Championship 1982/83

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St Helens

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

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Player	L	L	L	1 LC	L	2 LC	L	L	SF LC	L	SF LC	L	4 KT	F LC	L	L	L	L	1 JPT	2 JPT	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	1 CC	2 CC	L	3 CC	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	1 PT
John BUTLER	FB	FB	FB	FB	FB	FB		FB	FB	FB
Denis LITHERLAND	W	W	W	W	W	B	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W		W	W	W	W	W	FB	FB			C														W
Chris ARKWRIGHT	C	C	C			FE	FE	FE	C	C	C	C	C	C			FE	C	C	C							FE	FE	FE	FE	FE	FE	FE	FE	FE		FE	FE	FE	FE	FE	FE
Roy HAGGERTY	C	C	C	C	C	C	C	C	C	L	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
Kevin MEADOWS	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
Neil HOLDING	FE	FE		FE	FE				FE	FE	FE	FE	HB	HB	HB	HB	HB	HB	HB	HB	HB	HB	HB	HB	HB	HB	HB	HB	HB	HB		HB	HB				HB		HB	HB	HB	HB
Stephen PETERS	HB	HB	HB	HB		HB		HB	HB	HB	HB		FE	FE	FE	FE		FE	FE		FE	FE								B	HB		B		B	FE	C	C	C	B		C
Michael HOPE	FR	FR
Colin WHITTLE	H	H	H
Gary BOTTELL	FR		FR	FR	FR	FR	FR			FR	FR	FR		FR	H	H	H	H	2R	2R		B		B	H	B	B	H					B	H		B		FR	B	2R	FR	2R
Roy MATHIAS	2R	B	2R	B	2R		2R	2R	B	2R	B	B	2R	B	W	2R	2R	2R	B	B	W															B		B	W	B	B	B
Peter 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	B	2R	B	2R	2R	2R	2R	L
Harry PINNER	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
Andy PLATT	B	B			B	B	2R					B	L										B	B		L	L	2R	B	2R	B		L	L	2R		2R	L	L	L	L
Anthony BOLTON		FR	B
Gary MOORBY		2R	2R	2R		2R		2R	2R		2R	2R		2R	2R	B		B		B	2R	2R	2R	2R	2R	2R	2R	FR	2R	2R	2R	2R	2R	2R	2R	2R	2R	2R	2R		2R	2R
Peter GLYNN			FE	C	C										C	C	C		B	FE	C	C	FE	FE	FE	FE		B	B		B			B	C
Roger OWEN			FR	FR	FR	FR
Graham LIPTROT				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
Brian PARKES				B	B	C	C	C	B	C	FB	FB		FB	FB	FB	FB	FB	FB	FB			C	C	C	C	C	C	C	C	C	C	C	C		C	B		B	C	C	C
John SMITH					HB		HB	B		B		HB	B	B	B						B	B				B								HB	HB	HB		HB			B
Clive GRIFFITHS						W	FB						FB										FB	FB	FB	FB	FB	FB	FB	FB	FB	FB	FB
Mel JAMES							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
Paul BROWNBILL							B	FR	FR				B
Brian GELLING							B	B					FR															B
Barry LEDGER									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
David FAIRCLOUGH													C
Michael GLOVER													H
Paul FORBER													2R																					B
Paul GRIMES															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
Paul ROUND																									B																	B
Kevin WELLENS																																		FB	FB	FB	FB	FB	FB	FB	FB	FB
Steven FENNEY																																									C

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
League	Aug  22	Leigh	D	19	-	19	Butler	Litherland	Arkwright	Haggerty   1T	Meadows	Holding   3G	Peters	Hope	Whittle	Bottell   1T	Mathias   1T	Gorley   1T	Pinner   1F	Platt		>
League	25	Bradford N.	W	12	-	11	Butler   1T	Meadows	Arkwright	Haggerty	Litherland	Holding   1T 1G	Peters	Hope	Whittle	Bolton	Moorby	Gorley   1T	Pinner   1F	Mathias	Platt	>
League	29	Hull KR	L	10	-	31	Butler	Meadows	Arkwright	Haggerty   1T	Litherland	Glynn   2G	Peters	Owen	Whittle	Bottell	Moorby   1T	Mathias	Pinner	Bolton		>
LC (1)	Sep  5	Widnes	W	14	-	12	Butler   1T	Meadows	Glynn	Haggerty	Litherland	Holding   4G	Peters	Owen	Liptrot	Bottell	Moorby	Gorley   1T	Pinner	Mathias	Parkes	>
League	12	Oldham	W	20	-	15	Butler	Meadows	Glynn	Haggerty	Litherland	Holding   1T 4G	Smith	Owen	Liptrot   1T	Bottell	Mathias	Gorley   1T	Pinner   1T	Platt	Parkes	>
LC (2)	15	Barrow	W	9	-	6	Butler	Meadows	Parkes	Haggerty   1T	Griffiths   3G	Arkwright	Peters	Owen	Liptrot	Bottell	Moorby	Gorley	Pinner	Litherland	Platt	>
League	19	Barrow	L	12	-	19	Griffiths   1G	Meadows   1T	Parkes	Haggerty	Litherland	Arkwright	Smith	James	Liptrot	Bottell	Mathias	Platt   1T	Pinner   2G	Brownbill	Gelling	>
League	26	Workington	W	27	-	7	Butler	Meadows	Parkes   1G	Haggerty	Litherland   1T	Arkwright	Peters   1T	James	Liptrot	Brownbill	Mathias   1T	Moorby   4T	Pinner   2G	Smith	Gelling	>
LC (SF)	29	Carlisle	D	7	-	7	Butler	Ledger	Arkwright	Haggerty	Litherland	Holding   2G	Peters   1T	James	Liptrot	Brownbill	Gorley	Moorby	Pinner	Parkes	Mathias	>
League	Oct  3	Featherstone R.	W	29	-	12	Butler   1T	Ledger	Arkwright	Parkes   1T	Litherland	Holding   1T 6G 1F	Peters	James	Liptrot	Bottell	Gorley	Mathias	Haggerty   1T	Smith   1T		>
LC (SF)	6	Carlisle	W	9	-	5	Parkes	Ledger	Arkwright	Haggerty	Litherland   1T	Holding   1G 1F	Peters	James	Liptrot	Bottell	Gorley	Moorby	Pinner   1F	Mathias		>
League	10	Leigh	L	10	-	19	Parkes	Ledger	Arkwright	Haggerty   1T	Litherland	Holding   1G 1F	Smith	James	Liptrot	Bottell	Gorley	Moorby	Pinner   1T 1F	Mathias	Platt	>
KT (4)	17	Australia	L	0	-	32	Griffiths	Ledger	Arkwright	Fairclough	Litherland	Peters	Holding	James	Glover	Gelling	Mathias	Forber	Platt	Smith	Brownbill	>
LC (F)	23	Warrington	L	0	-	16	Parkes	Ledger	Arkwright	Haggerty	Litherland	Peters	Holding	James	Liptrot	Bottell	Moorby	Gorley	Pinner	Smith	Mathias	>
League	31	Warrington	W	16	-	11	Parkes	Ledger	Glynn   1T	Haggerty   1T	Mathias   1T	Peters	Holding   3G 1F	James	Bottell	Grimes	Moorby	Gorley	Pinner	Smith		>
League	Nov  6	Leeds	L	10	-	13	Parkes   1T	Ledger   1T	Glynn	Haggerty	Litherland	Peters	Holding   1G	James	Bottell	Grimes	Mathias	Gorley	Pinner   1F	Moorby		>
League	14	Workington	W	20	-	15	Parkes	Ledger   1T	Glynn	Haggerty   1T	Litherland	Arkwright	Holding   1T 4G	James	Bottell	Grimes	Mathias   1T	Gorley	Pinner			>
League	21	Castleford	L	23	-	24	Parkes   1T	Ledger   1T	Arkwright	Haggerty   1T	Litherland	Peters   1T	Holding   4G	James	Bottell	Grimes	Mathias	Gorley   1T	Pinner	Moorby		>
JPT (1)	27	Fulham	W	17	-	5	Parkes	Ledger   1T	Arkwright	Haggerty	Litherland	Peters	Holding   4G	James	Liptrot	Grimes	Bottell	Gorley	Pinner	Glynn   1T	Mathias   1T	>
JPT (2)	Dec  12	Wigan	L	5	-	9	Parkes	Ledger   1T	Arkwright	Haggerty	Litherland	Glynn	Holding   1G	James	Liptrot	Grimes	Bottell	Gorley	Pinner	Mathias	Moorby	>
League	19	Featherstone R.	W	13	-	10	Litherland	Ledger	Glynn	Haggerty	Mathias	Peters	Holding   3G	James	Liptrot	Grimes	Moorby   1T	Gorley	Pinner   1F	Smith   1T		>
League	26	Wigan	W	11	-	8	Litherland	Ledger   1T	Glynn	Haggerty	Meadows   1T	Peters	Holding   1G	James	Liptrot	Grimes	Moorby	Gorley   1T	Pinner	Smith	Bottell	>
League	Jan  2	Widnes	W	18	-	11	Griffiths   3G	Ledger   1T	Parkes	Haggerty	Meadows   1T	Glynn	Holding	James   1T	Liptrot	Grimes	Moorby   1T	Gorley	Pinner	Platt		>
League	9	Hull	W	19	-	18	Griffiths   3G	Ledger   1T	Parkes	Haggerty   2T	Meadows	Glynn	Holding	James	Liptrot	Grimes	Moorby	Gorley	Pinner   1F	Platt	Bottell   1T	>
League	16	Castleford	L	10	-	31	Griffiths   1T 2G	Ledger	Parkes	Litherland   1T	Meadows	Glynn	Holding	James	Bottell	Grimes	Moorby	Gorley	Pinner	Round		>
League	23	Barrow	W	20	-	5	Griffiths   4G	Ledger	Parkes	Haggerty   1T	Meadows   1T	Glynn	Holding	James	Liptrot	Grimes	Moorby	Gorley   1T	Platt   1T	Smith	Bottell	>
League	30	Hull KR	W	13	-	7	Griffiths   3G	Ledger	Parkes	Haggerty	Meadows   1T	Arkwright	Holding   1T 1F	James	Liptrot	Grimes	Moorby	Gorley	Platt	Bottell		>
League	Feb  6	Oldham	W	10	-	0	Griffiths   2G	Ledger   1T	Parkes	Haggerty	Meadows	Arkwright	Holding   1T	James	Bottell	Moorby	Platt	Gorley	Pinner	Glynn	Gelling	>
CC (1)	15	Carlisle	W	52	-	0	Griffiths   1T 8G	Ledger   2T	Parkes	Haggerty	Meadows   3T	Arkwright   1T	Holding   2T	James	Liptrot   1T	Grimes	Moorby	Gorley   1T	Pinner   1T	Glynn	Platt	>
CC (2)	27	Leeds	W	23	-	13	Griffiths   4G	Ledger	Parkes	Haggerty   2T	Meadows	Arkwright	Holding   1T 1F	James	Liptrot	Grimes	Moorby   1T	Platt	Pinner   1F	Peters		>
League	Mar  6	Leeds	W	19	-	7	Griffiths   3G	Ledger	Parkes	Haggerty   1T	Meadows	Arkwright	Peters   1T	James	Liptrot	Grimes	Moorby	Gorley   1T	Pinner   1F	Glynn	Platt   1T	>
CC (3)	12	Featherstone R.	L	10	-	11	Griffiths   2G	Ledger	Parkes	Haggerty   1T	Meadows	Arkwright	Holding	James	Liptrot	Grimes	Moorby	Gorley	Pinner   1T			>
League	16	Warrington	W	17	-	13	Griffiths   4G	Ledger	Parkes	Haggerty	Meadows   1T	Arkwright	Holding   1T	James	Liptrot	Grimes   1T	Moorby	Gorley	Platt	Peters	Bottell	>
League	20	Hull	L	13	-	24	Wellens   1T	Ledger   2G	Parkes	Haggerty	Meadows   1T	Arkwright	Smith	James	Bottell   1T	Grimes	Moorby	Gorley	Platt	Glynn	Forber	>
League	27	Carlisle	W	40	-	16	Wellens   1T	Ledger   8G	Glynn	Haggerty   1T	Meadows	Arkwright   3T	Smith	James   1T	Liptrot	Grimes	Moorby	Platt   2T	Pinner	Peters	Gorley	>
League	29	Halifax	W	22	-	0	Wellens	Ledger   2T 2G	Parkes	Haggerty   1T	Meadows   1T	Peters   1T	Smith	James	Liptrot	Grimes   1T	Moorby	Gorley	Pinner	Mathias	Bottell	>
League	Apr  1	Wigan	L	6	-	13	Wellens	Ledger	Peters	Haggerty	Meadows   2T	Arkwright	Holding	James	Liptrot	Grimes	Moorby	Platt	Pinner	Parkes	Gorley	>
League	4	Widnes	L	9	-	11	Wellens	Ledger   3G	Peters	Haggerty	Meadows	Arkwright	Smith	James	Liptrot	Bottell	Moorby   1T	Gorley	Platt	Mathias		>
League	10	Halifax	W	23	-	5	Wellens	Litherland	Peters	Haggerty   1T	Mathias	Arkwright   1T	Holding   4G	James	Liptrot	Grimes   1T	Moorby   1T	Gorley	Platt	Parkes   1T	Bottell	>
League	12	Bradford N.	L	6	-	13	Wellens	Ledger   1G	Parkes	Haggerty	Meadows	Arkwright   1T	Holding   1F	James	Liptrot	Grimes	Bottell	Gorley	Platt	Peters	Mathias	>
League	17	Carlisle	W	39	-	7	Wellens	Ledger   1T 6G	Parkes	Fenney	Meadows   2T	Arkwright	Holding   1T	Grimes   1T	Liptrot	Bottell	Moorby   3T	Gorley	Platt   1T	Smith	Mathias	>
PT (1)	24	Widnes	L	7	-	11	Wellens	Ledger   2G	Parkes	Peters	Meadows	Arkwright	Holding   1T	James	Liptrot	Grimes	Moorby	Bottell	Gorley	Round	Mathias	>

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

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