Batley Bulldogs
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| Full name | Batley Bulldogs Rugby League Football Club | ||
| Nickname(s) | The Bulldogs | ||
| Short name | Batley Bulldogs | ||
| Website | batleybulldogs.co.uk | ||
| Colours |
 Claret, Gold and White |
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| Founded | 1880 | ||
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| Chairman | Kevin Nicholas | ||
| Coach | Matt Diskin | ||
| Captain | vacant | ||
| Competition | Championship | ||
| 2016 season | 3rd | ||
 Current season
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| Championships | 1 (1924) | ||
| Challenge Cups | 3 (1897, 1898, 1901) | ||
| Other honours | 6 | ||
Batley Bulldogs R.L.F.C. are an English professional rugby league club in Batley, West Yorkshire who play in the Kingstone Press Championship. Batley were one of the original twenty-two rugby football clubs that formed the Northern Rugby Football Union in 1895. They were League Champions in 1924 and have won three Challenge Cups.
Batley Cricket Club decided to have a rugby football side merge with them at their ground under the name Batley Cricket Athletic and Football Club. The two local rugby teams, Batley Mountaineers and Batley Athletic, played a challenge match at the cricket club's Mount Pleasant home on 23 October 1880 to determine which was the town's premier rugby side and worthy of the cricket club. Both sides claimed victory but the cricket club chose Batley Athletic to join them.
The new club's first game was at home against Bradford Zingari which they won by 2 goals, 3 touchdowns, 2 dead balls and one touch goal to nil. Jacob Parker scored the first touchdown. The first season finished with Batley having won 15 games and drawn 5 out of 26 matches played.
They won the Yorkshire Challenge Cup in 1884 – 5 season beating Heckmondwike, Pudsey, Halifax, Salterhebble and Bradford before beating Manningham 8 minor points to 2 in the final held at Cardigan Fields in Leeds.
Batley were one of the original twenty-two clubs that met at the George Hotel, Huddersfield on 29 August 1895 and formed the Northern Rugby Football Union. Batley’s first match under the new union was on 7 September 1895 against Hull F.C. at Mount Pleasant with Batley winning 7 – 3.
Sixth in the Yorkshire Senior Competition of 1896/97, they battled their way to third spot come the end of the next season. Where knock-out competitions was concerned, they were peerless. In 1897, the 'Gallant Youths' became the first winners of the Challenge Cup beating St. Helens 10-3, in front of a crowd of 13,492 at Headingley.
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