941-12-25","Wigan "
"1942-12-25","Wigan "
"1943-12-25","Wigan "
"1944-12-25","Wigan "
"1945-12-25","Liverpool Stanley"
"1946-12-25","Liverpool Stanley"
"1947-12-25","Leigh "
"1948-12-25","Leigh"
"1950-12-25","Leigh"
"1951-12-25","Leigh"
"1952-12-25","Leigh"
"1953-12-25","Leigh"
"1954-12-25","Leigh "
"1956-12-25","Leigh"
"1957-12-25","Leigh"
"1958-12-25","Leigh"
"1959-12-25","Leigh"
"1896-12-25","Halifax"
"1915-12-25","St. Helens Recs "
"1916-12-25","St. Helens Recs"
"1917-12-25","St. Helens Recs"
"1940-12-25","Leigh"

I know that Leeds played on Christmas Day, possibly up until the 50’s but my stats books are in the UK, and I’m not.

The Hull derby was played on Christmas Day in the 50s and 60s I believe

Wakefield played Christmas day.

This year?

Fax last played on xmas day in 1971 https://www.halifaxrlfc.co.uk/article/5 ... istmas-day

Fax last played on xmas day in 1971 https://www.halifaxrlfc.co.uk/article/5 ... istmas-day

no

There’s an interesting article here covering matches on Christmas Day - www.totalrl.com/day-rugby-league-christmas-day/ Makes sense with it being a public holiday back before there were many of those.

There’s an interesting article here covering matches on Christmas Day - www.totalrl.com/day-rugby-league-christmas-day/ Makes sense with it being a public holiday back before there were many of those.

Leeds last played on a Christmas Day in 1959 - an away loss V Batley.