Location | Heavy Woollen District, West Yorkshire, England |
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Teams |
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First meeting | 30 October 1909 (Batley 8–4 Dewsbury) |
Latest meeting | 29 March 2024 (Dewsbury Rams 24-4 Batley Bulldogs) |
Next meeting | 21 July 2024 ( Mount Pleasant, Batley) |
Stadiums |
Mount Pleasant Crown Flatt |
Statistics | |
Meetings total | 54 |
Most wins | Batley Bulldogs (30) |
The Heavy Woollen Derby refers to the 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.
In all competitions, competitive and uncompetitive:
Played | Batley | Drawn | Dewsbury |
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53 | 30 | 0 | 24 |
The two sides have never met in a major final.
Batley Bulldogs | Honour | Dewsbury Rams | ||
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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 |
Sport | Rugby league |
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Number of teams | 2 |
Country |
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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]
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Year | Home Team | Result | Away Team | Attendance | Ref. |
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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] |