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1886 - 1914 - Hartlepool Rovers 2nd & 3rd XVs

A selection of items from the Collections reflecting the Rovers 2nd XV and their activities in the early decade of the Club.  It is also well worth a glance at the 2nd/3rd Teams Cup records to see just how successful they were on the Knockout Rugby front. Although founder members of the Pyman League fielding either their 2nd or 3rd XVs they did not win the Cup until the mid-thirties.

Also on this Gallery is a set of images from the pre–Great War era stating from Season 1906-07 when the 2nds and 3rd won their Cup Comps.  1912/13 ended with them holding the Senior, 2nd, and 3rd Teams cups once again.

Gallery images

  • 1885 - Hartlepool Rovers 2nd XV v Sunderland
  • 1887 - Hartlepool Rovers 2nd XV
  • 1889 - Hartlepool Rovers v Tudhoe - Second Teams Cup Final
  • 1889 - 1891 - Hartlepool Rovers or Rangers - 2nd Teams Cup Winners
  • 1890 - Consett v Hartlepool Rovers 2nd.
  • 1907 - Hartlepool Rovers 2nd XV Cup Winners
  • 1913 - Hartlepool Rovers 2nd XV
  • 1913 - Hartlepool Rovers 3rd XV
  • 1914 - Hartlepool Rovers 3rd XV - Easter Tour to Yorkshire