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22nd September 1908: Huddersfield 3 Wigan 10
Posted by Bilko on September 23 2014 - 15:21
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Huddersfield 3 Wigan 10 - Tuesday 22nd September 1908
Venue: Fartown, Huddersfield
Competition: League

WiganlBacks:l

1. Jim Sharrock, 2. Jim Leytham, 3. Bert Jenkins, 4. Lance Todd, 5. Joe Miller, 6. Johnny Thomas, 7. Fred Gleave
WiganlForwards:l 8. Dick Ramsdale, 9. Dick Silcock, 10. Tom Whittaker, 11. Jimmy Blears, 12. Massa Johnston, 13. Walter Cheetham

WiganlTries:l

 Joe Miller, Bert Jenkins

WiganlGoals:l

 Jim Leytham 2

Summary:l

Both these sides came into this game at Fartown with 100% records but Huddersfield had only beaten Swinton the night before, so Wigan had the greater energy here and found the try from Bert Jenkins second half to build on their 5-3 half time lead. Following the match, Wigan had an arduous journey back to the train station with a crowd following their "waggonette" and throwing "gravel, stones and sods" as they disembarked in St James Square. Wigan's trainer John Hesketh was wounded in the head from one such stone and a man was later found guilty and fined 10 shillings for the assualt..

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