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Wigan 13 Rochdale Hornets 2 - Tuesday 24th October 1978
Venue: Central Park, Wigan
Competition: BBC 2 Floodlit Trophy First Round
Kick Off:
7:30pm
| WiganlBacks:l |
1. George Fairbairn, 2. Dennis Ramsdale, 3. Dave Willicombe, 4. Alan
Greenall, 5. Jimmy Hornby, 6. Keiron O'Loughlin, 7. Bernard Coyle |
| WiganlForwards:l |
8. Steve Breheny, 9. Ray Martland, 10. John Wood, 11. John Foran, 12. Steve
O'Neill, 13. Dennis Boyd |
| WiganlSubs Used:l |
14. Terry Hollingsworth (replaced Steve Breheny), 15. Bill Melling (replaced
John Wood) |
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WiganlTries:l |
Dave Willicombe, Dennis Ramsdale, Bernard Coyle |
| WiganlGoals:l |
George Fairbairn 2 |
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Summary:l |
Wigan progressed past Rochdale in the First Round of the
BBC Floodlit Trophy. |
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Television:l |
Delayed Highlights on BBC 2 between 10:30 and 11:15pm. Commentator: Eddie
Waring |
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Note:l |
Wigan had won and were due to meet Huddersfield in Round 2 at Central Park on
Tuesday 14th November 1978 (7:30pm). However Rochdale lodged an appeal
after it emerged that Wigan's Steve Breheny should not have played in this
match due to a six match suspension occurred following the red card in a match
against Wakefield in September. The Rugby League Council originally fined
Wigan £500 for playing him, but Rochdale went further and appealed for Wigan
to be kicked out the competition. Four days before the scheduled tie
against Huddersfield on 10th November, a special Council meeting upheld Rochdale's complaint and
Wigan were duly kicked out the competition with Rochdale re-instated. Even though Rochdale beat Huddersfield on 15th November, Wigan still did
not let things lie. They maintain Breheny had completed his six match ban
and they applied for a court injunction on November 28th to stop the Rochdale v Widnes Semi Final
from being played on December 4th. A writ was issued against Rugby League
Secretary David Oxley, chairman Sumner Baxendale and all members of the
Rugby League Council over the decision to eliminate them and a hearing was
set for Manchester Crown Court on December 3rd. However at that hearing, an
agreement between the two parties was reached within just five minutes. The conclusion
of all that was that Wigan
had indeed played Steve Breheny whilst he still had one match to serve on his
six match ban and thus the decision to eliminate them remained. Rochdale went on
to lose their Semi Final at home to Widnes. |
1978-1979 BBC 2 Floodlit Trophy First Round Results
Tuesday 26th September 1978
Castleford 20 Wakefield Trinity 11 (Delayed Highlights on BBC 2)
Thursday 28th September 1978
Barrow 17 Leigh 5
Tuesday 3rd October 1978
Halifax 12 Hull Kingston Rovers 31 (Delayed Highlights on BBC 2)
Keighley 15 Huddersfield 25
Widnes 17 Whitehaven 13
Tuesday 10th October 1978
Leeds 8 Hull 14 (Delayed Highlights on BBC 2)
Tuesday 17th October 1978
Salford 15 St Helens 17 (Delayed Highlights on BBC 2)
Tuesday 24th October 1978
Wigan 13 Rochdale Hornets 2 (Delayed Highlights on BBC 2)*
*Tie was later awarded to Rochdale with Wigan found guilty of playing an
illegible player.
1978-1979 BBC 2 Floodlit Trophy Second Round Results
Tuesday 31st October 1978
Barrow 0 Hull 6 (Delayed Highlights on BBC 2)
Tuesday 7th November 1978
St Helens 47 Castleford 5 (Delayed Highlights on BBC 2)
Wednesday 15th November 1978
Rochdale Hornets 10 Huddersfield 9*
Tuesday 21st November 1978
Hull Kingston Rovers 10 Widnes 13 (Delayed Highlights on BBC 2)
*Because Rochdale had only been re-instated at short notice, the tie was not
able to be televised on Tuesday 14th November.
1978-1979 BBC 2 Floodlit Trophy Semi Final Results
Tuesday 28th November 1978
Hull 5 St Helens 13 (Delayed Highlights on BBC 2)
Friday 8th December 1978
Rochdale Hornets 9 Widnes 26*
*Was postponed when due to be televised on Tuesday 5th December.
1978-1979 BBC 2 Floodlit Trophy Final Result
Tuesday 12th December 1978
St Helens 7 Widnes 13 (Delayed Highlights on BBC 2)
BBC 2 - Tuesday 24th October 1978
10:30am Working for Safety (till
10:55am)
11:00am Play School (till 11:25am)
2:30pm Tecair Ltd (till
2:55pm)
3:00pm Film as Evidence (till 3:25pm)
3:30pm Living in the City
(till 3:55pm)
5:15pm Open University (till 5:40pm)
6:55pm News Headlines,
Weather
7:00pm Digame! (Spanish Lessons for Beginners)
7:25pm News,
Weather
7:30pm One Man and His Dog: Second Semi Final - England v Ireland
(Sheepdog Trials presented by Phillip Drabble & Eric Halsall)
8:00pm One More
Time (30 Minutes of Songs)
8:30pm Roots of England: Farming in East Anglia
9:00pm Roots (Part 6 - Serialisation of a book by Alex Haley)
10:30pm
Floodlit Rugby League: Wigan v Rochdale
11:15pm News, Weather
11:25pm The Old Grey
Whistle Test (Guests: Whitesnake, The Average White Band)
12:05am Poem
Reading, Closedown
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