Match Day 1
Wigan 25 def. Whitehaven 8
| 1981/82 Championship Match Day 1 | ||||||||
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| Match URL | www.rugbyleagueproject.org/matches/16926 | |||||||
| Status | Completed | |||||||
| Date | Sunday, 30th August, 1981 | |||||||
| Referee | Ken Spencer | |||||||
| Venue | Central Park (Wigan) | |||||||
| Crowd | 3,478 | |||||||
| Wigan | Scoresheet | Whitehaven | ||||||
| Jimmy BIRTS | T | Gordon COTTIER | ||||||
| Nicky KISS | Alan THOMSON | |||||||
| Billy MELLING | ||||||||
| Steve NICHOLSON | ||||||||
| Malcolm SMITH | ||||||||
| Jimmy BIRTS | 5 | G | Ken WILKINSON | |||||
| Wigan | Teams | Whitehaven | ||||||
| Jimmy BIRTS | 1 | FB | 1 | Tom THOMPSON | ||||
| Roy HEANEY | 2 | W | 2 | Malcolm McCLURE | ||||
| Trevor STOCKLEY | 3 | C | 3 | Joe STEWART | ||||
| Steve NICHOLSON | 4 | C | 4 | Alan THOMSON | ||||
| Jim HORNBY | 5 | W | 5 | Ken WILKINSON | ||||
| David WALSH | 6 | FE | 6 | Graeme JOHNS | ||||
| Gary STEPHENS | 7 | HB | 7 | Colin HALL | ||||
| Alan HODKINSON | 8 | FR | 8 | Ralph CALVIN | ||||
| Nicky KISS | 9 | HK | 9 | John ELLIOTT | ||||
| Steven O'NEILL | 10 | FR | 10 | John GLOVER | ||||
| Mick SCOTT | 11 | 2R | 11 | David MARTIN | ||||
| Mick NANYN | 12 | 2R | 12 | Vince FOX | ||||
| Malcolm SMITH | 13 | L | 13 | Gordon COTTIER | ||||
| Billy MELLING | 14 | B | 14 | Patrick McGUINNESS | ||||
| Danny CAMPBELL | 15 | B | 15 | John HARTLEY | ||||
| Maurice BAMFORD | HC | Phil KITCHIN | ||||||
Team Info
Wigan
- Previous Game:
- 1981/82 Lancashire Cup - Week 2 vs. Widnes
- Next Game:
- Match Day 2 vs. Leeds
- Out:
- Martin Foy (five-eighth)
- In:
- Danny Campbell (bench)
- Changes:
- Billy Melling (second row to bench), David Walsh (bench to five-eighth), Mick Nanyn (bench to second row)
Whitehaven
- Previous Game:
- 1981/82 Lancashire Cup - Week 1 vs. Leigh
- Next Game:
- Match Day 2 vs. Hull
- Out:
- Peter Stoddart (centre), Arnie Walker (five-eighth), Jeff Simpson (second row), Ian Litt (second row)
- In:
- Joe Stewart (centre), Alan Thomson (centre), David Martin (second row), Vince Fox (second row)
- Changes:
- Graeme Johns (centre to five-eighth)
This match is a part of the following:
Contributions:
Shawn Dollin, Andrew Ferguson
Sources:Irvin Saxton's Record Keepers' Club, Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook (1981-82 to 1999)
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