Wakefield versus Melrose

The Tradition Continues

1901	Melrose 12	Wakefield 0	1951	Wakefield 12	Melrose 13	1987	Wakefield 15	Melrose 14
1903	Melrose 5	Wakefield 0	1952	Wakefield 19	Melrose 0	1988	Melrose 26	Wakefield 10
1904	Melrose 50	Wakefield 0	1953	Wakefield 34	Melrose 0	1989	Wakefield 10	Melrose 6
1918	Wakefield 12	Melrose 7	1954	Melrose 12	Wakefield 0	1990	Melrose 0	Wakefield 0
1919	Wakefield 6	Melrose 0	1955	Wakefield 39	Melrose 13	1991	Wakefield 14	Melrose 13
1920	Melrose 20	Wakefield 6	1956	Melrose 21	Wakefield 18	1992	Melrose 20	Wakefield 6
1921	Wakefield 26	Melrose 6	1957	Wakefield 25	Melrose 13	1993	Wakefield 17	Melrose 14
1922	Melrose 26	Wakefield 0	1958	Melrose 14	Wakefield 14	1994	Wakefield 14	Melrose 0
1923	Melrose 12	Wakefield 0	1959	Melrose 20	Wakefield 6	1995	Wakefield 28	Melrose 27
1924	Melrose 27	Wakefield 0	1960	Melrose 12	Wakefield 8	1996	Wakefield 3	Melrose 0
1925	Melrose 33	Wakefield 0	1961	Wakefield 22	Melrose 12	1997	Wakefield 12	Melrose 0
1926	Melrose 14	Wakefield 0	1962	Melrose 0	Wakefield 0	1998	Wakefield 20	Melrose 17
1927	Melrose 57	Wakefield 0	1963	Melrose 34	Wakefield 6	1999	Wakefield 14	Melrose 14
1928	Melrose 40	Wakefield 12	1964	Wakefield 27	Melrose 18	2000	Wakefield 34	Melrose 13
1929	Melrose 37	Wakefield 0	1965	Wakefield 14	Melrose 6	2001	Wakefield 35	Melrose 14
1930	Melrose 33	Wakefield 0	1966	Melrose 22	Wakefield 12	2002	Wakefield 12	Melrose 7
1931	Melrose 0	Wakefield 0	1967	Melrose 8	Wakefield 6	2003	Wakefield 20	Melrose 14
1932	Melrose 13	Wakefield 13	1968	Melrose 50	Wakefield 13	2004	Wakefield 7	Melrose 3
1933	Melrose 6	Wakefield 0	1969	Melrose 20	Wakefield 6	2005	Wakefield 27	Melrose 7
1934	Melrose 40	Wakefield 0	1970	Wakefield 20	Melrose 0	2006	Wakefield 21	Melrose 0
1935	Melrose 13	Wakefield 0	1971	Melrose 32	Wakefield 20	2007	Melrose 15	Wakefield 14
1936	Melrose 6	Wakefield 0	1972	Melrose 28	Wakefield 14	2008	Wakefield 34	Melrose 27
1937	Melrose 13	Wakefield 0	1973	Wakefield 18	Melrose 0	2009	Wakefield 14	Melrose 13
1938	Melrose 7	Wakefield 0	1974	Melrose 50	Wakefield 28
1939	Melrose 7	Wakefield 0	1975	Wakefield 24	Melrose 16
1940	Melrose 6	Wakefield 0	1976	Melrose 24	Wakefield 14
1941	Melrose 7	Wakefield 0	1977	Melrose 30	Wakefield 6
1942	Melrose 19	Wakefield 0	1978	Melrose 24	Wakefield 6
1943	Melrose 13	Wakefield 0	1979	Wakefield 14	Melrose 0
1944	Melrose 6	Wakefield 0	1980	Melrose 14	Wakefield 0
1945	Wakefield 7	Melrose 6	1981	Melrose 12	Wakefield 7
1946	Melrose 13	Wakefield 0	1982	Melrose 31	Wakefield 20
1947	Wakefield 6	Melrose 0	1983	Melrose 16	Wakefield 7
1948	Melrose 7	Wakefield 6	1984	Melrose 14	Wakefield 7
1949	Wakefield 8	Melrose 0	1985	Wakefield 14	Melrose 0
1950	Melrose 7	Wakefield 0	1986	Wakefield 32	Melrose 0

Melrose Leads Series

Melrose 51 Wakefield 38 Ties 6

* In !995, the first Warrior-Raider Trophy was awarded to the winning team of the Thanksgiving game. It was created by both the Wakefield Warrior Club and The Friends of Melrose Football.

* The first Thanksgiving game against Melrose was 1960 although in 1912 the Wakefield Independents did play Melrose twice. The opening game that year was held on the park, (the earlier term used for the common,) and the Independents won 12-6.

On Thanksgiving Day, the game was held at Pine Banks in Melrose, in which the Wakefield Independents were defeated 29-0.

However, there is also a Melrose Journal report of a game played on October 16, 1885 which Melrose won 146-0.

* From 1945-1959 Wakefield played Gloucester on Thanksgiving

*Wakefield’s first Thanksgiving game was in the 1933-1934 season-Wakefield 13 Cambridge Latin 0.

*Total appreciation and thanks goes to the Wakefield Daily Item for verification when possible and all information and statistics beyond the 1985 season.

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