Heavy Woollen Derby

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Batley Bulldogs – Dewsbury Rams
The Heavy Woollen Derby
LocationHeavy Woollen District, West Yorkshire, England
TeamsFile:Batley colours.svg Batley Bulldogs
File:Ramscolours.svg Dewsbury Rams
First meeting30 October 1909 (Batley 8–4 Dewsbury)
Latest meeting29 March 2024 (Dewsbury Rams 24-4 Batley Bulldogs)
Next meeting21 July 2024 (Mount Pleasant, Batley)
StadiumsMount Pleasant
Crown Flatt
Statistics
Meetings total54
Most winsBatley Bulldogs (30)

The Heavy Woollen Derby refers to the rugby league rivalry between Batley Bulldogs and Dewsbury Rams, both located in the Heavy Woollen district of West Yorkshire. The two sides compete an annual friendly on Boxing Day to celebrate their rivalry.

Head-to-head record

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Statistics correct as of 19/5/21[1]

In all competitions, competitive and uncompetitive:

Played Batley Drawn Dewsbury
53 30 0 24

Meetings in major finals

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The two sides have never met in a major final.

Collective Honours

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Batley Bulldogs Honour Dewsbury Rams
Rank No. No. Rank
17th 1 League (D1) 1 17th
— 0 League (D2) 2 4th
12th 3 Challenge Cup 2 16th
8th 2 Yorkshire League 0 —
13th 1 Yorkshire Cup 3 9th

Boxing Day Challenge

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The Boxing Day Challenge is an annual Rugby league friendly match that takes place on 26 December in which the teams compete for the Roy Powell Trophy.[2] The venue alternates between the two sides' home grounds: Crown Flatt (The Tetley's Stadium) and the Fox's Biscuits Stadium (Mount Pleasant) respectively. Before the move to the summer season from 1996, the teams would often meet for matches on Boxing Day and New Year's Day as part of their regular league schedule.[3][4]

The trophy is named in honour of Roy Powell who died on 27 December 1998. Powell was born in Dewsbury, and in 1998 had been part of the Batley team that won the Trans-Pennine Cup.[5]

Results

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Year Home Team Result Away Team Attendance Ref.
2009 Dewsbury 12–20 Batley 2,411 [6][7]
2010[a] Batley 30–6 Dewsbury 2,027 [6]
2011 Dewsbury 28–6 Batley [8]
2012 Batley 28–18 Dewsbury [9]
2013 Dewsbury 4–10 Batley [10]
2014 Batley 18–16 Dewsbury [11]
2015 Dewsbury 4–12 Batley 2,123 [12]
2016 Batley 28–18 Dewsbury [13]
2017 Dewsbury 16–28 Batley [14]
2018 Batley 16–10 Dewsbury [15]
2019 Dewsbury 14–14 Batley [16]
2020 Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic
2021
2022 Batley 32–22 Dewsbury [17]
2023 Dewsbury 12–12 Batley 1,893 [18]
2024 Batley 36–16 Dewsbury 1,883 [19]

See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ Postponed to 2 January 2011 due to poor weather

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