Third Division 1997

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York Wasps

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	3 CC	1 CP	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	6	6	6	6	7	7	7	1 DP	2 DP	4 DP	5 DP	6 DP	7 DP	9 DP	10 DP
Karl SIMPSON	FB		FB	H	FB	FB	FB	B					B		B		W	W	B	FB	FB		C	C	C	FB	B	FB	FB	C
Chris HOPCUTT	W	W	W	W	W	W		W	W	W	W	B	W	W	W					B	B	W	W	W	W	B	W	W	C	W
Damian BALL	C	C	C	C	C	C	C	C	C	C	C	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	C	L	C	FE	C	L	L	C	L
Adam KNIGHTON	C	FB
Grant STEAD	W	W	W	W
Mark CAIN	FE	L	L	C	C	L	FE	L	FE	L		B	FB	FB	FB	FB	FB	FB					FB	FB	FB		FB	FE	L	FB
Colin BROWN	HB	HB	HB	HB	HB				B	FE	B	FE	HB	HB	B	B			HB	HB	B	HB	B	B
Jon HAMER	FR	FR	FR	FR	FR	FR	FR	FR	FR	FR	FR	FR	B	FR	B	FR	FR	FR	B	FR	FR	FR	FR	FR			FR	FR	FR	FR
Alan PALLISTER	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
Lee TICHENER	FR	2R										B		2R		B
Rich HAYES	2R		2R	2R	2R	2R	2R	2R	2R	FR	2R	2R	2R	2R	2R		2R						FR	FR	FR	FR	FR			B
Dave SMITH	2R								B	2R	L	2R	2R
Steve PRESTON	L	B	B	B	H		L
Mick JOHNSON	B	FE	B			B	W		B	B		FB								B
John HIRST	B						B	B																				B
Andy PRESTON	B				B	C			W			C	W	W		W	W	W	B
Jason GATUS	B	FR	FR	FR	FR	FR	FR	FR						B	B	2R	B	B	FR	B	B				FR	B	B			B
Peter WALSH		C			B			B	C	C	C	C	C	C	C	C	C	C									C	C
Craig FORSYTH		2R	2R	2R	2R	2R	2R	2R	2R	2R	2R							B	2R	B	2R	2R	2R
Neil MINTO		B
Michael HARRISON		B	C	B		B	B
Paul HARRISON		B	B									B	B	FR	FR							B	B		B	FR	B	FR	FR	FR
Alex GREEN			FE	FE	FE	HB	HB	HB	HB	HB	HB	HB	B					B
Paul MILLS			B			B			B	B	B	FR	FR	B	FR	FR	FR	FR	FR	FR	FR	FR
Peter FITZGERALD				FB	W		B	FB	FB	FB	FB	W	FE	FE	FE	FE	FE	FE	FE		FE	FB	FE	FE	FE	FE	FE		FE	FE
Bill GREENTREE				L	L				L	B	B
Sean PINDER				B	B			B	FR		FR		FR		2R	2R	2R	2R	B		L		L
Mark CHAPMAN					B	FE		FE		B	FE
Jeremy HICKMAN						W	W	W
Lyle GEORGE						B	B															B		B		B		2R	B
David FURNESS							C	C
Simon WILSON										W	B
Leigh DEAKIN											W	W			W	W			W	W	W		W	W	W	W	W		W	W
Scott LIMB													C	C	C	C	C	C	C	C	B	C						W
Mike CRANE														B	HB	HB	HB	HB	FB	FE	HB		HB	HB	HB	HB	HB	HB	HB	B
Andy PRECIOUS																	B	2R	L	2R					B	L	2R		B	L
Lee WELSH																		B	W	W	W	W			B	W	B
Craig WRIGHT																			2R	2R	2R	L	2R	2R	2R	2R		L	2R	2R
Richard HARRISON																				C	C	C	B	2R	2R	2R	2R	2R	2R	2R
Michael HAGAN																						2R		B					B
Tim RUMFORD																						B				B		B
Danny CRAMPTON																						B
Andrew WILSON																								C	C		C		C	C
Andy GABEL																									B	C		C
Jon STABLER																												B
Paul HIRST																													W	B
Gavin NICHOLSON																														HB

List of Matches

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Competition	Round	Opposition		Score			FB1	W2	C3	C4	W5	FE6	HB7	FR8	HK9	FR10	2R11	2R12	L13	B14	B15	B16	B17
Challenge Cup	Round 3	Dudley Hill	L	14	-	21	Simpson	Hopcutt   1G	Ball	Knighton   1T	Stead	Cain	Brown	Hamer	Pallister	Tichener	Hayes	Smith   2T	S. Preston	Johnson	J. Hirst	A. Preston	Gatus	>
Challenge Plate	Round 1	Widnes	L	16	-	18	Knighton	Hopcutt   1T 2G	Ball   1T	Walsh	Stead	Johnson	Brown	Gatus	Pallister	Hamer	Forsyth	Tichener	Cain	S. Preston	Minto	M. Harrison   1T	P. Harrison	>
Third Division	Round 3	Bramley	L	8	-	25	Simpson	Stead	Ball	M. Harrison	Hopcutt	Green   2G	Brown	Gatus	Pallister	Hamer	Forsyth   1T	Hayes	Cain	S. Preston	Johnson	P. Harrison	Mills	>
Third Division	Round 3	Rochdale H.	L	20	-	27	Fitzgerald   1T	Stead	Ball	Cain   2T	Hopcutt	Green   4G	Brown	Gatus	Simpson	Hamer	Forsyth	Hayes	Greentree	S. Preston	M. Harrison	Pinder		>
Third Division	Round 3	Carlisle	L	0	-	22	Simpson	Fitzgerald	Ball	Cain	Hopcutt	Green	Brown	Gatus	S. Preston	Hamer	Forsyth	Hayes	Greentree	A. Preston	Walsh	Pinder	Chapman	>
Third Division	Round 3	Prescot	W	36	-	16	Simpson	Hickman	Ball   2T 1G	A. Preston	Hopcutt	Chapman   1T	Green   1T 5G	Gatus	Pallister	Hamer   1T	Forsyth	Hayes   1T	Cain	Johnson	M. Harrison	Mills	George	>
Third Division	Round 3	Batley	L	6	-	68	Simpson   1T	Hickman	Ball	Furness	Johnson	Cain	Green   1G	Gatus	Pallister	Hamer	Forsyth	Hayes	S. Preston	J. Hirst	M. Harrison	Fitzgerald	George	>
Third Division	Round 3	Doncaster	W	50	-	8	Fitzgerald   3T	Hickman	Ball   1T	Furness	Hopcutt	Chapman   2T	Green   1T 9G	Gatus	Pallister	Hamer	Forsyth	Hayes	Cain	Simpson	J. Hirst	Walsh	Pinder   1T	>
Third Division	Round 4	Lancashire	L	23	-	26	Fitzgerald	A. Preston   1T	Ball	Walsh	Hopcutt	Cain	Green   3G 1F	Pinder	Pallister   1T	Hamer   1T	Forsyth	Hayes	Greentree	Brown   1T	Smith	Johnson	Mills	>
Third Division	Round 4	Barrow	W	72	-	8	Fitzgerald   2T 4G	S. Wilson	Ball   1T	Walsh	Hopcutt   1T	Brown   1T	Green   1T 6G	Hayes   1T	Pallister   2T	Hamer	Forsyth	Smith   1T	Cain   1T	Johnson   1T	Mills	Greentree	Chapman   1T	>
Third Division	Round 4	Leigh	L	14	-	34	Fitzgerald	Hopcutt   1T	Ball	Walsh	Deakin	Chapman	Green   3G	Pinder	Pallister	Hamer	Forsyth	Hayes	Smith	Brown   1T	Mills	Greentree	S. Wilson	>
Third Division	Round 5	Hunslet	L	10	-	22	Johnson	Fitzgerald	A. Preston	Walsh   1T	Deakin	Brown	Green   3G	Mills	Pallister	Hamer	Smith	Hayes	Ball	Hopcutt	Cain	Tichener	P. Harrison	>
Third Division	Round 5	Bramley	W	56	-	10	Cain   1T	Hopcutt   1T	Limb   1T	Walsh   1T	A. Preston	Fitzgerald   2T 8G	Brown   1T	Pinder	Pallister	Mills	Smith   1T	Hayes	Ball   2T	Simpson	Hamer	Green	P. Harrison	>
Third Division	Round 5	Rochdale H.	L	30	-	37	Cain   1T	Hopcutt	Limb   1T	Walsh	A. Preston	Fitzgerald   1T 5G	Brown	P. Harrison	Pallister	Hamer	Tichener	Hayes	Ball	Gatus	Mills	Crane   2T		>
Third Division	Round 5	Carlisle	W	37	-	16	Cain	Hopcutt	Limb   2T	Walsh	Deakin   2T	Fitzgerald   3T 4G	Crane   1F	P. Harrison	Pallister	Mills	Pinder	Hayes	Ball	Simpson	Brown	Hamer	Gatus	>
Third Division	Round 6	Prescot	W	32	-	27	Cain	A. Preston   1T	Limb   1T	Walsh	Deakin	Fitzgerald   2T 4G	Crane	Hamer	Pallister   1T	Mills	Pinder	Gatus	Ball   1T	Brown	Tichener			>
Third Division	Round 6	Batley	W	37	-	28	Cain   1T	Simpson   1T	Limb	Walsh	A. Preston	Fitzgerald   1T 8G	Crane   1T	Hamer	Pallister   1T	Mills	Pinder	Hayes	Ball	Gatus	Precious   1F			>
Third Division	Round 6	Doncaster	L	6	-	17	Cain	Simpson	Limb	Walsh	A. Preston	Fitzgerald   1G	Crane	Hamer	Pallister	Mills	Pinder	Precious	Ball	Gatus	Forsyth	Green	Welsh   1T	>
Third Division	Round 6	Lancashire	W	22	-	16	Crane	Welsh	Limb	Ball	Deakin   2T	Fitzgerald   3G	Brown   1T	Gatus	Pallister   1T	Mills	Forsyth	Wright	Precious	Simpson	Hamer	A. Preston	Pinder	>
Third Division	Round 7	Barrow	L	22	-	27	Simpson	Welsh   2T	Limb   1T	R. Harrison	Deakin	Crane	Brown	Hamer	Pallister	Mills	Wright   3G	Precious	Ball	Hopcutt   1T	Johnson	Gatus	Forsyth	>
Third Division	Round 7	Leigh	L	16	-	21	Simpson	Welsh	Ball	R. Harrison	Deakin	Fitzgerald   1T 2G	Crane	Hamer	Pallister   2T	Mills	Forsyth	Wright	Pinder	Hopcutt	Brown	Gatus	Limb	>
Third Division	Round 7	Hunslet	L	6	-	62	Fitzgerald   1G	Hopcutt	Limb	R. Harrison	Welsh	Ball	Brown	Hamer	Pallister	Mills	Forsyth	Hagan	Wright	P. Harrison	George	Rumford	Crampton   1T	>
Divisional Premiership	Round 1	Featherstone R.	L	8	-	40	Cain	Hopcutt	Ball	Simpson	Deakin	Fitzgerald   1T 2G	Crane	Hayes	Pallister	Hamer	Forsyth	Wright	Pinder	Brown	P. Harrison	R. Harrison		>
Divisional Premiership	Round 2	Hull KR	L	15	-	31	Cain	Hopcutt	A. Wilson	Simpson	Deakin	Fitzgerald   5G	Crane   1F	Hayes	Pallister	Hamer	R. Harrison	Wright	Ball	Brown	George   1T	Hagan		>
Divisional Premiership	Round 4	Wakefield T.	L	26	-	34	Cain	Hopcutt	A. Wilson   1T	Simpson	Deakin	Fitzgerald   1T 5G	Crane	Hayes	Pallister	Gatus	R. Harrison	Wright	Ball   2T	P. Harrison	Precious	Welsh	Gabel	>
Divisional Premiership	Round 5	Hull	L	12	-	50	Simpson	Welsh	Gabel	Ball	Deakin   1T	Fitzgerald   1T 2G	Crane	Hayes	Pallister	P. Harrison	R. Harrison	Wright	Precious	Hopcutt	Gatus	George	Rumford	>
Divisional Premiership	Round 6	Featherstone R.	L	12	-	70	Cain	Hopcutt	A. Wilson	Walsh   1T	Deakin	Fitzgerald   2G	Crane	Hayes	Pallister	Hamer	R. Harrison	Precious	Ball   1T	Simpson	Gatus	P. Harrison	Welsh	>
Divisional Premiership	Round 7	Hull KR	L	0	-	58	Simpson	Limb	Gabel	Walsh	Hopcutt	Cain	Crane	P. Harrison	Pallister	Hamer	George	R. Harrison	Wright	J. Hirst	Rumford	Stabler		>
Divisional Premiership	Round 9	Wakefield T.	W	13	-	10	Simpson	P. Hirst	A. Wilson	Hopcutt	Deakin	Fitzgerald   1T 2G	Crane	P. Harrison	Pallister	Hamer	R. Harrison	Wright	Cain	George	Precious   1T 1F	Hagan		>
Divisional Premiership	Round 10	Hull	L	6	-	52	Cain	Hopcutt	A. Wilson	Simpson	Deakin	Fitzgerald   1G	Nicholson	P. Harrison	Pallister   1T	Hamer	R. Harrison	Wright	Precious	Hayes	Gatus	Crane	P. Hirst	>

Contributions: Shawn Dollin, Andrew Ferguson, Greg Fiveash

Sources: Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook (1981-82 to 1999), Richard Bailey's Rugby League World