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Widnes 21 Wigan 5 - Saturday 24th February 1979
Venue: Naughton Park, Widnes
Competition: State Express Challenge Cup Second Round
Kick Off:
2:45pm
| WiganlBacks:l |
1. Trevor Stockley, 2. Dennis Ramsdale, 3. John Butler, 4. Alan Greenall, 5.
Jimmy Hornby, 6. Keiron O'Loughlin, 7. Les Bolton |
| WiganlForwards:l |
8. Maurice Platt, 9. Tony Karalius, 10. Steve O'Neill, 11. Bill Melling, 12.
John Foran, 13. Dennis Boyd |
| WiganlSubs Used:l |
14. Cliff Sayer (replaced Dennis Ramsdale - Half Time), 15. David Regan
(replaced Maurice Platt - 59th Minute) |
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WiganlTries:l |
Jimmy Hornby |
| WiganlGoals:l |
Jimmy Hornby 1 |
| WidneslBacks:l |
1. David Eckersley, 2. Stuart Wright, 3. Mal Aspey, 4. Derek George, 5. Eric
Hughes, 6. Mick Burke, 7. Reg Bowden |
| WidneslForwards:l |
8. Brian Hogan, 9. Keith Elwell, 10. Jim Mills, 11. Mike O'Neill, 12. Alan
Dearden, 13. Mick Adams |
| WidneslSubs Used:l |
(None) |
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WidneslTries:l |
Jim Mills 2, Derek George, Mick Burke, Stuart Wright |
| WidneslGoals:l |
Mick Burke 3 |
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Summary:l |
This was a tough cup draw for Wigan away at league
leaders Widnes and it proved to be a miserable afternoon with one newspaper
describing the BBC televised match as a "non-event". The same article went
on to describe Wigan as "astonishingly poor". Widnes led comfortable 11-2 at
half time and Wigan showed no signs of recovery after the interval. Wigan
did get a try back to make it 14-5 at one point but Widnes progressed to
leave Wigan fighting just in the league. |
|
Half Time:l |
Widnes 11 Wigan 2 |
| Referee:l |
W.H Thompson (Huddersfield) |
| Television:l |
Live Coverage of the Second Half on BBC 1 during "Grandstand" - Commentator:
Eddie Waring |
1978-1979 State Express Challenge Cup Second Round Results
Saturday 24th February 1979
Widnes 21 Wigan 5 (Second Half Live on
BBC 1)
Sunday 25th February 1979
Barrow 25 Leigh 2
Keighley 12 Hull 33
Sunday 4th March 1979
Bradford Northern 14 Hull Kingston Rovers 7
Castleford 31 Dewsbury 15
Huddersfield 31 Bramley 12
Oldham 7 Wakefield
Trinity 13
Rochdale Hornets 10 St Helens 11
1978-1979 State Express Challenge Cup Quarter Final Results
Saturday 10th March 1979
Castleford 0 St Helens 10 (Second Half
Live on BBC 1)
Sunday 11th March 1979
Bradford Northern 8 Hull 8
Huddersfield 0 Widnes 14
Wakefield Trinity 8 Barrow 5
Wednesday 14th March 1979
Replay: Hull 4 Bradford Northern 8
1978-1979 State Express Challenge Cup Semi Final Results
Saturday 31st March 1979
Bradford Northern 11 Widnes 14 (at Station
Road, Swinton - Second Half
Live on BBC 1)
Saturday 7th April 1979
Wakefield Trinity 9 St Helens 7 (at
Headingley, Leeds - Second Half
Live on BBC 1)
1978-1979 State Express Challenge Cup Final Results
Saturday 5th May 1979
Wakefield Trinity 3 Widnes 12 (at Wembley
Stadium, London -
Live on BBC 1)
BBC 1 - Saturday 24th February 1979
9:20am Feeling Great!
9:30am Multi-Coloured Swap Shop
12:13pm Weather
12:15pm
Grandstand including.....
12:20 Football Focus
12:50 World Bobsleigh Championships: Two Man Bob from
Königssee, Germany
1:05 Boxing
1:20, 1:50, 2:20 Horse Racing from Kempton
Park
1:40, 3:00, 4:05 Show Jumping: Lancia Championships from Park Farm,
Northwood
2:10, 2:40 Indoor Hockey: Inter-Cities Championship from Crystal
Palace
3:20 Rugby League: Widnes v Wigan (Second Half)
4:25 Athletics:
European Indoor Championships from Vienna, Austria
4:40 Final Score
5:20pm The Pink Panther Show
5:40pm News, Weather, Sport, Look
North
5:55pm Jim'll Fix It with Jimmy Savile
6:30pm Dr. Who:
The Armageddon Factor (starring Tom Baker, Mary Tamm, Laila Ward)
6:55pm
Film: "Pony Express" (from 1953 starring Charlton Heston, Forrest Tucker)
8:30pm The Dick Emery Show (Guest: Roy Kinnear)
9:00pm Starsky and
Hutch
9:50pm News, Weather
10:00pm Match of the Day: Derby
County v Liverpool & Portsmouth v Grimsby Town (presented by Jimmy Hill)
11:00pm Saturday Night at the Mill (Hosts: Bob Langley, Tony Lewis & Guests:
Michel Legrand, Jimmy Young)
11:50pm Weather, National Anthem,
Closedown
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