Salford vs Batley (1901) footage : Sun Mar 22, 2009 4:33 pm  

Just in case you missed it: the Naked League blog embedded footage of Salford vs Batley on YouTube. The year is 1901, the ground is New Barnes. This video contains one of the earliest tries caught on film. It also shows how chaotic the Northern Union game was, where a scrum was ordered after every tackle.

Just in case you missed it: the Naked League blog embedded footage of Salford vs Batley on YouTube. The year is 1901, the ground is New Barnes. This video contains one of the earliest tries caught on film. It also shows how chaotic the Northern Union game was, where a scrum was ordered after every tackle.

: Sun Mar 22, 2009 4:40 pm  

beltin stuff

: Sun Mar 22, 2009 5:07 pm  

The sheer number of fancy moustaches is staggering. Awesome stuff Now if only we could find the film of Stanly Gene making his Rugby League debut shot in the same year i believe!!

: Wed Mar 25, 2009 7:08 pm  

real quality thanks

: Wed Mar 25, 2009 11:04 pm  

I wonder if in 100 years time fans of the future will look back on crowd scenes of the current era and think that all Salfordians of the time were clowns in pink hats and wigs.

: Thu Mar 26, 2009 1:00 pm  

is that not an upto date shot of the changing room at the willows? great to see what the early version of the shed heads looked like cracking stuff