Quote =[url[/url"Slugger McBatt"I have been contacted by someone who is writing a book on Wakefield in the 1950's, and he wants to get the history of Belle Vue correct, but there appear to be conflicting accounts of the early days.
In "A History of Wakefield Trinity Football Club, 1873 - 1960", written and compiled by D W Armitage & J CLindley, it states that "Trinity moved to the present field in 1878-9............"
The club website states: "From Heath Common Trinity moved to a field near the Alexandra Hotel, belle Vue and finally in 1878-9 to the present field at Belle Vue."
In "100 years of rugby" by JC Lindley, brought out in 1973 for the centenary, it states that throughout the 1880's "Trinity leased two fields near the Alexandra Hotel in the Belle Vue district of the city", and goes on to explain that this was to accommodate a number of sporting activities, including lacrosse and cycling, the original club set up to promote sport in the city, and rugby being one of the sports played under the Trinity umbrella.
It then states that "By then Trinity had played at Belle Vue for some time - behind the Alexandra Hotel. :22g4ykyzBut their move to the current arena which still forms their home did not come until late in 1892. In December of that year the club agreed to lease a field adjacent to the St Catherine's School and there they made their headquarters which have remained so throughout the rest of their history
Try contacting John Goodchild,he is a very efficient local historian.
). Ask the RFL if we could play without names on the shirts (no disrespect to the lads who would be playing in them) and the the shirts could be auctioned, for perhaps squadbuilder, with one shirt going into the new museum/memory hall.
