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1983/84 Double Winning Team Open Top Tour
Open top bus tour turning into Craven Park after the 1983/84 Championship/Premiership double winning team.
Double Winning Side 1983/4
Specially painted bus commemorating the double winning achievement in season 1983/4.
Pictured with the trophies are Gordon Smith, Gary Prohm, Ian Robinson, Roger Millward, 2 Representatives, Gavin Miller and Mark Broadhurst.
David Oxley
David Oxley, R L Secretary, with pendant celebrating 60 years at Craven Park, 29th August 1982, Rovers v St Helens.
Hull KR The Opening Match Craven Park 2nd September 1922
Backrow: B Jaques (trainer), F Bielby, B Westerdale, G Van Rooyen, F (Sandy) Gibson, J Wilkinson, B Wilkinson.
Front row: L Harris, R Rees, L Osbourne, A Moore (capt) B Clark, J Cook, G Austin.
On Ground: J McGlone, T McGiever.
Rovers were beaten by Wakefield 3-0.
Mike Smith
Mike Smith, Heritage Number 779, played 489 games between 28/3/1975 and 31/3/1991, scoring 140 tries, kicking 2 goals and 3 drop goals.
Paul Fletcher
Paul Fletcher, Heritage Number 867, played 464 games between 17/4/1988 and 5/6/2005 scoring 99 tries.
Hull Kingston Rovers Records – Points
Mike Fletcher between 23-4-1985 and 20-9-1998, made 360 (332 starts + 28 substitute) appearances, scoring 2760 points comprising 1,268 goals and 56 tries.
Hull Kingston Rovers Records – Roger Millward
Roger Millward between 15-8-1966 and 3-5-1980, made 406 (399 starts + 7 substitute) appearances, scoring 207 tries. He also scored 597 goals and 10 drop goals.
Hull Kingston Rovers Records – Consecutive Appearances
Gilbert Austin made 190 consecutive appearances between 25-1-1919 and 1-12-1923.
Over his 347 match career with the Robins, Austin scored a total of 163 tries – including a then record 37 in the glorious 1924/25 season, in which he touched down six times in a Yorkshire Cup tie against Halifax. His 190 consecutive games stood as a rugby league record for over 50 years until it was finally beaten by Widnes hooker Keith Elwell in the 1980s.
Hull Kingston Rovers Records – Goals in a Game
Four players share the record of scoring 14 goals in a match. They are: top left, Alf ‘Bunker’ Carmichael v Merthyr Tydfil on 8-10-1910.
Bottom left, Mike Fletcher v Whitehaven on 18-3-1990. Top right, Colin Armstrong v Nottingham City on 19-8-1990 and bottom right, Damien Couturier v Halifax on 23-4-2006.
Hull Kingston Rovers Records – Attendance
The highest recorded attendance for any Rovers game was played at Wembley Stadium on the 3rd May 1980 when 95,000 attended the Challenge Cup Final against Hull which Rovers won 10-5.
Hull Kingston Rovers Records – Holderness Road
The highest recorded attendance at Craven Park on Holderness Road ground was 22,282 on the 7th October 1922 against Hull.
Hull Kingston Rovers Records – Craven Park Preston Road
The highest recorded attendance at Craven Park on Preston Road ground was 12,100 on 1st February 2019 against Hull.
Hull Kingston Rovers Records – Craven Street
The highest recorded attendance at Rovers’ Craven Street ground was 18,000 on the 11th March 1922 against Hull.
Hull Kingston Rovers Records – Highest Score
Rovers recorded their highest score in a match against Nottingham City winning by 100-6. Although a home game for Nottingham, the match was played at Doncaster. In that match Colin Armstrong kicked 14 goals and the left wing partnership of Greg Austin (6) and Anthony Sullivan (5) scored 11 tries.
Hull Kingston Rovers Records – International Appearances
Roger Millward represented Great Britain and England 46 times. 45 of these were as a Rovers player, the other being as an 18 year old when at Castleford.
Hull Kingston Rovers Records – Appearances
Mike Smith made 489 appearances (starting in 481 and substitute in 8) between 1975 and 1991. His first match was as substitute against Barrow on 28th March 1975 and his final appearance was also as a substitute against Hull on 29th March 1991.
He played centre, off half and loose forward.