The 2004–05 National Division Three North was the fifth season (seventeenth overall) of the fourth division (north) of the English domestic rugby union competition using the name National Division Three North. New teams to the division included Rugby Lions who were relegated from the 2003–04 National Division Two while Bedford Athletic were promoted as champions of Midlands Division 1 along with Bradford & Bingley (champions) and Cleckheaton (playoffs) who both came up from North Division 1.[1][2][3] The season would also see the introduction of a new points system with 4 points being awarded for a win, 2 points being awarded for a draw (replacing the old system of 2 points for a win and 1 for a draw) with the addition of a bonus point being given for scoring 4 or more tries as well as a bonus point given if you manage to lose a game within 7 points of the victorious team. In terms of promotion the league champions would go straight up into National Division Two while the runners up would have a one-game playoff against the runners up from National Division Three South (at the home ground of the club with the superior league record) for the final promotion place.
Halifax would finish as runaway champions of the league, ending up 14 points clear of nearest rivals Macclesfield (even with a cancelled game against Blaydon) and gaining promotion to the 2005–06 National Division Two.[4] Runners up Macclesfield would fail to join Halifax as they lost their playoff game away to 2004–05 National Division Three South runners up Redruth in the north-south playoff in front of a huge crowd of 4,000 at the Recreation Ground.[5] Although Halifax won the league with plenty to spare the rest of the division was fairly closely contested with only 3 wins separating 4th placed Fylde from 12th placed Rugby Lions. In terms of relegation newly promoted Bedford Athletic went down first followed by Dudley Kingswinford. The final spot was taken by Rugby Lions suffering their third successive relegation. Rugby Lions would actually have stayed up had in not been for a five-point penalty given for them fielding too many foreign players in a home game against Bedford Athletic.[4][6][7] All three relegated teams would drop down to Midlands Division 1 for the following season.[8] Although Rugby Lions were punished from fielding too many overseas players, other teams benefited immensely from their foreign contingent (particularly Halifax and Bradford & Bingley) with six of the top ten try scorers hailing from outside England.
Participating teams and locations
Locations of the 2004-05 National Division Three North teams
Team |
Stadium |
Capacity |
City/Area |
Bedford Athletic |
Putnoe Woods |
500 |
Bedford, Bedfordshire |
Blaydon |
Crow Trees |
|
Swalwell, Tyne and Wear |
Bradford & Bingley |
Wagon Lane |
4,000 |
Bingley, West Yorkshire |
Cleckheaton |
Cleckheaton Sports Club |
|
Cleckheaton, West Yorkshire |
Darlington |
Blackwell Meadows |
|
Darlington, County Durham |
Darlington Mowden Park |
Yiewsley Drive |
|
Darlington, County Durham |
Dudley Kingswinford |
Heathbrook |
|
Kingswinford, Dudley, West Midlands |
Fylde |
Woodlands Memorial Ground |
9,000 |
Lytham St. Annes, Lancashire |
Halifax |
Ovenden Park |
|
Halifax, West Yorkshire |
Kendal |
Mint Bridge |
|
Kendal, Cumbria |
Macclesfield |
Priory Park |
|
Macclesfield, Cheshire |
New Brighton |
Hartsfield |
2,000 |
Wirral, Merseyside |
Rugby Lions |
Webb Ellis Road |
1,000 |
Rugby, Warwickshire |
Tynedale |
Tynedale Park |
400 seats |
Corbridge, Northumberland |
Final league table
- ↑ Halifax's game away to Blaydon would be cancelled due to fixture congestion.
- ↑ Blaydon's game at home to Halifax would be cancelled due to fixture congestion.
- ↑ Rugby Lions deducted 5 points for fielding too many overseas players against Bedford Athletic on 11 December 2004.[6]
Results
Round 1
(BP) Bedford Athletic |
34 - 10 |
Blaydon |
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Report |
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Putnoe Woods
Referee: Matthew Daubney |
(BP) Bradford & Bingley |
28 - 45 |
Tynedale (BP) |
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Report |
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Wagon Lane
Referee: Mick Reid |
(BP) Darlington Mowden Park |
13 - 16 |
Cleckheaton |
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Report |
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Yiewsley Drive
Referee: Alan Hughes |
Fylde |
20 - 5 |
Macclesfield |
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Report |
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Woodlands Memorial Ground
Referee: Ged Stone |
(BP) Kendal |
10 - 17 |
Halifax |
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Mint Bridge
Referee: Trevor Fisher |
(BP) New Brighton |
29 - 12 |
Dudley Kingswinford |
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Report |
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Hartsfield
Referee: D Edmunds |
(BP) Rugby Lions |
28 - 16 |
Darlington |
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Report |
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Webb Ellis Road
Referee: Ian Robinson |
Round 2
Bradford & Bingley |
30 - 17 |
Bedford Athletic |
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Report |
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Wagon Lane
Referee: Ian Robinson |
Cleckheaton |
19 - 17 |
Fylde (BP) |
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Report |
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Cleckheaton Sports Club
Referee: Brendan Fitzmaurice |
Darlington |
7 - 33 |
Blaydon (BP) |
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Report |
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Blackwell Meadows
Referee: Andrew Gardner |
Dudley Kingswinford |
3 - 36 |
Rugby Lions (BP) |
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Report |
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Heathbrook
Referee: Richard Parker-Sedgmore |
Halifax |
32 - 24 |
New Brighton |
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Report |
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Ovenden Park
Referee: Tim Miller |
(BP) Macclesfield |
37 - 6 |
Kendal |
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Report |
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Priory Park
Referee: David Drury |
(BP) Tynedale |
30 - 18 |
Darlington Mowden Park |
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Report |
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Tynedale Park
Referee: Andrew Vertigan |
Round 3
(BP) Bedford Athletic |
16 - 17 |
Darlington |
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Report |
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Putnoe Woods
Referee: G O'Hara |
Blaydon |
27 - 10 |
Dudley Kingswinford |
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Report |
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Crow Trees
Referee: Brendan Fitzmaurice |
Darlington Mowden Park |
31 - 27 |
Bradford & Bingley (BP) |
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Report |
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Yiewsley Drive
Referee: Andrew Gardner |
Kendal |
30 - 27 |
Cleckheaton (BP) |
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Report |
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Mint Bridge
Attendance: 240
Referee: Mick Reid |
(BP) New Brighton |
13 - 18 |
Macclesfield |
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Report |
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Hartsfield
Referee: Alistair Van Wyk |
Rugby Lions |
13 - 21 |
Halifax |
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Report |
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Webb Ellis Road
Referee: Alan Hughes |
- Postponed. Game rescheduled to 12 February 2005.
Round 4
Bradford & Bingley |
10 - 31 |
Fylde |
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Report |
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Wagon Lane
Referee: Ged Stone |
(BP) Cleckheaton |
24 - 42 |
New Brighton (BP) |
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Report |
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Cleckheaton Sports Club
Attendance: 200
Referee: Mark Wilson |
(BP) Darlington Mowden Park |
35 - 20 |
Bedford Athletic |
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Report |
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Yiewsley Drive
Attendance: 191
Referee: Mick Reid |
Dudley Kingswinford |
25 - 25 |
Darlington |
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Report |
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Heathbrook
Attendance: 200
Referee: Eric Woodmason |
(BP) Halifax |
40 - 12 |
Blaydon |
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Report |
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Ovenden Park
Referee: David Drury |
(BP) Macclesfield |
30 - 22 |
Rugby Lions |
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Report |
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Priory Park
Attendance: 294
Referee: Paul Dickens |
(BP) Tynedale |
45 - 27 |
Kendal (BP) |
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Report |
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Tynedale Park
Attendance: 294
Referee: Alan Hughes |
Round 5
Bedford Athletic |
10 - 23 |
Dudley Kingswinford |
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Report |
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Putnoe Woods
Attendance: 200
Referee: Rhys Davies |
(BP) Blaydon |
13 - 18 |
Macclesfield |
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Report |
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Crow Trees
Attendance: 120
Referee: Des Headington |
(BP) Darlington |
23 - 30 |
Halifax (BP) |
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Report |
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Blackwell Meadows
Attendance: 200
Referee: Alan Hughes |
Fylde |
15 - 3 |
Darlington Mowden Park |
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Report |
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Woodlands Memorial Ground
Attendance: 400
Referee: Ian Robinson |
Kendal |
22 - 14 |
Bradford & Bingley |
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Report |
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Mint Bridge
Referee: David Drury |
New Brighton |
28 - 7 |
Tynedale |
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Report |
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Hartsfield
Attendance: 250
Referee: Matthew Daubney |
(BP) Rugby Lions |
37 - 6 |
Cleckheaton |
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Report |
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Webb Ellis Road
Attendance: 340
Referee: Mark Varnon |
Round 6
Bradford & Bingley |
12 - 10 |
New Brighton (BP) |
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Report |
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Wagon Lane
Referee: Mick Reid |
Cleckheaton |
23 - 3 |
Blaydon |
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Report |
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Cleckheaton Sports Club
Attendance: 350
Referee: Ian Robinson |
Darlington Mowden Park |
29 - 20 |
Kendal |
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Report |
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Yiewsley Drive
Attendance: 202
Referee: Andrew Vertigan |
Fylde |
18 - 8 |
Bedford Athletic |
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Report |
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Woodlands Memorial Ground
Attendance: 255
Referee: Andrew Gardner |
(BP) Halifax |
44 - 17 |
Dudley Kingswinford |
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Report |
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Ovenden Park
Referee: Ged Stone |
Macclesfield |
18 - 13 |
Darlington (BP) |
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Report |
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Priory Park
Attendance: 307
Referee: D Edmunds |
Tynedale |
23 - 23 |
Rugby Lions |
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Report |
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Tynedale Park
Attendance: 200
Referee: David Drury |
Round 7
(BP) Blaydon |
17 - 21 |
Tynedale |
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Report |
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Crow Trees
Attendance: 350
Referee: Brendan Fitzmaurice |
(BP) Darlington |
40 - 12 |
Cleckheaton |
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Report |
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Blackwell Meadows
Attendance: 200
Referee: Trevor Fisher |
(BP) Dudley Kingswinford |
13 - 18 |
Macclesfield |
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Report |
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Heathbrook
Referee: David Grashoff |
(BP) New Brighton |
10 - 13 |
Darlington Mowden Park |
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Report |
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Hartsfield
Attendance: 200
Referee: Ged Stone |
(BP) Rugby Lions |
8 - 9 |
Bradford & Bingley |
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Report |
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Webb Ellis Road
Attendance: 320
Referee: Greg Garner |
Bedford Athletic |
P - P |
Halifax |
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|
- Postponed. Game rescheduled to 12 February 2005.
- Postponed. Game rescheduled to 26 March 2005.
Round 8
(BP) Bradford & Bingley |
42 - 5 |
Blaydon |
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Report |
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Wagon Lane
Attendance: 240
Referee: Guy Steel Bodger |
Cleckheaton |
18 - 24 |
Dudley Kingswinford |
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Report |
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Cleckheaton Sports Club
Attendance: 200
Referee: David Drury |
(BP) Darlington Mowden Park |
28 - 21 |
Rugby Lions (BP) |
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Report |
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Yiewsley Drive
Attendance: 143
Referee: Alan Hughes |
Fylde |
20 - 19 |
New Brighton (BP) |
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Report |
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Woodlands Memorial Ground
Attendance: 390
Referee: Andrew Vertigan |
Kendal |
29 - 20 |
Bedford Athletic |
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Report |
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Mint Bridge
Referee: D Edmunds |
Macclesfield |
11 - 20 |
Halifax |
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Report |
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Priory Park
Attendance: 397
Referee: Andrew Gardner |
Tynedale |
30 - 27 |
Darlington (BP) |
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Report |
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Tynedale Park
Attendance: 200
Referee: Ged Stone |
Round 9
Bedford Athletic |
15 - 33 |
Macclesfield (BP) |
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Report |
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Putnoe Woods
Attendance: 100
Referee: Rhys Davies |
Darlington |
15 - 33 |
Bradford & Bingley (BP) |
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Report |
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Blackwell Meadows
Attendance: 200
Referee: Chris Seeley |
(BP) Dudley Kingswinford |
15 - 18 |
Tynedale |
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Report |
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Heathbrook
Attendance: 200
Referee: Richard Parker-Sedgmore |
New Brighton |
21 - 18 |
Kendal (BP) |
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Report |
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Hartsfield
Attendance: 150 |
(BP) Rugby Lions |
17 - 24 |
Fylde |
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Report |
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Webb Ellis Road
Attendance: 180
Referee: Brendan Fitzmaurice |
Blaydon |
P - P |
Darlington Mowden Park |
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- Postponed. Game rescheduled to 12 February 2005.
Halifax |
P - P |
Cleckheaton |
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- Postponed. Game rescheduled to 26 March 2005.
Round 10
(BP) Bradford & Bingley |
77 - 7 |
Dudley Kingswinford |
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Report |
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Wagon Lane
Attendance: 215
Referee: Andrew Gardner |
Cleckheaton |
6 - 31 |
Macclesfield (BP) |
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Report |
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Cleckheaton Sports Club
Attendance: 250
Referee: Brendan Fitzmaurice |
Darlington Mowden Park |
30 - 23 |
Darlington (BP) |
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Report |
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Yiewsley Drive
Attendance: 512
Referee: Andrew Vertigan |
(BP) Fylde |
32 - 3 |
Blaydon |
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Report |
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Woodlands Memorial Ground
Attendance: 200
Referee: Ged Stone |
Kendal |
7 - 17 |
Rugby Lions |
|
Report |
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Mint Bridge
Attendance: 250
Referee: Matthew Daubney |
(BP) New Brighton |
33 - 8 |
Bedford Athletic |
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Report |
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Hartsfield
Attendance: 350
Referee: David Drury |
Tynedale |
20 - 34 |
Halifax (BP) |
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Report |
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Tynedale Park
Referee: Ian Robinson |
Round 11
Bedford Athletic |
31 - 18 |
Cleckheaton |
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Report |
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Putnoe Woods
Attendance: 250
Referee: Terry Hall |
(BP) Blaydon |
28 - 25 |
Kendal (2BP) |
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Report |
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Crow Trees
Attendance: 70
Referee: Alan Hughes |
(BP) Darlington |
30 - 22 |
Fylde |
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Report |
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Blackwell Meadows
Attendance: 200
Referee: D Edmunds |
Dudley Kingswinford |
17 - 17 |
Darlington Mowden Park |
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Report |
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Heathbrook
Attendance: 250
Referee: Des Headington |
(BP) Halifax |
32 - 26 |
Bradford & Bingley (BP) |
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Report |
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Ovenden Park
Attendance: 600
Referee: Mick Reid |
Macclesfield |
22 - 20 |
Tynedale (BP) |
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Report |
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Priory Park
Attendance: 283
Referee: Matthew Daubney |
(BP) Rugby Lions |
21 - 27 |
New Brighton |
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Report |
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Webb Ellis Road
Attendance: 150
Referee: Ed Turnill |
Round 12
Bradford & Bingley |
19 - 14 |
Macclesfield (BP) |
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Report |
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Wagon Lane
Attendance: 265
Referee: Ian Robinson |
Darlington Mowden Park |
15 - 30 |
Halifax (BP) |
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Report |
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Yiewsley Drive
Attendance: 267
Referee: Brendan Fitzmaurice |
(BP) Fylde |
52 - 22 |
Dudley Kingswinford |
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Report |
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Woodlands Memorial Ground
Referee: Alan Hughes |
(BP) Kendal |
39 - 7 |
Darlington |
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Report |
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Mint Bridge
Attendance: 250
Referee: David Sainsbury |
New Brighton |
8 - 20 |
Blaydon |
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Report |
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Hartsfield
Attendance: 300 |
(BP) Rugby Lions |
37 - 13 |
Bedford Athletic |
|
Report |
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Webb Ellis Road
Attendance: 300
Referee: Ged Stone |
Tynedale |
18 - 17 |
Cleckheaton (BP) |
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Report |
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Tynedale Park
Attendance: 180
Referee: Andrew Gardner |
Round 13
(BP) Bedford Athletic |
23 - 24 |
Tynedale (BP) |
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Report |
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Putnoe Woods
Attendance: 100
Referee: Paul Dickens |
Blaydon |
29 - 22 |
Rugby Lions (BP) |
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Report |
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Crow Trees
Attendance: 180
Referee: Mick Reid |
Cleckheaton |
10 - 23 |
Bradford & Bingley |
|
Report |
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Cleckheaton Sports Club
Attendance: 600
Referee: Matthew Daubney |
(BP) Darlington |
16 - 23 |
New Brighton |
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Report |
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Blackwell Meadows
Attendance: 150
Referee: Ged Stone |
(BP) Dudley Kingswinford |
20 - 27 |
Kendal (BP) |
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Report |
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Heathbrook
Attendance: 250
Referee: Chris Seeley |
(BP) Halifax |
39 - 12 |
Fylde |
|
Report |
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Ovenden Park
Attendance: 500
Referee: David Drury |
(BP) Macclesfield |
32 - 0 |
Darlington Mowden Park |
|
Report |
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Priory Park
Attendance: 387
Referee: Des Headington |
Round 14
Cleckheaton |
21 - 6 |
Bedford Athletic |
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Report |
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Cleckheaton Sports Club
Attendance: 250
Referee: Andrew Gardner |
(BP) Darlington Mowden Park |
0 - 5 |
Dudley Kingswinford |
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Report |
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Yiewsley Drive
Referee: Chris Seeley |
(BP) New Brighton |
15 - 22 |
Rugby Lions |
|
Report |
|
Hartsfield
Attendance: 220
Referee: David Drury |
Bradford & Bingley |
P - P |
Halifax |
|
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|
- Postponed. Game rescheduled to 16 April 2005.
- Postponed. Game rescheduled to 16 April 2005.
- Postponed. Game rescheduled to 16 April 2005.
Tynedale |
P - P |
Macclesfield |
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- Postponed. Game rescheduled to 26 March 2005.
Round 15
(BP) Bedford Athletic |
39 - 14 |
New Brighton |
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Report |
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Crow Trees
Attendance: 170
Referee: Alan Hughes |
(BP) Darlington |
28 - 22 |
Darlington Mowden Park (BP) |
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Report |
|
Blackwell Meadows
Attendance: 500
Referee: Brendan Fitzmaurice |
Dudley Kingswinford |
23 - 20 |
Bradford & Bingley (BP) |
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Report |
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Heathbrook
Attendance: 410
Referee: Ged Stone |
Halifax |
20 - 7 |
Tynedale |
|
Report |
|
Ovenden Park
Attendance: 400
Referee: Ian Robinson |
Macclesfield |
13 - 9 |
Cleckheaton (BP) |
|
Report |
|
Priory Park
Attendance: 249
Referee: Matthew Daubney |
Rugby Lions |
8 - 23 |
Kendal |
|
Report |
|
Webb Ellis Road
Attendance: 250
Referee: Steve Harland |
Round 16
(BP) Bradford & Bingley |
42 - 12 |
Darlington |
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Report |
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Wagon Lane
Attendance: 235
Referee: David Drury |
Cleckheaton |
7 - 35 |
Halifax (BP) |
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Report |
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Cleckheaton Sports Club
Attendance: 700
Referee: Ed Turnill |
Darlington Mowden Park |
5 - 21 |
Blaydon |
|
Report |
|
Yiewsley Drive
Attendance: 142
Referee: Trevor Fisher |
(BP) Fylde |
31 - 17 |
Rugby Lions |
|
Report |
|
Woodlands Memorial Ground
Attendance: 290
Referee: Matthew Daubney |
Kendal |
20 - 8 |
New Brighton |
|
Report |
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Mint Bridge
Referee: Guy Steel Bodger |
(BP) Macclesfield |
33 - 19 |
Bedford Athletic |
|
Report |
|
Priory Park
Attendance: 183
Referee: Mick Reid |
Tynedale |
24 - 22 |
Dudley Kingswinford (BP) |
|
Report |
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Tynedale Park
Attendance: 175
Referee: Alan Hughes |
Round 17
Bedford Athletic |
10 - 0 |
Kendal |
|
Report |
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Putnoe Woods
Attendance: 250
Referee: Matthew Daubney |
Blaydon |
3 - 12 |
Bradford & Bingley |
|
Report |
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Crow Trees
Attendance: 170
Referee: Ian Robinson |
(BP) Darlington |
38 - 19 |
Tynedale |
|
Report |
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Blackwell Meadows
Attendance: 200
Referee: Rhys Davies |
(BP) Dudley Kingswinford |
15 - 18 |
Cleckheaton |
|
Report |
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Heathbrook
Attendance: 450
Referee: Tim Miller |
Halifax |
25 - 19 |
Macclesfield (BP) |
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Report |
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Ovenden Park
Attendance: 600
Referee: Dale Newitt |
New Brighton |
19 - 19 |
Fylde |
|
Report |
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Hartsfield
Attendance: 350
Referee: David Grashoff |
Rugby Lions |
18 - 3 |
Darlington Mowden Park |
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Report |
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Webb Ellis Road
Attendance: 290
Referee: Ed Turnill |
Round 18
(BP) Bradford & Bingley |
32 - 15 |
Rugby Lions |
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Report |
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Wagon Lane
Attendance: 280
Referee: Andrew Vertigan |
Cleckheaton |
17 - 15 |
Darlington (BP) |
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Report |
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Cleckheaton Sports Club
Attendance: 350
Referee: Eric Woodmason |
Darlington Mowden Park |
22 - 32 |
New Brighton (BP) |
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Report |
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Yiewsley Drive
Attendance: 110
Referee: Alan Hughes |
Woodlands Memorial Ground
Attendance: 250
Referee: Brendan Fitzmaurice |
(BP) Halifax |
34 - 14 |
Bedford Athletic |
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Report |
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Ovenden Park
Attendance: 375
Referee: Richard Parker-Sedgmore |
(BP) Macclesfield |
45 - 17 |
Dudley Kingswinford |
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Report |
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Priory Park
Attendance: 238
Referee: Andrew Gardner |
Tynedale |
15 - 26 |
Blaydon |
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Report |
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Tynedale Park
Attendance: 220
Referee: D Edmunds |
Rounds 3, 7 & 9 (rescheduled games)
Bedford Athletic |
23 - 45 |
Halifax (BP) |
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Report |
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Putnoe Woods
Attendance: 200
Referee: Ged Stone |
- Game rescheduled from 6 November 2004.
Blaydon |
13 - 34 |
Darlington Mowden Park (BP) |
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Report |
|
Crow Trees
Attendance: 210
Referee: David Drury |
- Game rescheduled from 20 November 2004.
(BP) Fylde |
26 - 0 |
Tynedale |
|
Report |
|
Woodlands Memorial Ground
Attendance: 150
Referee: Ian Robinson |
- Game rescheduled from 25 September 2004.
Round 19
(BP) Bedford Athletic |
30 - 18 |
Fylde |
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Report |
|
Putnoe Woods
Attendance: 250
Referee: Chris Seeley |
(BP) Blaydon |
24 - 36 |
Cleckheaton (BP) |
|
Report |
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Crow Trees
Attendance: 180
Referee: Andrew Gardner |
Darlington |
18 - 18 |
Macclesfield |
|
Report |
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Blackwell Meadows
Attendance: 200
Referee: D Edmunds |
Dudley Kingswinford |
7 - 39 |
Halifax (BP) |
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Report |
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Heathbrook
Attendance: 260
Referee: Matthew Daubney |
(BP) Kendal |
32 - 7 |
Darlington Mowden Park |
|
Report |
|
Mint Bridge
Referee: Paul Dickens |
New Brighton |
20 - 20 |
Bradford & Bingley |
|
Report |
|
Hartsfield
Attendance: 250
Referee: Ian Robinson |
(BP) Rugby Lions |
16 - 19 |
Tynedale |
|
Report |
|
Webb Ellis Road
Attendance: 250
Referee: Darryl Chapman |
Round 20
(BP) Bradford & Bingley |
42 - 10 |
Kendal |
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Report |
|
Wagon Lane
Attendance: 280
Referee: Matthew Daubney |
(BP) Cleckheaton |
24 - 23 |
Rugby Lions (2BP) |
|
Report |
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Cleckheaton Sports Club
Attendance: 350
Referee: Tim Wigglesworth |
(BP) Dudley Kingswinford |
36 - 19 |
Bedford Athletic |
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Report |
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Heathbrook
Attendance: 270
Referee: Richard Parker-Sedgmore |
Macclesfield |
16 - 3 |
Blaydon |
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Report |
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Priory Park
Attendance: 187
Referee: Alan Hughes |
(BP) Tynedale |
19 - 26 |
New Brighton (BP) |
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Report |
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Tynedale Park
Attendance: 190
Referee: Mick Reid |
Darlington Mowden Park |
P - P |
Fylde |
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- Postponed. Game rescheduled to 26 February 2005.
- Postponed. Game rescheduled to 26 February 2005.
Round 21
Bedford Athletic |
16 - 8 |
Darlington Mowden Park |
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Report |
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Putnoe Woods
Attendance: 200
Referee: Paul Kimber |
Darlington |
23 - 5 |
Dudley Kingswinford |
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Report |
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Blackwell Meadows
Attendance: 150
Referee: Mick Reid |
Fylde |
12 - 23 |
Bradford & Bingley |
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Report |
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Woodlands Memorial Ground
Attendance: 180
Referee: Nigel Carrick |
Kendal |
17 - 14 |
Tynedale (BP) |
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Report |
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Mint Bridge
Attendance: 250
Referee: David Drury |
New Brighton |
15 - 12 |
Cleckheaton (BP) |
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Report |
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Hartsfield
Attendance: 300
Referee: Steve Walters |
(BP) Rugby Lions |
13 - 17 |
Macclesfield |
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Report |
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Webb Ellis Road
Attendance: 250
Referee: Rob Sheard |
- Game would initially be postponed but due to fixture congestion was ultimately cancelled as the result would not have any impact on final league standings.
Round 22
Bradford & Bingley |
13 - 8 |
Darlington Mowden Park (BP) |
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Report |
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Wagon Lane
Attendance: 300
Referee: Ged Stone |
(BP) Cleckheaton |
31 - 17 |
Kendal |
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Report |
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Cleckheaton Sports Club
Attendance: 250
Referee: Darryl Chapman |
Darlington |
25 - 18 |
Bedford Athletic (BP) |
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Report |
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Blackwell Meadows
Attendance: 120
Referee: Alan Hughes |
Dudley Kingswinford |
8 - 20 |
Blaydon |
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Report |
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Heathbrook
Referee: David Drury |
(BP) Halifax |
39 - 16 |
Rugby Lions |
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Report |
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Ovenden Park
Attendance: 350
Referee: Ed Turnill |
(BP) Macclesfield |
46 - 15 |
New Brighton |
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Report |
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Priory Park
Attendance: 217
Referee: Guy Steel Bodge |
(BP) Tynedale |
24 - 18 |
Fylde (BP) |
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Report |
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Tynedale Park
Attendance: 110
Referee: Trevor Fisher |
Round 23
Bedford Athletic |
10 - 36 |
Bradford & Bingley (BP) |
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Report |
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Putnoe Woods
Attendance: 150
Referee: Des Headington |
Blaydon |
7 - 26 |
Darlington |
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Report |
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Crow Trees
Attendance: 160
Referee: Matthew Daubney |
Darlington Mowden Park |
18 - 11 |
Tynedale (BP) |
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Report |
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Yiewsley Drive
Attendance: 127
Referee: Mick Reid |
(BP) Fylde |
58 - 22 |
Cleckheaton (BP) |
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Report |
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Woodlands Memorial Ground
Attendance: 262
Referee: Andrew Gardner |
Kendal |
10 - 19 |
Macclesfield |
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Report |
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Mint Bridge
Attendance: 200
Referee: Chris Seeley |
New Brighton |
20 - 20 |
Halifax |
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Report |
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Hartsfield
Attendance: 300
Referee: Trevor Fisher |
Rugby Lions |
20 - 20 |
Dudley Kingswinford |
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Report |
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Webb Ellis Road
Attendance: 230
Referee: Alan Hughes |
Rounds 7, 9 & 14 (rescheduled games)
(BP) Halifax |
53 - 3 |
Cleckheaton |
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Report |
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Ovenden Park
Attendance: 600
Referee: Brendan Fitzmaurice |
- Game rescheduled from 20 November 2004.
(BP) Kendal |
25 - 27 |
Fylde (BP) |
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Report |
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Mint Bridge
Attendance: 300
Referee: David Drury |
- Game rescheduled from 6 November 2004.
Tynedale |
8 - 20 |
Macclesfield |
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Report |
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Tynedale Park
Attendance: 220
Referee: Guy Steel Bodger |
- Game rescheduled from 8 January 2005.
Round 24
(BP) Blaydon |
44 - 16 |
Bedford Athletic |
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Report |
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Crow Trees
Attendance: 160
Referee: Ged Stone |
Cleckheaton |
8 - 32 |
Darlington Mowden Park (BP) |
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Report |
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Cleckheaton Sports Club
Attendance: 310
Referee: R Steggall |
(BP) Darlington |
31 - 6 |
Rugby Lions |
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Report |
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Blackwell Meadows
Referee: Andrew Gardner |
Dudley Kingswinford |
28 - 26 |
New Brighton (2BP) |
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Report |
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Heathbrook
Attendance: 520
Referee: Richard Draper |
(BP) Halifax |
67 - 26 |
Kendal (BP) |
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Report |
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Ovenden Park
Attendance: 400
Referee: Adrian Hartwell |
Macclesfield |
31 - 18 |
Fylde |
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Report |
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Priory Park
Attendance: 347
Referee: D Edmunds |
Tynedale |
16 - 13 |
Bradford & Bingley (BP) |
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Report |
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Tynedale Park
Attendance: 170
Referee: B Fitzgerald |
Round 25
(BP) Bradford & Bingley |
25 - 13 |
Cleckheaton |
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Report |
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Wagon Lane
Attendance: 295
Referee: Richard Parker-Sedgmore |
(BP) Darlington Mowden Park |
41 - 25 |
Macclesfield |
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Report |
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Yiewsley Drive
Attendance: 142
Referee: Des Headington |
(BP) Kendal |
21 - 22 |
Dudley Kingswinford |
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Report |
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Mint Bridge
Attendance: 210
Referee: Mick Reid |
Woodlands Memorial Ground
Attendance: 275
Referee: Chris Seeley |
New Brighton |
21 - 8 |
Darlington |
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Report |
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Hartsfield
Referee: Eric Woodmason |
Rugby Lions |
19 - 18 |
Blaydon (BP) |
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Report |
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Webb Ellis Road
Attendance: 350
Referee: David Drury |
Tynedale |
19 - 18 |
Bedford Athletic (BP) |
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Report |
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Tynedale Park
Attendance: 110
Referee: Matthew Daubney |
Round 14 (rescheduled games)
(BP) Bradford & Bingley |
26 - 44 |
Halifax (BP) |
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Report |
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Wagon Lane
Attendance: 700
Referee: Alan Hughes |
- Game rescheduled from 8 January 2005.
(BP) Fylde |
47 - 18 |
Darlington |
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Report |
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Woodlands Memorial Ground
Attendance: 175
Referee: Matthew Daubney |
- Game rescheduled from 8 January 2005.
Kendal |
12 - 8 |
Blaydon (BP) |
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Report |
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Mint Bridge
Attendance: 400
Referee: Andrew Gardner |
- Game rescheduled from 8 January 2005.
Round 26
Bedford Athletic |
15 - 37 |
Rugby Lions (BP) |
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Report |
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Putnoe Woods
Attendance: 350
Referee: Eric Woodmason |
(BP) Blaydon |
27 - 12 |
New Brighton |
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Report |
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Crow Trees
Attendance: 180
Referee: David Drury |
(BP) Cleckheaton |
41 - 6 |
Tynedale |
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Report |
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Cleckheaton Sports Club
Attendance: 400
Referee: Ged Stone |
Darlington |
31 - 25 |
Kendal (BP) |
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Report |
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Blackwell Meadows
Attendance: 200
Referee: Ian Robinson |
Dudley Kingswinford |
28 - 17 |
Fylde |
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Report |
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Heathbrook
Attendance: 450
Referee: Rhys Davies |
(2BP) Halifax |
36 - 38 |
Darlington Mowden Park (BP) |
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Report |
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Ovenden Park
Attendance: 400
Referee: Guy Steel Bodger |
Macclesfield |
18 - 26 |
Bradford & Bingley |
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Report |
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Priory Park
Attendance: 437
Referee: B Fitzgerald |
Round 20 (rescheduled games)
(BP) Darlington Mowden Park |
35 - 12 |
Fylde |
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Report |
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Yiewsley Drive
Attendance: 163
Referee: Brendan Fitzmaurice |
- Game rescheduled from 26 February 2005.
(BP) Halifax |
56 - 0 |
Darlington |
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Report |
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Ovenden Park
Attendance: 350
Referee: Rhys Davies |
- Game rescheduled from 26 February 2005.
Promotion play-off
The league runners up of National Division Three South and North would meet in a playoff game for promotion to National Division Two. Redruth were the southern division runners up and as they had a superior league record than northern runners-up, Macclesfield, they hosted the play-off match.
Redruth |
33 - 14 |
Macclesfield |
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Report |
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The Recreation Ground
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Nick Williams |
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Total season attendances
Club |
Home
Games |
Total |
Average |
Highest |
Lowest |
% Capacity |
Bedford Athletic |
10[a 2] |
2,050 |
205 |
350 |
100 |
41% |
Blaydon |
11[a 3] |
1,950 |
177 |
350 |
70 |
N/A |
Bradford & Bingley |
9[a 4] |
2,810 |
312 |
700 |
215 |
8% |
Cleckheaton |
12[a 5] |
4,210 |
351 |
700 |
200 |
N/A |
Darlington |
11[a 6] |
2,320 |
211 |
500 |
120 |
N/A |
Darlington Mowden Park |
10[a 7] |
1,999 |
200 |
512 |
110 |
N/A |
Dudley Kingswinford |
10[a 8] |
3,260 |
326 |
520 |
200 |
N/A |
Fylde |
11[a 9] |
2,827 |
257 |
400 |
150 |
3% |
Halifax |
10[a 10] |
4,575 |
458 |
600 |
350 |
N/A |
Kendal |
8[a 11] |
2,100 |
263 |
400 |
200 |
N/A |
Macclesfield |
12[a 12] |
3,526 |
294 |
437 |
183 |
N/A |
New Brighton |
10[a 13] |
2,670 |
267 |
350 |
150 |
13% |
Rugby Lions |
11[a 14] |
2,910 |
265 |
350 |
150 |
26% |
Tynedale |
11[a 15] |
2,069 |
188 |
294 |
110 |
N/A |
- ↑ Note that 36 home attendances are missing (see below) - so the total attendance will not be 100% accurate. The average attendance has also been taken into account with the missing games not included.
- ↑ Missing home attendances v Blaydon on 4 September 2004, Darlington on 25 September 2004 and New Brighton on 15 January 2005.
- ↑ Note that Blaydon only played 12 home games due to a game cancellation - missing home attendance v Dudley Kingswinford on 25 September 2004.
- ↑ Missing home attendances v Tynedale on 4 September 2004, Bedford Athletic on 11 September 2004, Fylde on 9 October 2004 and New Brighton on 30 October 2004.
- ↑ Missing home attendance v Fylde on 11 September 2004.
- ↑ Missing home attendances v Blaydon on 11 September 2004 and Rugby Lions on 2 April 2005.
- ↑ Missing home attendances v Cleckheaton on 4 September 2004, Bradford & Bingley on 25 September 2004 and Dudley Kingswinford on 8 January 2005.
- ↑ Missing home attendances v Rugby Lions on 11 September 2004, Macclesfield on 6 November 2004 and Blaydon on 12 March 2005.
- ↑ Missing home attendances v Macclesfield on 4 September 2004 and Dudley Kingswinford on 11 December 2004.
- ↑ Missing home attendances v New Brighton on 11 September 2004, Blaydon on 9 October 2004 and Dudley Kingswinford on 30 October 2004.
- ↑ Missing home attendances v Halifax on 4 September 2004, Bradford & Bingley on 23 October 2004, Bedford Athletic on 13 November 2004, New Brighton on 22 January 2005 and Darlington Mowden Park on 19 February 2005.
- ↑ Missing home attendance v Kendal on 11 September 2004.
- ↑ Missing home attendances v Dudley Kingswinford on 4 September 2004, Macclesfield on 25 September 2004 and Darlington on 9 April 2005.
- ↑ Missing home attendances v Darlington on 4 September 2004 and Halifax on 25 September 2004.
- ↑ Missing home attendances v Darlington Mowden Park on 11 September 2004 and Halifax on 27 November 2004.
Individual statistics
- Note if players are tied on tries or points the player with the lowest number of appearances will come first. Also note that points scorers includes tries as well as conversions, penalties and drop goals.
Top points scorers
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Top try scorers
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Season records
Team
- Largest home win — 70 pts
77 - 7 Bradford & Bingley at home to Dudley Kingswinford on 27 November 2004
- Largest away win — 33 pts
36 - 3 Rugby Lions away to Dudley Kingswinford on 11 September 2004
- Most points scored — 77 pts
77 - 7 Bradford & Bingley at home to Dudley Kingswinford on 27 November 2004
- Most tries in a match — 10
Bradford & Bingley at home to Dudley Kingswinford on 27 November 2004
- Most conversions in a match — 9
Bradford & Bingley at home to Dudley Kingswinford on 27 November 2004
- Most penalties in a match — 6
Halifax away to Bradford & Bingley on 16 April 2005
- Most drop goals in a match — 2 (x5)
Bradford & Bingley at home to New Brighton on 30 October 2004
Macclesfield at home to Halifax on 13 November 2004
Bradford & Bingley at home to Macclesfield on 11 December 2004
Macclesfield away to Dudley Kingswinford on 6 November 2004
Tynedale at home to Bradford & Bingley on 2 April 2005
[11][12][13][14]
Player
- Most points in a match — 27
Tom Rhodes for Bradford & Bingley at home to Dudley Kingswinford on 27 November 2004
- Most tries in a match — 4
Simon Mulholland for Kendal at home to Darlington on 11 December 2004
- Most conversions in a match — 9
Tom Rhodes for Bradford & Bingley at home to Dudley Kingswinford on 27 November 2004
- Most penalties in a match — 6
Douglas Sanft for Halifax away to Bradford & Bingley on 16 April 2005
- Most drop goals in a match — 2
Tom Rhodes for Bradford & Bingley at home to New Brighton on 30 October 2004
Michael Newell for Macclesfield at home to Halifax on 13 November 2004
Tom Rhodes for Bradford & Bingley at home to Macclesfield on 11 December 2004
Michael Newell for Macclesfield away to Dudley Kingswinford on 6 November 2004
Gavin Beasley for Tynedale at home to Bradford & Bingley on 2 April 2005
[15][16][17][18][19]
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Attendances
- Highest — 700 (x2)
Cleckheaton at home to Halifax on 22 January 2005
Bradford & Bingley at home to Halifax on 16 April 2005
- Lowest — 70
Blaydon at home to Kendal on 4 December 2004
- Highest Average Attendance — 458
Halifax
- Lowest Average Attendance — 177
Blaydon
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See also
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