John Player Special Trophy 1985/86

Round 1

Summary of Matches

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View  Hull KR 11 (G. Clark, G. Prohm tries; J. Dorahy goal; G. Fairbairn field goal) defeated Halifax 2 (S. Smith goal) at Thrum Hall.
Date: Sat, 23rd November.   Referee: Derek Fox.   Crowd: 4,147.
Halifax: Smith, Riddlesden, Anderson, Wilson, Juliff; Anderson, Stephens; Heugh, McCallion, Robinson, James, Scott, Dixon. Int: Bond.
Hull KR: Fairbairn, Clark, Dorahy, Prohm, Laws; Smith, Harkin; Johnston, Watkinson, Ema, Burton, Harrison, Miller. Int: Robinson, Kelly.
View  Barrow 5 (A. Whittle try; S. Tickle field goal) defeated Leeds 2 (D. Creasser goal) at Craven Park (Barrow).
Date: Sun, 24th November.   Referee: Fred Lindop.   Crowd: 4,886.
Barrow: Tickle, Dwyer, Williams, Whittle, James; Smith, Cairns; Brown, Wilkinson, Elliott, Walker, Mossop, Turley. Int: Kendall, Heselwood.
Leeds: Wilkinson, Smith, Creasser, Hague, Francis; Lyons, Dick; Grayshon, Ward, Rayne, Powell, Rayne, Heron. Int: Currie, Clark.
View  Leigh 70 (P. Fox 5, J. Henderson 3, T. Cogger 2, T. Cottrell, D. Drummond, P. Johnson, J. Kerr tries; C. Johnson 7 goals) defeated Batley 2 (J. Jones goal) at Mount Pleasant.
Date: Sun, 24th November.   Referee: Dave Carter.   Crowd: 1,543.
Batley: Storey, Wray, Williams, Jones, West; Render, Pickerill; Harrington, Sowden, Hemingway, Cousins, Arnold, Ratcliffe. Int: Ferres.
Leigh: Johnson, Drummond, Henderson, Halliwell, Fox; Cogger, Johnson; Gelling, Tabern, Pyke, Cottrell, Clarke, Westhead. Int: Kerr, Mayoh.
View  Wakefield 24 (G. Cocks, J. Lyons, L. Rotherforth, S. Smith tries; A. Sygrove 4 goals) defeated Blackpool 22 (A. Bailey, S. Brennan, S. Melling, H. Waddell, A. Waller tries; P. Roberts goal) at Borough Park (Blackpool).
Date: Sun, 24th November.   Referee: Dave Carter.   Crowd: 683.
Blackpool: Bailey, Bacon, Melling, Brennan, Roberts; Frodsham, Green; Gamble, Waller, Waddell, Briscoe, Wills, Grundy. Int: Price, Nanyn.
Wakefield: Sygrove, Rotherforth, Hendry, Eden, Youngman; Lyons, Hickman; Hopkinson, Shaw, Cocks, Smith, Swanston, Lazenby. Int: Bell.
View  Oldham 46 (M. Graham 2, D. Liddiard 2, T. Flanagan, H. M'Barki, M. Parrish, G. Warnecke tries; D. Hobbs 7 goals) defeated Bramley 8 (T. Bibb try; S. Kilner 2 goals) at McLaren Field.
Date: Sun, 24th November.   Referee: Ken Spencer.   Crowd: 2,738.
Bramley: Bibb, Kilner, Coen, Mason, Shipley; Beale, Carroll; Bowman, Kelly, Pitchford, Harrison, Clarkson, Fletcher. Int: Green.
Oldham: Liddiard, M'Barki, Foy, Warnecke, Taylor; Topliss, Ashton; Jones, Sanderson, Morgan, Hobbs, Flanagan, Graham. Int: Parrish, Worrall.
View  Doncaster 22 (M. Gibbon 2, P. Harrison, K. Parkhouse tries; D. Noble 2 goals; G. Morris, D. Noble field goals) defeated Runcorn 20 (P. Fitzpatrick, I. Smith, P. Woods tries; P. Wood 4 goals) at Tattersfield.
Date: Sun, 24th November.   Referee: John McDonald.   Crowd: 375.
Doncaster: Hutchinson, Turner, Pennant, Moore, Freeman; Jones, Morris; Parkhouse, Gibbon, Harrison, Carr, Foster, Noble. Int: Pickett, Robinson.
Runcorn: Rawlinson, Smith, Fitzpatrick, Crehan, Wood; Garrity, Crompton; Ball, Ashcroft, Grundy, Woods, Simms, McCabe. Int: Fletcher, Tabern.
View  Warrington 20 (M. Forster 2, C. Webb tries; B. Carbert 3, P. Bishop goals) defeated Fulham 13 (D. Duffy, S. Mills tries; C. Wilkinson 2 goals; C. Wilkinson field goal) at Polytechnic Of Central London Stadium.
Date: Sun, 24th November.   Referee: John Holdsworth.   Crowd: 1,493.
Fulham: Mills, Nissen, Barrow, Matthews, Cambriani; Wilkinson, Green; Hoare, Key, Henney, Duffy, Kinsey, Davis. Int: Jones, Bullough.
Warrington: Johnson, Carbert, Cullen, Forster, Thackray; Blake, Gregory; Tamati, Hodson, Gittins, Boyd, Allen, McGinty. Int: Bishop, Webb.
View  Hunslet 20 (S. Kemble, G. King, S. Nicholson, K. Skerrett tries; G. Rowse 2 goals) defeated Workington 12 (G. Rea, P. Stafford tries; G. Smith 2 goals) at Elland Road.
Date: Sun, 24th November.   Referee: Ray Tennant.   Crowd: 726.
Hunslet: Kay, Rowse, Nicholson, Kemble, Wilson; Murrell, King; Wood, McCurrie, Skerrett, Idle, O'Dwyer, Mitchell. Int: Hullock, Marson.
Workington: Tubman, Denny, Bower, Jones, Beck; Smith, Rea; Beverley, Falcon, Nixon, Pattinson, Sullivan, Cowan. Int: Bailey, Stafford.
View  Keighley 20 (I. Bragger, K. Ellis, M. Hawksworth tries; I. Fairhurst 4 goals) defeated Huddersfield 10 (I. Thomas try; W. Platt 3 goals) at Lawkholme Lane.
Date: Sun, 24th November.   Referee: Geoff Berry.   Crowd: 1,264.
Keighley: Butterfield, Bardgett, Bragger, Dwyer, Mather; Roe, Winterbottom; Dews, Proctor, Turner, Fairhurst, Green, Hawksworth. Int: Ellis.
Huddersfield: Bostock, Thomas, Blacker, Senior, Leathley; Johnson, McGovern; Johnson, Wright, McHugh, Fitzpatrick, Kenworthy, Platt. Int: Hirst, Nelson.
View  St Helens 42 (B. French 2, B. Ledger 2, K. Meadows 2, N. Holding, G. Liptrot tries; B. Ledger 5 goals) defeated Dewsbury 6 (A. Ramsden try; C. Vasey goal) at Knowsley Road.
Date: Sun, 24th November.   Referee: Kevin Allatt.   Crowd: 5,364.
St Helens: Veivers, Ledger, Allen, French, Meadows; Arkwright, Holding; Burke, Liptrot, Gorley, Platt, Haggerty, Pinner. Int: Peters, Grienke.
Dewsbury: Richardson, Vasey, Mita, Cooper, Ramsden; Collins, Sefuiva; Mason, Diskin, Broxholme, Howells, Jennings, Stephenson. Int: Sharp, Leary.
View  Salford 18 (N. Baker, D. Bloor, I. Marsh tries; C. Griffiths 3 goals) defeated Rochdale 12 (G. Austin try; K. Harcombe 4 goals) at The Willows.
Date: Sun, 24th November.   Referee: Mike Loftus.   Crowd: 2,844.
Salford: Fletcher, Marsh, O'Loughlin, Glynn, Griffiths; Baker, Bloor; Herbert, Moylan, Battese, Major, Lamb, Pendlebury, Dickens.
Rochdale: Harcombe, Cartwright, Austin, Wood, Duane; Bancroft, Nash; Evans, McKenzie, Austin, Kuiti, Dunn, Timson. Int: Fairhurst, Deakin.
View  Bradford 24 (D. Carroll, S. Donlan, S. Parrish, I. Sherratt tries; D. Carroll 4 goals) defeated Sheffield 16 (G. Hetherington, D. Powell, S. Wright tries; R. Rafferty 2 goals) at Owlerton Stadium.
Date: Sun, 24th November.   Referee: Brian Simpson.   Crowd: 1,342.
Sheffield: Sherwood, Campbell, Wright, Powell, Rafferty; Lane, Welsh; Harris, Wileman, Farrell, Bridgeman, Glancy, Kuhanaman. Int: Cholmondeley, Hetherington.
Bradford: Potts, Ford, McGowan, Donlan, Francis; Redfearn, Carroll; Kellaway, Noble, Van Bellen, Sherratt, Sheldon, Moulden. Int: Jasiewicz, Parrish.
View  Widnes 12 (J. Basnett, N. Cleal tries; B. Dowd 2 goals) defeated Whitehaven 7 (M. Beckwith try; D. Lightfoot goal; P. Stoddart field goal) at Recreation Ground (Whitehaven).
Date: Sun, 24th November.   Referee: Mick Beaumont.   Crowd: 3,097.
Whitehaven: Lightfoot, Dalton, Beckwith, Gribbin, Solarie; Stoddart, Hall; Gorley, Banks, Simpson, Howse, Burney, Hetherington. Int: Cameron, Barnes.
Widnes: Burke, Basnett, Lydon, Dowd, George; Myler, Hulme; Barrow, Gormley, O'Neill, Cleal, Fieldhouse, Myler, Eyres.
View  Wigan 26 (N. Du Toit, S. Ella, P. Stott, G. West tries; S. Hampson 3, D. Stephenson 2 goals) defeated Mansfield 0 at Central Park.
Date: Sun, 24th November.   Referee: John Kendrew.   Crowd: 10,040.
Wigan: Hampson, Henley-smith, Stephenson, Hanley, Gill; Ella, Ford; Dowling, Kiss, Goodway, Du Toit, West, Potter. Int: Stott, Wane.
Mansfield: Scanlon, O'Byrne, Buckton, Holden, Edginton; Nicholson, Willis; Spedding, Blackmore, Stokes, Hiley, Hooper, Langton. Int: Loynes, McSherry.
View  York 12 (M. Carter try; G. Steadman 4 goals) defeated Castleford 10 (T. Spears try; R. Beardmore 2, S. Diamond goals) at Wigginton Road.
Date: Sun, 24th November.   Referee: Frank Tickle.   Crowd: 3,765.
York: Proctor, Morrell, Carter, Willey, Smith; Steadman, Dobson; Crooks, Rhodes, Marketo, Price, Martin, Harrison.
Castleford: Sandy, Greatbatch, Marchant, Spears, Chapman; Diamond, Beardmore; Ward, Horton, Johnson, England, Ketteridge, French. Int: Roockley.
View  Hull FC 44 (J. Muggleton 3, J. Leuluai 2, P. Eastwood, G. Kemble, N. Puckering tries; L. Crooks 6 goals) defeated Swinton 0 at The Boulevard.
Date: Wed, 27th November.   Referee: Paul Volante.   Crowd: 3,797.
Hull FC: Kemble, Eastwood, Vass, Leuluai, Evans; Ah Kuoi, Gascoigne; Gerard, Patrick, Puckering, Muggleton, Crooks, Divorty. Int: Norton, Dannatt.
Swinton: Viller, Ratcliffe, Tuimavave, Snape, Scott; Cassidy, Hewitt; Mooney, Melling, Arrowsmith, Horrocks, Sheals, Holliday. Int: Jones, Stapleton.

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