AS winter hit hard, a record 33 professional rugby league matches had already been postponed, prompting talk of an extension to the season.

However, York weren't one of them as they travelled to Central Park and were beaten 23-2 by a classy Wigan side in front of 10,000 fans.

But they were on the wrong end of the physical side of things as Jeff Moores was kicked behind his right ear when he was lying on the ground.

The skipper played on, despite being dazed, before being led off just before half-time.

Moores then collapsed in the dressing room but came round and was able to travel home with his team-mates, one of whom (Rees) played with his left eye closed after taking a blow when attempting to score near the Wigan line.

York City's home match against Southport was called off due to ice below the surface water.

With King George V being laid to rest and fighting taking place in Abyssinia and south China as the Italians and the Communists tried to take over, the death of Lady Hawke, wife of Lord Hawke, Yorkshire's cricket captain from 1883-1910 and MCC president from 1914-18, was announced.

They lived at Huttons Ambo Hall near Malton for nine years.

Elsewhere, thick fog off the Yorkshire coast put four ships in grave danger, the death-watch beetle caused damage to York Guildhall's roof which would take a reported six years to repair, and dustmen in Scarborough were threatened with dismissal for having a mid-afternoon open-air tea party instead of working.