Batley Bulldogs Rugby League Football Club
(1880-present)
group and Rugby League football club
Aged 144
Commemorated on 2 plaques
On this site on 14th September 1895, Manningham played their first home game under the rules of Rugby League (then known as the Northern Union). Manningham v Batley
Bradford City FC, Manningham Lane, Bradford, United Kingdom where it played (1895)
Headingley Rugby Ground. Has been in constant use since 1890, the first game being Leeds v Manningham on 20th September. It was the venue for the first Challenge Cup Final, Batley v St. Helens, on 24th April 1897. The first ever Test Match between the Northern Union and New Zealand All Golds was played here on 25th January 1908.
St Michael's Lane, Leeds 6., Leeds, United Kingdom where it played (1897)