James Goldthorpe's Notebook

Leeds v Leeds Parish Church

Results 1890 - 1941

14 April 1894 Leeds Parish Church 5 Leeds 21 (Union)

8 December 1894 Leeds 9 Leeds Parish Church 3 (Union)

13 April 1895 Leeds Parish Church 9 Leeds 3 (Union)

17 October 1896 Leeds Parish Church 0 Leeds 3

23 January 1897 Leeds 9 Leeds Parish Church 0

25 September 1897 Leeds Parish Church 5 Leeds 0

1 January 1898 Leeds 19 Leeds Parish Church 0

26 March 1898 Leeds Parish Church 9 Leeds 0

24 September 1898 Leeds 0 Leeds Parish Church 15

31 December 1898 Leeds Parish Church 5 Leeds 2

14 October 1899 Leeds 11 Leeds Parish Church 5

20 January 1900 Leeds Parish Church 0 Leeds 0

22 September 1900 Leeds 0 Leeds Parish Church 8

29 December 1900 Leeds Parish Church 5 Leeds 3


In 1874 Leeds Parish Church formed a recreation club which played cricket in summer and rugby in winter on its ground at Clarence Field. The parish magazine of 1879 congratulated the players upon the increased skill displayed by them in the rugby game. They had just beaten the town team in Keighley. At this time they were playing such local teams as St Andrew's, Hunslet Albion, Hunslet Excelsior and Leeds Imperial Rovers.

The club disbanded when the lease on its Clarence Road ground expired they Played their last match on Wednesday 24th April 1901 scoring 3 goals and 5 tries against York, winning 21 - 2. The Church team that day was :- Corcoran, Smith, Herberts, Bowen, Fairbairn, Brayshaw, Knight, Agar, Birch, Crumpton, Hewlett, McNicholas, Gardner, Wade, Walker & Wainwright. A number of these players subsequently moved to Headingley.

Leeds Parish Church Team

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