Pilkington Recs
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| Full name | Pilkington Recs A.R.L.F.C |
| Emblem | Pilkington Shield |
| Colours | Red, amber and black |
| Founded | 1878 |
| Sport | Rugby League |
| League | North West Counties |
| Ground | Windle City Road |
| Official Website | http://www.pitchero.com/clubs/pilkingtonrecsarlfc/ |
The Recs Rugby Football Club is an amateur rugby league team based in St Helens, Merseyside.
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[edit] History
The club was founded in 1878 as part of the sports and recreational section of Pilkington Glass. The side played rugby, and occasionally association football.
However, on 14 June 1913, to discuss the future of the club. It was announced that the club would drop association football to rugby football. After considerable discussion, it was unanimously agreed to join the constitution of the Northern Rugby Football Union Football (later the Rugby Football League). The Recs officially known as St Helens Recs were based at City Road and played their first game on 6 September 1913.
St Helens now had two professional sides with St Helens RLFC being the other professional club. During the 1920s and 1930s the Recs played at every level of competition, hosting visiting Australian touring sides, and gaining honours in the game. Despite their success on the pitch, they played their last game on 29 April 1939. The game was away at Hull K.R. and Recs lost 25-12. The club had been suffering for a while on falling attendances and the economic depression it was not possible for the town to sustain two teams.
In 1945, following the Second World War, rugby league matches resumed including amateur games. In 1949 a group of Pilkington employees submitted an application to the Pilkington Recreation Club Committee at Grove Street to form an amateur rugby league team. Their first match on 27 August 1949 against local amateur side, Vine Tavern, and played away at their ground. The Recs lost 32-3 in front of a 2,000 strong crowd. However, later in the season the Recs won return match 15-13 in front of an estimated 4,000 crowd.
On 13 February 1977 the Recs drew a home fixture in the Challenge Cup against Wigan. The game was played at Knowsley Road as the City Road venue could not accommodate the number of spectators.
[edit] Club house fire
On 10th of June 2011, it was reported that the team's clubhouse on City Road was on fire. Club officials, who had been alerted to the blaze, scrambled to save kit and equipment from the changing rooms before the fire tore through the building.[1]
[edit] Players earning international caps while at St. Helens Recs
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[edit] Other notable players
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- Dave Archer (Flyin' winger)
- Paul Cresswell(The Caliper Kid)
[edit] References
- ^ "Pilks Recs vow to rise from the ashes of club blaze". St Helens Star. 2011-06-16. http://www.sthelensstar.co.uk/news/9086858.Pilks_Recs_vow_to_rise_from_the_ashes_of_club_blaze/. Retrieved 2011-07-14.
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