John Player Special Trophy 1987/88

Round 1

Other Rounds

Summary of Matches

Click on the > button to view corresponding match page. Please note that you can click on teams, players, referees and venues in the list below, but the link colour has been removed in order to improve readability.

> Springfield 14 (G. Bimson try; M. Smith 5 goals) defeated Barrow 2 (S. Tickle goal) at Springfield Park.
Date: Fri, 13th November. Referee: Paul Volante. Crowd: 629.

Springfield: Smith, Bacon, Stewart, Ganley, Thompson; Frodsham, Bimson; Emson, Garner, Eccles, Briscoe, McKenzie, Bamber. Int: Duane.

Barrow: Tickle, Irving, Williams, Kay, James; Rea, Burns; Pocock, Crarey, Kendall, Reddy, Du Toit, Mossop. Int: Trainor, Richardson.

> Oldham 22 (B. McCarthy, S. Robinson, P. Round, P. Walsh tries; P. Walsh 3 goals) defeated Bradford 6 (D. Redfearn try; D. Hobbs goal) at The Watersheddings.
Date: Sat, 14th November. Referee: Jim Smith. Crowd: 4,858.

Oldham: Burke, Robinson, Foy, McCarthy, Meadows; Walsh, Peters; Clawson, Sanderson, Waddell, Round, Hawkyard, Graham. Int: Warnecke, Flanagan.

Bradford: Mumby, Ford, McGowan, Mercer, Simpson; Stewart, Harkin; Hobbs, Noble, Hill, Skerrett, Fairbank, Heron. Int: Redfearn, Roebuck.

> St Helens 12 (L. Quirk try; P. Loughlin 3 goals; R. Haggerty 2 field goals) defeated Widnes 10 (M. Offiah, K. Sorensen tries; B. Dowd goal) at Knowsley Road.
Date: Sat, 14th November. Referee: Gerry Kershaw. Crowd: 7,322.

St Helens: Veivers, McCormack, Loughlin, Elia, Quirk; Arkwright, Cooper; Burke, Groves, Forber, Fieldhouse, Haggerty, Platt. Int: Tanner.

Widnes: Shearer, Thackray, Dowd, Wright, Offiah; Ruane, Hulme; Sorensen, McKenzie, O'Neill, O'Neill, Hulme, Pinner. Int: Myler.

> Batley 18 (J. McLeary, R. Sowden tries; M. Agar 5 goals) defeated Hunslet 16 (S. Lay, A. Sykes, W. Wilson tries; A. Platt 2 goals) at Mount Pleasant.
Date: Sun, 15th November. Referee: Jim Smith. Crowd: 1,117.

Batley: Storey, Snell, McLeary, Bartle, Agar; Wilson, Pickerill; Spendler, Sowden, Speight, Scott, Carroll, Fortis. Int: Ratcliffe.

Hunslet: Lay, Raw, Tate, Coates, Wilson; Lowes, Irvine; Sykes, Sampson, Gillespie, Platt, Nickle, Webb, Wood.

> Warrington 22 (D. Lyon, B. Peters, J. Woods tries; J. Woods 5 goals) defeated Carlisle 16 (S. Langton, K. Pape tries; B. Tunstall 4 goals) at Brunton Park.
Date: Sun, 15th November. Referee: Fred Lindop. Crowd: 1,055.

Carlisle: Tunstall, Doyle, Pape, Mills, Coles; Langton, Green; Armstrong, Thomason, Schubert, Kirkby, McMullen, Subritzky. Int: Whitchurch, Scott.

Warrington: Johnson, Ropati, Cullen, Peters, Forster; Woods, Crompton; Tamati, Webb, Harmon, Gregory, Sanderson, Duane. Int: Lyon, Jackson.

> Dewsbury 14 (P. Howley, S. Morris, C. Vasey tries; C. Vasey goal) defeated Doncaster 12 (S. Smith try; D. Noble 4 goals) at Crown Flatt (Old).
Date: Sun, 15th November. Referee: John Kendrew. Crowd: 1,081.

Dewsbury: Coen, Howley, Spooner, Collins, Moore; Vasey, Shuttleworth; Hughes, Shaw, Cochrane, Hartley, Holden, Squires. Int: Morris.

Doncaster: Green, Turner, Pennant, Payne, Roache; Jones, Pickerill; Parkhouse, Gibbon, Noble, Smith, Louis, Jenkins. Int: Robinson, Barratt.

> Castleford 34 (M. Beattie, G. Boothroyd, K. Jones, T. Marchant, D. Roockley, R. Southernwood tries; D. Roockley 5 goals) defeated Featherstone 12 (N. Barker, J. Crossley tries; S. Quinn 2 goals) at Post Office Road.
Date: Sun, 15th November. Referee: Ken Spencer. Crowd: 3,376.

Featherstone: Barker, Quinn, Crossley, Gilbert, Marsh; Bibb, Fox; Slatter, Bell, Harrison, Hughes, Bastian, Smith. Int: Steadman, Siddall.

Castleford: Roockley, Plange, Marchant, Beattie, Boothroyd; Southernwood, Beardmore; Shillito, Hill, England, Fifita, Jones, Joyner. Int: Hyde, Thornton.

> Halifax 32 (I. Wilkinson 2, D. Fairbank, N. James, M. Meredith, K. Neller tries; G. Eadie 4 goals) defeated Keighley 6 (T. Manning try; K. Dixon goal) at Thrum Hall.
Date: Sun, 15th November. Referee: Gary Holgate. Crowd: 5,236.

Halifax: Eadie, Wilson, Wilkinson, Grogan, George; Meredith, Robinson; Fairbank, McCallion, Beevers, Neller, James, Pendlebury. Int: Dixon, Scott.

Keighley: Butterfield, Waller, Manning, Dixon, Richardson; Hirst, Moses; White, Proctor, Skerrett, Moorby, McInerney, Ragan. Int: Winterbottom, Goodier.

> Hull 42 (P. Fletcher 2, P. Welham 2, I. Ellis, S. Patrick, A. Tomlinson tries; S. Hick 7 goals) defeated Workington 6 (R. Tabern try; D. Lowden goal) at The Boulevard.
Date: Sun, 15th November. Referee: Geoff Berry. Crowd: 2,447.

Hull: Fletcher, O'Hara, Hick, Price, M'Barki; Leuluai, Ellis; Tomlinson, Patrick, Welham, Brooks, Regan, Sharp, Divorty.

Workington: Lowden, Tubman, Mawson, Smith, Beck; Penrice, Rea; Key, Tabern, Nixon, Higgins, Falcon, Turley. Int: Burgess, Stoddart.

> Hull KR 30 (C. Rudd 2, G. Clark, G. Smith, S. Smith tries; M. Fletcher 5 goals) defeated Rochdale 12 (N. Cowie, A. Ruane tries; D. Wood 2 goals) at Craven Park (Hull, Old).
Date: Sun, 15th November. Referee: Paul Houghton. Crowd: 2,308.

Hull KR: Fairbairn, Clark, Fletcher, Mortimer, Smith; Smith, Parker; Taylor, Rudd, Ema, Burton, Ryan, Smith. Int: Speckman, Harrison.

Rochdale: Vaafusu, Cartwright, Hughes, Wood, Causey; Garrity, Sawyer; Barrow, Ruane, Cowie, Mellor, Idle, Sanderson. Int: Ruane.

> Leigh 28 (T. Cottrell, M. Dean, S. Horo, N. McCulloch, J. Westhead tries; P. Johnson 4 goals) defeated Huddersfield 12 (T. Edwards, L. St Hilaire tries; S. Kenworthy 2 goals) at Hilton Park.
Date: Sun, 15th November. Referee: Stephen Haigh. Crowd: 2,082.

Leigh: Collier, McCulloch, Henderson, Jeffrey, Horo; Johnson, Ford; Evans, Dean, Pyke, Cottrell, Clarke, Westhead, Dunn.

Huddersfield: Bostock, Lee, Farrell, Thomas, St Hilaire; Edwards, Meehan; Johnson, Cook, Fitzpatrick, Dickinson, Boothroyd, Kenworthy. Int: Nelson, Simpson.

> Mansfield 6 (N. Mattison try; D. Lamb goal) defeated Runcorn 4 (T. Rose 2 goals) at Canal Street.
Date: Sun, 15th November. Referee: Kevin Dockray. Crowd: 514.

Runcorn: Rawlinson, Smith, Shaw, Rose, Durnin; Marsden, Cogger; Shaw, Middlehurst, Dean, Prescott, Hunter, Fraser. Int: Campbell, Blythin.

Mansfield: Simpson, Sealey, Cochrane, Mattison, Edge; Lamb, Sanderson; Chadwick, Warburton, Whitehead, Tupaea, Tupaea, Platt. Int: Duffy.

> Salford 18 (G. Austin, G. Jack, M. McTigue tries; K. Jones 2, M. Worrall goals) defeated Swinton 12 (T. Evans, T. Hewitt tries; P. Topping 2 goals) at Station Road.
Date: Sun, 15th November. Referee: Ray Tennant. Crowd: 3,459.

Swinton: Topping, Maloney, Wilson, Snape, Evans; Cassidy, Hewitt; Grima, Ainsworth, Mcfarland, Sheals, Allen, Holliday. Int: Horrocks, Derbyshire.

Salford: Jack, Jones, Austin, O'Loughlin, Gibson; Glynn, Bloor; Herbert, Bullough, Major, Worrall, McTigue, O'shea. Int: Bentley, Blease.

> Wakefield 22 (N. Bell, M. Conway, D. Jasiewicz tries; K. Harcombe 5 goals) drew with York 22 (S. Ellis, S. Horton, N. Stephenson tries; S. Ellis 5 goals) at Belle Vue (Wakefield).
Date: Sun, 15th November. Referee: Robin Whitfield. Crowd: 1,864.

Wakefield: Harcombe, Eden, Halliwell, Mason, Fox; Conway, Bell; Van Bellen, Conway, Rayne, Jasiewicz, Douglas, Price. Int: Hopkinson.

York: Wigglesworth, White, Pryce, Atkins, Ellis; Hague, Hammerton; Robinson, Horton, Paver, Mulherin, Olsen, Rhodes. Int: Stephenson, Harrison.

> Leeds 18 (P. Jackson 2, S. Morris tries; L. Crooks 3 goals) defeated Whitehaven 14 (M. Beckwith, W. Richardson tries; W. Richardson 3 goals) at Recreation Ground (Whitehaven).
Date: Sun, 15th November. Referee: Dennis Drinkwater. Crowd: 3,663.

Whitehaven: Lightfoot, Lofthouse, McConnell, Ackerman, Richardson; Beckwith, Watson; Tarry, Johnston, McCartney, Howse, Bell, Hetherington. Int: Fisher, Burney.

Leeds: Gurr, Morris, Schofield, Gibson, Basnett; Jackson, Wilson; Tunks, Maskill, Crooks, Powell, Brooke-Cowden, Heron. Int: Ashton, Fairbank.

> Wigan 34 (H. Gill 2, A. Goodway 2, E. Hanley, D. Stephenson tries; D. Stephenson 5 goals) defeated Sheffield 8 (D. Close try; R. Rafferty 2 goals) at Central Park.
Date: Sun, 15th November. Referee: Alex Bowman. Crowd: 7,484.

Wigan: Hampson, Stephenson, Iro, Bell, Lydon; Edwards, Gregory; Case, Kiss, Wane, Potter, Goodway, Hanley. Int: Gill, Gildart.

Sheffield: Aston, Lidbury, Gamson, Nelson, Rafferty; Smith, Close; Kellett, Cook, Broadbent, Glancy, Bridgeman, Powell. Int: Young, Wilders.

> Wakefield 30 (P. Eden 2, N. Bell, K. Harcombe, G. Lennon tries; K. Harcombe 5 goals) defeated York 6 (C. Hammerton try; S. Ellis goal) at Wigginton Road.
Date: Wed, 18th November. Referee: Robin Whitfield. Crowd: 1,467.

York: Wigglesworth, White, Pryce, Atkins, Ellis; Hague, Hammerton; Robinson, Horton, Rose, Paver, Harrison, Olsen. Int: Stephenson, Rhodes.

Wakefield: Harcombe, Lennon, Eden, Mason, Fox; Conway, Bell; Van Bellen, Conway, Thompson, Rayne, Douglas, Jasiewicz. Int: Halliwell, Price.