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Club Honours

Championship

Winners: 1907, 1965
Beaten Finalists: 1953, 1954, 1956, 1966

Division One

Champions: 1903, 1986

Challenge Cup

Winners: 1903, 1904, 1931, 1939, 1987
Beaten Finalists: 1921, 1941, 1942, 1949, 1954, 1956, 1988

John Player Special/Regal Trophy

Winners: 1972
Beaten Finalist: 1990

War Emergence League

Beaten Finalists: 1943, 1945

Premiership Trophy

Beaten Finalists: 1986

Second Division Premiership

Beaten Finalists: 1991

Yorkshire Cup

Winners: 1909, 1945, 1955, 1956, 1964
Beaten Finalists: 1906, 1908, 1942, 1980

Yorkshire League

Winners: 1909, 1921, 1950, 1953, 1954, 1956

Eastern Divisional Championship

Winners: 1964

Charity Shield

Winners: 1986
Beaten Finalists: 1987

 

All statistics courtesy of Andrew Hardcastle (Club Historian)

Club Records

Match

Goals: 14 Bruce Burton at Hunslet 27/8/72
Tries: 8 Keith Williams v Dewsbury 9/11/57
Points: 32 John Schuster at Doncaster 9/10/94

Season

Goals: 147 Tysul Griffiths 1955-56
Tries: 48 Johnny Freeman 1956-57
Points: 362 John Schuster 1994-95

Career

Goals: 1,028 Ronnie James 1960-72
Tries: 290 Johnny Freeman 1954-67
Points: 2,191 Ronnie James 1960-72

Halifax Appearances

Career: Stan Kielty 482 (1946-58)
Season: John Thorley 48 (1956-57)
Consecutive: Dick Davies 108 (1925-28)

Representative Appearances

Great Britain: Karl Harrison 11
England: Alvin Ackerley 6
Wales: Arthur Daniels 13
Yorkshire: Archie Rigg 14
Lancashire: Ken Roberts 4
Cumberland: Alvin Ackerley 13

Highest Score

88-6 v Workington Town 02/03/08

Highest Winning Margin

88-6 v Workington Town 02/03/08

Biggest Loss

6-88 v Hull KR (Northern Rail Cup) 23/4/06

Record Crowd

29,153 v Wigan (Challenge Cup) at Thrum Hall 21/3/59