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LEICESTER TIGERS v NORTHAMPTON SAINTS
Tigers History
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ON THIS DAY 1905: A 5-5 draw at Plymouth
was sandwiched by defeats by Gloucester and Bristol in a four-day spell. Eight players started all three games, with Alf Parsons scoring the tour’s only try. 1909: Tigers ended the season with a 16-0 win over Northampton with tries from George Greasley, Arthur Hobbs, Percy Lawrie and Pedlar Wood, the scrum-half who started all 41 games in the campaign. 1920: Teddy Haselmere
scored four times in a 25-6 win at Northampton which drew the season to a close. 1954: Denis Bolesworth was
carried off shoulder high as he retired after 330 club games following a final-day win over Sale. He did return for one more game a year later after a colleague pulled out due to illness.
1962: Mike Wade ran in a hattrick of tries in the 31-14 win at Exeter, which completed an unbeaten three-game tour. 1965: David Bird scored twice in a 16-3 win at Northern on Tyneside on the final day of the season. 1971: International back-
rower Rodger Arneil made his final appearance as Peter Wheeler’s penalty provided the only score in a win over Sale on the last day of the
season. Arneil was then called up as an injury replacement for the Lions tour. 1973: Two penalties from
Alan Old and a try by Bobby Barker were not enough to avoid defeat at Wilmslow the only loss in the final 12 games of the season. Chris Baynes made the last of his club appearances.
1976: Ken Bracewell scored
in his final first-team game as visitors Fylde were beaten 22-13. Jim Kempin scored the other try, with Paul Dodge and Bobby Barker sharing the kicking. 1982: Tigers lost 30-9 to
Moseley four days after a 36-32 win over Barbarians in a re-arranged fixture. 1993: The league campaign
ended with a 28-5 win over Rugby Lions, which featured tries for Rory and Tony Underwood as Tigers finished third in the table. 1996: Darren Garforth
was among the scorers in a midweek win over Gloucester as Tigers stayed in second place in the table with one game remaining.
1999: Five tries in a 41-17
win at Manchester Sale kept Tigers top of the table and within two games of a league title. Neil Back scored twice to take his total to seven in nine games.
24 2005: With talk of a possible groundshare, Leicester City hosted Tigers for the first time, but it was Toulouse who took a 27-19 victory in a European Cup semi-final in front of a 31,882 crowd. 2007: Tom and Ben
Youngs were used as backs replacements - with Ben making his league debut as a 17-year-old - in a midweek trip to Bristol. Leon Lloyd made the last of his 260 appearances as Tigers stayed second behind Gloucester who would be their Twickenham rivals three weeks later. 2010: Matt Smith and Ben Youngs were among the scorers in a win over Harlequins for top-of-thetable Tigers. 2016: Racing 92 beat Tigers
19-16 in a European Cup semi-final at Nottingham Forest despite a late try from Telusa Veainu.
