New Year's Day
Leigh 11 def. Salford 10
| Championship 1980/81 New Year's Day |
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| Match URL | www.rugbyleagueproject.org/matches/16085 | |||||||
| Status | Completed | |||||||
| Date | Thursday, 1st January, 1981 | |||||||
| Referee | Ron Moore | |||||||
| Venue | Hilton Park (Leigh) | |||||||
| Crowd | 4,031 | |||||||
| Leigh | Scoresheet | Salford | ||||||
| Alan RATHBONE | T | Keith FIELDING | ||||||
| Les WALL | Stewart WILLIAMS | |||||||
| Frank WILSON | ||||||||
| John WOODS | 2 | G | ||||||
| Steve DONLAN | FG | Colin WHITFIELD | ||||||
| Leigh | Teams | Salford | ||||||
| Steve GRIMSHAW | 1 | FB | 1 | Colin WHITFIELD | ||||
| Des DRUMMOND | 2 | W | 2 | Keith FIELDING | ||||
| Anthony GARRITY | 3 | C | 3 | David STEPHENSON | ||||
| Steve DONLAN | 4 | C | 4 | Frank WILSON | ||||
| Philip FOX | 5 | W | 5 | Maurice RICHARDS | ||||
| John WOODS | 6 | FE | 6 | Bill FRANCIS | ||||
| Ken GREEN | 7 | HB | 7 | Steve NASH | ||||
| Robert CLARKE | 8 | FR | 8 | Mike COULMAN | ||||
| Les WALL | 9 | HK | 9 | Paul O'NEILL | ||||
| Tony COOKE | 10 | FR | 10 | Malcolm YATES | ||||
| Ray TABERN | 11 | 2R | 11 | Harold HENNEY | ||||
| Arthur DALEY | 12 | 2R | 12 | David MAJOR | ||||
| Alan RATHBONE | 13 | L | 13 | Stewart WILLIAMS | ||||
| Alan FAIRHURST | 14 | B | 14 | Gavin CHERRIE | ||||
| William PLATT | 15 | B | 15 | Ged JAMIESON | ||||
| Alex MURPHY | HC | Kevin ASHCROFT | ||||||
Team Info
Leigh
- Previous Game:
- Boxing Day vs. Warrington
- Next Game:
- Match Day 18 vs. Hull
- Out:
- Terry Bilsbury (centre), Tom Gittins (lock)
- In:
- Anthony Garrity (centre), Alan Fairhurst (bench), William Platt (bench)
- Changes:
- Alan Rathbone (second row to lock), Ray Tabern (bench to second row)
Salford
- Previous Game:
- Match Day 16 vs. Leeds
- Next Game:
- Match Day 18 vs. St Helens
- Out:
- Paul Fletcher (bench)
- In:
- David Stephenson (centre)
- Changes:
- Gavin Cherrie (centre to bench)
This match is a part of the following:
Contributions:
Shawn Dollin
Sources:
Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook (1981-82 to 1999), Irvin Saxton's Record Keepers' Club

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