Championship 1980/81

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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	SF LC	L	L	L	F LC	L	L	L	9 KT	L	L	1 JPT	L	2 JPT	3 JPT	SF JPT	L	SF JPT	L	L	L	L	F JPT	L	L	1 CC	2 CC	L	3 CC	L	L	SF CC	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	1 PT
Derek FINNEGAN	FB	FB	FB	FB	FB	FB	FB	FE	FB	FB	FB	FB	FB	FB	FB	FB	FB	FB	FB	FB
Richard THACKRAY	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W		W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W		W	W	W	W	W			W	W	W	W		W	W	W	W	W		W
Ian DUANE	C	C		C	C	C	C	C	C	C	C	C	C	C	C	C	C	C	C	C	C	C	C	C	C	C	C	C	C	C	C	C	C	C	C	C
John BEVAN	C	C	C	C	C	C	C	C	C	C	C	C	C	C	C	C	C	C	C	C	C	C	C	C	C	C	C		C	C	C		C	C	C	C		C	C	C				C
Steve HESFORD	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	FB	FB	FB	FB	FB	FB	FB	FB	FB	FB	FB	FB	FB			FB	FB	FB	FB			FB			W	FB
Alan GWILLIAM	FE	FE	B	HB	HB	HB	HB		HB	HB	HB	HB	HB	HB	HB	HB	HB	HB	HB	HB		HB	HB	HB	B	HB	HB		HB	HB	HB	HB	HB		HB	HB		HB			HB		HB	HB	HB	HB
Jimmy FAIRHURST	HB	HB	HB										FE	B			B			B	HB		B		HB			HB						B	FE		B	B	HB	HB	FE	HB	B	W	B	FE
Bob ECCLES	FR	FR	2R	2R	2R	FR	2R	2R	2R	2R	2R		B	B	2R		B		B	B	2R	B	2R	2R	2R	B	B	2R	FR	B	FR	FR	FR	FR	FR	FR		2R		2R	2R	2R	2R	FR	FR	FR
John DALGREEN	H	H
Neil COURTNEY	FR	FR	FR	FR	FR		FR	FR	FR	FR	FR	FR	FR	FR	FR	FR	FR	FR	FR	FR	FR	FR			FR	FR	FR	FR	FR	FR	FR	FR	FR	FR	FR					FR	FR	FR	FR
Ian POTTER	2R	L							B	B	B	2R	2R	2R	L	2R	2R	2R	2R	2R	L	2R	L	2R		2R	2R	L	2R	2R	2R	2R	2R		2R	2R						B	L	L	L	L
Tommy MARTYN	2R	2R	2R	2R	2R	2R	2R	2R	2R	2R	2R	2R	2R	2R	2R	2R	2R	2R	2R	2R	2R	2R			2R	2R	2R	2R	2R	2R		2R	2R		2R	2R	2R	2R	2R	2R	2R	2R	2R	2R	2R	2R
Edwin HUNTER	L			L	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	B	L	L	L	L	L		L		L	L	L	L		L	L	L	L	L	L	L	L		L		L	L	L
Tony WORRALL	B	2R	L		B	2R	B			B													2R					B			2R			2R		B	2R	B	2R		C	B	C	C	C	C
Anthony WALLER	B	B	H	H	H	H	H	H	H	H	H	H	H	H	H	H	H	H	H	H	H	H	H	H	H	H	H	H	H	H	H	H	H	H	H	H	H	H	H	H	H	H	H	H	H	H
Chris GANLEY		B	C					FB
Ken KELLY			FE	FE	FE	FE	FE	HB	FE	FE	FE	FE		FE	FE	FE	FE	FE	FE	FE	FE	FE	FE	FE	FE	FE	FE	FE	FE	FE	FE	FE	FE	FE		FE	FE	FE	FE	FE		FE	FE		FE
Brian CASE			FR	FR	FR	FR	FR	FR	FR	FR	FR	FR	FR	FR	FR	FR	FR	FR	FR	FR	FR	FR	FR	FR		FR	FR	FR		FR					B	FR	FR	FR	FR	FR	FR	FR	FR	2R	2R	2R
John FIELDHOUSE			B																				B		B									B					B
Parry GORDON				B																	B											B	B	HB			HB							B
John WHITTAKER						B	B																FR	FR	FR												FR	FR	FR		B		B	FR	FR	FR
Billy BENYON													B															C			B	C			B		C	C			C	C	C
Mick KELLY														W							W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W
Phil FORD																									W						W	W											W			W
Paul FORD																												B						FB	FB		C		C	C	FB	C	FB	FE	C	C
Andrew HOLBROOK																													B					2R			L		L	B	B			B	B	B
Paul FELLOWS																																					W								W	W
Carl WEBB																																					B		B
Tom RAWLINSON																																								FB				FB	FB

List of Matches

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Competition	Date	Opposition		Score			FB1	W2	C3	C4	W5	FE6	HB7	FR8	HK9	FR10	2R11	2R12	L13	B14	B15
LC (1)	Aug  17	Huyton	W	31	-	2	Finnegan   1T	Thackray   2T	Duane	Bevan	Hesford   5G	Gwilliam	Fairhurst   1T	Eccles   2T	Dalgreen   1T	Courtney	Potter	Martyn	Hunter	Worrall	Waller	>
LC (2)	24	Barrow	W	16	-	9	Finnegan	Thackray	Duane	Bevan   2T	Hesford   2G	Gwilliam	Fairhurst	Eccles   1T	Dalgreen	Courtney	Worrall	Martyn   1T	Potter	Ganley	Waller	>
League	31	Halifax	W	12	-	6	Finnegan	Thackray   2T	Ganley	Bevan	Hesford   3G	K. Kelly	Fairhurst	Courtney	Waller	Case	Martyn	Eccles	Worrall	Gwilliam	Fieldhouse	>
League	Sep  7	Leeds	W	14	-	10	Finnegan	Thackray   1T	Duane	Bevan	Hesford	K. Kelly   1T	Gwilliam	Courtney	Waller   1F	Case	Martyn	Eccles   2G	Hunter   1T	Gordon		>
LC (SF)	10	Oldham	W	11	-	2	Finnegan	Thackray	Duane	Bevan	Hesford   4G	K. Kelly	Gwilliam	Courtney	Waller	Case   1T	Martyn	Eccles	Hunter	Worrall		>
League	14	Hull KR	L	12	-	13	Finnegan	Thackray	Duane	Bevan   1T	Hesford   3G	K. Kelly   1T	Gwilliam	Eccles	Waller	Case	Worrall	Martyn	Hunter	Whittaker		>
League	21	Castleford	W	26	-	13	Finnegan	Thackray   2T	Duane	Bevan   1T	Hesford   1T 4G	K. Kelly	Gwilliam	Courtney	Waller	Case	Martyn	Eccles   1T	Hunter   1T	Worrall	Whittaker	>
League	28	Barrow	W	13	-	7	Ganley	Thackray	Duane	Bevan	Hesford   1T 3G	Finnegan	K. Kelly   1F	Courtney	Waller	Case	Eccles	Martyn	Hunter   1T			>
LC (F)	Oct  4	Wigan	W	26	-	10	Finnegan	Thackray   1T	Duane	Bevan   1T	Hesford   1T 7G	K. Kelly	Gwilliam	Courtney	Waller	Case	Martyn   1T	Eccles	Hunter	Potter		>
League	12	Leeds	W	19	-	9	Finnegan	Thackray	Duane	Bevan   1T	Hesford   5G	K. Kelly   2T	Gwilliam	Courtney	Waller	Case	Martyn	Eccles	Hunter	Worrall	Potter	>
League	19	St Helens	W	15	-	11	Finnegan	Thackray	Duane	Bevan   1F	Hesford   4G	K. Kelly   1T	Gwilliam	Courtney	Waller	Case	Eccles	Martyn	Hunter   1T	Potter		>
League	26	Bradford N.	L	7	-	10	Finnegan	Thackray	Duane	Bevan	Hesford   2G	K. Kelly   1T	Gwilliam	Courtney	Waller	Case	Martyn	Potter	Hunter			>
KT (9)	29	New Zealand	W	11	-	7	Finnegan	Thackray	Duane	Bevan▮	Hesford   2G	Fairhurst	Gwilliam	Courtney	Waller   1F	Case	Martyn   1T	Potter	Hunter   1T	Benyon	Eccles	>
League	Nov  9	Hull	L	9	-	15	Finnegan	M. Kelly	Duane	Bevan	Hesford   3G	K. Kelly	Gwilliam	Courtney	Waller	Case	Martyn	Potter	Hunter	Fairhurst   1T	Eccles	>
League	16	Widnes	W	16	-	4	Finnegan	Thackray	Duane	Bevan   1T	Hesford   5G	K. Kelly	Gwilliam	Courtney	Waller	Case	Martyn	Eccles   1T	Potter	Hunter		>
JPT (1)	23	St Helens	W	14	-	12	Finnegan	Thackray	Duane	Bevan   1T	Hesford   4G	K. Kelly	Gwilliam	Courtney	Waller	Case   1T	Potter	Martyn	Hunter			>
League	30	Workington	W	16	-	12	Finnegan	Thackray	Duane	Bevan   1T	Hesford   5G	K. Kelly	Gwilliam	Courtney	Waller	Case	Martyn	Potter	Hunter	Fairhurst   1T	Eccles	>
JPT (2)	Dec  6	Hull KR	W	11	-	7	Finnegan	Thackray	Duane	Bevan	Hesford   2T 1G	K. Kelly	Gwilliam	Courtney	Waller	Case	Martyn   1T	Potter	Hunter			>
JPT (3)	14	Halifax	W	16	-	10	Finnegan	Thackray	Duane	Bevan   1T	Hesford   5G	K. Kelly	Gwilliam	Courtney	Waller	Case	Martyn	Potter	Hunter   1T	Eccles		>
JPT (SF)	20	Castleford	D	5	-	5	Finnegan	Thackray	Duane	Bevan	Hesford   1G	K. Kelly	Gwilliam	Courtney	Waller	Case	Martyn   1T	Potter	Hunter	Fairhurst	Eccles	>
League	26	Leigh	W	11	-	5	Hesford   4G	Thackray	Duane	Bevan	M. Kelly   1T	K. Kelly	Fairhurst	Courtney	Waller	Case	Martyn	Eccles	Potter	Gordon		>
JPT (SF)	28	Castleford	W	22	-	10	Hesford   5G	Thackray	Duane	Bevan   1T	M. Kelly	K. Kelly   2T	Gwilliam	Courtney	Waller	Case	Martyn	Potter	Hunter   1T	Eccles		>
League	Jan  1	Oldham	W	30	-	2	Hesford   6G	Thackray   1T	Duane	Bevan   1T	M. Kelly	K. Kelly	Gwilliam	Whittaker	Waller   1T	Case   1T	Eccles   1T	Worrall	Potter   1T	Fairhurst	Fieldhouse	>
League	4	Wakefield T.	L	14	-	19	Hesford   4G	Thackray	Duane	Bevan	M. Kelly	K. Kelly   1T	Gwilliam	Whittaker	Waller	Case	Eccles   1T	Potter	Hunter			>
League	11	Featherstone R.	W	10	-	9	Hesford   3G 1F	M. Kelly	Duane	Bevan	P. Ford   1T	K. Kelly	Fairhurst	Courtney	Waller	Whittaker	Martyn	Eccles	Hunter	Gwilliam	Fieldhouse	>
League	18	Salford	W	17	-	10	Hesford   4G	Thackray	Duane	Bevan	M. Kelly   1T	K. Kelly	Gwilliam	Courtney	Waller	Case	Martyn	Potter   1T	Hunter	Eccles   1T		>
JPT (F)	24	Barrow	W	12	-	5	Hesford   2G 1F	Thackray	Duane	Bevan   2T	M. Kelly	K. Kelly	Gwilliam	Courtney	Waller	Case	Martyn	Potter	Hunter	Eccles		>
League	Feb  1	Salford	W	19	-	13	Hesford   1T 5G	Thackray	Duane	Benyon	M. Kelly   1T	K. Kelly   1T	Fairhurst	Courtney	Waller	Case	Martyn	Eccles	Potter	P. Ford	Worrall	>
League	8	Hull KR	W	15	-	4	Hesford   6G	Thackray	Duane	Bevan	M. Kelly   1T	K. Kelly	Gwilliam	Courtney	Waller	Eccles	Martyn	Potter	Hunter	Holbrook		>
CC (1)	15	Bramley	W	18	-	5	Hesford   1T 3G	Thackray	Duane   1T	Bevan   1T	M. Kelly	K. Kelly	Gwilliam   1T	Courtney	Waller	Case	Martyn	Potter	Hunter	Eccles		>
CC (2)	Mar  4	Dewsbury	W	18	-	10	Hesford   4G 1F	P. Ford	Duane	Bevan	M. Kelly	K. Kelly   1T	Gwilliam	Courtney	Waller	Eccles   1T	Potter	Worrall	Hunter   1T	Benyon		>
League	8	Oldham	W	22	-	2	Hesford   5G	P. Ford   1T	Duane   1T	Benyon	M. Kelly   1T	K. Kelly	Gwilliam	Courtney	Waller	Eccles   1T	Martyn	Potter	Hunter	Gordon		>
CC (3)	14	Wakefield T.	W	13	-	9	Hesford   2G	Thackray   1T	Duane	Bevan   1T	M. Kelly	K. Kelly	Gwilliam	Courtney	Waller	Eccles   1T	Martyn	Potter	Hunter	Gordon		>
League	15	Halifax	W	13	-	5	P. Ford	Thackray	Duane   1T	Bevan   1T	M. Kelly	K. Kelly	Gordon	Courtney	Waller	Eccles   1T 2G	Holbrook	Worrall	Hunter	Fairhurst	Fieldhouse	>
League	19	Workington	L	6	-	17	P. Ford	Thackray   1T	Duane	Bevan	M. Kelly   1T	Fairhurst	Gwilliam	Courtney	Waller	Eccles	Martyn	Potter	Hunter	Benyon	Case	>
CC (SF)	28	Widnes	L	9	-	17	Hesford   3G	Thackray	Duane	Bevan   1T	M. Kelly	K. Kelly	Gwilliam	Eccles	Waller	Case	Martyn	Potter	Hunter	Worrall		>
League	29	Bradford N.	L	7	-	26	Hesford   2G	Fellows	Benyon	P. Ford   1T	M. Kelly	K. Kelly	Gordon	Whittaker	Waller	Case	Martyn	Worrall	Holbrook	Fairhurst	Webb	>
League	Apr  1	Wakefield T.	W	19	-	10	Hesford   5G	Thackray	Benyon	Bevan	M. Kelly   1T	K. Kelly   1T	Gwilliam	Whittaker	Waller	Case	Martyn   1T	Eccles	Hunter	Fairhurst	Worrall	>
League	3	Hull	W	38	-	3	Hesford   7G	Thackray   1T	P. Ford   1T	Bevan   1T	M. Kelly   1T	K. Kelly	Fairhurst   1T	Whittaker	Waller	Case	Martyn   1T	Worrall	Holbrook   2T	Webb	Fieldhouse	>
League	6	St Helens	L	9	-	29	Rawlinson	Thackray   1T	P. Ford	Bevan	M. Kelly	K. Kelly	Fairhurst	Courtney	Waller	Case	Martyn	Eccles   3G	Hunter	Holbrook		>
League	8	Featherstone R.	W	32	-	15	P. Ford   5G	Thackray	Benyon	Worrall	M. Kelly	Fairhurst   2T	Gwilliam   1T	Courtney	Waller	Case	Martyn	Eccles   2T 2G	Hunter   1T	Whittaker	Holbrook	>
League	12	Barrow	L	10	-	11	Hesford   2G	Thackray   1T	P. Ford	Benyon	M. Kelly	K. Kelly	Fairhurst   1T	Courtney	Waller	Case	Martyn	Eccles	Hunter	Worrall	Potter	>
League	15	Castleford	L	13	-	18	P. Ford   2G	P. Ford   2T	Worrall	Benyon	M. Kelly	K. Kelly	Gwilliam	Courtney	Waller	Case	Martyn	Eccles   1T	Potter	Fairhurst	Whittaker	>
League	17	Widnes	D	11	-	11	Rawlinson	Thackray   1T	Bevan	Worrall	Fairhurst	P. Ford   2G 1F	Gwilliam	Eccles	Waller	Whittaker	Martyn	Case   1T	Potter	Gordon	Holbrook	>
League	20	Leigh	L	4	-	11	Rawlinson	Hesford   1F	P. Ford	Worrall	Fellows   1T	K. Kelly	Gwilliam	Eccles	Waller	Whittaker	Martyn	Case	Potter	Fairhurst	Holbrook	>
PT (1)	May  4	Hull	L	7	-	19	Hesford   2G	P. Ford	P. Ford	Worrall	Fellows   1T	Fairhurst	Gwilliam	Eccles	Waller	Whittaker	Martyn	Case	Potter	Holbrook		>

Contributions: Shawn Dollin, Bill Bates, Paul Carter, Greg Fiveash, Andrew Ferguson, Max Turner

Sources: Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook (1981-82 to 1999), Irvin Saxton's Record Keepers' Club, Warrington Rugby Heritage , News Reports