Round 1
Halifax 3 def. Wigan 2
| Challenge Cup 1980/81 Round 1 |
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| Match URL | www.rugbyleagueproject.org/matches/26349 | |||||||
| Status | Completed | |||||||
| Date | Sunday, 15th February, 1981 | |||||||
| Referee | Vince Moss | |||||||
| Venue | Thrum (Halifax) | |||||||
| Crowd | 8,360 | |||||||
| Halifax | Scoresheet | Wigan | ||||||
| Jimmy BIRTS | G | George FAIRBAIRN | ||||||
| Jimmy BIRTS | FG | |||||||
| Halifax | Teams | Wigan | ||||||
| Jimmy BIRTS | 1 | FB | 1 | George FAIRBAIRN | ||||
| Mick O'BYRNE | 2 | W | 2 | Dennis RAMSDALE | ||||
| Graham EVANS | 3 | C | 3 | John BUTLER | ||||
| David CHOLMONDELEY | 4 | C | 4 | Martin FOY | ||||
| Keith WAITES | 5 | W | 5 | Barry WILLIAMS | ||||
| Mick BLACKER | 6 | FE | 6 | Les BOLTON | ||||
| Terry LANGTON | 7 | HB | 7 | Gary STEPHENS | ||||
| David CALLON | 8 | FR | 8 | Alan HODKINSON | ||||
| Alan MASKILL | 9 | HK | 9 | Nicky KISS | ||||
| George STANDIDGE | 10 | FR | 10 | Eddie BOWMAN | ||||
| Mick SCOTT | 11 | 2R | 11 | Denis BOYD | ||||
| Tony GARFORTH | 12 | 2R | 12 | Steven O'NEILL | ||||
| Ken LOXTON | 13 | L | 13 | John PENDLEBURY | ||||
| B | 14 | David WALSH | ||||||
| Dave BUSFIELD | 15 | B | 15 | Billy MELLING | ||||
| Mick BLACKER | HC | Maurice BAMFORD | ||||||
Team Info
Halifax
- Previous Game:
- Match Day 23 vs. Oldham
- Next Game:
- Challenge Cup 1980/81 - Round 2 vs. Wakefield
- Out:
- Trevor Feeney (fullback), Graham Garrod (centre)
- In:
- Jimmy Birts (fullback), Graham Evans (centre)
Wigan
- Previous Game:
- Match Day 24 vs. Whitehaven
- Next Game:
- Match Day 25 vs. Dewsbury
- Out:
- Anthony Murray (bench)
- In:
- Alan Hodkinson (front row), David Walsh (bench)
- Changes:
- Steven O'Neill (front row to second row), Billy Melling (second row to bench)
This match is a part of the following:
Contributions:
Shawn Dollin, Bill Bates
Sources:
Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook (1981-82 to 1999), Irvin Saxton's Record Keepers' Club

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