Challenge Cup 1987/88

Round 1

Summary of Matches

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View  Wigan 2 (J. Lydon goal) defeated Bradford 0 at Central Park.
Date: Sat, 30th January.   Referee: Brian Simpson.   Crowd: 9,825.
Wigan: Hampson, Russell, Iro, Lydon, Byrne; Edwards, Gregory; Shelford, Kiss, Case, West, Lucas, Potter, Gildart.
Bradford: Mumby, Ford, McGowan, Mercer, Simpson; Stewart, Robinson; Skerrett, Noble, Hill, Heron, Fairbank, Redfearn. Int: Moulden, Roebuck.
View  Widnes 38 (M. Offiah 2, D. Hulme, P. McKenzie, T. Myler, D. Shearer, D. Wright tries; J. Myler 5 goals) defeated Dewsbury 10 (A. Cooper, P. Jennings tries; D. Coen goal) at Crown Flatt (Old).
Date: Sun, 31st January.   Referee: Alex Bowman.   Crowd: 1,980.
Dewsbury: Coen, Cochrane, Jennings, Cooper, Moore; Vasey, Shuttleworth; Burgess, Cooper, Cocks, Morris, Holden, Squires. Int: Hinchcliffe, Hartley.
Widnes: Myler, Thackray, Shearer, Wright, Offiah; Myler, Hulme; Pyke, McKenzie, O'Neill, Hulme, Sorensen, Eyres. Int: O'Neill, Grima.
View  Doncaster 18 (M. Gibbon 2, K. Jones tries; D. Noble 3 goals) defeated Batley 10 (J. McLeary, P. Storey tries; D. McGrath goal) at Tattersfield.
Date: Sun, 31st January.   Referee: Cliff Hodgson.   Crowd: 1,442.
Doncaster: Green, Turner, Pennant, Payne, Roache; Jones, Evans; Parkhouse, Gibbon, Noble, Carr, Tansley, Jenkins. Int: Robinson, Grace.
Batley: Storey, McGrath, McLeary, Illingworth, McGowan; Wilson, Stainburn; Spendler, Sowden, Hemingway, Gearey, Cook, Pickerill. Int: Durham, Speight.
View  Featherstone 32 (K. Bell, K. Harrison, P. Lyman, R. Marsh, I. Smales, D. Sykes tries; S. Quinn 4 goals) defeated York 21 (S. Ellis 2, G. Atkins, I. Wigglesworth tries; S. Ellis 2 goals; C. Hammerton field goal) at Post Office Road.
Date: Sun, 31st January.   Referee: Jim Smith.   Crowd: 1,870.
Featherstone: Bibb, Sykes, Smales, Quinn, Marsh; Crossley, Fox; Siddall, Bell, Harrison, Lyman, Hughes, Smith. Int: Mackintosh, Bastian.
York: Wigglesworth, White, Pryce, Atkins, Ellis; Hague, Hammerton; Paver, Horton, Fletcher, Harrison, Mulherin, Timson. Int: Dobson, Stephenson.
View  Mansfield 16 (N. Mattison, W. Platt, A. Tupaea tries; C. Simpson 2 goals) defeated Fulham 4 (S. Guyett try) at Polytechnic Of Central London Stadium.
Date: Sun, 31st January.   Referee: John Holdsworth.   Crowd: 712.
Fulham: Cheetham, Chatterton, Bridge, Guyett, Bibby; Gillan, Murphy; Hutchinson, Aitken, Miller, Manning, Grimoldby, Taylor. Int: Kelly.
Mansfield: Simpson, Sealey, Clarke, Mattison, Edge; Sanderson, Marshall; Chadwick, Warburton, Duffy, Tupaea, Tupaea, Platt. Int: Howarth, Whitehead.
View  Halifax 60 (W. George 4, T. Anderson 3, P. Dixon 2, N. James, K. Neller tries; J. Pendlebury 8 goals) defeated Heworth 4 at Wigginton Road.
Date: Sun, 31st January.   
Halifax: Eadie, Riddlesden, Anderson, Wilkinson, George; Grogan, Robinson; James, McCallion, Neller, Hanson, Dixon, Pendlebury. Int: St Hilaire, Holliday.
View  Hull KR 14 (W. Parker 2 tries; M. Fletcher 3 goals) defeated Carlisle 6 (B. Tunstall 3 goals) at Craven Park (Hull, Old).
Date: Sun, 31st January.   Referee: Fred Lindop.   Crowd: 2,908.
Hull KR: Fairbairn, Clark, Fletcher, Mortimer, Sullivan; Smith, Parker; Taylor, Watkinson, Beall, Burton, Ema, Hogan. Int: Lydiat, Harrison.
Carlisle: Tunstall, Lithgow, Pape, Mills, Coles; Langton, Murdock; Armstrong, Thomason, Schubert, McMullen, Brierley, Scott.
View  Hull FC 27 (P. Eastwood 2, G. Divorty, P. McCaffery tries; G. Pearce 5 goals; G. Pearce field goal) defeated Hunslet 10 (P. Tate try; A. Platt 3 goals) at Elland Road.
Date: Sun, 31st January.   Referee: Dennis Drinkwater.   Crowd: 1,892.
Hunslet: Lay, Penola, Tate, Senior, Wilson; Platt, Irvine; Sykes, Sampson, Mason, Anast, Gillespie, Mitchell. Int: Coates, Morgan.
Hull FC: Fletcher, Eastwood, Vass, Leuluai, Brand; Pearce, McCaffery; Tomlinson, Crooks, Carroll, Brooks, Regan, Divorty. Int: Dick, Wilby.
View  Keighley 30 (I. Bragger 2, J. Butterfield, G. Rose, R. Winterbottom tries; C. Hirst 5 goals) defeated Workington 4 (C. Falcon try) at Lawkholme Lane.
Date: Sun, 31st January.   Referee: Frank Tickle.   Crowd: 1,248.
Keighley: Butterfield, Atkinson, Bragger, Manning, Richardson; Hirst, Winterbottom; White, Proctor, Skerrett, Rose, Fairbank, Ragan. Int: Moorby.
Workington: Lowden, Tubman, Penrice, Rooney, Beck; Smith, Rea; Key, Falcon, Nixon, Riley, Higgins, Stoddart. Int: Sullivan, Bower.
View  Leeds 22 (P. Medley 3, G. Schofield tries; D. Stephenson 3 goals) defeated Castleford 14 (M. Beattie, D. Roockley tries; R. Beardmore 3 goals) at Headingley.
Date: Sun, 31st January.   Referee: Ken Spencer.   Crowd: 14,757.
Leeds: Gurr, Morris, Schofield, Stephenson, Gibson; Creasser, Ashton; Tunks, Maskill, Fairbank, Powell, Medley, Heron. Int: Jackson, Lyons.
Castleford: Roockley, Plange, Marchant, Beattie, Juliff; Irwin, Beardmore; Ward, Beardmore, England, Fifita, Ketteridge, Joyner. Int: Hill, Jones.
View  St Helens 22 (M. Elia 2, L. Quirk, P. Veivers tries; P. Loughlin 3 goals) defeated Leigh 12 (J. Kerr 2 tries; P. Johnson 2 goals) at Hilton Park.
Date: Sun, 31st January.   Referee: Kevin Allatt.   Crowd: 8,813.
Leigh: Johnson, McCulloch, Westhead, Burrell, Horo; Kerr, Johnson; Evans, Dean, Cottrell, Dunn, Clarke, Pinner.
St Helens: Veivers, Tanner, Loughlin, Elia, Quirk; Cooper, Holding; Burke, Groves, Evans, Forber, Haggerty, Platt. Int: Large, Dwyer.
View  Rochdale 6 (A. Ruane try; A. Ruane goal) defeated Barrow 4 (S. Lowden try) at Spotland Stadium.
Date: Sun, 31st January.   Referee: Steve Cross.   Crowd: 964.
Rochdale: Sawyer, Cartwright, Garrity, Vaafusu, Causey; Fairhurst, Dobson; Barrow, Ruane, Cowie, Byron, Idle, Sanderson. Int: Wood, Mellor.
Barrow: Tickle, Lowden, Shaw, Trainor, Stott; Maguire, Butcher; Pocock, Crarey, Kendall, Reddy, Livesey, Mossop. Int: Burns, Du Toit.
View  Springfield 8 (M. Stewart try; M. Smith 2 goals) defeated Runcorn 6 (J. Cogger try; M. Shaw goal) at Canal Street.
Date: Sun, 31st January.   Referee: Stephen Haigh.   Crowd: 550.
Runcorn: Pojunas, Smith, Booth, Hunter, Shaw; Hunt, Cogger; Shaw, Moylan, Dean, Prescott, Fraser, Cogger. Int: Blythin, Marsden.
Springfield: Smith, Bacon, Stewart, Litherland, Winnard; Donlan, Green; Eccles, Garner, Smith, McKenzie, Eccles, Bamber. Int: Briscoe, Hodson.
View  Salford 16 (G. Austin, M. Worrall tries; K. Jones 4 goals) defeated Swinton 6 (B. Gelling try; S. Snape goal) at The Willows.
Date: Sun, 31st January.   Referee: Paul Haughton.   Crowd: 3,425.
Salford: Jack, Jones, Austin, O'Loughlin, Gibson; Cairns, Bloor; Herbert, Moran, Blease, Worrall, McTigue, O'shea. Int: Shaw.
Swinton: Topping, Ranson, Scott, Snape, Bate; Frodsham, Johnson; Gelling, Melling, Brown, Allen, Meadows, Ainsworth. Int: Viller.
View  Sheffield 14 (M. Cook, J. Glancy tries; R. Rafferty 3 goals) defeated Wakefield 10 (G. Haggerty try; K. Harcombe 3 goals) at Belle Vue (Wakefield).
Date: Sun, 31st January.   Referee: Neville Kesha.   Crowd: 2,371.
Wakefield: Harcombe, Haggerty, Halliwell, Mason, Fox; Conway, Bell; Rayne, Conway, Mallinder, Kelly, Douglas, Sheldon. Int: Van Bellen, Topliss.
Sheffield: Gearin, Lidbury, Gamson, Nelson, Rafferty; Powell, Close; Bridgeman, Cook, Wilders, Glancy, Hytch, McDermott. Int: Smith, Kellett.
View  Warrington 17 (L. Boyd, M. Gregory, R. Jackson tries; J. Woods 2 goals; J. Woods field goal) defeated Oldham 6 (P. Lord try; P. Walsh goal) at Wilderspool.
Date: Sun, 31st January.   Referee: Ray Tennant.   Crowd: 6,642.
Warrington: Johnson, Drummond, Cullen, Ropati, Lyon; Woods, Holden; Boyd, Webb, Humphries, Jackson, Gregory, McGinty.
Oldham: Meadows, Lord, Warnecke, Foy, McCarthy; Walsh, Ford; Clawson, Flanagan, Waddell, Round, Hawkyard, Graham. Int: Casey, Morrison.

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