The start of a new era today as Hunslet played their first league game of the summer era at Prescott Panthers. Hunslet won the game 36-10.
Two debuts today and one from the above match was that of new player-coach David Plange. Moving from Hull Kingston Rovers David oversaw the building of a side which would eventually win the Grand Final. Despite the disappointment of being denied promotion, David stayed with Hunslet for another season, playing his last game in January 2001 after 81 appearances, 58 tries and 1 goal.
The other was Herb Robinson, a half-back who spanned the Union and Northern Union era. His first game was against Leeds at Parkside in 1894 which was won 13-0. He played in the 1898 Championship and the 1899 Challenge Cup finals before ending his career in 1902 having appeared 194 times, scoring 38 tries and 5 goals. He played three time for Yorkshire.
Visiting South Leeds Stadium in 2019, Halifax won the 4th round Challenge Cup tie 28-24.
At the end of 1973/74 a new Play-off competition was introduced. The top twelve teams in Division 2 were to play off to provide three teams to join the first division clubs. Playing the first leg of the first round at home to York, a 17-13 win gave Hunslet some hope of progressing after the second leg at York a week later.
With a match at Kirkstall today won by 2 goals to nil the 1887/8 season came to an end. Hunslet had a 50% record with 17 wins and 7 draws from their 31 games. Lawrence Greenwood was top try and goal scorer with 6 and 5 respectively.
In 1951 Wales played Other Nationalities at the St Helens ground in Swansea and Hunslet were well represented in the Wales side with Jack Evans at full-back, Les Williams at centre and Granville James at loose-forward but they lost the match 21-27.
A 0-61 defeat at Whitehaven in 1962 equalled the record number of points conceded against Huddersfield in 1914, but this was the largest margin of defeat as a try was scored in 1914.
