Pictures by Frank Orrell.
1.
Orrell Rugby Union club captain Des Seabrook chaired by team-mates holds aloft the Lancashire Rugby Union Challenge Cup after beating Liverpool 16-0 at Waterloo on Sunday 16th of April 1972. Orrell were the first team to win the trophy when it was resurrected after being mothballed 75 years earlier.
2.
Chris Wright sets the ball rolling during a Courage League 1 match against London Irish at Edge Hall Road on Saturday 2nd of September 1989. Orrell won 26-6.
3.
Action from the first match under Orrell Rugby Union Club's new floodlights in 1968. They were the first club in Lancashire to erect floodlights.
4.
The Orrell team celebrate after beating top side Northampton 19-9 in the National Knockout Cup quarter-final at Edge Hall Road on Saturday 9th of March 1974.