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Championship 1987/88

Match Day 1

Results

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>  Castleford 20 (K. Beardmore, G. Boothroyd, T. Marchant, D. Sampson tries; D. Roockley 2 goals) defeated St Helens 10 (C. Arkwright try; P. Loughlin 3 goals) at Wheldon Road.
Date: Sun, 30th August.   Referee: Fred Lindop.   Crowd: 5,443.
Castleford: Roockley, Plange, Marchant, Anderson, Boothroyd; Irwin, Southernwood; Shillito, Beardmore, Sampson, England, Ward, Joyner. Int: Mountain, Hill.
St Helens: Veivers, Large, Loughlin, Elia, McCormack; Bailey, Holding; Burke, Liptrot, Fieldhouse, Platt, Arkwright, Dwyer. Int: Forber, Haggerty.
>  Hull KR 24 (P. Hogan, J. Lydiat, P. Speckman, R. Stead tries; M. Fletcher 4 goals) defeated Swinton 7 (T. Evans try; P. Topping goal; F. Cassidy field goal) at Craven Park (Hull, Old).
Date: Sun, 30th August.   Referee: Jim Smith.   Crowd: 3,287.
Hull KR: Fletcher, Clark, Lydiat, Smith, Stead; Parker, Smith; Harrison, Watkinson, Ema, Burton, Hogan, Speckman. Int: Thompson, Rudd.
Swinton: Viller, Bate, Snape, Topping, Evans; Cassidy, Hewitt; Grima, Ainsworth, Muller, Holliday, Sheals, Allen, Wright.
>  Leeds 38 (R. Ashton, J. Basnett, D. Creasser, L. Crooks, C. Gibson, E. Johnson, P. Medley tries; D. Creasser 3, L. Crooks 2 goals) defeated Leigh 12 (J. Kerr, W. Standish tries; C. Johnson 2 goals) at Headingley.
Date: Sun, 30th August.   Referee: Gerry Kershaw.   Crowd: 7,576.
Leeds: Spencer, Johnson, Creasser, Gibson, Basnett; Lyons, Ashton; Rayne, Maskill, Powell, Crooks, Rathbone, Heron. Int: Medley, Brooke-Cowden.
Leigh: Collier, McCulloch, Johnson, Jeffrey, Standish; Kerr, Ford; Evans, Dean, Pyke, Dunn, Manfredi, Atherton. Int: Johnson, Cottrell.
>  Bradford 16 (K. Fairbank, P. Ford, P. Harkin tries; K. Mumby 2 goals) defeated Salford 12 (S. Herbert try; K. Jones 4 goals) at The Willows.
Date: Sun, 30th August.   Referee: John Kendrew.   Crowd: 2,514.
Salford: Bentley, Jones, O'Loughlin, Shaw, Wiltshire; Glynn, Bloor; Herbert, Moran, Disley, Blease, Lamb, McTigue. Int: Fazackerley, Major.
Bradford: Mumby, Ford, Parrish, Sidebottom, Race; Redfearn, Harkin; Hobbs, Noble, Hill, Tuffs, Fairbank, Fleming. Int: Donlan, Grayshon.
>  Warrington 54 (M. Roberts 3, T. Humphries 2, R. Jackson, B. McGinty, B. Peters, K. Tamati tries; J. Woods 9 goals) defeated Hunslet 4 (A. Platt try) at Wilderspool.
Date: Sun, 30th August.   Referee: Robin Whitfield.   Crowd: 4,123.
Warrington: Johnson, Drummond, Cullen, Peters, Ropati; Woods, Holden; Tamati, Roskell, Humphries, Sanderson, Roberts, McGinty. Int: Boyd, Jackson.
Hunslet: Kay, Bell, Tate, Irvine, Wilson; Coates, King; Mason, Sampson, Bateman, Platt, Bowden, Webb. Int: Sykes, Marson.
>  Widnes 28 (D. Hulme 2, M. O'Neill, D. Platt, K. Sorensen tries; J. Myler 4 goals) defeated Halifax 6 (P. Dixon try; S. Smith goal) at Naughton Park.
Date: Sun, 30th August.   Referee: John McDonald.   Crowd: 5,818.
Widnes: Myler, Platt, Dowd, Wright, Offiah; Myler, Hulme; Sorensen, McKenzie, O'Neill, O'Neill, Hulme, Pinner. Int: Stockley, Eyres.
Halifax: Eadie, Taylor, Wilson, Wilkinson, George; Anderson, Stephens; Beevers, McCallion, Neller, Dixon, Scott, Pendlebury. Int: Smith, Juliff.
>  Wigan 38 (S. Edwards 2, D. Bell, H. Gill, A. Goodway, N. Kiss, G. West tries; D. Stephenson 5 goals) defeated Hull 4 (W. Proctor try) at Central Park.
Date: Sun, 30th August.   Referee: John Holdsworth.   Crowd: 13,554.
Wigan: Hampson, Stephenson, Byrne, Bell, Gill; Edwards, Gregory; West, Kiss, Case, Wane, Potter, Goodway. Int: Russell, Gildart.
Hull: Fletcher, Eastwood, Vass, O'Hara, James; Pearce, Windley; Tomlinson, Patrick, Crooks, Elgar, Proctor, Divorty. Int: Welham, Dannatt.

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