1978/79 First Division

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Warrington

Order by: First appearance, Number of appearances, Player name (alphabetical), Most used players by position, Most successful lineup

Legend: FB = Fullback; C = Centre; W = Winger; FE = Five-Eighth; HB = Half-back; FR = Front Row; H = Hooker; 2R = Back Row; L = Lock; B = Bench.

Season Player Summary

Note: Hold the mouse over the game number to see the date and opponent for that match.

Player	1 LC	2 LC	L	L	L	P BFT	L	1 JPT	L	L	5 KT	L	L	L	L	L	2 JPT	L	3 JPT	L	L	L	1 CC	L	L	L	L	L	L	SF JPT	L	L	L	L	L	F JPT	L	L	L	L	1 PT	SF PT
Derek FINNEGAN											FB
Mick KELLY											W
Steve HESFORD											C
Billy BENYON											C
Joe WALSH											W
Ron CLARK											FE
Alan GWILLIAM											HB
Roy LESTER											FR
Tommy CUNNINGHAM											H
Mike NICHOLAS											FR
Tommy MARTYN											2R
Brian CASE											2R
Ian POTTER											L
Edwin HUNTER											B
John WHITTAKER											B

List of Matches

To view more info on a match, click the > button.
Competition	Date	Opposition		Score			FB1	W2	C3	C4	W5	FE6	HB7	FR8	HK9	FR10	2R11	2R12	L13	B14	B15
LC (1)	Aug  20	Swinton	W	18	-	4	(n/a)															>
LC (2)	27	Widnes	L	10	-	17	(n/a)															>
League	Sep  3	Hull KR	L	8	-	21	(n/a)															>
League	6	Workington	W	13	-	10	(n/a)															>
League	10	Bradford N.	W	24	-	16	(n/a)															>
BFT (P)	12	St Helens	L	9	-	13	(n/a)															>
League	15	Salford	W	23	-	7	(n/a)															>
JPT (1)	24	Blackpool B.	W	14	-	4	(n/a)															>
League	Oct  1	Wakefield T.	W	19	-	13	(n/a)															>
League	8	Barrow	W	24	-	15	(n/a)															>
KT (5)	11	Australia	W	15	-	12	Finnegan	Kelly	Hesford   6G	Benyon	Walsh	Clark	Gwilliam   1T	Lester	Cunningham	Nicholas	Martyn	Case	Potter	Hunter	Whittaker	>
League	15	Workington	W	12	-	2	(n/a)															>
League	22	St Helens	W	10	-	8	(n/a)															>
League	29	Castleford	W	24	-	13	(n/a)															>
League	Nov  22	Leeds	W	24	-	13	(n/a)															>
League	26	Wakefield T.	L	17	-	24	(n/a)															>
JPT (2)	Dec  3	Featherstone R.	W	7	-	0	(n/a)															>
League	10	Barrow	W	25	-	14	(n/a)															>
JPT (3)	17	Leigh	W	27	-	0	(n/a)															>
League	26	Leigh	W	27	-	0	(n/a)															>
League	Jan  21	Widnes	W	7	-	2	(n/a)															>
League	Feb  4	Hull KR	W	13	-	10	(n/a)															>
CC (1)	11	Castleford	L	9	-	15	(n/a)															>
League	24	Leeds	L	7	-	21	(n/a)															>
League	28	Wigan	W	14	-	8	(n/a)															>
League	Mar  7	St Helens	L	8	-	15	(n/a)															>
League	11	Leigh	W	9	-	7	(n/a)															>
League	18	Huddersfield	W	48	-	5	(n/a)															>
League	25	Huddersfield	W	14	-	5	(n/a)															>
JPT (SF)	Apr  1	Hull KR	W	9	-	5	(n/a)															>
League	4	Featherstone R.	W	17	-	10	(n/a)															>
League	8	Wigan	L	13	-	21	(n/a)															>
League	13	Widnes	L	7	-	18	(n/a)															>
League	16	Rochdale H.	W	42	-	10	(n/a)															>
League	18	Bradford N.	W	22	-	14	(n/a)															>
JPT (F)	28	Widnes	L	4	-	16	(n/a)															>
League	May  2	Salford	W	12	-	5	(n/a)															>
League	7	Castleford	L	2	-	11	(n/a)															>
League	9	Featherstone R.	L	3	-	16	(n/a)															>
League	13	Rochdale H.	W	33	-	6	(n/a)															>
PT (1)	15	Castleford	W	17	-	10	(n/a)															>
PT (SF)	19	Bradford N.	L	11	-	14	(n/a)															>

Contributions: Bill Bates, Shawn Dollin, Andrew Ferguson, Greg Fiveash, Tony McCarron, Max Turner

Sources: Irvin Saxton's Record Keepers' Club, News Reports, Warrington Rugby Heritage