Schools Sports Day
Heritage Old Craven Park Other uses of Craven Park
Another use of Craven Park was for Hull Schools Sports Day in the 1950s. Because many of the schools didn’t have a playing field, Craven Park was ideal for them to come together to compete.
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Greyhound Racing
Greyhound racing was a part of Hull KR’s stadium history for many years starting around the 1920s and following the club to the New Craven Park in 1989 alongside speedway, which ran until 2005.
Bradford v Hull KR 1951 team pic
Team for Bradford away January 1951
Back row: Frank Moore?, xxxxxxxxx, Brian Spence, Alec Dockar, Walter Annetts?, Jim Barraclough, Geoff Tullock
Front row: xxxxxxxxx, xxxxxxxxxx, Ron Mills (capt), Peter Ingram, Sam Smith, George Young
Players to be named, Hugh O’Conner, Bill Cornforth and Gerry Tate
Jim Tong
Jim Tong, Heritage Number 522, played 151 games between 19/8/1950 to 1/2/1958 scoring 10 tries.
Joe Ramsden
Joe Ramsden, Heritage Number 393, played 346 games between 1/9/1934 to 7/4/1950 scoring 8 tries.
Geoff Tullock
Geoff Tullock, Heritage Number 510, making 167 appearances between 20/8/1949 to 23/4/1956 scoring 66 tries.
John Taylor
John Taylor, Heritage Number 630, played 197 games between 18/8/1958 and 24/8/1968, scoring 48 tries and kicking 1 goal.
Arthur Garry
Arthur Garry, Heritage Number 569, made 137 appearances between 21/9/1953 and 7/9/1957, scoring 39 tries.
Baseball at Craven Park
Baseball was a well attended sport, especially in the 1930s and continued to be played up to the 1970s.