Game 2
Yorkshire 17 def. Cheshire 10
| 1896/97 County Championship Game 2 | ||||||||
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| Match URL | www.rugbyleagueproject.org/matches/28370 | |||||||
| Status | Completed | |||||||
| Date | Saturday, 7th November, 1896 | |||||||
| Referee | W Dillon | |||||||
| Venue | Boulevard (Hull) | |||||||
| Crowd | 5,000 | |||||||
| Match Stats | ||||||||
| Halftime Score | 12 | – | 4 | |||||
| Yorkshire | Scoresheet | Cheshire | ||||||
| F CLEGG | T | W BOOTH | ||||||
| A HAMBRECHT | J MOTTERSHEAD | |||||||
| G KITSON | ||||||||
| R SUNDERLAND | ||||||||
| Albert GOLDTHORPE | 2 | G | ||||||
| FG | F SAVILLE | |||||||
| Yorkshire | Teams | Cheshire | ||||||
| GE LORIMER | 1 | FB | 1 | Sam HOUGHTON | ||||
| FW COOPER | 2 | W | 2 | T RICHARDSON | ||||
| Albert GOLDTHORPE | 3 | C | 3 | Jimmy BUTTERWORTH | ||||
| F FIRTH | 4 | C | 4 | F SAVILLE | ||||
| A HAMBRECHT | 5 | W | 5 | W ROBINSON | ||||
| R SUNDERLAND | 6 | FE | 6 | A ALLEN | ||||
| JA RIGG | 7 | HB | 7 | W BOOTH | ||||
| G KITSON | 8 | FR | 8 | W LIGHTFOOT | ||||
| F CLEGG | 9 | HK | 9 | O HUGHES | ||||
| O WALSH | 10 | FR | 10 | F GAYTER | ||||
| W WALTON | 11 | 2R | 11 | J MOTTERSHEAD | ||||
| H SPEED | 12 | 2R | 12 | A GARSIDE | ||||
| RE SUGDEN | 13 | L | 13 | Jimmy LANGLEY | ||||
| J CONLEY | 14 | B | 14 | T GIBSON | ||||
| RJ ROBERTSON | 15 | B | 15 | H MOSS | ||||
Team Info
Yorkshire
- Previous Game:
- 1895/96 County Championship - Game 6 vs. Lancashire
- Next Game:
- 1896/97 County Championship - Game 3 vs. Lancashire
- Out:
- J Brown (centre), A Boothroyd (wing), R Wood (five-eighth), M Shackleton (front row), Robert Gregg (front row), Jack Riley (second row), L Donkin (lock), TH Hughes (bench)
- In:
- FW Cooper (wing), A Hambrecht (wing), R Sunderland (five-eighth), G Kitson (front row), H Speed (second row), RE Sugden (lock), J Conley (bench), RJ Robertson (bench)
- Changes:
- Albert Goldthorpe (wing to centre), O Walsh (second row to front row), W Walton (bench to second row)
Cheshire
- Previous Game:
- 1896/97 County Championship - Game 1 vs. Lancashire
- Next Game:
- 1897/98 County Championship - Game 1 vs. Lancashire
- Out:
- G Robinson (wing), P Sands (centre), T Warder (wing), J Faulkner (halfback), W Faulkner (front row), S Walker (second row), ? Longthorpe (second row), H Farmer (bench)
- In:
- Sam Houghton (fullback), T Richardson (wing), W Robinson (wing), W Booth (halfback), W Lightfoot (front row), O Hughes (hooker), F Gayter (front row), T Gibson (bench)
- Changes:
- F Saville (fullback to centre), J Mottershead (hooker to second row), A Garside (front row to second row)
Match Notes
Goldthorpe kicked a penalty goal, which was worth 3 points at the time.
This match is a part of the following:
Contributions:
Andrew Ferguson, Bill Bates
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