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1983/84 State Express Challenge Cup

Round 1

Summary of Matches

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>  Castleford 42 (B. Atkins 2, K. Ward 2, K. England, G. Hyde tries; R. Beardmore 9 goals) defeated Kent Invicta 20 (F. Feighan 2, M. Elia tries; T. O'shea 4 goals) at London Road Stadium.
Date: Sat, 11th February.   Referee: Ron Campbell.   Crowd: 1,643.
Kent Invicta: Penola, Richardson, Elia, Harding, Feighan; Lane, Thaler; Van bellen, Bishop, Cooper, Mordell, O'shea, Hetherington. Int: Norton.
Castleford: Roockley, Gill, Joyner, Freeman, Marchant; Robinson, Beardmore; Connell, Beardmore, Ward, James, Atkins, England. Int: Hyde, Battye.
>  Workington 14 (H. Burns, I. Hartley, A. Roper tries; L. Hopkins goal) defeated Barrow 12 (I. Ball, R. McConnell tries; I. Ball goal; D. Cairns, S. Tickle field goals) at Craven Park (Barrow).
Date: Sun, 12th February.   Referee: Kevin Allatt.   Crowd: 5,132.
Barrow: Tickle, James, Moore, Ball, Quirk; McConnell, Cairns; Hodkinson, Wall, McJennett, Herbert, Szymala, Mossop. Int: Hadley.
Workington: Hopkins, Roper, Maughan, Thompson, Beck; Todd, Burns; Nixon, Lightfoot, Dobie, Pattinson, Hartley, Pattinson. Int: Smith, Falcon.
>  Hull KR 27 (D. Laws 2, G. Prohm 2, M. Broadhurst, G. Clark tries; G. Fairbairn goal; G. Fairbairn field goal) defeated Blackpool 10 (H. Waddell try; N. Turley 3 goals) at Borough Park (Blackpool).
Date: Sun, 12th February.   Referee: Bernard Walker.   Crowd: 2,758.
Blackpool: Johns, Wilson, Greenall, Davies, Stockley; Price, Coyle; Gamble, Gaynor, Waddell, Wills, Dickinson, Turley. Int: Grundy, Briscoe.
Hull KR: Fairbairn, Clark, Smith, Prohm, Laws; Dorahy, Smith; Broadhurst, Rudd, Millington, Kelly, Casey, Hall. Int: Hartley, Hogan.
>  Bradford 20 (R. Davies, D. Jasiewicz, K. Whiteman tries; S. Parrish 4 goals) defeated Featherstone 4 (S. Quinn 2 goals) at Odsal Stadium.
Date: Sun, 12th February.   Referee: Stephen Haigh.   Crowd: 7,542.
Bradford: Mumby, Parrish, Pennant, Davies, Whiteman; Hanley, Robinson; Grayshon, Noble, Van Bellen, Idle, Jasiewicz, Sheldon. Int: Hale, Carroll.
Featherstone: Barker, Barends, McMahon, Quinn, Marsh; Banks, Fox; Siddall, Spurr, Stone, Hobbs, Hankins, Hudson. Int: Bardgett, Smith.
>  Bramley 10 (P. Lister try; S. Kilner 2 goals; S. Carroll, S. Kilner field goals) drew with Wigan 10 (H. Gill, G. West tries; C. Whitfield goal) at McLaren Field.
Date: Sun, 12th February.   Referee: Ken Spencer.   Crowd: 3,968.
Bramley: Kilner, Dyas, Fletcher, Bullough, Bibb; Lister, Carroll; Hindley, Cook, Garforth, Harrison, Green, Clarkson. Int: Bowman.
Wigan: Hampson, Ramsdale, Stephenson, Whitfield, Gill; Edwards, Holden; Case, Tamati, Nanyn, West, Scott, Wane. Int: Juliff, Dunn.
>  Hull 34 (G. Kemble 2, G. Schofield 2, S. Patrick, D. Topliss tries; L. Crooks 3, G. Schofield 2 goals) defeated Cardiff 6 (L. Hallett 3 goals) at Ninian Park.
Date: Sun, 12th February.   Referee: Fred Lindop.   Crowd: 2,735.
Cardiff: O'Brien, Barwood, Walters, Fenwick, Camilleri; Hallett, Gwilliam; Seldon, Davies, David, Fleay, Daley, Ringer. Int: Pritchard, Nanson.
Hull: Kemble, Evans, Schofield, Leuluai, O'Hara; Topliss, Ah Kuoi; Tindall, Patrick, Edmonds, Dannatt, Crooks, Divorty. Int: Solal, Norton.
>  Doncaster 11 (J. Masson try; D. Noble 2 goals; D. Noble 3 field goals) defeated Batley 8 (M. Wilson try; H. Oulton 2 goals) at Tattersfield.
Date: Sun, 12th February.   Referee: John Mean.   Crowd: 634.
Doncaster: Smith, Plange, Wilkes, Noble, Williams; Chester, Russell; Jeff, Knott, Ellis, Masson, Marshall, Portz.
Batley: Storey, Reed, Jones, Gibson, Oulton; Winterbottom, Wilson; Barraclough, Cummins, Savage, Cousins, Finn, Swale. Int: Presley.
>  Wakefield 19 (W. Lewis 2, B. Adams, D. Jones tries; C. Maskill goal; N. Stephenson field goal) defeated Halifax 7 (T. Langton try; S. Smith goal; G. Cawood field goal) at Thrum Hall.
Date: Sun, 12th February.   Referee: Paul Volante.   Crowd: 4,402.
Halifax: Smith, O'Byrne, Garrod, Dickinson, Waites; Cawood, Moses; Goodwin, Whitehouse, Walton, Shillito, Bond, Langton. Int: Agar, Sharp.
Wakefield: Box, Fletcher, Swann, Coventry, Jones; Lewis, Bell; Bratt, Maskill, Harris, Gearey, Gill, Stephenson. Int: Adams, Williams.
>  Hunslet 21 (G. King, P. Roe, I. Sampson tries; E. Fitzsimons 3 goals; E. Fitzsimons 3 field goals) defeated Keighley 10 (D. Moll, B. Proctor tries; G. Rowse goal) at Elland Road.
Date: Sun, 12th February.   Referee: Jim Smith.   Crowd: 1,466.
Hunslet: Briers, Hullock, Tate, Roe, Fitzsimons; Murrell, King; Lean, Gibson, Brown, Smith, Sampson, Wolford. Int: Wright, Sanderson.
Keighley: Rowse, Moll, Nicholson, Beale, Brearley; Robinson, Ferres; Sellers, Hodgson, Arnold, Ellis, Proctor, Cholmondeley. Int: Wood, Fairhurst.
>  Oldham 28 (D. Foy 2, M. Parrish, P. Sherman tries; M. Parrish 6 goals) defeated Huyton 10 (M. Shaw, I. Smith tries; P. Glover goal) at The Watersheddings.
Date: Sun, 12th February.   Referee: Robin Whitfield.   Crowd: 2,552.
Oldham: Littler, Sherman, Parrish, Foy, Hornby; Birkby, Kirwan; Jones, Morgan, Coyle, Sinclair, Worrall, Flanagan. Int: Taylor, Naidole.
Huyton: Tabern, Smith, Crehan, McCabe, Jackson; Shaw, Bishop; Blackburn, O'Toole, Middlehurst, Cooper, Grady, Glover. Int: Corwell, Fletcher.
>  York 17 (G. Price, G. Steadman, I. Tansley tries; G. Steadman 2 goals; G. Steadman field goal) defeated Rochdale 8 (C. Birdsall try; S. Turner goal; B. Hughes, W. Platt field goals) at Athletic Ground (Rochdale).
Date: Sun, 12th February.   Referee: John McDonald.   Crowd: 756.
Rochdale: Simpkin, Munro, McGiffen, Turner, Wiltshire; Morris, Hughes; Birdsall, Lowe, Grattan, Deakin, Haslam, Platt. Int: Wainwright, Duffy.
York: Midgley, Pryce, Harrison, Morrell, Kain; Steadman, Wilson; Hooper, Phillippo, Hughes, Tansley, Price, Smith. Int: Orr.
>  St Helens 16 (N. Holding, A. Platt tries; C. Griffiths 3 goals; C. Griffiths, N. Holding field goals) defeated Leigh 10 (D. Drummond, J. Westhead tries; J. Woods goal) at Knowsley Road.
Date: Sun, 12th February.   Referee: John Gocher.   Crowd: 6,556.
St Helens: Rule, Ledger, Peters, Haggerty, Griffiths; Arkwright, Holding; Burke, Liptrot, Gorley, Platt, Round, Pinner. Int: Litherland, Bottell.
Leigh: Stradins, Drummond, Woods, Johnson, Fox; Donlan, Varley; Wilkinson, Ainsworth, Pyke, Cottrell, Clarke, Westhead, Martyn.
>  Leeds 24 (T. Clark, D. Creasser, P. Prendiville, I. Wilkinson tries; D. Creasser 4 goals) defeated Salford 16 (D. Bloor, P. Groves, D. Ruddy tries; P. Shuttleworth 2 goals) at The Willows.
Date: Sun, 12th February.   Referee: John Kendrew.   Crowd: 4,299.
Salford: Fletcher, Bentley, Byrne, Glynn, Ruddy; Shuttleworth, Bloor; Boyd, Groves, Smith, Williams, Dickens, McTigue, Major.
Leeds: Wilkinson, Prendiville, Bell, Creasser, Smith; Holmes, Martin; Dickinson, Clark, Rayne, Rayne, Laurie, Webb, Moorby.
>  Warrington 34 (B. Eccles 2, J. Bevan, R. Duane, M. Gregory, K. Kelly tries; S. Hesford 5 goals) defeated Huddersfield 16 (N. Murray, R. Price tries; R. Hirst 4 goals) at Wilderspool.
Date: Sun, 12th February.   Referee: Stan Wall.   Crowd: 3,064.
Warrington: Hesford, Forster, Bevan, Duane, Ford; Blacker, Kelly; Eccles, O'Mahoney, Worrall, Gregory, Fieldhouse, Webb. Int: Morris, Muller.
Huddersfield: Hirst, Cramp, Slater, Senior, George; Johnson, Greenwood; Murray, Price, Johnson, Fitzpatrick, Rowe, Davies. Int: Leathley, Dixon.
>  Fulham 17 (D. Allen, T. Stockley tries; S. Diamond 4 goals; S. Diamond field goal) defeated Whitehaven 10 (W. Fisher, V. Gribbin tries; V. Gribbin goal) at Recreation Ground (Whitehaven).
Date: Sun, 12th February.   Referee: Derek Fox.   Crowd: 1,683.
Whitehaven: Stoddart, Dalton, Fisher, Mackie, Ratcliffe; Gribbin, Hall; Phythian, Banks, Frazer, Hartley, Cottier, Huddart. Int: Cameron, D'Leny.
Fulham: Mills, M'Barki, Bayliss, Diamond, Jones; Stockley, Bowden; Beverley, Doherty, Gourley, Jackson, Dearden, Allen. Int: Eckersley, Kinsey.
>  Widnes 54 (J. Basnett 2, D. Hulme 2, R. Linton 2, K. Tamati 2, J. Lydon, K. O'Loughlin, J. Wood tries; J. Lydon 5 goals) defeated Dewsbury 10 (M. Keyworth, G. Mook tries; S. Dunford goal) at Naughton Park.
Date: Sun, 12th February.   Referee: Cliff Hodgson.   Crowd: 4,005.
Widnes: Burke, Lydon, Hughes, O'Loughlin, Basnett; Gregory, Hulme; O'Neill, Elwell, Tamati, Wood, Whitfield, Adams. Int: Linton, Myler.
Dewsbury: Squires, Dunford, Jennings, Collins, Ramsden; Vasey, Keyworth; King, Dufton, Dickinson, Mook, Wood, Cockx. Int: Buckton, Diskin.
>  Wigan 34 (M. Cannon 2, B. Dunn, W. Elvin, G. West, C. Whitfield tries; C. Whitfield 5 goals) defeated Bramley 4 (P. Lister try) at Central Park.
Date: Wed, 15th February.   Referee: Ken Spencer.   Crowd: 5,815.
Wigan: Hampson, Ramsdale, Stephenson, Whitfield, Gill; Cannon, Stephens; West, Tamati, Case, Dunn, Scott, Elvin. Int: Juliff, Nanyn.
Bramley: Kilner, Dyas, Fletcher, Bullough, Bibb; Lister, Carroll; Garforth, Cook, Hindley, Harrison, Green, Clarkson. Int: Carter, Clayton.

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