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| Pre 1950
This was my real aim of setting up a website - to share some of the Wakefield Trinity programmes that I've got hold of over the last eight or so years. It's clear from reading the programmes that the authors were much more honest in their appraisal of the team's performance and there are a number of in-jokes and comments that we sadly now have no way of understanding. It's also interesting to see how many of the players and former players ran public houses and advertised in the programme, along with what was on at the Opera House and the Corn Exchange. Wonderful stuff! v Leeds, League, 3rd April, 1909 v York, League, 13th November, 1920 v Dewsbury, Lazenby Cup charity match, 23rd April, 1921 v Dewsbury, York and Keighley, Christmas period, 1921 v Batley, League, 8th October, 1921 v Warrington, League, 1st April, 1922 v Batley, League, 9th September, 1922 v Dewsbury, Halifax and Warrington, League. Easter weekend, 1923 v Rochdale Hornets, League, 7th October, 1922 v Hunslet, Yorkshire Cup 1st Round, 13th October, 1923 v Bradford Northern, League, 15th December 1923 v Keighley, League, 24th December, 1924 v Featherstone Rovers, League, 26th December, 1924 v Hull, League, 10th January, 1925 v Halifax, League, 3rd October, 1925 v Bradford Northern, Yorkshire Cup 1st Round 9th October, 1926 v Hull, Yorkshire Cup Semi-Final, 3rd November, 1926 v Leeds, League, 19th March, 1927 (Charlie Pollard's Benefit) v Newcastle, League, 4th May, 1938 v Dewsbury, League, 25th August, 1945 (first match post-World War Two) v Wigan, League, 4th January 1947 (match where the famous 'six cups' photograph of the Wakefield and Wigan teams was taken.)
| Coaches Ken Traill 1958-70 Neil Fox 1970-74 Peter Fox 1974-76 Geoff Gunney 1976 Brian Lockwood 1976-78 Ian Brooke 1978-79 Bill Kirkbride 1979-80 Bill Ashurst 1981-82 Ray Batten 1982-83 Derek Turner 1983-84 Geoff Wraith 1984 David Lamming 1984-85 Len Casey 1985-86 Tony Dean 1986 Trevor Bailey 1986-87 David Topliss 1987-94 David Hobbs 1994-95 Paul Harkin 1995-96 Mitch Brennan 1996-97 Andy Kelly 1997-2000 Tony Kemp 2000 John Harbin 2000-01 Peter Roe 2001-02 Shane McNally/Adrian Vowles 2002-03 Shane McNally 2003-05 Tony Smith 2005-06 John Kear 2006-11 Richard Agar 2011-2014 James Webster 2014-2015 Brian Smith 2015-2016 Chris Chester 2016-2021 Willie Poching Sept 2021 to 2022 Mark Applegarth 2022 to 2023 Daryl Powell 2023 to date |