Championship 1986/87

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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	2 LC	L	SF LC	L	L	L	L	L	11 KT	L	L	1 JPST	2 JPST	3 JPST	L	SF JPST	L	L	L	L	1 CC	L	2 CC	2 CC	L	3 CC	L	L	L	SF CC	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	1 PT
Mick BURKE	FB	FB	FB	FB		FB	FB	FB	FB	FB	FB	FB	FB	FB	FB	FB	FB	FB	FB	FB	FB
Stuart WRIGHT	W																					W	W		W														W
Darren WRIGHT	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	C		C
Barry DOWD	C	FE	FE		FE	FE	C	B				B	C	C	C	FE	W	W	W		W												W	C				FB	FB	FB	FB	FB		FB
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	W	W		W	W		W
David HULME	FE	HB	HB	FE	HB	HB	FE	FE	FE	HB	HB	HB	FE	HB	HB	HB	HB	HB	HB	HB	FE		B	B	B	C	C	C	C	C	C	C	FE		C	C	C	C	C	HB	HB	HB		HB
John MYLER	HB				B		B			W	W							B						FB	FB	FB	FB	FB	FB		FB	FB
Kurt SORENSEN	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
Phil McKENZIE	H	H	H	H	H	H				H	H	H	H	H	H	H	H	H	H	H	H	FE	FE		B	H	H	H	H		H	H	H		H	H	FE	FE	H	H	H	H		H
Mike O'NEILL	FR	2R	2R	2R	FR	2R	FR			2R	2R	FR	FR	FR	FR	FR	B	B	2R	2R	2R	2R	2R	2R	2R	2R	2R	2R	2R	FR	2R	2R	FR	FR	2R	FR	FR			FR	FR	2R		2R
Ian GORMLEY	2R	2R	2R	L	2R	2R	2R	2R	2R				2R		2R															B				H									2R
Paul HULME	2R	L	L	HB	L	L		2R	2R				HB	2R	2R	2R	B	2R	B	B	HB					B	L	B	L	L	L		B		L	2R			L	2R	2R			2R
Richie EYRES	L						L	L	L	L			B	2R		B	2R			B	2R							2R	2R	2R	2R	L	2R	2R	2R	B	2R	L	2R	B		B	L	B
John GILBERT	B	C	C	C	C	C		C	C	C	C	C				C	C	C	C	C	C
Steve O'NEILL	B	FR	FR	FR	FR	FR		FR	FR	B	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		B	FR		FR
Andy CURRIER		W	W	W			B								W
Trevor STOCKLEY		B	B	B	2R	B	2R		B		B	2R	2R		B	B											B		B	2R			B	C		B	B	2R	2R	2R	2R	2R
Andy EYRES		B								W					L															HB													W
John FIELDHOUSE			B	2R		B				FR	L
Duncan PLATT				B	FB	W		W	B							W			B	W	B	FB	FB							FB			FB	FB	FB	FB				W			C
Dave MORAN					W	W	W		W		B	W	W	W	FE
Keith NEWTON					B																	2R	2R	2R	2R	2R	2R				B	2R	2R	2R		2R	2R	2R	B	B			FR
Craig COLEMAN							HB	HB	HB
Andy RUANE							H	H	H													H	H	H	H					H		B					H	H					H
Les CLEAL									FR	2R	2R	2R			B	2R	2R	2R	2R	2R	B
Tony MYLER										FE		FE		FE			FE	FE	FE	FE				FE	FE	FE	FE	FE	FE		FE	FE			FE	FE	FB			FE	FE	FE		FE
Dave RUANE											FE																			FE				FE			B	B	FE				FE
Harry PINNER												L	L	L		L	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	L		L					L	L	B	L	L	B		L	L	L		L
Ralph LINTON																				W		C	C	C	C		B			C		C	C	B						C			C
Darrel SCHMIDT																						W	W
Andy SULLIVAN																						HB	HB	HB	HB	HB	HB	HB	HB		HB	HB	HB	HB	HB	HB	HB	HB	HB		B		HB
David LAMB																							B																				B
Rick THACKRAY																								W		W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W		W	W	W		W
David LYON																														B
Graham WORGAN																																B									C	C		C
Paul HAUGHTON																																		B									2R
Geoff SEPHTON																																											FB
Philip RUTTER																																											W
Colin RIGBY																																											FR
Phil McMANNION																																											B

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  31	Bradford N.	L	14	-	27	Burke   3G	S. Wright	D. Wright	Dowd	Basnett	D. Hulme	J. Myler	Sorensen   1T	McKenzie	M. O'Neill	Gormley	P. Hulme	R. Eyres	Gilbert	S. O'Neill   1T	>
League	Sep  3	Wakefield T.	W	48	-	14	Burke	Currier   4G	D. Wright   2T	Gilbert   1T	Basnett   1T	Dowd   1T	D. Hulme   1T	Sorensen   1T	McKenzie	S. O'Neill	Gormley   2T	M. O'Neill	P. Hulme	Stockley   1T	A. Eyres	>
League	7	Barrow	W	26	-	14	Burke	Currier   3G	D. Wright	Gilbert   1T	Basnett	Dowd	D. Hulme	Sorensen   1T	McKenzie   1T	S. O'Neill	Gormley	M. O'Neill   1T	P. Hulme   1T	Stockley	Fieldhouse	>
LC (1)	14	Runcorn H.	W	48	-	10	Burke   2T	Currier   1T 1G	D. Wright   1T	Gilbert	Basnett	D. Hulme   1T	P. Hulme	Sorensen   2T	McKenzie	S. O'Neill   2T	M. O'Neill   1T	Fieldhouse	Gormley	Platt   3G	Stockley	>
League	21	Featherstone R.	W	48	-	14	Platt   2T 7G	Moran	D. Wright	Gilbert   1T	Basnett   2T	Dowd   1F	D. Hulme   1T	S. O'Neill   1F	McKenzie	M. O'Neill	Gormley   2T	Stockley	P. Hulme	J. Myler	Newton	>
LC (2)	24	Barrow	W	12	-	10	Burke	Moran	D. Wright	Gilbert	Platt   1T 2G	Dowd	D. Hulme	Sorensen   1T	McKenzie	S. O'Neill	Gormley	M. O'Neill	P. Hulme	Stockley	Fieldhouse	>
League	28	Leeds	W	35	-	10	Burke   2G	Moran	D. Wright	Dowd	Basnett	D. Hulme   2T	Coleman   1F	Sorensen	A. Ruane   1T	M. O'Neill   1T	Gormley   1T	Stockley   2T	R. Eyres	J. Myler	Currier   1G	>
LC (SF)	Oct  1	Oldham	L	14	-	16	Burke	Platt   1T 1G	D. Wright	Gilbert   1T	Basnett   1T	D. Hulme	Coleman	Sorensen	A. Ruane	S. O'Neill	Gormley	P. Hulme	R. Eyres	Dowd		>
League	5	Oldham	L	16	-	22	Burke	Moran	D. Wright	Gilbert	Basnett	D. Hulme	Coleman   1T	Cleal	A. Ruane   2G	S. O'Neill	Gormley	P. Hulme	R. Eyres   1T	Platt   1T	Stockley	>
League	15	Castleford	W	29	-	20	Burke   1F	J. Myler   6G	D. Wright   2T	Gilbert	A. Eyres	T. Myler   1T	D. Hulme	Sorensen	McKenzie	Fieldhouse	M. O'Neill	Cleal   1T	R. Eyres	S. O'Neill		>
League	19	Leigh	W	20	-	18	Burke	J. Myler   2G	D. Wright	Gilbert   1T	Basnett   1T	D. Ruane	D. Hulme   1T	Sorensen   1T	McKenzie	S. O'Neill	M. O'Neill	Cleal	Fieldhouse	Moran	Stockley	>
League	Nov  2	Hull KR	W	26	-	8	Burke   3G	Moran	D. Wright	Gilbert	Basnett   5T	T. Myler	D. Hulme	M. O'Neill	McKenzie	S. O'Neill	Stockley	Cleal	Pinner	Dowd		>
League	9	Barrow	W	18	-	16	Burke   3G	Moran	D. Wright	Dowd	Basnett   1T	D. Hulme   1T	P. Hulme	S. O'Neill	McKenzie	M. O'Neill	Gormley	Stockley	Pinner	R. Eyres   1T		>
KT (11)	12	Australia	L	4	-	20	Burke   2G	Moran	D. Wright	Dowd	Basnett	T. Myler	D. Hulme	S. O'Neill	McKenzie	M. O'Neill	R. Eyres	P. Hulme	Pinner			>
League	16	Bradford N.	L	14	-	36	Burke   3G	Currier	D. Wright   1T	Dowd	Basnett	Moran	D. Hulme	S. O'Neill	McKenzie   1T	M. O'Neill	Gormley	P. Hulme	A. Eyres	Cleal	Stockley	>
League	23	Salford	L	16	-	22	Burke   2G	Platt	D. Wright	Gilbert	Basnett   1T	Dowd	D. Hulme	Sorensen	McKenzie   1T	M. O'Neill	P. Hulme   1T	Cleal	Pinner	R. Eyres	Stockley	>
JPST (1)	30	Dewsbury	W	82	-	0	Burke   1T	Dowd   2T 7G	D. Wright   1T	Gilbert	Basnett   3T	T. Myler	D. Hulme   5T	Sorensen   1T	McKenzie   2T	S. O'Neill	R. Eyres   1T	Cleal	Pinner   1T	M. O'Neill	P. Hulme	>
JPST (2)	Dec  8	Carlisle	W	36	-	6	Burke   1G	Dowd   1T 1G	D. Wright	Gilbert	Basnett   1T	T. Myler   1T	D. Hulme   1T	Sorensen   1T	McKenzie	S. O'Neill	P. Hulme	Cleal   1T	Pinner	J. Myler   1T 2G	M. O'Neill	>
JPST (3)	14	Barrow	W	16	-	6	Burke   2G	Dowd   1T	D. Wright   1T	Gilbert	Basnett	T. Myler	D. Hulme	Sorensen	McKenzie   1T	S. O'Neill	M. O'Neill	Cleal	Pinner	Platt	P. Hulme	>
League	21	Hull KR	L	0	-	18	Burke	Linton	D. Wright	Gilbert	Platt	T. Myler	D. Hulme	Sorensen	McKenzie	S. O'Neill	M. O'Neill	Cleal	Pinner	R. Eyres	P. Hulme	>
JPST (SF)	27	Warrington	L	4	-	35	Burke	Dowd	D. Wright	Gilbert	Basnett	D. Hulme	P. Hulme   1T	Sorensen	McKenzie	S. O'Neill	M. O'Neill	R. Eyres	Pinner	Platt	Cleal	>
League	Jan  1	St Helens	W	16	-	10	Platt   4G	S. Wright	D. Wright	Linton	Schmidt	McKenzie	Sullivan	Sorensen	A. Ruane   1T	S. O'Neill   1T	M. O'Neill	Newton	Pinner			>
League	4	Wigan	L	16	-	22	Platt   3G	S. Wright	D. Wright	Linton	Schmidt	McKenzie	Sullivan   1T	Sorensen	A. Ruane   1G	S. O'Neill	M. O'Neill   1T	Newton	Pinner	D. Hulme	Lamb	>
League	21	Oldham	W	44	-	10	J. Myler   2T 6G	Thackray	D. Wright	Linton   2T	Basnett	T. Myler   2T	Sullivan   1T	Sorensen	A. Ruane	S. O'Neill	M. O'Neill	Newton	Pinner	D. Hulme   1T		>
League	25	Leeds	L	6	-	35	J. Myler   1G	S. Wright	D. Wright	Linton   1T	Basnett	T. Myler	Sullivan	Sorensen	A. Ruane	S. O'Neill	M. O'Neill	Newton	Pinner	D. Hulme	McKenzie	>
CC (1)	31	Castleford	W	24	-	16	J. Myler   4G	Thackray	D. Wright	D. Hulme   1T	Basnett   1T	T. Myler   1T	Sullivan	Sorensen   1T	McKenzie	S. O'Neill	M. O'Neill	Newton	Pinner	P. Hulme		>
League	Feb  8	Salford	W	13	-	12	J. Myler   2G 1F	Thackray	D. Wright   1T	D. Hulme	Basnett	T. Myler	Sullivan	Sorensen	McKenzie	S. O'Neill	M. O'Neill   1T	Newton	P. Hulme	Linton	Stockley	>
CC (2)	15	Bradford N.	D	6	-	6	J. Myler   1G	Thackray	D. Wright	D. Hulme	Basnett   1T	T. Myler	Sullivan	Sorensen	McKenzie	S. O'Neill	M. O'Neill	R. Eyres	Pinner	P. Hulme		>
CC (2)	18	Bradford N.	W	29	-	12	J. Myler   4G 1F	Thackray	D. Wright   1T	D. Hulme	Basnett	T. Myler   2T	Sullivan	Sorensen	McKenzie   1T	S. O'Neill	M. O'Neill	R. Eyres   1T	P. Hulme	Stockley		>
League	22	Wigan	L	4	-	40	Platt	Thackray	Linton	D. Hulme	Basnett	D. Ruane	A. Eyres	S. O'Neill	A. Ruane	M. O'Neill   1T	Stockley	R. Eyres	P. Hulme	Lyon	Gormley	>
CC (3)	Mar  1	Leeds	W	14	-	7	J. Myler   3G	Thackray   1T	D. Wright	D. Hulme	Basnett	T. Myler	Sullivan	Sorensen	McKenzie	S. O'Neill	M. O'Neill   1T	R. Eyres	P. Hulme	Newton		>
League	8	Halifax	L	6	-	10	J. Myler   1G	Thackray	Linton	D. Hulme	Basnett   1T	T. Myler	Sullivan	Sorensen	McKenzie	S. O'Neill	M. O'Neill	Newton	R. Eyres	Worgan	A. Ruane	>
League	15	Wakefield T.	L	20	-	38	Platt   1T 2G	Thackray	D. Wright   1T	Linton   1T	Dowd   1T	D. Hulme	Sullivan	Sorensen	McKenzie	M. O'Neill	Newton	R. Eyres	Pinner	Stockley	P. Hulme	>
League	18	Castleford	L	8	-	44	Platt	Thackray   2T	Dowd	Stockley	Basnett	D. Ruane	Sullivan	S. O'Neill	Gormley	M. O'Neill	Newton	R. Eyres	Pinner	Linton	Haughton	>
CC (SF)	28	Halifax	L	8	-	12	Platt   2G	Thackray	D. Wright	D. Hulme	Basnett	T. Myler	Sullivan	Sorensen	McKenzie   1T	S. O'Neill	M. O'Neill	R. Eyres	P. Hulme	Pinner		>
League	Apr  1	Leigh	L	8	-	10	Platt   2G	Thackray	D. Wright	D. Hulme	Basnett	T. Myler	Sullivan	M. O'Neill	McKenzie	S. O'Neill	Newton	P. Hulme	Pinner	R. Eyres   1T	Stockley	>
League	5	Hull	L	10	-	18	T. Myler	Thackray	D. Wright	D. Hulme	Basnett	McKenzie   1T	Sullivan	M. O'Neill	A. Ruane   1G	S. O'Neill	Newton	R. Eyres   1T	Pinner	D. Ruane	Stockley	>
League	8	Warrington	L	16	-	26	Dowd   4G	Thackray   1T	D. Wright	D. Hulme	Basnett	McKenzie	Sullivan	Sorensen	A. Ruane	S. O'Neill	Newton	Stockley   1T	R. Eyres	D. Ruane	Pinner	>
League	12	Halifax	L	0	-	20	Dowd	S. Wright	D. Wright	D. Hulme	Basnett	D. Ruane	Sullivan	Sorensen	McKenzie	S. O'Neill	Stockley	R. Eyres	P. Hulme	Newton		>
League	14	Featherstone R.	W	62	-	16	Dowd   9G	Platt   1T	D. Wright   1T	Linton   1T	Thackray   1T	T. Myler   2T	D. Hulme   2T	Sorensen	McKenzie   1T	M. O'Neill   2T	Stockley	P. Hulme	Pinner	Newton	R. Eyres	>
League	17	Warrington	W	25	-	18	Dowd   4G	Thackray	D. Wright   1T	Worgan	Basnett	T. Myler   1T	D. Hulme   1T	Sorensen	McKenzie   1T	M. O'Neill	Stockley	P. Hulme	Pinner	S. O'Neill   1F	Sullivan	>
League	20	St Helens	W	30	-	24	Dowd   5G	Thackray	D. Wright   1T	Worgan	Basnett	T. Myler   1T	D. Hulme   1T	Sorensen   1T	McKenzie	S. O'Neill	M. O'Neill	Stockley   1T	Pinner	R. Eyres		>
League	22	Hull	L	4	-	21	Sephton	Rutter	Platt	Linton   1T	A. Eyres	D. Ruane	Sullivan	Rigby	A. Ruane	Newton	Haughton	Gormley	R. Eyres	McMannion	Lamb	>
PT (1)	26	Wigan	L	18	-	22	Dowd   3G	Thackray	D. Wright   1T	Worgan	Basnett   1T	T. Myler	D. Hulme	Sorensen	McKenzie	S. O'Neill	M. O'Neill	P. Hulme	Pinner   1T	R. Eyres		>

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

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