The Leeds Chirons Past v Present game, part of the Golden Jubilee celebrations, was held on the 15th of November 1980.
Leeds Chirons Golden Jubilee
Category: Rugby Union Clubs
The club was struggling at the time and, in fact, went out of existence less than ten years later.
What is unusual about this particular Golden Jubilee is that Leeds Chirons actually celebrated the date when the club's name was changed rather than the date when the club was formed. The rugby club was originally called Leeds Education Offices Sports Club and was formed in 1923. The Leeds Education Offices Sports Club changed its name to Leeds Chirons in 1930.
The unique fact about the early years of the club is that all its players were teachers.
The press cutting below is from a newspaper article about the club's Golden Jubilee published in 1980. The photograph is a Chirons XV from the 1930s with the names of the players and the schools they were teaching at. Anyone familiar with the education system in Leeds will probably recognise that most of the schools named are no longer in existence.
The story of this unusual and perhaps unique rugby union club is told in: Leeds Who?
The book is available to buy from YorkBookShop.com follow the link here
The club was struggling at the time and, in fact, went out of existence less than ten years later.
What is unusual about this particular Golden Jubilee is that Leeds Chirons actually celebrated the date when the club's name was changed rather than the date when the club was formed. The rugby club was originally called Leeds Education Offices Sports Club and was formed in 1923. The Leeds Education Offices Sports Club changed its name to Leeds Chirons in 1930.
The unique fact about the early years of the club is that all its players were teachers.
The press cutting below is from a newspaper article about the club's Golden Jubilee published in 1980. The photograph is a Chirons XV from the 1930s with the names of the players and the schools they were teaching at. Anyone familiar with the education system in Leeds will probably recognise that most of the schools named are no longer in existence.
The story of this unusual and perhaps unique rugby union club is told in: Leeds Who?
The book is available to buy from YorkBookShop.com follow the link here
