King Cross Park
King Cross Park is a successful community Rugby League Club which has grown following the merger of King Cross Juniors and Park Amateurs. The long-standing club has been successful over several decades both at junior level and at open age with Park Amateurs being a dominant force in Halifax Rugby League in the 1980’s and 1990’s.
Origins of Park Amateurs
The club’s origins can be traced back to the early 1940’s when in 1940 a Schools League was formed with teams playing from Haugh Shaw, Sunnyside, Battinson Road, Holy Trinity, ...
The Reformed Club
It was almost a decade before St. Mary’s was reformed for the 1963-64 season joining the Halifax and District Rugby League. The club ran an open age team and in ...
The 1970’s
The 1970’s continued the struggles of the late 1960’s. The club had some characters. A well-known boxer did make a name for himself at the club. Richard Dunn, the European, ...
The 1980’s
As the decade began, the Park Amateurs club was in a good place with a home ground at the Barracks, two open age teams, junior teams at U13, U15, and ...
The 1990’s
Park Amateurs were going well on the field as we moved into the 1990’s. They had the Halifax Cup and Championship Trophy in their hands and the juniors were playing ...
Juniors Teams
St Mary's/Park Amateurs St Mary’s began as an U17 team back in the 1940’s. St Mary’s/Park Amateurs have consistently made attempts to promote their junior teams. In the 1980’s, Park ...
The New Century
Park Amateurs started the new century in good form with the first team well established in the Pennine Premier Division. They had good juniors coming through although Eric Roberts together ...
The advent of King Cross Park
Park Amateurs were now playing from the same headquarters, Old Crossleyans, as junior Rugby League club, King Cross. The clubs were working well together as co-tenants of the union club ...
Halifax Championship and Halifax Cup
Park Amateurs record in the Halifax Championship is unsurpassed. Between 1984 and 1999 Park were present 13 times in the Halifax Championship Final, missing out only twice in 1989 and ...
The “A” and “B” teams
Park Amateurs “A” Team The origins of the “A” go back to the St Mary’s days of the early 1970’s. However, it was in 1980-81 season which saw Park Amateurs ...