Heckmondwike (rugby league)
Heckmondwike was a semi-professional rugby league club based in Heckmondwike in the metropolitan borough of Kirklees, West Yorkshire, England.
| Club information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Heckmondwike FC |
| Founded | 1895 |
| Exited | 1902 |
The club played semi-professional rugby league for a total of 4 seasons and spent each of the seasons in the Yorkshire Senior Competition. They first became members of the Northern Rugby Football Union (now Rugby Football League) in 1896–97 and stayed for three seasons until 1898–99. After a two-year sojourn in the Yorkshire Second Competition, they returned to the Northern Rugby Football Union's Yorkshire Senior Competition in 1901–02 for a further single season.
At the end of the 1901–02 season the club left the league and changed sports to soccer.
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