ON THIS DAY

from Leicester Tigers v Northampton Saints Digital Matchday Programme (24-04-2021)

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Tigers History APR ON THIS DAY 24

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 backrower 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. 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.