Second Division 1987/88

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Rochdale Hornets

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	1 JPST	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	1 CC	2 CC	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	L
David WOOD	FB	FB	FB	C	C	C	C	C	C	C	C	C	C	C	C	C					B	FE	FE	C		FB	FB
Phil CARTWRIGHT	W	C	C	W	W	W	W				W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W
Steve ASPEY	C	C
Eric HUGHES	C			FE		C	C	C	C	C	C	C	C	C	C	C	FE	FE	FE
Mark CAUSEY	W	W	W	FB	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	B		C	FE	FE
Brian GARRITY	FE		C	C	FE	FE	FE	FE	FE	FE	FE	FE	FE	FE	FE	FE	C	C	C	C	C	C	C
Alan FAIRHURST	HB	HB	HB	HB	HB			B	HB	HB	HB			HB		HB	HB	HB	HB	FE	FE			FE	FE		FE	FE
Graham IDLE	FR	FR	FR			2R	2R	2R	2R	2R	2R	2R	2R	B	2R	2R	2R	2R	2R	2R	2R	2R	2R	B	2R		2R	2R	2R		2R	2R
Andy RUANE	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	HB	H
Neil COWIE	FR	FR	FR			B	B	B	FR	FR	FR	FR	FR	FR		FR	FR	FR	FR	FR	FR	FR	FR	FR	FR	FR		FR	FR	FR	FR	FR
Terry MELLOR	2R	2R	2R	FR	FR	FR	FR	FR	B	B	B	2R	2R	2R	2R	B		B		B	B	B				B				2R	2R	2R
Gerry BYRON	2R	2R	2R	2R	2R	2R	2R	2R	2R	2R	2R								2R	2R	2R	2R	2R	2R	2R	2R		FR	FR	2R		FR
John STAPLETON	L	L	B	2R	2R
Mark DOBSON	B	FE	FE	B																HB	HB	HB	HB
Mark SANDERSON	B	B				L	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	B	L	L	L	B	L	L			2R	B	2R	2R	FB	FB		FB	FB
Mark DWYER		W	W	W	C	B
Gary HITCHIN		B																											HB	FE	HB	HB
Dean WILLIAMS			L	L	L								B	2R	L	2R	2R	2R	L			L	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	L		L
David BROWN				FR	FR										FR																B	B
Kevin LOWE				B														H												H		H
Aaron SAWYER					FB	HB	HB	HB	B		B	HB	HB		HB		FB	FB	FB	FB	FB	FB	FB	HB	HB	HB	HB	HB	FE	FB
Bob McGINTY						FB	FB	FB	FB											B					C	C	C	C	C		C	C
Scott BARROW						FR	FR	FR	FR	FR	FR	FR	FR	FR		FR	FR	FR	FR	FR	FR		FR	FR	FR	FR	FR			FR	FR
Pomare CONNELL							B	W
Olsen VAAFUSU									W	FB	FB	FB					C	C	C	C	C	C	C	C	C	C	C	C	C		C	W
Paul BROXTON										W
Dennis RUANE												B	FB	FB	FB	FB								FB	FB	FE
Geoff CLUCAS															FR									B		B	FR
Sean HOARE																B	B	B				FR					B
Jason DIAMOND																											B	W	W	W	W
Mick NANYN																												2R	2R	C	L	C
Sean O'NEILL																												B
Bob STOKES																													W	W	W	W
Steve NASH																														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  30	Runcorn H.	L	0	-	8	Wood	Cartwright	Aspey	Hughes	Causey	Garrity	Fairhurst	Idle	A. Ruane	Cowie	Mellor	Byron	Stapleton	Dobson	Sanderson	>
League	Sep  2	Springfield B.	W	8	-	6	Wood   2G	Dwyer   1T	Cartwright	Aspey	Causey	Dobson	Fairhurst	Idle	A. Ruane	Cowie	Mellor	Byron	Stapleton	Hitchin	Sanderson	>
League	6	Sheffield	L	8	-	22	Wood	Causey   1T	Garrity   1T	Cartwright	Dwyer	Dobson	Fairhurst	Idle	A. Ruane	Cowie	Mellor	Byron	Williams	Stapleton		>
LC (1)	13	Swinton	L	20	-	38	Causey	Cartwright	Garrity   1T	Wood   4G	Dwyer	Hughes	Fairhurst	Brown	A. Ruane   2T	Mellor	Stapleton	Byron	Williams	Dobson	Lowe	>
League	20	Featherstone R.	L	14	-	56	Sawyer   1T	Cartwright	Dwyer	Wood   3G	Causey	Garrity   1T	Fairhurst	Brown	A. Ruane	Mellor	Stapleton	Byron	Williams			>
League	27	Carlisle	W	20	-	5	McGinty	Cartwright   1T	Hughes	Wood   4G	Causey	Garrity	Sawyer	Barrow   1T	A. Ruane   1T	Mellor	Byron	Idle	Sanderson	Dwyer	Cowie	>
League	Oct  2	Barrow	L	6	-	21	McGinty	Cartwright	Hughes	Wood   1T 1G	Causey	Garrity	Sawyer	Barrow	A. Ruane	Mellor	Idle	Byron	Sanderson	Cowie	Connell	>
League	11	Whitehaven	W	20	-	12	McGinty	Connell	Hughes	Wood   4G	Causey	Garrity	Sawyer	Barrow   2T	A. Ruane	Mellor	Idle	Byron	Sanderson   1T	Fairhurst	Cowie	>
League	25	Sheffield	W	7	-	2	McGinty	Vaafusu	Hughes	Wood   1G	Causey	Garrity	Fairhurst	Barrow	A. Ruane   1F	Cowie   1T	Byron	Idle	Sanderson	Sawyer	Mellor	>
League	Nov  1	Doncaster	W	22	-	4	Vaafusu   1T	Broxton   1T	Hughes	Wood   4G 1F	Causey	Garrity   1T	Fairhurst   1F	Barrow	A. Ruane	Cowie	Byron	Idle	Sanderson	Mellor		>
League	8	Springfield B.	L	11	-	20	Vaafusu	Cartwright   1T	Hughes	Wood   1G	Causey	Garrity	Fairhurst   1F	Barrow	A. Ruane   1T	Cowie	Byron	Idle	Sanderson	Sawyer	Mellor	>
JPST (1)	15	Hull KR	L	12	-	30	Vaafusu	Cartwright	Hughes	Wood   2G	Causey	Garrity	Sawyer	Barrow	A. Ruane   1T	Cowie   1T	Mellor	Idle	Sanderson	D. Ruane		>
League	22	Barrow	L	9	-	11	D. Ruane	Cartwright	Hughes	Wood   2G 1F	Causey	Garrity	Sawyer	Barrow	A. Ruane   1T	Cowie	Mellor	Idle	Sanderson	Williams		>
League	29	Bramley	W	23	-	20	D. Ruane	Cartwright	Hughes	Wood   3G	Causey	Garrity   1T	Fairhurst   1F	Barrow	A. Ruane   2T	Cowie   1T	Mellor	Williams	Sanderson	Idle		>
League	Dec  6	Wakefield T.	L	2	-	30	D. Ruane	Cartwright	Hughes	Wood   1G	Causey	Garrity	Sawyer	Brown	A. Ruane	Clucas	Mellor	Idle	Williams	Sanderson		>
League	20	Whitehaven	L	2	-	26	D. Ruane	Cartwright	Hughes	Wood   1G	Causey	Garrity	Fairhurst	Barrow	A. Ruane	Cowie	Idle	Williams	Sanderson	Hoare	Mellor	>
League	27	Oldham	L	12	-	24	Sawyer   1T	Cartwright   1T	Garrity	Vaafusu	Causey	Hughes	Fairhurst	Barrow	A. Ruane   2G	Cowie	Williams	Idle	Sanderson	Hoare		>
League	Jan  3	Huddersfield	W	8	-	6	Sawyer	Cartwright	Garrity	Vaafusu	Causey	Hughes	Fairhurst   2G	Barrow	Lowe	Cowie	Idle	Williams   1T	Sanderson	Mellor	Hoare	>
League	10	Keighley	W	15	-	10	Sawyer	Cartwright	Garrity	Vaafusu	Causey   2T	Hughes	Fairhurst   1F	Barrow	A. Ruane   1G	Cowie   1T	Byron	Idle	Williams	Sanderson		>
League	17	Workington	W	18	-	8	Sawyer   1T	Cartwright	Garrity   1T	Vaafusu   1T	Causey	Fairhurst	Dobson	Barrow	A. Ruane   3G	Cowie	Byron	Idle	Sanderson	McGinty	Mellor	>
CC (1)	31	Barrow	W	6	-	4	Sawyer	Cartwright	Garrity	Vaafusu	Causey	Fairhurst	Dobson	Barrow	A. Ruane   1T 1G	Cowie	Byron	Idle	Sanderson	Wood	Mellor	>
CC (2)	Feb  14	Halifax	L	6	-	30	Sawyer	Cartwright	Garrity	Vaafusu	Causey	Wood   1G	Dobson	Hoare	A. Ruane	Cowie	Byron	Idle	Williams   1T	Mellor		>
League	28	Huddersfield	L	22	-	23	Sawyer   2T	Cartwright	Garrity	Vaafusu	Causey   1T	Wood   3G	Dobson	Barrow	A. Ruane	Cowie	Byron	Idle	Williams   1T			>
League	Mar  6	Keighley	L	4	-	14	D. Ruane	Cartwright	Wood	Vaafusu	Causey	Fairhurst	Sawyer	Barrow	A. Ruane   1T	Cowie	Byron	Sanderson	Williams	Idle	Clucas	>
League	9	Wakefield T.	L	8	-	18	D. Ruane   2G	Cartwright	McGinty	Vaafusu	Causey	Fairhurst	Sawyer	Barrow	A. Ruane	Cowie	Byron	Idle	Williams   1T	Sanderson		>
League	13	Carlisle	W	11	-	10	Wood	Cartwright	McGinty	Vaafusu	Causey	D. Ruane   1G	Sawyer	Barrow	A. Ruane   1F	Cowie   1T	Byron	Sanderson	Williams   1T	Mellor	Clucas	>
League	20	Featherstone R.	L	12	-	14	Wood   2G	Cartwright   1T	McGinty	Vaafusu	Causey	Fairhurst	Sawyer	Barrow	A. Ruane	Clucas	Sanderson	Idle	Williams   1T	Diamond	Hoare	>
League	27	Doncaster	L	18	-	21	Sanderson	Cartwright   1T	McGinty	Vaafusu	Diamond	Fairhurst	Sawyer	Byron	A. Ruane   1T 3G	Cowie   1T	Nanyn	Idle	Williams	O'Neill	Causey	>
League	Apr  1	Oldham	L	6	-	58	Sanderson	Stokes	McGinty	Vaafusu	Diamond	Sawyer   1T	Hitchin   1G	Byron	A. Ruane	Cowie	Nanyn	Idle	Williams			>
League	4	Bramley	L	24	-	34	Sawyer   1T	Diamond	Causey	Nanyn	Stokes	Hitchin   1G	A. Ruane   1T 3G	Barrow   1T	Lowe	Cowie	Byron   1T	Mellor	Williams	Nash		>
League	13	Runcorn H.	L	8	-	16	Sanderson	Diamond	McGinty	Vaafusu	Stokes	Causey   1T	Hitchin	Barrow	A. Ruane   2G	Cowie	Mellor	Idle	Nanyn	Brown		>
League	17	Workington	L	4	-	13	Sanderson	Vaafusu	McGinty	Nanyn   1T	Stokes	Causey	Hitchin	Byron	Lowe	Cowie	Idle	Mellor	Williams	Brown		>

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

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