Championship 1987/88

Match Day 7

St Helens 23 def. Leigh 14

Championship 1987/88
Match Day 7

St Helens
23
14
Leigh
Match Info
Match URL www.rugbyleagueproject.org/matches/18360
Status Completed
Date Sunday, 18th October, 1987
Referee John Holdsworth (Kippax)
Venue Knowsley (St Helens)
Crowd 7,212
St Helens Scoresheet Leigh
Tony BURKE 2 T Phil JOHNSON
Mark ELIA   Mike ROUND
 
Paul LOUGHLIN 5 G 3 Chris JOHNSON
 
Roy HAGGERTY FG    
St Helens Teams Leigh
Phil VEIVERS 1 FB 1 Chris JOHNSON
David LARGE 2 W 2 Neil McCULLOCH
Mark ELIA 3 C 3 John HENDERSON
Paul LOUGHLIN 4 C 4 Ian JEFFREY
Les QUIRK 5 W 5 Mike ROUND
 
Shane COOPER 6 FE 6 Phil JOHNSON
Mark BAILEY 7 HB 7 Mike FORD
 
Tony BURKE 8 FR 8 Brian GELLING
Paul GROVES 9 HK 9 Mike DEAN
Stuart EVANS 10 FR 10 Derek PYKE
Paul FORBER 11 2R 11 Brian DUNN
Roy HAGGERTY 12 2R 12 Mark FRAME
Chris ARKWRIGHT 13 L 13 Tony COTTRELL
 
    B 14 Jeff CLARKE
Paul JONES 15 B 15 David EVANS
 
Alex MURPHY   HC   Billy BENYON
   
 

Team Info

St Helens

Previous Game:
Match Day 5 vs. Halifax
Next Game:
Match Day 8 vs. Salford
Out:
Dave Harrison (hooker), Jon Neill (second row), Andy Platt (lock), David Tanner (bench)
In:
Shane Cooper (five-eighth), Paul Groves (hooker), Paul Forber (second row), Paul Jones (bench)
Changes:
Chris Arkwright (five-eighth to lock)

Leigh

Previous Game:
Match Day 6 vs. Hunslet
Next Game:
Match Day 9 vs. Widnes
Out:
Andy Collier (bench)
In:
Brian Dunn (second row)
Changes:
Mike Ford (five-eighth to halfback), Phil Johnson (halfback to five-eighth), David Evans (front row to bench), Derek Pyke (second row to front row)

This match is a part of the following:

Contributions: Andrew Ferguson, Shawn Dollin

Sources: Irvin Saxton's Record Keepers' Club, Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook 1988-89