Greetland All Rounders Ground
Halifax (Greetland), West Yorkshire, England
Greetland All Rounders Ground, Halifax (Greetland), England — opened unknown, 5 rugby league games hosted, home of Elland RLFC used this ground as a home venue for the period in question, per Rugby League Project's results data -- all 5 recorded matches list Elland as the home side (one exception away). It appears to have been a temporary/alternative home rather than Elland's long-term base: their Rugby League Project team page separately lists "Greetland Community Centre" as a later home venue (2011, 2015), with a gap in between suggesting the club moved grounds more than once. A modern facility on what may be the same site is now branded "Goldfields Recreation Ground"/"The Hub," but it could not be confirmed whether this is literally the same pitch under a new name or a distinct nearby facility..
Ground facts
| Opened | unknown (No source dates the ground itself. Greetland All Rounders club roots trace to 1881 (as "Greetland Rangers"), formally reconstituted in 1933, but nothing ties an opening date to a distinct venue called "Greetland All Rounders Ground." Separately, sources disagree on this venue's own recorded rugby league year-range: Rugby League Project's team-history page for the ground's tenant club, Elland, states they used the ground "2001-2003" (matching this site's own data), but the same results page's own competition-round labels ("Challenge Cup 2002/2003/2004") imply a 2002-2004 span instead -- a roughly one-year internal discrepancy within Rugby League Project's own records that could not be resolved with certainty.) |
| Home club | Elland RLFC used this ground as a home venue for the period in question, per Rugby League Project's results data -- all 5 recorded matches list Elland as the home side (one exception away). It appears to have been a temporary/alternative home rather than Elland's long-term base: their Rugby League Project team page separately lists "Greetland Community Centre" as a later home venue (2011, 2015), with a gap in between suggesting the club moved grounds more than once. A modern facility on what may be the same site is now branded "Goldfields Recreation Ground"/"The Hub," but it could not be confirmed whether this is literally the same pitch under a new name or a distinct nearby facility. |
| Games hosted (rugby league, on record) | 5 |
| Top recorded crowd | 0 |
| Capacity | Not found in any source. |
| Floodlights installed | Not found in any source. |
| Surface | Not confirmed; presumed grass as standard for an amateur ground of this era, but not sourced directly. |
| First rugby league match | Challenge Cup, Round 1: Elland 8 def Shaw Cross 6 (site's own data: first year 2001) |
| Last rugby league match | Challenge Cup, Round 2: Elland 28 def Eastmoor 4 (site's own data: last year 2003) |
| Years used | 2001–2003 |
| Location | Halifax (Greetland), West Yorkshire |
Name history
Rugby league history
All 5 recorded matches are early-round (Rounds 1-2) amateur Challenge Cup ties, against fellow BARLA-level clubs (Shaw Cross, Sharlston Rovers, Redhill, Kells, Eastmoor) -- no finals or internationals. Greetland All Rounders itself is a long-established Halifax-area amateur club with Halifax Cup and Halifax Championship wins in the 1950s, and received a GBP50,000 funding boost in more recent years per a rugby-league.com news item (headline only reviewed).
Sources
Data last verified: 11 August 2026.
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