Challenge Cup 1989/90

Round 1

Summary of Matches

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View  Warrington 20 (M. Gregory, B. McGinty tries; R. Turner 5 goals; P. Bishop 2 field goals) defeated Featherstone 12 (C. Bibb, I. Smales tries; D. Fox 2 goals) at Wilderspool.
Date: Sat, 27th January.   Referee: Alex Bowman.   Crowd: 3,435.
Warrington: Lyon, Drummond, Mercer, Thorniley, Forster; Turner, Bishop; Burke, Mann, Molloy, Sanderson, McGinty, Gregory. Int: Jackson, Cullen.
Featherstone: Bibb, Newlove, Newlove, Manning, Ropati; Sharp, Fox; Grayshon, Clark, Dakin, Rose, Burton, Smales. Int: Banks, Fisher.
View  Sheffield 22 (D. Mycoe, D. Powell, S. Willey tries; M. Aston 5 goals) defeated Barrow 12 (I. O'Neill, P. Trainor tries; D. Marwood 2 goals) at Craven Park (Barrow).
Date: Sun, 28th January.   Referee: Robin Whitfield.   
Barrow: O'Neill, Cussack, Burns, Beckwith, Trainor; O'Neill, Marwood; Clayton, Crarey, Mossop, Kendall, Rowan, Maguire. Int: Livesey, Pemberton.
Sheffield: Willey, Gamson, Mycoe, Powell, Picksley; Aston, Close; Kellett, Cook, Leota, Nickle, Nikau, Farrell. Int: Van Bellen, Nelson.
View  St Helens 22 (L. Quirk 2, S. Cooper, P. Loughlin tries; P. Loughlin 3 goals) defeated Bramley 14 (C. Hopkins, L. Neal tries; S. Carroll 3 goals) at McLaren Field.
Date: Sun, 28th January.   Referee: Charlie Tidball.   Crowd: 2,710.
Bramley: Race, Lewis, Neal, Barnett, Sharp; Lister, Carroll; Spedding, Brentley, Edmondson, Hopkins, Durham, Fraser. Int: Kain, Gascoigne.
St Helens: Connolly, Hunte, Veivers, Loughlin, Quirk; Holding, Devine; Evans, Arkwright, Forber, Jones, Haggerty, Cooper, Mann.
View  Fulham 14 (M. Taylor 2 tries; G. Pearce 3 goals) drew with Ryedale-York 14 (B. Ake, S. Morris, D. Watson tries; B. Carlyle goal) at Polytechnic Of Central London Stadium.
Date: Sun, 28th January.   Referee: Kevin Allatt.   Crowd: 856.
Fulham: Pearce, Murphy, McCabe, Taylor, Guyett; Look, Daunt; Keating, Bridge, Zillman, Mellors, Browning, Williams. Int: Scott.
Ryedale-York: Crossley, Kettlestring, Ake, Atkins, Carlyle; Watson, Hammerton; Paver, Horton, Hayes, Olsen, Morris, Pryce.
View  Hull FC 46 (R. Gay 2, L. Jackson 2, B. Blacker, M. Charles, G. Mackey, P. Windley tries; P. Eastwood 7 goals) defeated Halifax 0 at The Boulevard.
Date: Sun, 28th January.   Referee: John Kendrew.   Crowd: 7,574.
Hull FC: Gay, Eastwood, Blacker, Charles, Turner; Mackey, Windley; Harrison, Jackson, Dannatt, Cleal, Walker, McNamara. Int: Welham, Dixon.
Halifax: Carroll, Riddlesden, Anderson, Hetherington, Moore; Needham, Lyons; Fairbank, McCallion, Johnston, James, Scott, Milner. Int: Wood, Hill.
View  Wigan 6 (D. Marshall try; J. Lydon goal) defeated Hull KR 4 (M. Fletcher 2 goals) at Craven Park (Hull).
Date: Sun, 28th January.   Referee: Ray Tennant.   Crowd: 8,473.
Hull KR: Lightfoot, Clark, Fletcher, Austin, Sullivan; Smith, Bishop; Niebling, Rudd, Ema, Botica, Thompson, Lyman. Int: Irvine, Armstrong.
Wigan: Lydon, Marshall, Iro, Bell, Preston; Hanley, Edwards; Lucas, Dermott, Platt, Betts, Gildart, Goodway. Int: Byrne, Clarke.
View  Dewsbury 32 (D. Bailey 2, R. Elsey 2, T. Butler tries; C. Wilkinson 5 goals; P. Shuttleworth 2 field goals) defeated Nottingham 2 (C. Willis goal) at Harvey Hadden Stadium.
Date: Sun, 28th January.   Referee: Steve Cross.   Crowd: 529.
Nottingham: Oates, Powell, Rudd, Simpson, Andrews; Willis, Kay; Hough, Stones, Faumuina, Cummins, Sidebottom, Hema. Int: Frankland, Crellin.
Dewsbury: Coen, Elsey, Graham, Bloor, Bailey; Shuttleworth, Johnson; Burgess, Kelly, Cocks, Bailey, Coughlan, Wilkinson. Int: Howley, Butler.
View  Oldham 30 (J. Henderson 3, B. Clark, D. Platt tries; T. Atkinson 4, D. Platt goals) defeated Workington 8 (P. Riley try; W. Kitchin 2 goals) at The Watersheddings.
Date: Sun, 28th January.   Referee: Brian Simpson.   Crowd: 3,710.
Oldham: Platt, Irving, Foy, Henderson, Lord; Clark, Ford; Casey, Russell, Fieldhouse, Newton, Allen, Cogger. Int: Atkinson, Fairbank.
Workington: Lowden, Gorge, Penrice, O'Loughlin, Beattie; Kitchin, Burgess; Matache, Riley, Phillips, McMullen, Nixon, Brake. Int: Wear, Tubman.
View  Bradford 22 (S. McGowan, T. Marchant, N. Tuffs tries; D. Hobbs 5 goals) defeated Runcorn 12 (B. Platt, T. Rose tries; W. Platt 2 goals) at Hoghton Road.
Date: Sun, 28th January.   
Runcorn: Rawlinson, Barrow, Hoey, Jones, Ashcroft; Ashcroft, Hine; Ball, Fenney, Goodier, Platt, Platt, Dolan. Int: Rose.
Bradford: Mumby, Cordle, McGowan, Marchant, Mackay; Henjak, Harkin; Tuffs, Barraclough, Noble, Hobbs, Snee, Stewart. Int: Francis, Wilson.
View  Salford 56 (M. Worrall 3, F. Cassidy 2, A. Burgess, T. Evans, I. Gormley, M. Lee, A. Mercer, S. O'Neill tries; M. Birkett 4, A. Burgess 2 goals) defeated Bisons 6 at The Willows.
Date: Sun, 28th January.   Referee: David Asquith.   Crowd: 1,935.
Salford: Gibson, Evans, Birkett, Havard, Mercer; Cassidy, Brown; Whiteley, Lee, O'Neill, Gormley, Worrall, Burgess. Int: Blease, Kerry.
View  Swinton 10 (S. Tupaea try; P. Topping 3 goals) drew with Wakefield 10 (B. Jackson, A. Mason tries; M. Conway goal) at Station Road.
Date: Sun, 28th January.   Referee: John Whitelam.   Crowd: 3,330.
Swinton: Topping, Ranson, Ropati, Linton, Pickavance; Snape, Holden; Flanagan, Melling, Pucill, Skeech, Tupaea, Morrison.
Wakefield: Perry, Mason, Jackson, Eden, Wilson; Lazenby, Conway; Rayne, Conway, Thompson, Kelly, Price, Price. Int: Leuluai, Bell.
View  Trafford 14 (D. Abram, S. Connor tries; S. Tickle 3 goals) defeated Hunslet 7 (M. Whittington try; S. Lay goal; P. Lyons field goal) at Springfield Park.
Date: Sun, 28th January.   Referee: Frank Tickle.   Crowd: 379.
Trafford: Tickle, Connor, Abram, Stewart, Hewitt; Jones, Galbraith; Herbert, Garner, Eccles, Meadows, Horrocks, Turley.
Hunslet: Lay, Whittington, Coates, Warrener, Raw; Langton, King; Mason, Sampson, Marson, Bowden, Petch, Lyons. Int: Welsh, Lowes.
View  Whitehaven 23 (B. Fisher, S. Fryer, K. Shelford, J. Ward tries; G. Cameron 3 goals; J. Ward field goal) defeated Leigh 22 (D. Ruane 2, M. Dean, I. Jeffrey tries; C. Johnson 3 goals) at Recreation Ground (Whitehaven).
Date: Sun, 28th January.   Referee: Gerry Kershaw.   Crowd: 1,528.
Whitehaven: Richardson, Solarie, Cameron, Fisher, Fryer; Shelford, Ward; Howse, Mounsey, Hetherington, D'Leny, Lofthouse, Petrie. Int: Dover, Sparks.
Leigh: Johnson, MoiMoi, Stephenson, Jeffrey, Ledger; Ruane, Beardmore; Brown, Dean, Cottrell, Potter, Ropati, Platt. Int: Collier, Westhead.
View  Widnes 26 (J. Devereux, D. Hulme, M. Offiah, M. O'Neill, A. Tait tries; A. Currier 2, A. Tait goals) defeated Batley 10 (P. Gearey 2 tries; S. Wilson goal) at Naughton Park.
Date: Sun, 28th January.   Referee: John Holdsworth.   Crowd: 5,801.
Widnes: Tait, Devereux, Currier, Wright, Offiah; Myler, Hulme; Sorensen, McKenzie, Grima, O'Neill, Moriarty, Critchley. Int: Marsh, Smith.
Batley: Storey, Wragg, Williams, Marshall, Waites; Wilson, Stainburn; Spendler, Scott, Speight, Hinchcliffe, Gearey, Cook. Int: Parkinson.
View  Keighley 12 (G. Coulter, K. Dixon tries; K. Dixon 2 goals) defeated Chorley 6 (A. Whittaker try; M. Smith goal) at Victory Park.
Date: Tue, 30th January.   Referee: Jim Smith.   Crowd: 552.
Chorley: Smith, Bacon, Williams, Marshall, Burnette; Whittaker, Bimson; Duffy, Hodson, Mayo, Briscoe, Knight, Woods. Int: Price, Gittins.
Keighley: Butterfield, St Hilaire, Bardgett, Collis, Simpson; Dixon, Winterbottom; White, Proctor, Fairbank, Moorby, O'Kesene, Coulter. Int: Smith, Johnson.
View  Rochdale 38 (M. Nixon 2, N. Cowie, P. Gamble, B. Garrity, M. Lord tries; S. Turner 7 goals) defeated Carlisle 6 (M. Thomason try; C. Coles goal) at Spotland Stadium.
Date: Tue, 30th January.   Referee: Keiron Morris.   Crowd: 1,609.
Rochdale: Myler, Higgins, Lord, Nixon, Garrity; Turner, Sullivan; Gamble, Hall, Humphries, Lonergan, Marsden, McDermott. Int: Bamber, Cowie.
Carlisle: Little, Coles, Pape, McNichol, Rea; Hepi, Murdock; Schubert, Thomason, Brierley, Okesene, Kendall, Scott. Int: Robinson, Murdock.
View  Fulham 16 (G. Pearce, M. Taylor tries; G. Pearce 4 goals) defeated Ryedale-York 12 (B. Ake, B. Carlyle, G. Pryce tries) at Wigginton Road.
Date: Wed, 31st January.   Referee: Kevin Allatt.   Crowd: 2,059.
Ryedale-York: Sullivan, Kettlestring, Ake, Atkins, Carlyle; Watson, Hammerton; Paver, Horton, Miles, Olsen, Morris, Pryce. Int: Hayes.
Fulham: Pearce, Murphy, Look, Taylor, Leslie; McCabe, Daunt; Keating, Zillman, Reinsfield, Mellors, Browning, Williams. Int: Wright.
View  Wakefield 32 (B. Conway, M. Conway, A. Kelly, A. Mason, J. Thompson tries; M. Conway 6 goals) defeated Swinton 4 (I. Pickavance try) at Belle Vue (Wakefield).
Date: Wed, 31st January.   Referee: John Whitelam.   Crowd: 4,741.
Wakefield: Perry, Mason, Jackson, Eden, Wilson; Lazenby, Conway; Rayne, Thompson, Bell, Kelly, Price, Price. Int: Leuluai, Conway.
Swinton: Topping, Ranson, Ropati, Linton, Pickavance; Snape, Holden; Flanagan, Melling, Pucill, Skeech, Tupaea, Morrison. Int: Hewitt, Chadwick.

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