Championship 1984/85

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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	L	L	L	1 LC	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	1 JPST	L	2 JPST	L	L	3 JPST	L	L	L	L	L	1 CC	2 CC	L	3 CC	3 CC	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	1 PT
David LYON	FB					B	FB	FB	FB		FB	FB	FB	FB			C	C	C	W	W	B	FB						B	B				C	B	C	C	B	B
Stuart WRIGHT	W	W	W	W			W	W	W	W	W			W	W	W	W	W	W	W
Ralph LINTON	C	C	C			C				C																										B	B		W
Keiron O'LOUGHLIN	C	FE	FE	FE							C	C	C	C	C	C	C	FE	FE	C	C	C	FE	C	C	C	C	C	C		FE	C	B	FE	C			C	C
John BASNETT	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 HULME	FE	HB	HB	HB	HB	HB	HB	HB	HB	HB	FE	FE	FE	FE	HB	HB	HB	HB	HB	HB	HB	HB	B	HB	HB		HB	HB		FE			FE		FE	C	HB	HB	HB
Andy GREGORY	HB
Steve O'NEILL	FR	FR	FR	FR	FR	FR	FR	FR															FR	FR	FR	FR	FR	FR	FR		FR	FR	FR	FR	FR	FR	FR
Keith ELWELL	H	H	H	H																										H	H			H	H	H	H	H	H
Kevin TAMATI	FR	FR		FR	FR			FR	FR		FR	FR	FR	FR	FR	FR	FR	FR	FR					H	H	H	H	H	FR	FR		FR	FR	FR	FR	FR	FR	FR	FR
Mike O'NEILL	2R	2R	2R	2R			2R	2R	FR	FR	FR	FR	FR	FR	FR	FR	FR	FR	FR	FR	FR	FR		2R	2R	2R	2R	2R	2R		FR	2R	2R	2R	2R		2R	FR	FR
John WOOD	2R	2R	2R			FR	FR	2R			2R	2R	2R	2R								B	2R
John MYLER	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	HB	HB	HB	HB	L	L	L	L	L	L	L		HB	L	L	L	L	L	HB	B	L	L
Fred WHITFIELD	B	B	B	2R					2R	2R			B	B		B	2R	2R	2R	FR	FR	FR	FR	FR	FR		FR	FR		FR						2R	L
Mick BURKE		FB	FB	FB	FB	FB				FB	C	C	C	C	FB	FB	FB	FB	FB	FB	FB	FB		FB	FB	FB	FB	FB	FB	FB	FB	FB	FB	FB		FB	FB	FB	FB
Joe LYDON		C	C	C	C			C	C	FE												W	C		B	C	C	C				C	C		C
Andy CURRIER		B		C	W	W	C	W		W	W	W	W		C	C		C	C	C	C	C	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W
Robert BLACKWOOD			FR							FR
Duncan PLATT			B		B	C	C	C	C	C																								B	FB
Dave MORAN				B	C
Richie EYRES				B	2R	2R	2R	B	2R	B	L	L	L	L	2R	2R	2R			2R	2R	L	L						L	L				L	B	L	B	L	L
Dave RUANE					FE	FE	FE	B	FE	B				B
Andy RUANE					H	H	H	H	H	H											H	H	B						H			H	H
Ian GORMLEY					2R	2R	B		B											B	B		H
Keith NEWTON					B	B											B												B							B		2R	B
Tony MYLER								FE				B			FE	FE	FE			FE	FE	FE		FE	FE	FE	FE	FE	FE	C	C	FE				FE	FE	FE	FE
Kurt SORENSEN										2R	2R	2R	2R	2R	2R	2R		2R	2R	2R	2R	2R		2R	2R	2R	2R	2R		2R	2R		L	2R	L				2R
Chris MIDDLEHURST											H	H	H	H	H	H	H	H	H	H
Andy SULLIVAN																	B			B
Trevor STOCKLEY																					W	W	C	C	C			B	C	C	C		C	C			C	C	C
John FIELDHOUSE																						2R	2R		B	FR		B	2R	2R	2R	2R	2R		2R	2R	2R	2R	2R
Geoff SEPHTON																										HB				HB	HB	HB	HB	HB	HB	HB
Barry DOWD																													W

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	Sep  2	Warrington	W	20	-	18	Lyon	Wright   2T	Linton	O'Loughlin	Basnett	Hulme	Gregory   2G	S. O'Neill	Elwell	Tamati   1T	M. O'Neill	Wood	J. Myler   1T	Whitfield		>
League	9	Hull	W	11	-	10	Burke   3G	Wright	Linton	Lydon	Basnett	O'Loughlin	Hulme	S. O'Neill	Elwell	Tamati	M. O'Neill	Wood	J. Myler   1F	Currier   1T	Whitfield	>
League	12	Oldham	L	2	-	18	Burke   1G	Wright	Linton	Lydon	Basnett	O'Loughlin	Hulme	S. O'Neill	Elwell	Blackwood	M. O'Neill	Wood	J. Myler	Platt	Whitfield	>
LC (1)	16	Wigan	L	8	-	28	Burke   2G	Wright	Currier	Lydon	Basnett	O'Loughlin	Hulme	S. O'Neill	Elwell	Tamati   1T	M. O'Neill	Whitfield	J. Myler	Moran	Eyres	>
League	19	Leigh	W	32	-	6	Burke	Currier   1T	Moran	Lydon   2G	Basnett   1T	D. Ruane   1T	Hulme   2T	S. O'Neill	A. Ruane	Tamati	Gormley	Eyres   1T	J. Myler	Platt   2G	Newton	>
League	23	Hunslet	W	29	-	18	Burke   4G	Currier	Linton	Platt   2T	Basnett	D. Ruane	Hulme	S. O'Neill	A. Ruane	Wood	Gormley	Eyres   3T 1F	J. Myler	Lyon	Newton	>
League	30	Featherstone R.	W	34	-	20	Lyon	Wright   1T	Currier   1T	Platt   7G	Basnett	D. Ruane   1T	Hulme   1T	S. O'Neill	A. Ruane   1T	Wood	M. O'Neill	Eyres	J. Myler	Gormley		>
League	Oct  7	Leeds	L	10	-	43	Lyon	Wright	Lydon	Platt   1T 1G	Currier   1T	T. Myler	Hulme	S. O'Neill	A. Ruane	Tamati	M. O'Neill	Wood	J. Myler	D. Ruane	Eyres	>
League	14	Hull KR	L	4	-	18	Lyon	Wright	Lydon   1G	Platt   1G	Basnett	D. Ruane	Hulme	M. O'Neill	A. Ruane	Tamati	Whitfield	Eyres	J. Myler	Gormley		>
League	21	Bradford N.	L	10	-	17	Burke   1G	Wright	Linton	Platt	Currier   1T	Lydon   1T	Hulme	M. O'Neill	A. Ruane	Blackwood	Whitfield	Sorensen	J. Myler	D. Ruane	Eyres	>
League	Nov  4	Castleford	W	20	-	18	Lyon	Wright   2T	Burke   2G	O'Loughlin   1T	Currier	Hulme	J. Myler	M. O'Neill	Middlehurst	Tamati	Wood	Sorensen	Eyres   1T			>
League	11	Halifax	W	16	-	6	Lyon	Currier   1T	Burke   2G	O'Loughlin	Basnett	Hulme   1T	J. Myler	M. O'Neill	Middlehurst	Tamati   1T	Wood	Sorensen	Eyres	T. Myler		>
JPST (1)	18	Workington	W	22	-	12	Lyon	Currier	Burke   3G	O'Loughlin   1T	Basnett	Hulme   1T	J. Myler	M. O'Neill   1T	Middlehurst	Tamati	Wood	Sorensen   1T	Eyres	Whitfield		>
League	25	Workington	W	24	-	5	Lyon	Wright	Burke   4G	O'Loughlin	Basnett   1T	Hulme   1T	J. Myler   1T	M. O'Neill	Middlehurst	Tamati	Wood	Sorensen   1T	Eyres	D. Ruane	Whitfield	>
JPST (2)	Dec  2	Featherstone R.	W	28	-	10	Burke   1T 4G	Wright	Currier   2T	O'Loughlin	Basnett   1T	T. Myler	Hulme	M. O'Neill   1T	Middlehurst	Tamati	Eyres	Sorensen	J. Myler			>
League	9	Castleford	L	8	-	34	Burke	Wright   1T	Currier   1T	O'Loughlin	Basnett	T. Myler	Hulme	M. O'Neill	Middlehurst	Tamati	Eyres	Sorensen	J. Myler	Whitfield		>
League	16	Hunslet	W	24	-	23	Burke   1G	Wright	Lyon	O'Loughlin	Basnett   1T	T. Myler	Hulme   1T	M. O'Neill	Middlehurst	Tamati	Whitfield   1T	Eyres   1T	J. Myler   3G	Sullivan	Newton	>
JPST (3)	23	Hull KR	L	6	-	14	Burke   1G	Wright	Currier	Lyon   1T	Basnett	O'Loughlin	Hulme	M. O'Neill	Middlehurst	Tamati	Whitfield	Sorensen	J. Myler			>
League	26	Oldham	W	14	-	10	Burke   1T 3G	Wright	Currier   1T	Lyon	Basnett	O'Loughlin	Hulme	M. O'Neill	Middlehurst	Tamati	Whitfield	Sorensen	J. Myler			>
League	Jan  1	St Helens	L	6	-	8	Burke   1T 1G	Wright	Currier	O'Loughlin	Lyon	T. Myler	Hulme	M. O'Neill	Middlehurst	Whitfield	Sorensen	Eyres	J. Myler	Sullivan	Gormley	>
League	20	Hull	L	16	-	21	Burke   4G	Stockley	Currier	O'Loughlin	Lyon	T. Myler	Hulme   1T	M. O'Neill	A. Ruane	Whitfield   1T	Eyres	Sorensen	J. Myler	Gormley		>
League	30	Wigan	L	12	-	28	Burke   2T	Stockley	Currier	O'Loughlin	Lydon   1T	T. Myler	Hulme	M. O'Neill	A. Ruane	Whitfield	Sorensen	Fieldhouse	Eyres	Lyon	Wood	>
League	Feb  3	Leeds	L	6	-	24	Lyon	Currier	Stockley   1T	Lydon	Basnett	O'Loughlin	J. Myler   1G	S. O'Neill	Gormley	Whitfield	Wood	Fieldhouse	Eyres	Hulme	A. Ruane	>
CC (1)	9	Leeds	W	14	-	4	Burke   3G	Currier	Stockley	O'Loughlin	Basnett	T. Myler	Hulme	S. O'Neill	Tamati	Whitfield	Sorensen	M. O'Neill   1T	J. Myler   1T			>
CC (2)	24	Runcorn H.	W	36	-	11	Burke   1G	Currier   2T	Stockley	O'Loughlin	Basnett   1T	T. Myler   1T	Hulme	S. O'Neill	Tamati	Whitfield   1T	Sorensen   1T	M. O'Neill   2T	J. Myler	Lydon   1G	Fieldhouse	>
League	Mar  3	Barrow	L	20	-	22	Burke	Currier	Lydon   2T 2G	O'Loughlin	Basnett	T. Myler	Sephton	S. O'Neill   1T	Tamati	Fieldhouse	Sorensen   1T	M. O'Neill	J. Myler			>
CC (3)	9	Hull	D	6	-	6	Burke   1G	Currier   1T	Lydon	O'Loughlin	Basnett	T. Myler	Hulme	S. O'Neill	Tamati	Whitfield	Sorensen	M. O'Neill	J. Myler			>
CC (3)	13	Hull	L	12	-	19	Burke   2G	Currier	Lydon   1T	O'Loughlin   1T	Basnett	T. Myler	Hulme	S. O'Neill	Tamati	Whitfield	Sorensen	M. O'Neill	J. Myler	Stockley	Fieldhouse	>
League	17	Warrington	W	22	-	19	Burke   3G	Currier	Stockley	O'Loughlin   1T	Dowd	T. Myler	J. Myler   1T	S. O'Neill   1T	A. Ruane	Tamati   1T	Fieldhouse	M. O'Neill	Eyres	Newton	Lyon	>
League	20	Bradford N.	W	34	-	18	Burke	Currier   2T 3G	Stockley   1T	T. Myler	Basnett   1T	Hulme   2T	Sephton	Tamati	Elwell	Whitfield   1T	Sorensen	Fieldhouse	Eyres	Lyon	J. Myler	>
League	24	Featherstone R.	L	12	-	17	Burke	Currier	Stockley   1T	T. Myler	Basnett	O'Loughlin	Sephton	S. O'Neill	Elwell	M. O'Neill   1T	Sorensen   1T	Fieldhouse	J. Myler			>
League	27	Halifax	W	44	-	12	Burke   2G	Currier	Lydon   1T	O'Loughlin   2T	Basnett	T. Myler	Sephton	S. O'Neill   1T	A. Ruane	Tamati   1T	M. O'Neill   1T	Fieldhouse	J. Myler   1T 6G			>
League	Apr  5	Leigh	W	26	-	16	Burke   1T	Currier	Lydon   2G	Stockley   1T	Basnett   1T	Hulme   1T	Sephton   1G	S. O'Neill	A. Ruane	Tamati	Fieldhouse   1T	M. O'Neill	Sorensen	O'Loughlin		>
League	8	St Helens	L	22	-	28	Burke   1G	Currier	Stockley	Lyon	Basnett   1T	O'Loughlin	Sephton	S. O'Neill	Elwell   2T	Tamati   1T	Sorensen	M. O'Neill	Eyres	Platt   2G		>
League	11	Wigan	L	0	-	6	Platt	Currier	Lydon	O'Loughlin	Basnett	Hulme	Sephton	S. O'Neill	Elwell	Tamati	Fieldhouse	M. O'Neill	Sorensen	Lyon	Eyres	>
League	14	Barrow	W	34	-	6	Burke   3G	Currier   2T	Hulme	Lyon	Basnett   2T	T. Myler	Sephton	S. O'Neill   1T	Elwell	Tamati	Whitfield	Fieldhouse   1T	Eyres	Newton	Linton   1T	>
League	17	Workington	W	36	-	18	Burke   3G	Currier	Stockley   1T	Lyon	Basnett   1T	T. Myler	Hulme   1T	S. O'Neill	Elwell   2T	Tamati	Fieldhouse	M. O'Neill   1T	Whitfield   1T	Linton	Eyres   1G	>
League	23	Hull KR	W	32	-	10	Burke   3G	Currier	Stockley   1T	O'Loughlin   1T	Basnett   1T	T. Myler   2T	Hulme	M. O'Neill	Elwell	Tamati   1G	Fieldhouse	Newton   1T	Eyres	Lyon		>
PT (1)	27	St Helens	L	2	-	26	Burke   1G	Currier	Stockley	O'Loughlin	Linton	T. Myler	Hulme	M. O'Neill	Elwell	Tamati	Sorensen	Fieldhouse	Eyres	Lyon	Newton	>

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

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