Thrum Hall
Halifax, West Yorkshire, England
Thrum Hall, Halifax, England — opened 1886, 1,917 rugby league games hosted, home of None (demolished; historic home of Halifax RLFC, 1886-1998).
Ground facts
| Opened | 1886 |
| Home club | None (demolished; historic home of Halifax RLFC, 1886-1998) |
| Closed | 1998 |
| Demolished | Site sold to Asda for £1.5 million in 1998; the new superstore finally opened in 2004 after a protracted legal battle over the development (exact demolition date not identified in sources found) |
| Site today | An Asda supermarket; a Halifax RLFC Hall of Fame display is housed inside the store |
| Games hosted (rugby league, on record) | 1,917 |
| Top recorded crowd | 25,604 |
| Capacity | 9,832 (post-Taylor Report reduction, final years) |
| Challenge Cup Finals hosted | 1 |
| Surface | Grass |
| First rugby league match | Halifax v Hull FC, 18 September 1886, opened by Alderman Riley (Halifax won; exact score not identified in sources found) |
| Last rugby league match | Halifax 35-28 Leeds, 22 March 1998 |
| Years used | 1897–1998 |
| Location | Halifax, West Yorkshire |
Name history
- Thrum Hall — 1886-1998, also referred to as the "Thrum Hall Grounds" from 1928 once a speedway track was added
Rugby league history
Halifax's home for 112 years, opened in 1886 and closed in 1998 when the club moved to groundshare at The Shay with Halifax Town AFC. Hosted the 1913-14 Challenge Cup Final (Hull FC beat Wakefield Trinity 6-0) and several Yorkshire Senior Competition / Championship deciders, plus international touring-team fixtures against Australia and New Zealand across the first half of the 20th century. The ground's attendance record, 29,153, was set for a third-round Challenge Cup tie against Wigan on 21 March 1959 — well above its final, post-Taylor-Report capacity of 9,832. It also briefly hosted speedway racing (1928-1930) and staged first-class cricket matches in the 1880s-90s.
Hosted four first-class cricket matches between 1888 and 1897, and speedway racing from 1928 to 1930.
Historic Test matches, Cup & Grand Finals hosted
- 1913/14 Challenge Cup Final, 18 April 1914 — Hull FC 6-0 Wakefield Trinity, attendance 19,000
Pre-dates the site's structured match-by-match records for these competitions, so listed here as sourced facts rather than linked match pages.
Notable games played here
| Date | Competition | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 1913/14 Challenge Cup Final | Challenge Cup Final | Hull FC 6-0 Wakefield Trinity |
Only matches we have full, sourced records for are listed here — other historic games mentioned above may not have a dedicated match page built yet (World Cup coverage in particular is still expanding tournament by tournament).
Sources
Data last verified: 11 August 2026.
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