Millom RLFC
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Amateur
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rugby league
Rugby league
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club based in the town of Millom
Millom
Millom is a town and civil parish on the estuary of the River Duddon in the southwest of Cumbria, England. The name is Cumbrian dialect for "At the mills". The town is accessible both by rail and an A class road...
in Cumbria
Cumbria
Cumbria , is a non-metropolitan county in North West England. The county and Cumbria County Council, its local authority, came into existence in 1974 after the passage of the Local Government Act 1972. Cumbria's largest settlement and county town is Carlisle. It consists of six districts, and in...
. It is one of the oldest amateur rugby league club in the world, having been founded in 1873.
The club has, on four occasions, fielded a professional
Professional
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team, but has otherwise remained amateur. Though never achieving major success, the club has had some notable achievements. In 1889 it fielded 12 of the 13 players in a Cumberland
Cumberland
Cumberland is a historic county of North West England, on the border with Scotland, from the 12th century until 1974. It formed an administrative county from 1889 to 1974 and now forms part of Cumbria....
v. Yorkshire
Yorkshire
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match at Hunslet
Hunslet
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, whilst over 50 of its players have been awarded full international honours whilst playing for Millom since 1945.
The club's biggest honour came in the 1985-86 season, when they played against Mysons in the British Amateur Rugby League Association
British Amateur Rugby League Association
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National Cup Final. Later that year, the club gave Wakefield Trinity
Wakefield Trinity Wildcats
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a scare, losing only 14-8 in the John Player Trophy
John Player Trophy
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. They were National Conference League
National Conference League
The National Conference League is the top league in the pyramid of amateur rugby leagues run by the British Amateur Rugby League Association...
division one champions in 1994-1995, and won its challenge cup in 1990-1991.
The first team currently plays in the National Conference League Division 1, with the A team representing the club in the Barrow and District League. As well as the open age teams, Millom also has a thriving youth set-up with teams at U8, 10, 12, 14 and 16 level playing in the local competitions.
In the 2007-08 season, the club finished as champions of the National Conference league division 2. They currently play at the Coronation Field ground in Millom. The club's colours are maroon
Maroon (color)
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and white
White
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.
The 2007-2008 season has brought a lot of success to the club. The first team were champions of the NCL Division 2, they won the Barton Townley local cup competition, the A team won the league title and the Frank Reid trophy, runners up in the Harry Warman Cup and runners up in the knockout cup. Bradd Crellin represented BARLA Great Britain on a tour of Australia with 6 other players representing Cumbria, also on a tour of Australia.
Players earning international caps while at Millom
- Edward KnowlesEdward KnowlesEdward Knowles was a rugby union footballer of the 1890s who at representative level played for England, and at club level for Millom, playing in the Forwards, e.g. Front row, Lock, or Back row...
won caps for England (RU) while at Millom in 1896 against Scotland, and in 1897 against Scotland
- Samuel NorthmoreSamuel NorthmoreSamuel Northmore was a rugby union footballer of the 1890s who at representative level played for England, and at club level for Millom, playing at Fly-half, i.e. number 10...
won a cap for England (RU) while at Millom in 1897 against Ireland