Championship 1986/87

Match Day 31

St Helens 24 def. Leeds 22

Championship 1986/87
Match Day 31

St Helens
24
22
Leeds
Match Info
Match URL www.rugbyleagueproject.org/matches/16842
Status Completed
Date Sunday, 5th April, 1987
Referee Paul Haughton
Venue Knowsley (St Helens)
Crowd 5,887
St Helens Scoresheet Leeds
Chris ARKWRIGHT T Mark CONWAY
Paul DOHERTY   David CREASSER
Denis LITHERLAND   David HERON
Andy PLATT      
 
Paul LOUGHLIN 4 G 5 David CREASSER
St Helens Teams Leeds
Phil VEIVERS 1 FB 1 David HEALY
Barry LEDGER 2 W 2 Andy MASON
Paul LOUGHLIN 3 C 3 David CREASSER
Kevin McCORMACK 4 C 4 Carl GIBSON
Denis LITHERLAND 5 W 5 Norman FRANCIS
 
Mark BAILEY 6 FE 6 Ray ASHTON
Paul DOHERTY 7 HB 7 Mark CONWAY
 
Tony BURKE 8 FR 8 Kevin RAYNE
Bernard DWYER 9 HK 9 Colin MASKILL
John FIELDHOUSE 10 FR 10 Trevor SKERRETT
Andy PLATT 11 2R 11 Roy POWELL
Roy HAGGERTY 12 2R 12 Paul MEDLEY
Chris ARKWRIGHT 13 L 13 David HERON
 
Shaun ALLEN 14 B 14 John HOLMES
Paul FORBER 15 B    
 
Alex MURPHY   HC   Maurice BAMFORD
   
 

Team Info

St Helens

Previous Game:
Match Day 30 vs. Castleford
Next Game:
Match Day 31 vs. Barrow
Out:
Brian Parkes (fullback), Sean Devine (halfback), Dave Harrison (hooker), Paul Hopkins (front row)
In:
Phil Veivers (fullback), Denis Litherland (wing), Mark Bailey (five-eighth), John Fieldhouse (front row), Andy Platt (second row), Chris Arkwright (lock)
Changes:
Roy Haggerty (centre to second row), Kevin McCormack (wing to centre), Paul Doherty (five-eighth to halfback), Paul Forber (second row to bench), Shaun Allen (second row to bench), Bernard Dwyer (lock to hooker)

Leeds

Previous Game:
Match Day 30 vs. Barrow
Next Game:
Match Day 32 vs. Castleford
Out:
Henry Sharp (wing), Mark Wilkes (five-eighth), Phil Turner (front row), Richard Gunn (lock)
In:
Ray Ashton (five-eighth), Kevin Rayne (front row), John Holmes (bench)
Changes:
David Creasser (fullback to centre), Andy Mason (centre to wing), Roy Powell (front row to second row), David Heron (second row to lock), David Healy (bench to fullback), Trevor Skerrett (bench to front row)

This match is a part of the following:

Contributions: Shawn Dollin

Sources: Irvin Saxton's Record Keepers' Club, Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook 1987-88