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Notables from the past: George Bateman (My Grandads name also!) spent 5 years at rovers then in 176 app scored 126 tries for us, would have won a championship medal in 35/36 but had left near 10 games into the season to finish his career at Keighly by Nov 35.
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| Actually, thinking about it, the best signing we've ever made from rovers (although not actually a signing from rovers I guess) has to be the Boulevard. If we hadn't kicked them out then maybe they'd have been the biggest, most successful club in Hull instead of us. Makes my skin crawl thinking that I could have ended up supporting them but I guess it would I wouldn't know the difference anyway  |
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| Quote: Jake the Peg "Actually, thinking about it, the best signing we've ever made from rovers (although not actually a signing from rovers I guess) has to be the Boulevard. If we hadn't kicked them out then maybe they'd have been the biggest, most successful club in Hull instead of us. Makes my skin crawl thinking that I could have ended up supporting them but I guess it would I wouldn't know the difference anyway ![]()
our first ever ground was at North Ferriby and shortly after at Selby so as to make it easier for the West Riding clubs to play us. We then played on a ground off Holderness road, also the old artillary barracks then the Athletics ground, AKA THE Boulevard.
We also originally played in striped cherry and white shirts with white flannels and a white cap!
Another top player but whom we snatched right from under dobbins noses was Alf Francis. A coal miner of short stature, he played for a Welsh club and they had played against Rovers in which he stood out. Dobbins were very interested and apparantly a Rovers 'official' tipped us the wink, our chairman went over to Wales and 75 Gold Sovs later he was ours, Rovers were furious!
He went on to represent GB, scored 166 tries from 245 app despite losing him for 3 years during WWI. He set our try scoring record in his first season with 27 (1910/11)and then after the war he bettered that tally with 38 from 39 in 1919/20 (though Jack Harrison had done 52 in 1914/15 by then)
Colin Hutton though not played for Rovers I think did leave us to become their coach (& latterly chairman) and led them to a time of prosperity for them
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| Quote: knockersbumpMKII "our first ever ground was at North Ferriby and shortly after at Selby so as to make it easier for the West Riding clubs to play us. We then played on a ground off Holderness road, also the old artillary barracks then the Athletics ground, AKA THE Boulevard.
We also originally played in striped cherry and white shirts with white flannels and a white cap!
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| Quote: Jake the Peg "Yeah, I know'"
We didn't "kick them out" though as you stated, and I was just filling in the gaps as you only mentioned the boulevard |
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| Quote: knockersbumpMKII "We didn't "kick them out" though as you stated, and I was just filling in the gaps as you only mentioned the boulevard'"
Legend has it that rovers were playing there and we wanted the ground so offered the landlord more than rovers were paying so he/she kicked them out and gave us the lease |
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| Quote: Jake the Peg "Legend has it that rovers were playing there and we wanted the ground so offered the landlord more than rovers were paying so he/she kicked them out and gave us the lease'"
The rent went up and while they ho-hard about it , Hull paid it and moved in.
Does any one know if there was another ground near there as my farther took me in the back out house at Dixons pork butchers on
Hessle Rd next to St Georges Rd where all rovers players efore my time] had carved there enisles in to the beams ?
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