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1984/85 State Express Challenge Cup

Preliminary Round

Summary of Matches

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>  Leeds 68 (E. Grothe 3, D. Creasser 2, P. Medley 2, T. Paterson 2, K. Dick, L. Dyl, N. Hague, R. Lulham tries; D. Creasser 8 goals) defeated Bridgend 6 (R. Blackwood try; D. Alred goal) at Headingley.
Date: Sun, 27th January.   Referee: Derek Fox.   Crowd: 3,692.
Leeds: Hague, Grothe, Creasser, Dyl, Hunt; Lulham, Dick; Dickinson, Ward, Hill, Medley, Paterson, Heron. Int: Maskill, Holmes.
Bridgend: Barwood, Alred, Palmer, Jenkins, Thomas; Barwood, Gilmore; Thomas, Glover, Davies, Fleay, Nanson, Vickers. Int: Blackwood.
>  Halifax 26 (M. Hagan 2, P. Langmack, S. Nicholls tries; B. Hudson 5 goals) defeated Barrow 12 (K. Elwell, L. Quirk tries; S. Tickle 2 goals) at Craven Park (Barrow).
Date: Tue, 29th January.   Referee: Fred Lindop.   Crowd: 2,925.
Barrow: Tickle, Elliott, Whittle, Heselwood, Quirk; Cannon, Cairns; Hodkinson, Elwell, Sykes, Clough, Herbert, Hadley, Fitzgerald.
Halifax: Hudson, Nicholls, Garrod, Anderson, O'Byrne; Ryan, Hagan; Bella, McCallion, Beevers, Arnold, Neller, Langmack. Int: Anderson, Bond.
>  Salford 14 (P. Fletcher, M. McTigue tries; C. Griffiths 3 goals) defeated Featherstone 6 (K. Bell try; S. Quinn goal) at The Willows.
Date: Tue, 29th January.   Referee: Bernard Walker.   Crowd: 1,652.
Salford: Fletcher, Marsh, Byrne, Glynn, Griffiths; Taylor, Bloor; Dickens, Groves, Disley, Muller, McTigue, Pendlebury. Int: Shuttleworth.
Featherstone: Barker, Waites, Quinn, Banks, Gilbert; Mackintosh, Fox; Siddall, Spurr, Gibbins, Hobbs, Bell, Lyman. Int: Slater, Clawson.
>  Wakefield 25 (N. Bell, I. Hopkinson, D. Jones, J. Lyons, B. Nicholson tries; A. Sygrove 2 goals; H. Box field goal) defeated Doncaster 6 (G. Moore try; K. Harcombe goal) at Tattersfield.
Date: Sun, 3rd February.   Referee: Ken Spencer.   Crowd: 852.
Doncaster: Harcombe, Williams, Lumb, Moore, Sykes; Plummer, McGuire; Harrison, Capless, Masson, Hobbs, Burton, Noble. Int: Hutchinson, Robinson.
Wakefield: Sygrove, Jones, Gerard, Eden, Nicholson; Lyons, Bell; Hopkinson, Shaw, Cocks, Waters, Swanston, Box. Int: Tosney, Thompson.

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