The Rovers 1st XV and the Oakes XV marking the end of 68/69 season, the Oakes XV on this occasion was drawn from Yorkshire and ran out winners by 35 pts to 14 ptd.
On the day the followiung players turned out
Rovers : -
J Clayton, R Impett, A Cheshire, J Dee, J Whittingham, A Richardson, W Woodward, K Winn, J Bousfield, W Puckrin, J Wakefield, R Mason, I Macrae, H Fraser, R Milsom.
Yorkshire : -
D Bell (Hull and ER), A Lowndes (Carnegie College and England Trials), M Lamb (Headingley), R Shackleton (Harrogate and England), I Ruckin ( Halifax), P Horrocks-Taylor ( Middlesbrough and England), R Pickering (Bradford and England), P Ray ( Headingley), G Smith (Halifax), D Moore (Hull and ER), R Aspey (Roundhay), W Cartwright (Headingley), J Dawson (Halifax), D Jackson (Headingley), I Booth (Halifax).
Date (of image) : 30/4/1969
Donor : John Wakefield
Creator : Unknown
Part of the "John Wakefield" collection
Location
The 1968 Oakes match had a touch of tradition about it for in 1912 Oakes had brought a Yorkshire XV to the Friarage Field to play Rovers (the initial game took place 4 days after the sinkng of the "Titanic"!) to start the Oakes series.
The match of 68 also had a Yorkshire XV as opposition and an action shot from the game is on this gallery.
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