Nicknamed the Maroons because of their strip their fist match was on 9 November 1878 against Dewsbury Birkdale.  In 1895 the club failed to join the breakaway Rugby Union as the Morley Representatives missed the train to Huddersfield, as they were still in the pub.  Morley remains to this day in the Rugby Union.  (Further info on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morley_R.F.C.)