Home Park
Plymouth, Devon, England
Home Park, Plymouth, England — opened early 1890s, 1 rugby league games hosted, home of Plymouth Argyle F.C. (football), continuously since 1903; no rugby league club was ever a tenant — a single one-off international Test.
Sourcing caveat: This match rests on Rugby League Project alone; Wikipedia's otherwise detailed Home Park history article does not mention it at all, though this is not necessarily contradictory given that article's focus on the ground's football history.
Ground facts
| Opened | early 1890s (Sources give slightly different "built" (1892) and "opened" (1893) dates that could not be fully reconciled; used by Devonport Albion R.F.C. (1893-94) and Plymouth R.F.C. (1894-99), both rugby union clubs, before Argyle F.C. (1900-03) and then Plymouth Argyle F.C. (from 1903) took it over.) |
| Home club | Plymouth Argyle F.C. (football), continuously since 1903; no rugby league club was ever a tenant — a single one-off international Test |
| Games hosted (rugby league, on record) | 1 |
| Top recorded crowd | 7,500 |
| Test matches hosted | 1 |
| Floodlights installed | not installed until October 1953, decades after the 1913 rugby league match described here, which was necessarily a daytime fixture |
| First rugby league match | 15 February 1913 — Wales 16-40 England, 1913 Test Matches (attendance 7,500, our recorded top and only crowd) |
| Years used | 1913 |
| Location | Plymouth, Devon |
Name history
- Home Park — the only name found
Rugby league history
This was a full rugby league international Test between Wales and England, staged in an era when the code (then still widely called the Northern Union) periodically played internationals at varied southern and western English venues to try to grow its following outside its traditional northern heartland — Plymouth's single 1913 international fits that pattern, similar in spirit to London Broncos' later relocated fixtures at Welford Road, Leicester. England's scorers included Harold Wagstaff, later renowned as one of the greatest players of the pre-WWI and interwar era and captain of Huddersfield's famous "Team of All Talents" and of Great Britain.
The long-standing home of Plymouth Argyle F.C. (football), since 1903.
Historic Test matches, Cup & Grand Finals hosted
- 15 February 1913 — Wales 16-40 England (7,500)
Pre-dates the site's structured match-by-match records for these competitions, so listed here as sourced facts rather than linked match pages.
Sources
Data last verified: 11 August 2026.
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