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John Player Special Trophy 1986/87

Preliminary Round

Summary of Matches

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>  Halifax 38 (W. George 3, R. Dickinson, G. Eadie, N. Hague, B. Juliff tries; C. Whitfield 5 goals) defeated York 23 (T. Clark, P. White, I. Wigglesworth, S. Willey tries; P. Prendiville 3 goals; P. Prendiville field goal) at Thrum Hall.
Date: Wed, 12th November.   Referee: Ken Spencer.   Crowd: 2,962.
Halifax: Eadie, Wilson, Whitfield, Rix, George; Hague, Stephens; Dickinson, Preece, Fairbank, James, Bell, Dixon. Int: Juliff, Neller.
York: Willey, Morrell, Long, Harrison, White; Prendiville, Dobson; Hooper, Clark, Pryce, Colley, Strutt, Stephenson. Int: Wigglesworth, Rhodes.
>  Wakefield 18 (J. Lyons 2, I. Hopkinson, R. Klein tries; S. Diamond goal) defeated Millom 4 at Coronation Field.
Date: Sat, 15th November.   Crowd: 2,000.
Wakefield: Diamond, Cartwright, Stanton, Evans, Klein; Lyons, Green; Cowie, Shaw, Hopkinson, Gittins, Brennan, Smith. Int: Bell, Jowitt.
>  Myson 8 defeated Batley 2 (S. Wilson goal) at Mount Pleasant.
Date: Sun, 16th November.   Referee: Fred Lindop.   Crowd: 687.
Batley: Austin, Reed, Illingworth, McLeary, Williams; Wilson, Wilson; Arnold, Sowden, Hemingway, Carroll, Davies, Pickerill. Int: Madden, Spendler.
>  Workington 16 (J. Beattie 2, D. Beck tries; P. Hurst, D. Lowden goals) defeated Huddersfield 6 (P. Huck try; R. Hirst goal) at Derwent Park.
Date: Sun, 16th November.   Referee: John Kendrew.   Crowd: 420.
Workington: Lowden, Rooney, Hurst, Beattie, Beck; Smith, Burgess; Hillier, Mounsey, Nixon, Pattinson, Maguire, Courty. Int: Lewis.
Huddersfield: Hirst, Munro, Sedgwick, Edwards, Campbell; Johnson, Marshall; Wills, Huck, Cockerham, Boothroyd, Nelson, Ashe. Int: Thomas, Johnson.