Championship 1981/82

Match Day 1

Wigan 25 def. Whitehaven 8

Championship 1981/82
Match Day 1

Wigan
25
8
Whitehaven
Match Info
Match URL www.rugbyleagueproject.org/matches/16926
Status Completed
Date Sunday, 30th August, 1981
Referee Ken Spencer
Venue Central Park (Wigan)
Crowd 3,478
Wigan Scoresheet Whitehaven
Jimmy BIRTS T Gordon COTTIER
Nicky KISS   Alan THOMSON
Billy MELLING      
Steve NICHOLSON      
Malcolm SMITH      
 
Jimmy BIRTS 5 G Ken WILKINSON
Wigan Teams Whitehaven
Jimmy BIRTS 1 FB 1 Tom THOMPSON
Roy HEANEY 2 W 2 Malcolm McCLURE
Trevor STOCKLEY 3 C 3 Joe STEWART
Steve NICHOLSON 4 C 4 Alan THOMSON
Jim HORNBY 5 W 5 Ken WILKINSON
 
David WALSH 6 FE 6 Graeme JOHNS
Gary STEPHENS 7 HB 7 Colin HALL
 
Alan HODKINSON 8 FR 8 Ralph CALVIN
Nicky KISS 9 HK 9 John ELLIOTT
Steven O'NEILL 10 FR 10 John GLOVER
Mick SCOTT 11 2R 11 David MARTIN
Mick NANYN 12 2R 12 Vince FOX
Malcolm SMITH 13 L 13 Gordon COTTIER
 
Billy MELLING 14 B 14 Patrick McGUINNESS
Danny CAMPBELL 15 B 15 John HARTLEY
 
Maurice BAMFORD   HC   Phil KITCHIN
   
 

Team Info

Wigan

Previous Game:
Lancashire Cup 1981/82 - Week 2 vs. Widnes
Next Game:
Match Day 2 vs. Leeds
Out:
Martin Foy (five-eighth)
In:
Danny Campbell (bench)
Changes:
Billy Melling (second row to bench), David Walsh (bench to five-eighth), Mick Nanyn (bench to second row)

Whitehaven

Previous Game:
Lancashire Cup 1981/82 - Week 1 vs. Leigh
Next Game:
Match Day 2 vs. Hull FC
Out:
Peter Stoddart (centre), Arnie Walker (five-eighth), Jeff Simpson (second row), Ian Litt (second row)
In:
Joe Stewart (centre), Alan Thomson (centre), David Martin (second row), Vince Fox (second row)
Changes:
Graeme Johns (centre to five-eighth)

This match is a part of the following:

Contributions: Shawn Dollin, Andrew Ferguson

Sources: Irvin Saxton's Record Keepers' Club, Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook 1982-83