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1982/83 John Player Trophy

Round 1

Summary of Matches

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> St Helens 17 (P. Glynn, B. Ledger, R. Mathias tries; N. Holding 4 goals) defeated Fulham 5 (C. Ganley try; S. Diamond goal) at Knowsley Road.
Date: Sat, 27th November.   Referee: Fred Lindop.   Crowd: 2,365.
St Helens: Parkes, Ledger, Arkwright, Haggerty, Litherland; Peters, Holding; James, Liptrot, Grimes, Bottell, Gorley, Pinner. Int: Glynn, Mathias.
Fulham: Ganley, Radbone, Allen, Diamond, M'Barki; Crossley, Bowden; Gourley, Dalgreen, Souto, Wood, Herdman, Kinsey. Int: Lester, Tuffs.
> Blackpool 6 (M. Sivori, J. Stockley tries) defeated Batley 5 (J. Jones goal; T. Crook 3 field goals) at Borough Park (Blackpool).
Date: Sun, 5th December.   Referee: Bill Allen.   Crowd: 592.
Blackpool: Laird, Sivori, Greenall, Grimshaw, Stockley; Kelly, Coyle; Gamble, Parry, Wills, Webb, Grundy, Macko. Int: Dickinson, Walsh.
Batley: Storey, Gibson, Pieniazek, Jones, Presley; Crook, Wilson; Frain, Cummins, Pitts, Craven, Clarke, Douglas. Int: Savage.
> Rochdale 11 (A. Duffy, K. Lowe tries; N. Turley 2 goals; B. Hughes field goal) defeated Cardiff 7 (C. O'Brien try; S. Fenwick 2 goals) at Ninian Park.
Date: Sun, 5th December.   Referee: John Holdsworth.   Crowd: 620.
Cardiff: O'Brien, Barwood, Fenwick, Pritchard, Fleay; Hallett, Williams; Morgan, Davies, David, Daley, Donkin, Ringer. Int: Woods, Nanson.
Rochdale: Murphy, Wiltshire, McGiffen, Price, Holland; Ayres, Hughes; Kirkbride, Lowe, Standidge, Turley, Deakin, Duffy. Int: Langan, Sanderson.
> Carlisle 26 (W. Youngman 3, M. Morgan 2, K. Robinson tries; A. Newton 4 goals) defeated Doncaster 17 (J. Buckton, K. Knott, J. Peat tries; D. Noble 4 goals) at Brunton Park.
Date: Sun, 5th December.   Referee: Geoff Berry.   Crowd: 1,413.
Carlisle: Birts, Youngman, Bell, Newton, Bardgett; Gaitley, Sanderson; Robinson, Crowther, Morgan, Birdsall, Bell, Limb. Int: Friend, Ward.
Doncaster: Noble, Trialist, Wilson, Trialist, Williams; Buckton, Atherton; Peat, Winter, Knott, Cooper, Ellis, Rhodes. Int: Russell, Wills.
> Wigan 16 (D. Campbell, G. West, C. Whitfield, B. Williams tries; C. Whitfield 2 goals) defeated Castleford 10 (B. Higgins, T. Richardson tries; G. Hyde 2 goals) at Wheldon Road.
Date: Sun, 5th December.   Referee: Ron Campbell.   Crowd: 5,422.
Castleford: Coen, Richardson, Marchant, Hyde, Higgins; Joyner, Beardmore; Ward, Beardmore, Johnson, Spedding, James, Timson. Int: Orum, England.
Wigan: Williams, Ramsdale, Stephenson, Whitfield, Gill; Foy, Fairhurst; Shaw, Kiss, Campbell, West, Scott, Pendlebury. Int: Juliff.
> Barrow 28 (M. Gillespie, D. Hadley, M. James, M. Mason, T. Moore, L. Wall tries; S. Tickle 5 goals) defeated Dewsbury 11 (J. Paterson try; S. Dunford 4 goals) at Crown Flatt (Old).
Date: Sun, 5th December.   Referee: John Mean.   Crowd: 866.
Dewsbury: Richardson, Dunford, Jennings, Collins, Ramsden; Paterson, Thornton; Mason, Dufton, King, Mook, Wood, Kelly. Int: Plummer, Marsden.
Barrow: Tickle, Bentley, O'Regan, McConnell, Moore; Mason, Cairns; Herbert, Wall, Gee, Szymala, Gillespie, Hadley. Int: James.
> Hull 18 (D. Topliss 2, S. Evans, D. O'Hara tries; L. Crooks 3 goals) defeated Featherstone 14 (N. Barker, J. Gilbert tries; S. Quinn 4 goals) at Post Office Road.
Date: Sun, 5th December.   Referee: John McDonald.   Crowd: 4,005.
Featherstone: Barker, Quinn, Johnson, Gilbert, Marsden; Banks, Pickerill; Gibbins, Wright, Hankins, Hobbs, Smith, Hudson. Int: Lyman, Bell.
Hull: Kemble, O'Hara, Evans, Banks, Prendiville; Topliss, Dean; Harrison, Bridges, Rose, Norton, Crooks, Crane.
> Hull KR 42 (G. Clark 2, S. Hartley 2, P. Lowe 2, P. Hogan, A. Kelly, P. Muscroft, I. Robinson tries; G. Fairbairn 6 goals) defeated Whitehaven 3 (A. Thomson try) at Craven Park (Hull, Old).
Date: Sun, 5th December.   Referee: Ken Spencer.   Crowd: 5,929.
Hull KR: Fairbairn, Clark, Smith, Robinson, Muscroft; Hartley, Smith; Millington, Watkinson, Crooks, Burton, Kelly, Hogan. Int: Hall, Lowe.
Whitehaven: Rose, Gribbin, Mackie, Thomson, Bulman; Lane, Hall; Phythian, Banks, Cottier, Litt, Frazer, Simpson. Int: D'Leny, Fox.
> Bradford 18 (A. Rathbone 2, D. Carroll, D. Jasiewicz tries; D. Carroll 3 goals) defeated Keighley 0 at Lawkholme Lane.
Date: Sun, 5th December.   Referee: Stan Wall.   Crowd: 4,278.
Keighley: Scanlon, Moll, Greenwood, Dudley, Rowse; Briggs, Beale; Sellers, Hodgson, Farrell, Fairhurst, Arnold, Hawksworth. Int: Robinson.
Bradford: Green, Barends, Smith, Davies, Pullen; Kells, Carroll; Grayshon, Noble, Van Bellen, Jasiewicz, Idle, Rathbone. Int: Redfearn, Parrott.
> Leeds 17 (D. Heron, J. Holmes, K. Rayne tries; K. Dick 4 goals) defeated Bramley 7 (C. Bowman try; S. Kilner 2 goals) at Headingley.
Date: Sun, 5th December.   Referee: Cliff Hodgson.   Crowd: 4,085.
Leeds: Gill, Smith, Holmes, Hague, Smith; Mackintosh, Dick; Dickinson, Ward, Burke, Rayne, Rayne, Heron, Heron.
Bramley: Kilner, Dyas, Fletcher, Lister, Lund; Carroll, Gascoigne; Garforth, Tennant, Bowman, Sampson, James, Loxton.
> Leigh 13 (E. Chisnall, D. Drummond, A. Wilkinson tries; J. Woods 2 goals) defeated Oldham 12 (B. Hogan, M. Worrall tries; M. Parrish 3 goals) at Hilton Park.
Date: Sun, 5th December.   Referee: Ron Moore.   Crowd: 5,780.
Leigh: Hogan, Drummond, Henderson, Donlan, Worgan; Woods, Dunn; Wilkinson, Tabern, Pyke, Chisnall, Hunter, Potter, Martyn.
Oldham: Taylor, Vigo, Caffery, Parrish, Hawkyard; Ashton, Kirwan; Hogan, McCurrie, Goodway, Platt, Worrall, Flanagan. Int: Jones.
> Salford 23 (M. Coulman, P. Fletcher, S. Nash, P. O'Neill, T. Stockley tries; R. Smith 4 goals) defeated Hunslet 11 (D. Rowe try; E. Fitzsimons 4 goals) at The Willows.
Date: Sun, 5th December.   Referee: Jim Smith.   Crowd: 1,471.
Salford: Fletcher, Stockley, Francis, Aspey, Driver; Moran, Nash; Coulman, O'Neill, Yates, Smith, Nicholls, McTigue. Int: Williams, Major.
Hunslet: Briers, Foley, Murrell, Roe, Fitzsimons; Townsend, Wolford; Lean, Gibson, Burgess, Smith, Ackland, Hirst. Int: Rowe.
> Huddersfield 22 (I. Hobson 2, I. Slater 2 tries; A. Wilson 5 goals) defeated Swinton 13 (A. Derbyshire, C. Hunter, A. Ratcliffe tries; K. Jones 2 goals) at Station Road.
Date: Sun, 5th December.   Referee: Frank Robinson.   Crowd: 1,417.
Swinton: O'Loughlin, Sutton, Hunter, Brown, Jones; Ratcliffe, Lee; Clarke, Derbyshire, Ashcroft, Highton, Lomax, Peters. Int: Mellor, Clough.
Huddersfield: Barton, Cramp, Leathley, Senior, Potts; Slater, Shepherd; Johnson, Schofield, Rose, Hobson, McHugh, Wilson. Int: Dixon, Davies.
> Warrington 19 (B. Eccles, P. Ford, R. Thackray tries; S. Hesford 5 goals) defeated Halifax 8 (G. Garrod, S. Smith tries; M. Agar goal) at Wilderspool.
Date: Sun, 5th December.   Referee: Mick Beaumont.   Crowd: 2,892.
Warrington: Hesford, Thackray, Duane, Bevan, Ford; Kelly, Rawlinson; Courtney, Webb, Cooke, Eccles, Fieldhouse, Muller. Int: Finnegan.
Halifax: Smith, O'Byrne, Agar, Garrod, Waites; Cawood, Langton; Van bellen, Whitehouse, Sharp, Greenwood, Shillito, Jarvis. Int: Blacker, Bond.
> Widnes 17 (D. Hulme, J. Lydon, K. Tamati tries; J. Lydon 4 goals) defeated Wakefield 12 (C. Harrison try; C. Maskill 4 goals; H. Box field goal) at Naughton Park.
Date: Sun, 5th December.   Referee: Kevin Allatt.   Crowd: 4,075.
Widnes: Burke, Basnett, O'Loughlin, Cunningham, Lydon; Gregory, Hulme; O'Neill, O'Neill, Tamati, Gorley, Prescott, Adams, Myler.
Wakefield: Box, Fletcher, Harrison, Coventry, Jones; Stephenson, Pickerill; Bratt, Maskill, Harris, Adams, Swann, Lampkowski. Int: Lyons, Hopkinson.
> York 18 (T. Morgan 2, P. McDermott, G. Smith tries; T. Morgan 3 goals) defeated Workington 15 (D. Beck, J. Falcon, A. McCarron tries; L. Hopkins 3 goals) at Wigginton Road.
Date: Sun, 5th December.   Referee: Bernard Walker.   Crowd: 2,134.
York: Smith, Morgan, Brown, Barker, Pryce; Wilson, McDermott; Hughes, Piwinski, Dunkerley, White, Orr, Hughes.
Workington: Hopkins, Roper, Thompson, Beattie, Beck; Todd, Burns; Varty, Lightfoot, McCarron, Hartley, Pattinson, Pattinson. Int: Falcon, Maughan.

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