Challenge Cup 1984/85

Round 1

Summary of Matches

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View  Widnes 14 (J. Myler, M. O'Neill tries; M. Burke 3 goals) defeated Leeds 4 (D. Creasser 2 goals) at Headingley.
Date: Sat, 9th February.   Referee: Stan Wall.   Crowd: 6,778.
Leeds: Gill, Grothe, Creasser, Currie, Hunt; Hague, Conway; Hill, Ward, Paterson, Fullerton-Smith, Powell, Heron. Int: Dyl, Webb.
Widnes: Burke, Currier, Stockley, O'Loughlin, Basnett; Myler, Hulme; O'Neill, Tamati, Whitfield, Sorensen, O'Neill, Myler.
View  Halifax 17 (M. Hagan, K. Moore, K. Neller tries; B. Hudson 2 goals; B. Hudson field goal) defeated Fulham 4 (C. Wilkinson try) at Crystal Palace National Sports Centre.
Date: Sun, 10th February.   Referee: Stephen Haigh.   Crowd: 1,095.
Fulham: Mills, Tawera, Rochford, Bryant, Stockley; Wilkinson, Davis; Gourley, Garner, Key, Dearden, Henney, Duffy. Int: Kete.
Halifax: Hudson, O'Byrne, Anderson, Ryan, St Hilaire; Hagan, Moore; Neller, McCallion, Beevers, Arnold, Bond, Langmack. Int: Smith, Bell.
View  Runcorn 12 (P. Wood 2 tries; P. Wood goal; P. Wood 2 field goals) defeated Keighley 5 (G. Rowse 2 goals; P. Moses field goal) at Lawkholme Lane.
Date: Sun, 10th February.   Referee: Cliff Hodgson.   Crowd: 837.
Keighley: Butterfield, Atkinson, Brown, Winterbottom, Bardgett; Rowse, Moses; Allan, Proctor, Greenland, Fairhurst, Hawksworth, Ellis. Int: Illingworth.
Runcorn: Wood, Smith, Tabern, Jackson, Durnin; Garrity, Blythin; Ball, Ashcroft, Simms, Woods, Daley, Peters.
View  Hull FC 52 (S. Evans 3, K. James 3, P. Edmonds 2, F. Ah Kuoi, G. Kemble tries; G. Schofield 6 goals) defeated Carlisle 6 (K. Robinson try; D. Carroll goal) at The Boulevard.
Date: Thu, 14th February.   Referee: Dave Carter.   Crowd: 4,588.
Hull FC: Prendiville, James, Ah Kuoi, Leuluai, Schofield; Evans, Sterling; Edmonds, Patrick, Crooks, Norton, Proctor, Divorty. Int: Kemble, Dannatt.
Carlisle: Robinson, Youngman, Pape, Peacham, Binder; Langton, Carroll; Sutton, Bowness, Hardy, McMullen, Robinson, Portz. Int: Peacham.
View  Bramley 16 (D. Bullough try; S. Kilner 4 goals; T. Bibb 2, P. Lister 2 field goals) defeated Blackpool 15 (B. Coyle, A. Waller tries; N. Turley 3 goals; N. Turley field goal) at McLaren Field.
Date: Sun, 17th February.   Referee: Robin Whitfield.   Crowd: 614.
Bramley: Bibb, Dyas, Fletcher, Mason, Kilner; Lister, Gascoigne; Garforth, Kelly, Pitchford, Harrison, Bullough, Clarkson. Int: Beale, Lean.
Blackpool: Bailey, Sivori, Greenall, O'Loughlin, Roberts; Price, Green; Hindley, Waller, Nanyn, Briscoe, Grundy, Turley. Int: Coyle, Gamble.
View  Castleford 14 (B. Higgins, D. Plange tries; R. Beardmore 3 goals) defeated Oldham 8 (C. Hawkyard try; M. Parrish 2 goals) at Boundary Park.
Date: Sun, 17th February.   Referee: Geoff Berry.   Crowd: 6,056.
Oldham: Taylor, Vigo, Parrish, Foy, Taylor; Taylor, Ashton; Jones, McCurrie, Phelan, Goodway, Hawkyard, Worrall. Int: Naidole, Flanagan.
Castleford: Roockley, Plange, Marchant, Hyde, Chapman; Sigsworth, Beardmore; Connell, Beardmore, Johnson, Ward, England, Joyner. Int: Higgins, Ketteridge.
View  Warrington 54 (M. Forster 2, G. Shaw 2, P. Younane 2, J. Bevan, B. Carbert, B. Eccles, M. Roberts tries; B. Carbert 7 goals) defeated Sheffield 19 (I. McDonald 2, M. Campbell, M. Gamson tries; A. Hema goal; G. Hetherington field goal) at Owlerton Stadium.
Date: Sun, 17th February.   Referee: Derek Fox.   Crowd: 1,479.
Sheffield: Morton, Mitchell, Campbell, Powell, McDonald; Gamson, Pickerill; Redfern, Hetherington, Harris, Farrell, Wilders, Hema. Int: Jowitt, Farrar.
Warrington: Ford, Carbert, Bevan, Younane, Forster; Kelly, Gregory; Shaw, Moylan, Jackson, Worrall, Roberts, Eccles. Int: Duane, Webb.
View  Wigan 46 (J. Ferguson 2, H. Gill 2, S. Edwards, M. Ford, B. Kenny, D. Stephenson, G. West tries; C. Whitfield 5 goals) defeated Batley 8 (C. Gibson try; H. Oulton 2 goals) at Burnden Park.
Date: Sun, 17th February.   Referee: Fred Lindop.   Crowd: 9,606.
Wigan: Whitfield, Edwards, Stephenson, Donlan, Ferguson; Kenny, Ford; Courtney, Kiss, Case, West, Wane, Potter. Int: Gill, Campbell.
Batley: Storey, Illingworth, Presley, Gibson, Oulton; Render, Wilson; Arnold, Sowden, Hemingway, Madden, Cousins, Carroll. Int: Ratcliffe, Harrington.
View  Workington 28 (J. Jones 2, J. Banks, H. Burns, G. Nixon, G. Smith tries; S. Maguire 2 goals) defeated Dewsbury 6 (M. Keyworth try; S. Dunford goal) at Derwent Park.
Date: Sun, 17th February.   Referee: Stan Wall.   Crowd: 858.
Workington: Tubman, Roper, Jones, Beattie, Beck; Smith, Burns; Grimes, Banks, Nixon, Litt, Pattinson, Maguire, Pattinson.
Dewsbury: Squires, Dunford, Mita, Jennings, Ramsden; Vasey, Keyworth; Sharp, Diskin, Murphy, Mook, Kelly, Busfield. Int: Stephenson, Womersley.
View  Rochdale 11 (D. Brown, P. Cartwright tries; W. Platt goal; W. Platt field goal) defeated York 5 (P. Proctor try; G. Steadman field goal) at Athletic Ground (Rochdale).
Date: Wed, 20th February.   Referee: John Holdsworth.   Crowd: 463.
Rochdale: Simpkin, Wiltshire, Fenney, Platt, Cartwright; Fairhurst, Dean; Burgess, Lowe, Brown, Duffy, Whitehead, Birdsall. Int: Sanderson, Deakin.
York: Midgley, Smith, Proctor, Morrell, Morgan; Steadman, Dobson; Tansley, Phillippo, Hughes, Colley, Price, Smith. Int: Pryce, Hagan.
View  Salford 31 (G. Byrne, P. Fletcher, P. Glynn, I. Marsh, J. Pendlebury tries; C. Griffiths 5 goals; C. Griffiths field goal) defeated Swinton 6 (J. Allen try; K. Jones goal) at The Willows.
Date: Wed, 20th February.   Referee: Jim Smith.   Crowd: 4,267.
Salford: Fletcher, Marsh, Byrne, Glynn, Griffiths; Taylor, Bloor; Dickens, Groves, Disley, Muller, McTigue, Pendlebury. Int: Bentley, Lamb.
Swinton: Ratcliffe, Jones, Brown, Snape, Bate; Wilson, Lee; Armitage, Melling, Lomax, Rowbottom, Derbyshire, Allen. Int: Rippon, Holliday.
View  Hull KR 8 (G. Clark try; G. Fairbairn 2 goals) defeated St Helens 3 (S. Day goal; H. Pinner field goal) at Knowsley Road.
Date: Thu, 21st February.   Referee: John McDonald.   Crowd: 9,292.
St Helens: Veivers, Ledger, Allen, Haggerty, Day; Meninga, Holding; Burke, Liptrot, Gorley, Platt, Round, Pinner, Forber.
Hull KR: Fairbairn, Clark, Robinson, Prohm, Laws; Smith, Harkin; Broadhurst, Watkinson, Ema, Burton, Kelly, Miller. Int: Lydiat, Hogan.
View  Leigh 14 (J. Henderson try; P. Johnson 5 goals) defeated Huddersfield 6 (J. Johnson try; R. Hirst 2 field goals) at Hilton Park.
Date: Sun, 24th February.   Referee: Kevin Allatt.   Crowd: 4,297.
Leigh: Johnson, Kay, Davies, Henderson, Fox; Atherton; Pyke, Ainsworth, Cottrell, Clarke, Tabern, Westhead. Int: Woods, Thomas.
Huddersfield: Hirst, Potts, Leathley, Blacker, Bostock; Johnson, Pickerill; Johnson, Wroe, Rose, Dixon, Fitzpatrick, Senior. Int: Paterson, Charlton.
View  Hunslet 34 (M. Graham 3, G. Cawood, E. Fitzsimons, P. Tate tries; E. Fitzsimons 5 goals) defeated Mansfield 10 (S. Nicholson 2 tries; S. Page goal) at Field Mill.
Date: Sun, 24th February.   Referee: John Kendrew.   Crowd: 1,346.
Mansfield: Finnegan, Edginton, Nicholson, Whiteman, Kelly; Buckton, Langton; Chisnall, Sanderson, Spedding, Dainty, Brannan, Page. Int: Holden, Morgan.
Hunslet: Kay, Hullock, Tate, Roe, Fitzsimons; Cawood, King; Wood, Gray, Byron, Graham, Idle, Wolford. Int: Murray, Bateman.
View  Bradford 50 (E. Hanley 3, J. Crossley, M. Fleming, W. Heron, B. Kellaway, A. Rathbone tries; S. Parrish 9 goals) defeated Southend Invicta 18 (M. Atherton, J. Donnelly, D. Harding tries; T. Neel 2 goals; P. Briscoe, D. Cholmondeley field goals) at Odsal Stadium.
Date: Sun, 24th February.   Referee: Ken Spencer.   Crowd: 3,297.
Southend Invicta: Scanlon, Gillan, Penola, Millington, Atherton; Harding, McGill; Donnelly, Cholmondeley, Dean, Neel, Hanney, Wellman. Int: Grimoldby.
Bradford: McGowan, Parrish, Hanley, Davies, Parker; Crossley, Fennell; Grayshon, Noble, Kellaway, Jasiewicz, Rathbone, Fleming. Int: Heron, Stone.
View  Wakefield 10 (A. Sygrove try; A. Sygrove 3 goals) defeated Whitehaven 8 (T. Solarie try; G. Cameron 2 goals) at Recreation Ground (Whitehaven).
Date: Sun, 24th February.   Referee: Jeff Croft.   Crowd: 1,907.
Whitehaven: Lightfoot, Dalton, Beckwith, Gribbin, Solarie; Cameron, Mason; Phythian, Banks, Frazer, Gorley, Simpson, Burney. Int: D'Leny, Fisher.
Wakefield: Sygrove, Jones, Gerard, Eden, Nicholson; Lyons, Bell; Hopkinson, Shaw, Cocks, Waters, Swanston, Box. Int: Lampkowski, Thompson.

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