Wakefield Friendlies

This is a by no means complete list of Wakefield's friendly matches over the years. Let me know if you can fill in any of the gaps or add to the list.

Traditionally Wakefield played Dewsbury in the pre-season Lazenby Cup charity game, alternating home and away each season. This ceased in the 1950's.

Nigel Bell is clearly overcome with emotion as he holds the Yorkshire Rider Cup following the 1988 friendly victory over Hunslet...

Day	Date	Year	Location	Opposition	Competition	Trinity	Opposition	Result
26	Dec	1880	H	Brothers versus Singles		1g 2t	1g 1t	brothers won
21	Jan	1882	H	Eighteen of the Distict		2-0-3	0-1-1	Won
26	Apr	1882	H	Married versus Single	for the benefit of Wakefield Cricket Club	1-2-4	1-0-2	singles won
15	Apr	1884	H	Eighteen of the Distict	Clayton Hospital benefit	1-0-11	0-0-5	Won
13	Sept	1884	H	Eighteen of the Distict	Clayton Hospital benefit	6-2-2	0-2-2	Won
6	Apr	1885	H	Eighteen of the Distict	Clayton Hospital benefit	2-3-4	0-0-0	Won
12	Sept	1885	H	Eighteen of the Distict	Clayton Hospital benefit	0-3-2	0-1-3	Won
26	Apr	1886	H	Eighteen of the Distict	Clayton Hospital benefit	2-0-4	0-2-6	Won
11	Sept	1886	H	Eighteen of the Distict	Clayton Hospital benefit	3-4-1	1-0-5	Won
12	Apr	1887	H	Eighteen of the Distict	Clayton Hospital benefit	2-5-2	0-0-4	Won
10	Sept	1887	H	Eighteen of the Distict	Clayton Hospital benefit	3-2-9	1-0-4	Won
7	Apr	1890	H	Mr Carpmael's Team (southern players)	Clayton Hospital benefit	0g-1t-5m	2g-2t-2m	Lost
28	Mar	1891	H	Manningham	Charity Match	0-2-4pts	0-2-3pts	Won
24	Feb	1894	H	Wakefield Past v Mr Wright's Team (present)	Mr Wright's team made of current players	0-0-0pts	0-1-3pts	Lost
26	Mar	1894	H	Castleford	Clayton Hospital benefit	1-1-8pts	1-2-11pts	Lost
21	Apr	1894	H	Wakefield Past v Mr Wright's Team (present)	Mr Wright's team made of current players	4-0-20pts	1-0-5pts	Won
10	Apr	1897	A	Salford	Friendly	0-1-3pts	1-0-5pts	Lost
20	Apr	1901	A	Swinton	Friendly	3	10	Lost
30	Nov	1907	A	Halifax	Friendly	12	39	Lost
18	Apr	1907	N	Warrington	Friendly - Memorial Grounds, West Ham	11	6	Won
27	Dec	1911	H	Trinity Past v City Police	Poor children's boot fund	14	6	Won
2	Oct	1915	A	York	Friendly	0	9	Lost
17	Apr	1920	A	Dewsbury	Lazenby Cup	9	14	Lost
23	Apr	1921	H	Dewsbury	Lazenby Cup	8	7	Won
27	Apr	1921	H	Yorkshire County team	AK Crosland, T Poynton, A Burton and W Lynch benefit	13	26	Lost
30	Apr	1921	H	Wakefield District	proceeds to Clayton Hospital	19	2	Won
22	Apr	1922	A	Dewsbury	Lazenby Cup	8	21	Lost
29	April	1922	H	Featherstone Rovers	Clayton Hospital Cup	11	4	Won
5	May	1923	H	Dewsbury	Lazenby Cup	5	9	Lost
12	May	1923	H	Featherstone Rovers	Clayton Hospital Cup	6	27	Lost
10	Nov	1923	A	Featherstone Rovers	Clayton Hospital Cup	3	20	Lost
		1924		Dewsbury	Lazenby Cup
2	May	1925	A	Dewsbury	Lazenby Cup	6	7	Lost
1	Sept	1926	H	Dewsbury	Lazenby Cup	12	7	Won
30	Aug	1927	A	Dewsbury	Lazenby Cup	2	5	Lost
20	Aug	1927	H	Featherstone Rovers	Clayton Hospital Cup	9	8	Won
22	Aug	1928	H	Dewsbury	Lazenby Cup	12	2	Won
24	Aug	1929	A	Dewsbury	Lazenby Cup	10	11	Lost
23	Aug	1930	H	Dewsbury	Lazenby Cup	11	10	Won
9	May	1931	H	Featherstone Rovers	Clayton Hospital Cup	24	10	Won
22	Aug	1931	A	Dewsbury	Lazenby Cup	19	9	Won
27	Apr	1932	H	Featherstone Rovers	Clayton Hospital Cup	15	21	Lost
20	Aug	1932	A	Dewsbury	Lazenby Cup	5	29	Lost
19	Aug	1933	H	Dewsbury	Lazenby Cup	6	13	Lost
21	Apr	1934	H	Featherstone Rovers	Clayton Hospital Cup	11	13	Lost
18	Aug	1934	H	Dewsbury	Lazenby Cup	14	15	Lost
11	May	1935	H	Featherstone Rovers	Clayton Hospital Cup	35	13	Won
24	Aug	1935	A	Dewsbury	Lazenby Cup	20	7	Won
9	May	1936	H	Featherstone Rovers	Clayton Hospital Cup	25	18	Won
22	Aug	1936	H	Dewsbury	Lazenby Cup	28	10	Won
21	Aug	1937	A	Dewsbury	Lazenby Cup	34	2	Won
20	Aug	1938	H	Dewsbury	Lazenby Cup	14	16	Lost
26	Apr	1939	H	Featherstone Rovers	Clayton Hospital Cup	30	3	Won
19	Aug	1939	A	Dewsbury	Lazenby Cup	13	6	Won
31	Aug	1940	A	Dewsbury	Lazenby Cup	11	14	Lost
30	Aug	1941	A	Dewsbury	Lazenby Cup	13	15	Lost
29	Aug	1942	H	Dewsbury	Lazenby Cup	8	5	Won
25	Mar	1944	H	Hunslet	Friendly	10	5	Won
24	Aug	1946	A	Dewsbury	Lazenby Cup	7	11	Lost
16	Aug	1947	H	Dewsbury	Lazenby Cup	7	13	Lost
14	Aug	1948	A	Dewsbury	Lazenby Cup	10	9	Won
13	Aug	1949	H	Dewsbury	Lazenby Cup	11	5	Won
7	Apr	1950	H	French Touring Team	Tour	36	7	Won
12	Aug	1950	A	Dewsbury	Lazenby Cup	2	8	Lost
21	May	1951	A	Workington	George Gebson benefit game	39	39	Draw
11	Aug	1951	H	Dewsbury	Lazenby Cup	11	13	Lost
3	May	1952	H	Trinity Past	J T Wood Testimonial Match	17	31	Lost
16	Aug	1952	H	York	Forster Todd Trophy	45	3	Won
30	May	1953	H	Featherstone Rovers	Coronation Cup (Bullock Cup)	13	23	Lost
28	Apr	1954	H	Lionel Cooper's Team	Jack Booth Testimonial			Draw
15	May	1954	A	Featherstone Rovers	Bullock Cup	17	28	Lost
	Summer	1954	Blackpool	Bramley	Blackpool Sports Week	21	7	Won
	Summer	1954	Blackpool	Barrow	Blackpool Sports Week	10	30	Lost
7	Aug	1954	H	Castleford	Friendly	3	0	Won
9	Nov	1955	White City	Warrington	Independent Television Floodlit Trophy	9	33	Lost
14	Aug	1956	A	Castleford	Friendly	36	6	Won
9	Mar	1957	H	Warrington	Friendly	34	16	Won
10	Aug	1957	H	Featherstone Rovers	Bullock Cup	12	20	Lost
30	Jun	1962	Johannesburg	Johannesburg Celtic	South African Tour	52	6	Won
3	Jul	1962	Johannesburg	Boksburg Vikings	South African Tour	42	15	Won
6	Jul	1962	Bloemfontein	Bloemfontein Aquilae	South African Tour	48	9	Won
9	Jul	1962	Durban	S.A. Invitation XIII	South African Tour	59	3	Won
14	Jul	1962	Benoni	S.A. Invitation XIII	South African Tour	38	25	Won
17	Jul	1962	Pretoria	S.A. Invitation Team	South African Tour	42	8	Won
13	Aug	1966	A	Salford	Charity Cup Match	10	18	Lost
11	Aug	1967	H	Salford	Charity Cup Match	6	29	Lost
14	Aug	1970	H	Wakefield and District Amateurs	Final Trial Game
26	May	1976	H	Great Britain	Mick Morgan Testimonial
7	Nov	1976	H	Doncaster	Friendly	61	3	Won
6	Aug	1978	A	York	Friendly
10	Aug	1979	H	York	Friendly	16	23	Lost
15	Aug	1982	A	Leigh	Firsway Charity Match	14	15	Lost
19	Aug	1984	H	Hull	Friendly	34	14	Won
26	Aug	1984	A	Leigh	Firsway Charity Match (John Woods testimonial)	20	42	Lost
12	Aug	1984	H	Bradford	Sterling Sevens	4	14	Lost
7	Aug	1985	H	Wakefield Past	Friendly
21	Aug	1985	A	Hull	Friendly	18	18	Draw
	Aug	1986	A	Hunslet	Yorkshire Rider Cup	16	12	Won
19	Aug	1987	H	Hunslet	Yorkshire Rider Cup
	Aug	1988	A	Hunslet	Yorkshire Rider Cup	30	12	Won
		1988	H	Wakefield 79 Wembley Team	John Thompson Benefit Game
18	Aug	1989	H	Hunslet	Yorkshire Rider Cup	34	10	Won
20	Aug	1989	A	Oldham	Colin Hawkyard Benefit match	4	62	Lost
15	Aug	1990	H	Hunslet	Yorkshire Rider Cup	24	26	Lost
1	Aug	1992	H	Hunslet	Yorkshire Rider Cup	30	10	Won
	Aug	1993	H	Hunslet	Yorkshire Rider Cup	50	18	Won
	Aug	1994	H	Dewsbury	Friendly	14	24	Lost
	Mar	1996	H	London Broncos	Friendly	12	35	Lost
26	Dec	1997	A	Featherstone Rovers	Headland Electric Trophy	12	18	Lost
4	Oct	1998	France	Villeneuve	Treize Tournoi	12	34	Lost
11	Oct	1998	France	Limoux	Treize Tournoi	38	36	Won
17	Oct	1998	France	Limoux	Treize Tournoi	24	10	Won
23	Oct	1998	France	Villeneuve	Treize Tournoi	23	25	Lost
1	Feb	1999	H	Sheffield Eagles	John Thompson Benefit Game	30	26	Won
7	Feb	1999	A	Bradford	Friendly	6	62	Lost
26	Dec	1999	A	Castleford	Friendly	14	14	Draw
1	Feb	2000	H	Sheffield Eagles	Friendly	30	26	Won
6	Feb	2000	A	Bradford	Friendly	12	24	Lost
26	Dec	2000	A	Castleford	Friendly	38	2	Won
7	Feb	2001	H	Bradford	Friendly	20	26	Lost
13	Jan	2002	A	Hull	Friendly	18	31	Lost
25	Jan	2002	A	Leeds	Friendly	16	32	Lost
29	Dec	2002	A	Featherstone Rovers	Friendly	18	0	Won
12	Jan	2003	A	York	Friendly	postponed
16	Jan	2003	H	Leeds	Friendly	38	24	Won
24	Jan	2003	A	Halifax	Friendly	26	26	Draw
28	Dec	2003	A	Featherstone Rovers	Friendly	34	14	Won
31	Jan	2004	A	Leeds	Friendly	6	24	Lost
4	Feb	2004	A	Bradford	Friendly	12	26	Lost
26	Dec	2004	A	Leeds	Tetley's Festive Challenge	6	46	Lost
23	Jan	2005	A	Featherstone Rovers	Friendly	36	10	Won
26	Dec	2005	A	Leeds	Friendly	18	42	Lost
20	Jan	2006	A	York	Friendly	26	12	Won
22	Jan	2006	A	Castleford	Friendly	20	33	Lost
5	Feb	2006	A	Featherstone Rovers	Friendly	48	26	Won
26	Dec	2006	A	Leeds	Friendly	14	22	Lost
21	Jan	2007	H	Dewsbury	Friendly	42	0	Won
28	Jan	2007	H	Bradford	Friendly	42	24	Won
26	Dec	2007	A	Leeds	Friendly	26	18	Won
4	Jan	2008	H	Bradford	Friendly	44	0	Won
20	Jan	2008	A	York	Friendly	40	16	Won
27	Jan	2008	A	Featherstone Rovers	Friendly	38	28	Won
2	Feb	2008	A	St Helens	Friendly	22	38	Lost
26	Dec	2008	A	Leeds	Cravendale Festive Challenge	22	16	Won
18	Jan	2009	A	St Helens	Paul Wellen's Testimonial	22	26	Lost
25	Jan	2009	A	Castleford	Friendly	12	32	Lost
1	Feb	2009	H	Doncaster	Friendly	12	42	Lost
26	Dec	2009	A	Leeds	Cravendale Festive Challenge	12	32	Lost
17	Jan	2010	H	Wigan	Friendly	38	40	Lost
24	Jan	2010	A	Hunslet	Friendly	6	38	Lost
1	Jan	2011	A	Leeds	Friendly	22	40	Lost
16	Jan	2011	A	Dewsbury	Friendly	30	10	Won
23	Jan	2011	H	Huddersfield	Friendly	16	24	Lost
30	Jan	2011	A	Bradford	Friendly	16	40	Lost
26	Dec	2011	A	Leeds	Heatshot Festive Challenge	10	26	Lost
6	Jan	2012	H	Sheffield Eagles	Friendly	38	24	Won
14	Jan	2012	A	Catalans Dragons	Jerome Guisset's Testimonial	10	46	Lost
22	Jan	2012	H	Castleford	Friendly	40	20	Won
29	Jan	2012	A	Batley	Friendly	14	18	Lost
26	Dec	2012	A	Leeds	Heatshot Festive Challenge	26	40	Lost
13	Jan	2013	H	Featherstone Rovers	Friendly	38	10	Won
26	Dec	2013	A	Leeds	Heatshot Festive Challenge	18	18	Draw
26	Jan	2014	H	Huddersfield	Friendly	postponed	waterlogged pitch
28	Jan	2014	A	Doncaster	Friendly	44	4	Won
2	Feb	2014	A	Hunslet	Friendly	40	20	Won
26	Dec	2014	A	Leeds	Tetley's Festive Challenge	28	50	Lost
11	Jan	2015	H	Featherstone Rovers	Friendly	34	20	Won
25	Jan	2015	H	Hull	Friendly	46	10	Won
26	Dec	2015	A	Leeds	Wetherby Whaler Festive Challenge	14	6	Won
10	Jan	2016	A	Featherstone Rovers	Friendly	22	18	Won
24	Jan	2016	A	Castleford	Friendly	6	32	Lost
26	Dec	2016	A	Leeds	Whetherby Whaler Festive Challenge	30	6	Won
8	Jan	2017	A	Dewsbury	Friendly	30	26	Won
22	Jan	2017	A	Featherstone Rovers	Friendly	20	28	Lost
29	Jan	2017	H	Sheffield Eagles	Friendly	50	6	Won
26	Dec	2017	H (crowd 6,173)	Leeds	Wetherby Whaler Festive Challenge	10	17	Lost
7	Jan	2018	H (crowd 1,365)	Halifax	Friendly	62	0	Won
14	Jan	2018	A	Batley	Friendly	12	24	Lost
20	Jan	2018	H	Huddersfield	Friendly	26	22	Won
26	Dec	2018	A	Leeds	Wetherby Whaler Festive Challenge	4	10	Lost
13	Jan	2019	A	Hull	Danny Kirmond and Danny Washbrook Testimonial (David Topliss memorial trophy)	30	24	Won
19	Jan	2019	A	Newcastle Thunder	Friendly	6	16	Lost
22	Jan	2019	H	Huddersfield	Friendly	28	24	Won
26	Dec	2019	A	Leeds	Wetherby Whaler Festive Challenge	4	30	Lost
12	Jan	2020	H	Hull Kingston Rovers	Danny Brough's Testimonial	20	6	Won
22	Jan	2020	H	Huddersfield	Friendly	4	16	Lost
24	Jan	2020	A	Doncaster	Friendly	22	36	Lost
14	March	2021	H	Dewsbury	Friendly	30	10	Won
26	Dec	2021	A	Leeds	Wetherby Whaler Festive Challenge	6	34	Lost
16	Jan	2022	A	Halifax	Scott Grix's Testimonial	52	24	Won
22	Jan	2022	A	Oldham	Friendly	24	24	Draw
23	Jan	2022	A	Featherstone Rovers	Friendly	18	22	Lost
26	Dec	2022	A	Leeds	Wetherby Whaler Festive Challenge	38	20	Won
15	Jan	2023	H	Halifax	Reece Lyne Testimonial	28	16	Won
29	Jan	2023	H	Featherstone	Friendly	24	12	Won
5	Feb	2023	H	Hull	Friendly	0	56	Lost
26	Dec	2023	A	Leeds	Friendly	22	41	Lost
26	Jan	2024	H	Wigan	Matty Ashurst Testimonial (abandoned after 60 mins due to repeated floodlight failure)	A 22	A 12	Abandoned
28	Jan	2024	A	Batley	Dale Morton Testimonial	16	44	Lost
26	Dec	2024	A	Leeds	Wetherby Whaler Festive Challenge	16	18	Lost