Park Station
Birkenhead, Merseyside, England
Park Station, Birkenhead, England — opened not confirmed, 56 rugby league games hosted, home of Birkenhead, Northern Union/Lancashire Senior Competition, 1897-98 through approximately 1903.
Sourcing caveat: Capacity, floodlights (unlikely for this era regardless), and surface are not confirmed in any source found.
Ground facts
| Opened | not confirmed (In use by Birkenhead's Northern Union club from at least Feb 1898, consistent with the code's founding era.) |
| Home club | Birkenhead, Northern Union/Lancashire Senior Competition, 1897-98 through approximately 1903 |
| Games hosted (rugby league, on record) | 56 |
| Top recorded crowd | 2,500 |
| Test matches hosted | 1 |
| First rugby league match | Birkenhead 17-0 Runcorn Recs (Challenge Cup Round 1), 26 Feb 1898 |
| Years used | 1898–1904 |
| Location | Birkenhead, Merseyside |
Name history
- Park Station — 1898-1904, no name change found
Rugby league history
A classic early Northern Union ground for a club (Birkenhead) that folded/lapsed within the code's first decade. Also hosted Lancashire Senior Competition fixtures in 1901-02 against Wigan, St Helens and Barrow. Notable chiefly for the 1899 County Championship match between Cheshire and Yorkshire, otherwise a minor early-era venue.
Historic Test matches, Cup & Grand Finals hosted
- 28 Oct 1899 — Cheshire 9-8 Yorkshire (County Championship), attendance 2,500
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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