Championship 1980/81

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Widnes

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	L	L	L	L	L	12 KT	L	1 JPT	L	2 JPT	3 JPT	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	1 CC	L	L	2 CC	L	3 CC	L	L	SF CC	L	L	L	L	L	F CC	1 PT
Mick BURKE	FB	FB	FB			FB	FB	FB	FB	FB	FB	FB	FB	FB	FB	FB	FB	FB	FB	FB							W	W	C	C	W	FB	FB		FB	FB	W	FB	FB	FB	FB	FB	FB
Philip FOX	W	W	W	W	W	W	W
Eric HUGHES	C	FE	FE	FE	FE	FE	FE					FE	FE	FE	FE	FE	FE	C	C			C	C	FE	FE	FE	FE	FE	FE	FE	FE	FE	FE	FE	FE	FE	FE	FE	FE		C	FE
Mick GEORGE	C	C	C	C	C	C	C				C	C	C	C	C	C	C	C	C	C			W	C	C	C	C	C	C	C	C	C	C	C	C	C	C	C	C	C		C	C
Keith BENTLEY	W	W	W	W	FB	W	W	W	W	W	W	W		W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W		W	W	W		B	W	W	B	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W
Dave MORAN	FE						B	FE	FE	FE										C	C	FE																	B	FE	FE		FE
John MYLER	HB		B	FB				C	C	C	HB	HB	HB		HB	HB	HB	FE	FE	FE	FB	FB	FB	FB	FB	FB	FB	FB	FB	FB	FB	B	B	FB	HB		FB	B			HB	B	C
Glyn SHAW	FR	FR	FR								FR		FR	FR	FR	FR	FR	FR	FR	FR	FR	FR	FR	FR													B		FR	B	FR	B	FR
Keith ELWELL	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
Mike O'NEILL	FR	FR	FR	FR	FR	FR	FR	FR	L	2R		FR	B	2R	2R		B	FR	2R	2R	FR	FR	FR		FR	FR	FR	FR	FR	FR	FR	FR	FR	FR	FR	FR	FR	FR	B	FR	2R	FR
Les GORLEY	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
Alan DEARDEN	2R	2R	2R	2R	2R		2R	L		2R
Mick ADAMS	L	L	L	L	L	L	L			L	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	L		L	L	L	L	L	L	L		L	L	L	L	L	L		L	L
Eddie CUNNINGHAM	B	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
Tony MYLER		HB						C	C	C	C	W		HB												B								B							B
David HULME		B
John TAYLOR			HB	HB	HB	HB	HB	HB	HB	HB	FE						B	HB			HB		HB		B	HB
Fred WHITFIELD			B	FR	FR				FR					B						B	B		2R	B
Martyn SMITH				2R		2R	2R	2R	2R			2R							B	B	2R			FR	FR	2R	B	B		FR	B	FR	B	FR	B	B	2R	B	2R		2R		FR
Des FOY				B	W				W	W			W				C				B														B
Lee BAMBER						FR			B	FR
Brian HOGAN							FR	FR	FR	FR	FR	FR	FR	FR	FR	FR	FR	B	FR	FR																	FR				FR
Uati ROPATI								W
Andy GREGORY										B	B	B						B	HB	HB	FE	HB	FE	HB	HB		HB	HB	HB	HB	HB	HB	HB	HB		HB	HB	HB	HB	HB		HB	HB
Paul FINNIGAN										B
David FARRIMOND											W
Eric PRESCOTT											2R	2R	2R	2R	2R	2R	2R	2R	2R	2R	2R	2R	2R	2R	2R	L	2R	2R	2R	2R	2R	2R	2R	L	2R	2R		2R	2R	2R		2R	2R
Stuart WRIGHT													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
Wayne RUTENE														B	W
Neil POYNTON																							B
Vince HOUGHTON																							B
Brian LOCKWOOD																									B	FR	FR	FR	FR		FR		FR	2R	FR	FR		FR	FR	FR	B	FR
Jim MILLS																														B
Michael RENNOX																																									L

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	Blackpool B.	W	31	-	2	Burke   1T 5G	Fox   1T	Hughes   1T	George	Bentley	Moran   1T	J. Myler	Shaw	Elwell   1T	O'Neill	Gorley   1T	Dearden	Adams	Cunningham   1T		>
LC (2)	24	St Helens	W	22	-	20	Burke   4G	Fox   1T	George	Cunningham   1T	Bentley	Hughes	T. Myler	Shaw	Elwell   1F	O'Neill   1T	Gorley	Dearden	Adams   1T	Hulme		>
League	31	Leigh	W	13	-	2	Burke   3G	Fox	George	Cunningham   1T	Bentley   1T	Hughes	Taylor	Shaw	Elwell	O'Neill	Gorley	Dearden	Adams	J. Myler   1F	Whitfield	>
League	Sep  7	Featherstone R.	W	14	-	9	J. Myler   4G	Fox	George	Cunningham	Bentley	Hughes	Taylor	O'Neill	Elwell	Whitfield   1T	Smith	Dearden	Adams   1T	Foy		>
LC (SF)	10	Wigan	L	10	-	14	Bentley	Fox   1T	George	Cunningham	Foy	Hughes	Taylor	O'Neill	Elwell	Whitfield	Gorley   1T	Dearden	Adams   2G			>
League	14	Leeds	W	33	-	8	Burke   7G	Fox	George   1T	Cunningham	Bentley   2T	Hughes   1T	Taylor	Bamber	Elwell   1T	O'Neill	Gorley   1T	Smith	Adams   1F			>
League	21	Hull KR	L	18	-	25	Burke   2G	Fox	George   1T	Cunningham   1T	Bentley   1T	Hughes   1T	Taylor	Hogan	Elwell	O'Neill	Smith	Dearden	Adams   1G	Moran		>
League	28	Halifax	W	11	-	10	Burke   1G	Ropati	T. Myler   2T	J. Myler   1T	Bentley	Moran	Taylor	Hogan	Elwell	O'Neill	Smith	Gorley	Dearden			>
League	Oct  5	Salford	L	10	-	26	Burke   2G	Foy	T. Myler	J. Myler	Bentley   1T	Moran   1T	Taylor	Hogan	Elwell	Whitfield	Smith	Gorley	O'Neill	Bamber		>
League	8	Leigh	W	12	-	8	Burke   3G	Foy	T. Myler	J. Myler	Bentley   1T	Moran   1T	Taylor	Hogan	Elwell	Bamber	O'Neill	Dearden	Adams	Gregory	Finnigan	>
League	12	Barrow	L	15	-	17	Burke   3G	Bentley	George	T. Myler	Farrimond	Taylor	J. Myler   1T	Hogan	Elwell	Shaw   1T	Prescott	Gorley	Adams	Gregory   1T		>
League	19	Oldham	W	28	-	18	Burke   5G	T. Myler	George   2T	Cunningham   1T	Bentley   1T	Hughes   1T	J. Myler   1T	Hogan	Elwell	O'Neill	Smith	Prescott	Adams	Gregory		>
League	26	Hull KR	L	4	-	12	Burke   2G	Wright	George	Cunningham	Foy	Hughes	J. Myler	Hogan	Elwell	Shaw	Gorley	Prescott	Adams	O'Neill		>
KT (12)	Nov  9	New Zealand	W	14	-	7	Burke   4G	Wright	George   1T	Cunningham▮	Bentley	Hughes	T. Myler	Hogan	Elwell   1T	Shaw	O'Neill	Prescott	Adams	Rutene	Whitfield	>
League	16	Warrington	L	4	-	16	Burke   2G	Rutene	George	Cunningham	Bentley	Hughes	J. Myler	Hogan	Elwell	Shaw	O'Neill	Prescott	Adams			>
JPT (1)	23	Wakefield T.	W	20	-	17	Burke   4G	Wright	George	Cunningham	Bentley	Hughes	J. Myler   1T	Hogan	Elwell   1T	Shaw   1T	Gorley	Prescott	Adams   1T			>
League	30	Castleford	L	13	-	15	Burke   2G	Wright	Foy	George	Bentley   1T	Hughes	J. Myler	Hogan	Elwell	Shaw	Gorley	Prescott	Adams   1T	Taylor	O'Neill   1T	>
JPT (2)	Dec  9	Huddersfield	W	25	-	9	Burke   3G	Wright   1T	Hughes	George	Bentley	J. Myler   1F	Taylor	Shaw	Elwell	O'Neill	Gorley	Prescott   2T	Adams   1T	Gregory   1T	Hogan   1T	>
JPT (3)	13	Castleford	L	10	-	18	Burke   2G	Wright   1T	Hughes	George	Bentley	J. Myler   1T	Gregory	Hogan	Elwell	Shaw	O'Neill	Prescott	Adams	Smith		>
League	26	Salford	L	8	-	16	Burke   1G	Wright	Moran   1T	George   1T	Bentley	J. Myler	Gregory	Hogan	Elwell	Shaw	O'Neill	Prescott	Adams	Whitfield	Smith	>
League	28	Workington	W	15	-	7	J. Myler   3G	Wright	Moran   1T	Cunningham	Bentley   1T	Gregory	Taylor	Shaw	Elwell	O'Neill   1T	Smith	Prescott	Adams	Foy	Whitfield	>
League	Jan  1	St Helens	W	11	-	8	J. Myler   1G	Wright   1T	Hughes	Cunningham	Bentley   1T	Moran   1T	Gregory	Shaw	Elwell	O'Neill	Gorley	Prescott	Adams			>
League	4	Featherstone R.	L	8	-	22	J. Myler   1G	Wright	Hughes	Cunningham	George	Gregory   1T	Taylor	Shaw	Elwell	O'Neill	Whitfield	Prescott	Adams	Poynton   1T	Houghton	>
League	11	Bradford N.	W	10	-	2	J. Myler   3G	Wright	George	Cunningham	Bentley	Hughes	Gregory	Shaw   1T	Elwell   1F	Smith	Gorley	Prescott	Adams	Whitfield		>
League	25	Wakefield T.	W	28	-	12	J. Myler   1T 6G 1F	Wright	George	Cunningham	Bentley   2T	Hughes	Gregory	O'Neill	Elwell	Smith   1T	Gorley   1T	Prescott	Adams	Taylor	Lockwood	>
League	Feb  1	Workington	L	10	-	14	J. Myler   2G	Wright	George	Cunningham	Bentley	Hughes   2T	Taylor	O'Neill	Elwell	Lockwood	Gorley	Smith	Prescott	T. Myler		>
League	8	Castleford	W	31	-	9	J. Myler	Wright   1T	George	Cunningham	Burke   8G	Hughes	Gregory   1T	O'Neill	Elwell	Lockwood   1T	Gorley	Prescott   1T	Adams   1T	Smith		>
CC (1)	15	Doncaster	W	50	-	0	J. Myler   1T 2G	Wright   3T	George   1T	Cunningham   5T	Burke   5G	Hughes	Gregory	O'Neill   1T	Elwell	Lockwood	Gorley	Prescott	Adams	Bentley   1T	Smith	>
League	18	Hull	L	8	-	10	J. Myler	Wright	George	Burke   2G	Bentley	Hughes	Gregory	O'Neill   1T	Elwell   1F	Lockwood	Gorley	Prescott	Adams			>
League	22	Hull	W	5	-	3	J. Myler   1G	Wright	George   1T	Burke	Bentley	Hughes	Gregory	O'Neill	Elwell	Smith	Gorley	Prescott	Adams	Mills		>
CC (2)	Mar  1	Castleford	W	7	-	5	J. Myler   1G	Wright	George	Cunningham   1T	Burke   1G	Hughes	Gregory	O'Neill	Elwell	Lockwood	Gorley	Prescott	Adams	Bentley	Smith	>
League	8	Wakefield T.	D	10	-	10	Burke   2G	Wright	George   2T	Cunningham	Bentley	Hughes	Gregory	O'Neill	Elwell	Smith	Gorley	Prescott	Adams	J. Myler		>
CC (3)	15	Featherstone R.	W	21	-	5	Burke   1T 3G	Wright	George	Cunningham	Bentley	Hughes   2T	Gregory   1T	O'Neill   1T	Elwell	Lockwood	Gorley	Prescott	Adams	J. Myler	Smith	>
League	17	Oldham	W	21	-	5	J. Myler   2G	Wright   2T	George	Cunningham	Bentley   1T	Hughes   1T	Gregory   1G	O'Neill	Elwell	Smith	Gorley	Lockwood   1T	Prescott	T. Myler		>
League	22	Barrow	W	19	-	12	Burke   2G	Wright   2T	George   1T	Cunningham	Bentley   1T	Hughes	J. Myler	O'Neill   1T	Elwell	Lockwood	Gorley	Prescott	Adams	Foy	Smith	>
CC (SF)	28	Warrington	W	17	-	9	Burke   1T 4G	Wright   1T	George	Cunningham   1T	Bentley	Hughes	Gregory	O'Neill	Elwell	Lockwood	Gorley	Prescott	Adams	Smith		>
League	Apr  5	Halifax	W	23	-	12	J. Myler	Bentley   1T	George	Cunningham   1T	Burke   4G	Hughes	Gregory	Hogan	Elwell	O'Neill   1T	Gorley	Smith   2T	Adams	Shaw		>
League	8	Leeds	W	21	-	0	Burke   3G	Wright   1T	George   1T	Cunningham	Bentley	Hughes	Gregory   1T	O'Neill	Elwell	Lockwood	Gorley   2T	Prescott	Adams	J. Myler	Smith	>
League	12	Bradford N.	L	5	-	13	Burke   1G	Wright	George	Cunningham	Bentley   1T	Hughes	Gregory	Shaw	Elwell	Lockwood	Smith	Prescott	Adams	Moran	O'Neill	>
League	17	Warrington	D	11	-	11	Burke   1G	Wright   1T	George	Cunningham	Bentley	Moran   1T	Gregory   1T	O'Neill	Elwell	Lockwood	Gorley	Prescott	Adams	Shaw		>
League	21	St Helens	L	9	-	24	Burke   3G	Wright	Hughes	Cunningham   1T	Bentley	Moran	J. Myler	Hogan	Elwell	Shaw	O'Neill	Smith	Rennox	T. Myler	Lockwood	>
CC (F)	May  2	Hull KR	W	18	-	9	Burke   1T 4G	Wright	George   1T	Cunningham	Bentley	Hughes	Gregory   1T	O'Neill	Elwell	Lockwood	Gorley	Prescott	Adams   1F	J. Myler	Shaw	>
PT (1)	6	Hull KR	L	12	-	14	Burke   4G	Wright   1T	George	J. Myler	Bentley	Moran	Gregory	Shaw	Elwell	Smith	Gorley	Prescott	Adams   1F			>

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

Sources: Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook (1981-82 to 1999), Irvin Saxton's Record Keepers' Club, Widnes RLFC History