20th March 1897: Wigan 3 Radcliffe 0
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Wigan 3 Radcliffe 0 - Saturday 20th March 1897
Venue: Prescott Street, Wigan
Competition: Challenge Cup First Round

WiganlBacks:l

1. Joe Winstanley, 2. E.Webster, 3. Jimmy Walkden, 4. John Winstanley, 5. J.Robinson, 6. Billy Halliwell, 7. Peter Foster
WiganlForwards:l 8. Peter Green, 9. Billy Benson, 10. Jack Brown, 11. J.Perkins, 12. Rueben Collier, 13. J.Walsh, 14. George Rigby, 15. Jack Blackburn

WiganlTries:l

 (None)

WiganlConversions:l

 (None)

WiganlPenalty Goals:l

 Joe Winstanley 1

WiganlGoals from Mark:l

 (None)

WiganlDrop Goals:l

 (None)

Summary:l

Wigan had "dispensed of the services" of Charlie Wilding, John Timoney, Percy Jago and Pearsome-Newsome Knowles following the end of the league season which perhaps highlighted that the importance of this new inaugural Challenge Cup competition had not quite took hold. The Cup competition brought together the Lancashire and Yorkshire leagues as well as a huge amount of junior clubs. This First Round also had 12 teams on a bye straight through to Round 2. This match against Radcliffe was decided by a Joe Winstanley penalty goal in the first half.


Scoring:l Try - 3 points. Conversion - 2 points. Drop Goal - 4 points. Penalty - 3 points. Goal from Mark - 4 points.

1896-1897 Challenge Cup First Round Results

Saturday 20th March 1897
Bradford 7 Oldham 3
Broughton Rangers 0 Warrington 0
Castleford 43 Allerton 0
Eastmoor 8 Oldham Juniors 26
Halifax 55 Stockport Rangers 5
Holbeck 38 Latchford Rangers 3
Hull 9 Walkden 0
Hunslet 75 Broughton Recreation 5
Leeds 11 Rochdale St Clements 0
Leeds Parish Church 42 Runcorn Recreation 0
Leigh 0 Wakefield Trinity 0
Manningham 38 Dukinfield 3
Morecambe 8 Bramley 8
Rochdale Hornets 11 Waterhead Hornets 0
Runcorn 65 Warrington Locomotive 0
Salford 23 Warrington St Mary's 0
St Helens 56 Lees 0
Swinton 12 Huddersfield 4
Widnes 56 Atherton Hornets 0
Wigan 3 Radcliffe 0

Wednesday 24th March 1897
Replay: Bramley 6 Morecambe 4
Replay: Wakefield Trinity 13 Leigh 4
Replay: Warrington 3 Broughton Rangers 0

FirstlRoundlByes:l

Batley, Bradford Churchill, Brighouse Rovers, Crompton, Heckmondwike, Liversidge, St Helens Recreation, Stockport, Swinton Church, Thornton Rangers, Tyldesley, Werneth