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1986/87 John Player Special Trophy

Round 1

Summary of Matches

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> Wigan 32 (A. Goodway 2, E. Hanley 2, B. Case, S. Edwards tries; H. Gill 4 goals) defeated Leeds 10 (M. McGaw, I. Wilkinson tries; M. Conway goal) at Central Park.
Date: Sat, 29th November.   Referee: Derek Fox.   Crowd: 9,112.
Wigan: Hampson, Mordt, Lydon, Bell, Gill; Hanley, Edwards; West, Dermott, Case, Roberts, Potter, Goodway. Int: Ford, Louw.
Leeds: Wilkinson, Mason, Ettingshausen, McGaw, Fox; Creasser, Conway; Owen, Morris, Skerrett, Price, Medley, Heron. Int: Rayne, Maskill.
> Barrow 36 (T. Kay 3, B. Blacker, S. Carter, N. Du Toit, M. Meskell, N. Turley tries; N. Turley 2 goals) defeated Runcorn 10 (J. Cogger 2 tries; S. Gauchwin goal) at Craven Park (Barrow).
Date: Sun, 30th November.   Referee: Ray Tennant.   Crowd: 1,771.
Barrow: Tickle, James, Kay, Blacker, Quirk; Hastings, Cairns; Meskell, Lightfoot, Carter, Mossop, Du Toit, Turley. Int: McNichol, Kendall.
Runcorn: Rawlinson, Gauchwin, Hunter, Fitzpatrick, Durnin; Booth, Blythin; Fraser, Ashcroft, Campbell, O'Connell, Cogger, Prescott. Int: Jackson, Blackwood.
> Blackpool 42 (T. Frodsham 4, C. Ganley, M. Nanyn, P. Roberts tries; B. Price 7 goals) defeated Mansfield 12 (P. Gentle, C. Thompson tries; M. Crossingham 2 goals) at Borough Park (Blackpool).
Date: Sun, 30th November.   Referee: Jim Smith.   Crowd: 376.
Blackpool: Price, Melling, Brennan, Ganley, Roberts; Frodsham, Sanderson; Gamble, Garner, Waddell, Nanyn, Colwell, Meyrick. Int: Grundy, Briscoe.
Mansfield: Oates, Fletcher, Williams, Buckton, Thompson; Gentle, Willis; Deakin, Stevens, Grix, Tupaea, Duffy, Crossingham. Int: Edginton.
> Doncaster 18 (M. Gibbon, K. Jones, K. Parkhouse tries; D. Noble 3 goals) defeated Hull KR 14 (J. Dorahy, A. Kelly, G. Smith tries; J. Dorahy goal) at Tattersfield.
Date: Sun, 30th November.   Referee: Alex Bowman.   Crowd: 3,084.
Doncaster: Green, Turner, Kemp, Pennant, Bell; Jones, Birkby; Parkhouse, Gibbon, Hartley, Timson, Noble, Lane. Int: Milner.
Hull KR: Fairbairn, Clark, Dorahy, Boustead, Laws; Smith, Harkin; Broadhurst, Watkinson, Ema, Burton, Kelly, Smith. Int: Lydiat, Rudd.
> Featherstone 22 (D. Fox, B. Kellett, P. Lyman, P. Smith tries; D. Fox 3 goals) defeated Workington 18 (J. Beattie, E. Hillier tries; D. Lowden 4, S. Maguire goals) at Post Office Road.
Date: Sun, 30th November.   Referee: John Mean.   Crowd: 1,521.
Featherstone: Bibb, Woolford, Marsh, Banks, Kellett; Crossley, Fox; Slatter, Slater, Dakin, Bell, Harrison, Smith, Lyman.
Workington: Lowden, Bower, Hurst, Beattie, Beck; Smith, Burgess; Nixon, Mounsey, Woods, Hillier, Maguire, Courty.
> Castleford 34 (G. Lord 3, R. Beardmore, C. Johns, C. Scott tries; M. Ketteridge 5 goals) defeated Fulham 24 (S. Mills 2, G. Haggath tries; C. Fenn 4, H. Rees 2 goals) at Polytechnic Of Central London Stadium.
Date: Sun, 30th November.   Referee: Dave Carter.   Crowd: 1,374.
Fulham: Pratt, Cambriani, Mills, Bridge, Jones; Rees, Gibson; O'Doherty, Taylor, Knight, Feighan, Fenn, Haggath. Int: White, Rampling.
Castleford: Scott, Plange, Joyner, Johns, Lord; Irwin, Beardmore; Ward, Horton, Johnson, Ketteridge, Atkins, England. Int: Hyde, Shillito.
> Halifax 36 (P. Bell, B. Juliff, S. McCallion, S. Smith, C. Whitfield tries; C. Whitfield 8 goals) defeated Wakefield 22 (N. Bell, B. Conway, R. Klein, G. Stanton tries; S. Diamond 3 goals) at Thrum Hall.
Date: Sun, 30th November.   Referee: Steve Cross.   Crowd: 4,076.
Halifax: Eadie, Wilson, Whitfield, Rix, Smith; Anderson, Stephens; Dickinson, McCallion, Neller, Juliff, Bell, Dixon. Int: Hague.
Wakefield: Diamond, Jowitt, Stanton, Cartwright, Klein; Lyons, Green; Cowie, Conway, Hopkinson, Gittins, Brennan, Smith. Int: Bell, Thompson.
> Leigh 32 (J. Henderson 2, M. Davis, M. Huddart, S. Mellor, I. Schubert tries; C. Johnson 4 goals) defeated Rochdale 10 (N. Cowie, M. Dobson tries; D. Wood goal) at Hilton Park.
Date: Sun, 30th November.   Referee: John McDonald.   Crowd: 2,754.
Leigh: Johnson, McCulloch, Henderson, Leuluai, Mellor; Kerr, Davis; Owen, Dean, Cottrell, Huddart, Schubert, Westhead. Int: Hughes, Collier.
Rochdale: Harrigan, Purcell, Thomson, Wood, Causey; Hughes, Dobson; Evans, Lowe, Idle, Byron, Dunn, Williams. Int: Cowie, Brown.
> Swinton 18 (D. Bate, T. Hewitt, A. Ratcliffe tries; A. Rippon 3 goals) defeated Myson 11 at Craven Park (Hull, Old).
Date: Sun, 30th November.   Crowd: 1,648.
Swinton: Viller, Bate, Ratcliffe, Snape, Rippon; Wilson, Hewitt; Lomax, Ainsworth, Muller, Sheals, Allen, Rowbottom. Int: Holliday.
> Bradford 22 (P. Ford, T. Holmes, D. Jasiewicz, D. Redfearn tries; J. Woods 3 goals) defeated Oldham 12 (D. Foy, G. Warnecke tries; M. Worrall 2 goals) at The Watersheddings.
Date: Sun, 30th November.   Referee: Robin Whitfield.   Crowd: 5,642.
Oldham: M'Barki, Sherman, Foy, Warnecke, Atkinson; Topliss, Bridge; Clark, Flanagan, Clawson, Worrall, Nadiole, Raper. Int: Ashton, Lowndes.
Bradford: Mumby, Ford, Redfearn, Hellewell, Simpson; Woods, Holmes; Sherratt, Noble, Hamer, Jasiewicz, Bond, Graham.
> Hull 27 (G. Schofield 2, P. Eastwood, P. Windley tries; G. Pearce 5 goals; G. Pearce field goal) defeated Salford 12 (D. Bloor 2 tries; T. O'shea 2 goals) at The Willows.
Date: Sun, 30th November.   Referee: John Kendrew.   Crowd: 2,100.
Salford: Fletcher, Glynn, Byrne, O'Loughlin, Wiltshire; Austin, Bloor; Herbert, Groves, Major, Selby, McTigue, O'shea. Int: Wakefield, Brownbill.
Hull: Kemble, Eastwood, Schofield, Pearce, O'Hara; Ah Kuoi, Windley; Crooks, Mallinson, Puckering, Lazenby, Norton, Sharp. Int: Crooks, Crane.
> Sheffield 14 (M. Aston, C. Miller, S. Parkes tries; P. Kuhnemann goal) defeated Bramley 6 (P. Burgoyne try; G. Robinson goal) at Owlerton Stadium.
Date: Sun, 30th November.   Referee: Stephen Haigh.   Crowd: 415.
Sheffield: Aston, Lidbury, Nason, Gamson, Kellett; Lyons, Smith; Bridgeman, Parkes, Wilders, Glancy, Miller, Powell. Int: Farrell.
Bramley: Bibb, Shipley, Robinson, Binder, Beale; Lister, Carroll; Burgoyne, Tennant, Bowman, Gibson, Schaumkell, Fletcher. Int: Lonergan.
> Warrington 11 (R. Thackray try; P. Bishop 3 goals; P. Bishop field goal) defeated Hunslet 10 (J. Coates, J. Irvine tries; A. Platt goal) at Wilderspool.
Date: Sun, 30th November.   Referee: Brian Simpson.   Crowd: 3,680.
Warrington: Johnson, Meadows, Forster, Ropati, Thackray; Bishop, Gregory; Boyd, Tamati, Jackson, Sanderson, Roberts, Gregory, Eccles.
Hunslet: Kay, Bell, Nicholson, Senior, Irvine; Coates, Milton; Mason, Jennings, Skerrett, Platt, Gibson, Webb.
> St Helens 10 (P. Jarvis, P. Veivers tries; B. Ledger goal) defeated Whitehaven 8 (D. Lightfoot try; G. Cameron 2 goals) at Recreation Ground (Whitehaven).
Date: Sun, 30th November.   Referee: Ken Spencer.   Crowd: 3,678.
Whitehaven: Lightfoot, Lofthouse, Fisher, Ackerman, Solarie; Cameron, Shuttleworth; Rose, McCurrie, McCartney, Burney, Hetherington, McFarlane. Int: Johnston.
St Helens: Veivers, Ledger, Allen, Halliwell, McCormack; Clark, Holding; Burke, Harrison, Jarvis, Fieldhouse, Forber, Arkwright. Int: Round.
> Widnes 82 (D. Hulme 5, J. Basnett 3, B. Dowd 2, P. McKenzie 2, M. Burke, R. Eyres, H. Pinner, K. Sorensen, D. Wright tries; B. Dowd 7 goals) defeated Dewsbury 0 at Naughton Park.
Date: Sun, 30th November.   Referee: Kevin Allatt.   Crowd: 2,138.
Widnes: Burke, Dowd, Wright, Gilbert, Basnett; Myler, Hulme; Sorensen, McKenzie, O'Neill, Eyres, Cleal, Pinner. Int: O'Neill, Hulme.
Dewsbury: Richardson, Moore, Vasey, Keyworth, Ramsden; Shuttleworth, Toole; Burgess, Diskin, Garner, Morris, Womersley, Garforth. Int: Bailey, Howley.
> Carlisle 8 (S. Kirkby try; P. Subritzky, B. Tunstall goals) defeated Keighley 2 (K. Dixon goal) at Southend Road.
Date: Thu, 4th December.   Referee: Paul Houghton.   Crowd: 300.
Carlisle: Tunstall, Stockley, Pape, Peacham, Graham; Langton, Green; Armstrong, Thomason, Schubert, Kirkby, Duffy, Subritzky. Int: Lithgow.
Keighley: Butterfield, Richardson, Bragger, Roe, Dixon; Winterbottom, Moses; Pitts, Proctor, Barrett, Raiteri, McInerney, Ragan. Int: Fairbank, McCaffrey.

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