Oldham v Swinton (1901)

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Sports

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• Victorian
• Edwardian
• lifestyle
• sports
• rugby

[Treesurgeonmufc]

Great film but who won the game?

[chanctonbury63]

Once or twice the scrum forms and the ball is played before either the tackler or tackled player has got up!

[paladin313]

I can see why they went to the play-the-ball rule. A scrum after every tackle makes this so slow and lumbering, not to mention taxing on the forwards.

(A yankee Rugby fan.)

[Richardhedditch261]

Say, haven't youse got anything older than that ?

[pastyspud]

i'm a oldham fan and it's great to see the much missed watersheddings in all it's glory...

[sewitt60]

This is great. It certainly shows how the evolution of rugby league was taking place. Plus I'm a Swinton fan, so good to see a clip of them playing over 100 years ago.

[newremote]

Thanks so much for posting this. For someone who is interested in the history of football codes and of rugby in particular this is a very fascinating piece of film. Anyone who also thinks so should check the other BFI clips like "Hunslet v Leeds 1901".