Championship 1987/88

Match Day 3

Halifax 26 def. Leigh 18

Championship 1987/88
Match Day 3

Halifax
26
18
Leigh
Match Info
Match URL www.rugbyleagueproject.org/matches/18382
Status Completed
Date Sunday, 20th September, 1987
Referee Fred Lindop (Wakefield)
Venue Thrum (Halifax)
Crowd 5,441
Halifax Scoresheet Leigh
Simon LONGSTAFF T 2 John KERR
John PENDLEBURY   Neil McCULLOCH
Mike TAYLOR      
Ian WILKINSON      
 
Colin WHITFIELD 5 G 3 Chris JOHNSON
Halifax Teams Leigh
Graham EADIE 1 FB 1 Chris JOHNSON
Mike TAYLOR 2 W 2 Neil McCULLOCH
Ian WILKINSON 3 C 3 John HENDERSON
Simon LONGSTAFF 4 C 4 Colin RIDING
Andy RAMSDEN 5 W 5 Wayne STANDISH
 
Colin WHITFIELD 6 FE 6 John KERR
Gary STEPHENS 7 HB 7 Mike FORD
 
Keith NELLER 8 FR 8 David EVANS
Seamus McCALLION 9 HK 9 Mike DEAN
Graham BEEVERS 10 FR 10 Brian GELLING
Paul DIXON 11 2R 11 Brian DUNN
Dean HANSON 12 2R 12 Wayne ATHERTON
John PENDLEBURY 13 L 13 Mark THOMAS
 
    B 14 Phil JOHNSON
Brian JULIFF 15 B    
 
Chris ANDERSON   HC   Billy BENYON
   
 

Team Info

Halifax

Previous Game:
Yorkshire Cup 1987/88 - Week 1 vs. Keighley
Next Game:
Yorkshire Cup 1987/88 - Round 2 vs. Castleford
Out:
Scott Wilson (five-eighth), Roy Dickinson (front row), Mick Scott (bench)
In:
Simon Longstaff (centre), Dean Hanson (second row)
Changes:
Colin Whitfield (centre to five-eighth), Keith Neller (second row to front row)

Leigh

Previous Game:
Lancashire Cup 1987/88 - Week 1 vs. St Helens
Next Game:
Lancashire Cup 1987/88 - Round 2 vs. Swinton
Out:
Ian Jeffrey (centre), Derek Pyke (second row), Andy Collier (bench)
In:
Colin Riding (centre), Mark Thomas (lock)
Changes:
Wayne Atherton (lock to second 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