Cumbria rugby league team

English representative rugby league team

Cumbria rugby league teamTeam information

Governing body| Rugby Football League
Head coach| Paul Crarey
Captain| Rob Purdham
Home stadium| Varies
Uniforms

First colours

Team results
First game
Cumberland 0–8  Yorkshire
(Parkside, Hunslet; 5 February 1898)
First international
Cumberland 21–9  New Zealand
(Lonsdale Park, Workington; 8 January 1908)
Biggest win
Cumbria 70–0  United States
(Craven Park, Barrow-in-Furness; 4 November 2007)
Biggest defeat
Cumbria 12–64 Anzacs
(Derwent Park, Workington; 27 October 2004)

The Cumbria rugby league team (known as Cumberland from 1898 to 1973) is an English representative rugby league team consisting of players who were born in the county of Cumbria and the historic county of Cumberland. They play fixtures against international representative sides, often acting as opposition in warm-up fixtures for touring international sides.[1][2]

## History

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Cumbria played the touring Australian Kangaroos during 14 Kangaroo Tours, including 1908-09 (twice), 1911-12, 1921-22, 1929–30, 1933–34, 1948–49, 1963-64, 1967-68, 1973, 1978, 1982, 1986, 1990 and 1994, as well as playing the Australians as part of their 1992 Rugby League World Cup final tour. They also played New Zealand in 1907–08, 1926–27 and 1980.

During the 2004 Tri-Nations series Cumbria played a match against an 'ANZAC Combination' side made up of Australian and New Zealand squad members. The 64–12 loss was the largest ever suffered by the Cumbrian side.

Cumbria played the England national rugby league team as part of England's preparation for the 2010 Four Nations.[3] The match raised funds for the Rugby Football League's benevolent fund and the family of Garry Purdham, who was among the victims of the Cumbria shootings tragedy on 2 June 2010.[4][5] The game was watched by 5,250 spectators at Whitehaven's Recreation Ground and ended 18–18,[6] raising over £50,000 for its cause.[7]

In 2006, Cumbria defeated Tonga 28–16 at Derwent Park in Workington, while on 4 November 2007, Cumbria recorded its largest ever win when they defeated the United States 70–0 at Craven Park in Barrow-in-Furness.

In 2010, Cumbria was coached by Paul Crarey, with assistant coaches; Gary Charlton of Workington Town, and David Seeds of Whitehaven.[8]

## Results

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Cumbria played in the County Championship from 1898 to its final season in 1983. They have also played against international representative sides during tours to Great Britain.[9]

### County Championship results

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Main article: County Championship (rugby league) § Results

Titles 16:[10] 1905–1906, 1907–1908, 1909–1910, 1911–1912, 1927–1928, 1932–1933, 1933–1934, 1934–1935, 1948–1949, 1959–1960, 1961–1962, 1963–1964, 1965–1966, 1966–1967, 1980–1981, 1981–1982.

### International results

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Results for Cumbria against international teams.[11]

Wednesday 8 January 1908  | Cumberland  | 21 – 9 |  New Zealand | Workington |

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Saturday 24 October 1908  | Cumberland  | 10 – 52 |  Australia | Whitehaven |

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Jim Devereaux (3), Dally Messenger (2), Pat Walsh, Ed Courtney, Sid Deane, Andy Morton
Goals:
Dally Messenger (8)
Andy Morton (3)  | Stadium: Recreation Ground
Attendance: 4,000
Thursday 4 February 1909  | Cumberland  | 11 – 2 |  Australia | Carlisle |

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Attendance: 2,000
Wednesday 22 November 1911  | Cumberland  | 2 – 5 | Australasia | Maryport |

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Attendance: 6,000
Saturday 7 January 1922  | Cumberland  | 12 – 25 | Australasia | Workington |

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Attendance: 5,000
Thursday 6 January 1927  | Cumberland  | 3 – 18 |  New Zealand |  |

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Attendance: 4,200
Saturday 7 December 1929  | Cumberland  | 8 – 5 |  Australia | Workington |

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Attendance: 3,500
Saturday 9 December 1933  | Cumberland  | 17 – 16 |  Australia | Whitehaven |

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Attendance: 5,800
Wednesday 13 October 1948  | Cumberland  | 5 – 4 |  Australia | Whitehaven |

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Goals: | Stadium: Recreation Ground
Attendance: 8,818
Thursday 31 October 1963  | Cumberland  | 0 – 21 |  Australia | Workington |

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Goals: nil  | [21]
| Tries: 5
Les Johns (2)
Michael Cleary (2)
Barry Rushworth
Goals: 3
Les Johns (3)  | Stadium: Derwent Park
Attendance: 8,229
Referee: A. Durkin
Team list:

Cumberland FB: Lowden, WG: Shepherd, CE: O'Neill, CE: Bell, WG: Colliby, FE: Archer, HB: McDowell, LK: Halliday, SR: Moore, SR: McLeod, PR: Temby, HK: Lynch, PR: Edgar
Australia FB: Les Johns, WG: Peter Dimond, CE: Barry Rushworth, CE: Jim Lisle, WG: Michael Cleary, FE: John Gleeson, HB: Frank Stanton, LK: Kevin Smyth, SR: Ken Day, SR: Graham Wilson, PR: John Cleary, HK: Noel Kelly, PR: Paul Quinn. Graeme Langlands replaced an injured Dimond.[22]

Saturday 18 November 1967  | Cumberland  | 17 – 15 |  Australia | Workington |

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Goals: | Stadium: Derwent Park
Attendance: 7,545
Referee: J. Hebblethwaite
Wednesday 24 October 1973  | Cumberland  | 2 – 28 |  Australia | Whitehaven |

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Goals: | Stadium: Recreation Ground
Attendance: 3,666
Referee: Mick Naughton
Sunday 1 October 1978  | Cumbria  | 4 – 47 |  Australia | Barrow-in-Furness |

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Goals: | Stadium: Craven Park
Attendance: 5,964
Referee: Stan Wall
Wednesday 8 October 1980  | Cumbria  | 9 – 3 |  New Zealand | Whitehaven |

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Arnie Walker
Goals:
Ian Ball (3)  | [26]
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Graeme West
Goals: | Stadium: Recreation Ground
Attendance: 4,070
Referee: Harry Hunt
Tuesday 9 November 1982  | Cumbria  | 2 – 41 |  Australia | Carlisle |

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Lyn Hopkins (1)  | [27]
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Mal Meninga (2), Kerry Boustead, Steve Ella, Don McKinnon, Wayne Pearce, John Ribot, Steve Rogers, Peter Sterling
Goals:
Mal Meninga (7)  | Stadium: Brunton Park
Attendance: 5,748
Referee: Stan Wall
Tuesday 9 November 1986  | Cumbria  | 12 – 48 |  Australia | Barrow-in-Furness |

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Graeme Cameron, Les Holliday
Goals:
Graeme Cameron (2)  | [28]
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Greg Alexander (3), Terry Lamb (3), Dale Shearer (2), Gary Belcher, Mal Meninga
Goals:
Terry Lamb (3)
Michael O'Connor (1)  | Stadium: Craven Park
Attendance: 4,233
Referee: John McDonald
Player of the Match: Les Davidson
Wednesday 17 October 1990  | Cumbria  | 10 – 42 |  Australia | Workington |

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Willie Richardson
Goals:
Graeme Cameron (1)
Barry Vickers (1)
Field Goals:
Dean Marwood (2)  | [29]
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Dale Shearer (3), Cliff Lyons (2), Mark Carroll, Ben Elias, Mark Geyer
Goals:
Greg Alexander (5)  | Stadium: Derwent Park
Attendance: 6,750
Referee: Jim Smith
Player of the Match: Des Hasler
Sunday 18 October 1992  | Cumbria  | 0 – 44 |  Australia | Workington |

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Michael Hancock (2), Mal Meninga (2), Bradley Clyde, Brad Fittler, David Gillespie, Steve Renouf, Mark Sargent, Steve Walters
Goals:
Tim Brasher (1)
Graham Mackay (1)  | Stadium: Derwent Park
Attendance: 5,156
Referee: Colin Morris
Sunday 2 October 1994  | Cumbria  | 8 – 52 |  Australia | Workington |

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Paul Burns
Goals:
Dean Marwood (2)  | [31]
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David Fairleigh (2), Wendell Sailor (2), Paul McGregor, Tim Brasher, Steve Menzies, Ian Roberts, Jim Serdaris
Goals:
Rod Wishart (8)  | Stadium: Derwent Park
Attendance: 4,277
Referee: John Connolly
Player of the Match: Steve Menzies
Sunday 19 October 2003  | Cumbria  | 24 – 24 |  New Zealand A | Whitehaven |

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Howard Hill (2), Ewan Dowes, Gary Broadbent
Goals:
Peter Lupton (4)  | [32]
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Taylor Pelenise, Ricky Henry, Lusi Sione, Hale Va'asa
Goals:
Steve Buckingham (4)  | Stadium: Recreation Ground
Attendance: 4,124
Referee: Bob Connolly
Sunday 27 October 2004  | Cumbria  | 12 – 64 | / Anzacs | Workington |

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Craig Calvert (2), Oliver Wilkes
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Mark O'Meley (3), Shontayne Hape (2), Matt Bowen, Matt Cooper, Dene Halatau, Scott Hill, Brent Tate, Henry Fa'afili
Goals:
Brett Kimmorley (9)
Matt Bowen (1)  | Stadium: Derwent Park
Attendance: 4,203
Referee: Glen Black
Wednesday 25 October 2006  | Cumbria  | 28 – 16 |  Tonga | Workington |

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Mat Gardner, Craig Calvert, Carl Sice, Liam Finch
Goals:
Carl Rudd (6)  | [34]
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Paula Koloi, Feleti Mateo, Saia Makisi
Goals:
Feleti Mateo (2)  | Stadium: Derwent Park
Attendance: 1,639
Sunday 4 November 2007  | Cumbria  | 70 – 0 |  United States | Barrow-in-Furness |

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Craig Calvert (3), Nick Beach (2), Liam Harrison (2), Carl Sice, Scott McAvoy, Dexter Miller, Brett McDermott
Goals:
Darren Holt (11)  | [35]
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Goals: | Stadium: Craven Park
Attendance: 1,028
Referee: Gareth Hewer
Sunday 3 October 2010  | Cumbria  | 18 – 18 |  England | Whitehaven |

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Kyle Amor, John-Paul Brocklebank, Scott McAvoy
Goals:
Rob Purdham (1)
Gregg McNally (2)  | [36]
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Tony Clubb, Gareth Carvell, Richie Myler
Goals:
Ben Westwood (2)
Richie Myler (1)  | Stadium: Recreation Ground
Attendance: 5,250
Referee: Phil Bentham
Saturday 22 October 2011  | Cumbria  | 12 – 26 |  England Knights | Whitehaven |

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Kyle Amor, Brad Singleton
Goals:
Darren Holt (1)
Will Sharp (1)  | [37]
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Zak Hardaker, Luke Gale, Kris Welham, Liam Watts, Josh Charnley
Goals:
Josh Charnley (3)  | Stadium: Recreation Ground
Attendance: 1,163
Referee: James Child
Friday 21 October 2016  | Cumbria Select XIII  | 16 – 48 |  Scotland | Barrow-in-Furness |

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Chris Fleming, Ryan Fieldhouse
Goals:
Chris Hankinson (2/3)  | [38]
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David Scott (2), Callum Phillips, Frankie Mariano, Ryan Brierley, Adam Walker, Tyler Cassel, Lewis Tierney
Goals:
Ryan Brierley (5/8)  | Stadium: Craven Park
Attendance: 1,048
Friday 7 October 2022  | Cumbria  | 28 – 12 |  Jamaica | Workington |

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Kyle Amor, Ryan Johnston, Curtis Teare, Tee Ritson, Jake Carter,
Goals:
Jake Carter (4)
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AJ Wallace, James Woodburn-Hall
Goals:
Kieran Rush (2)
| Stadium: Derwent Park
Attendance: 3,000
Friday 13 October 2023  | Cumbria  | 23 – 4 |  Wales Chairman's XIII | Whitehaven |

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## External links

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* The Rugby Football League