Second Division 1983/84

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Swinton

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	L	L	L	1 LC	L	2 LC	L	SF LC	L	L	L	L	L	L	1 JPT	L	2 JPT	3 JPT	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	P CC	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	L
John GORTON	FB
Dave SUTTON	W	FB	B
Bobby TWIST	C																																						B
Alan RATCLIFFE	C	C	C	C	C	C	C	C	C	C	C	C	C	B	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W
Ken JONES	W			W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	B	B	B			C		W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W		W
Sean CONNOR	FE	W	W		C	C									C	C	C	C	C	C	C	C	C	C	C	C	W					B	W
Martin LEE	HB	HB	HB	FE	HB		HB	HB	HB	HB	HB	HB	HB	HB	HB	HB	HB	HB	HB	HB	HB			B	B	HB	HB		B	B		HB		HB	HB	HB		B	HB	HB	HB
Allan ROWLEY	FR	FR	FR	FR	FR		2R	B		B
Brian HIGGINS	H	H	H	H	H	H	H	H							H	H	H	H	H	H	H	H	H
Bill LOMAX	FR	B	B	FR															FR	FR	FR	FR	FR	FR	FR	FR	FR	FR	FR	FR	FR	FR	FR	FR	FR	FR	FR	FR	FR	FR	FR
Mark ROWBOTTOM	2R																				B	2R	2R	2R	2R	2R		B	2R	2R	2R	2R	2R	2R	2R	2R		2R	2R	2R	2R
Daryl PIERCE	2R	2R	L	2R	B				B	2R		B	2R	2R	2R	2R	2R	2R
Les HOLLIDAY	L	L			L	L			L	L	2R	2R	2R	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	B	B	L
William JOHNSON	B	FE	FE	HB	B	HB	B	B	B													HB	HB	HB	HB								B	B	B
Mike PEERS	B			2R	2R	B	B
Clive HUNTER		C	C	C				C	C	C	C	C	C	C	C	C	C	C	C	C	C	C	C	C	C		C	C	C	C	C	C	C	C	C	C	C	C	C	C	C
Derek BATE		W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W							W	W	W	W	W	W									W	W	W	W	W	W	W
Dennis ASHCROFT		FR	FR		FR	FR	FR	2R		FR
Jeff BROWN		2R	2R			2R	C	L					B	2R	2R	2R	2R	2R	2R	2R	2R		2R	2R		2R	2R	2R
Carl CRAWSHAW		B
Kevin O'LOUGHLIN			FB	FB	FB	FB	FB	FB	FB	B	FB	FB	FB	FB	FB	FB	FB	B
Alan DERBYSHIRE			2R												B	B	B	B	2R	2R	2R						2R	2R	2R	2R	2R	2R	H	2R	2R	2R	2R	2R	L	L
Les BOLTON				L	FE	FE	FE	FE	FE	FE	L	L	L
Steven WALSH				B		FR	FR	FR	FR		FR				FR	FR	FR	FR	FR	FR																B			FR
Gary ARROWSMITH					2R	2R	2R	2R	2R		2R	2R	FR	FR								2R	B	B	2R	B						FR	B	FR	FR	FR	FR	FR		FR	FR
Tom GITTINS						B	L		2R	2R				B
Terry CLARKE								FR	FR	FR	FR	FR	FR
Alex MELLING									H	H	H	H												H	H	H	H	H	H	H	H	H		H	H	H	H	H	H	H	H
Paul MELLOR										FB						B	B	FB	FB	FB	FB	FB	FB	FB	FB	FB	FB	FB	FB	FB	FB	FB	FB	FB	FB	FB	FB	FB
Danny WILSON											FE	FE	FE	C	FE	FE	FE	FE	FE	FE	FE	FE	FE	FE	FE	B	B	C	C	C	C	C	C	C	C	C	C	C	FE	FE	FE
Paul ARMITAGE											B	FR		FR	FR	FR	FR	FR		B	FR	FR	FR	FR	FR	FR	FR	FR	FR	FR	FR		FR
Alan FAIRHURST												B		FE												FE	FE	HB	HB	HB	HB		HB				HB	HB
Gary HITCHIN													H	H
Steve SNAPE																											C	FE	FE	FE	FE	FE	FE	FE	FE	FE	FE	FE	C	C	C
David MALONEY																												B						W		B			FB	FB	FB
Michael COATES																													B
Mark VILLER																														B						W	B		W	W	W
John ALLEN																																B	2R	B	B		2R		2R	2R	2R
Steve TOMLINSON																																						W
Steve WHITTLE																																								B

List of Matches

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Competition	Date	Opposition		Score			FB1	W2	C3	C4	W5	FE6	HB7	FR8	HK9	FR10	2R11	2R12	L13	B14	B15
League	Aug  21	Blackpool B.	L	4	-	16	Gorton	Sutton	Twist	Ratcliffe	Jones   2G	Connor	Lee	Rowley	Higgins	Lomax	Rowbottom	Pierce	Holliday	Johnson	Peers	>
League	28	Batley	W	14	-	10	Sutton   1T	Connor   1G	Ratcliffe   1T	Hunter	Bate   1T	Johnson	Lee	Rowley	Higgins	Ashcroft	Brown	Pierce	Holliday	Crawshaw	Lomax	>
League	31	Workington	L	6	-	18	O'Loughlin	Connor   1G	Hunter	Ratcliffe	Bate	Johnson	Lee	Rowley	Higgins	Ashcroft	Brown	Derbyshire   1T	Pierce	Sutton	Lomax	>
LC (1)	Sep  4	Huyton	W	13	-	12	O'Loughlin   1F	Jones   2G	Hunter	Ratcliffe	Bate	Lee	Johnson	Rowley	Higgins	Lomax	Peers   1T	Pierce	Bolton	Walsh		>
League	11	York	W	9	-	4	O'Loughlin	Jones	Connor	Ratcliffe	Bate	Bolton	Lee   2T	Rowley	Higgins	Ashcroft	Arrowsmith	Peers	Holliday   1F	Johnson	Pierce	>
LC (2)	14	Oldham	W	8	-	6	O'Loughlin	Jones   1T 2G	Ratcliffe	Connor	Bate	Bolton	Johnson	Walsh	Higgins	Ashcroft	Arrowsmith	Brown	Holliday	Gittins	Peers	>
League	18	Barrow	L	10	-	30	O'Loughlin	Bate	Brown	Ratcliffe   1T	Jones   1T 1G	Bolton	Lee	Walsh	Higgins	Ashcroft	Rowley	Arrowsmith	Gittins	Johnson	Peers	>
LC (SF)	21	Widnes	L	8	-	22	O'Loughlin	Jones   2G	Hunter	Ratcliffe	Bate   1T	Bolton	Lee	Walsh	Higgins	Clarke	Ashcroft	Arrowsmith	Brown	Johnson	Rowley	>
League	25	Workington	L	18	-	22	O'Loughlin	Jones   3G	Ratcliffe	Hunter	Bate	Bolton	Lee   1T	Walsh	Melling	Clarke	Arrowsmith	Gittins	Holliday	Johnson	Pierce   2T	>
League	Oct  2	Halifax	L	22	-	35	Mellor	Jones   5G	Hunter   1T	Ratcliffe	Bate	Bolton   1T	Lee	Clarke   1T	Melling	Ashcroft	Gittins	Pierce	Holliday	O'Loughlin	Rowley	>
League	9	Hunslet	L	18	-	26	O'Loughlin	Jones   3G	Ratcliffe   1T	Hunter	Bate	Wilson	Lee   1T	Walsh	Melling	Clarke	Arrowsmith	Holliday	Bolton   1T	Armitage		>
League	16	Carlisle	W	22	-	4	O'Loughlin	Jones   2T 1G	Hunter	Ratcliffe	Bate	Wilson   2T	Lee	Clarke	Melling	Armitage	Arrowsmith	Holliday   1T	Bolton	Fairhurst	Pierce	>
League	23	Keighley	W	23	-	14	O'Loughlin	Jones   1T 5G	Ratcliffe   1T	Hunter	Bate	Wilson   1T 1F	Lee	Clarke	Hitchin	Arrowsmith	Pierce	Holliday	Bolton	Brown		>
League	30	Kent Invicta	L	10	-	13	O'Loughlin	Jones   1T 1G	Wilson	Hunter	Bate	Fairhurst	Lee	Armitage	Hitchin	Arrowsmith	Pierce	Brown	Holliday	Ratcliffe   1T	Gittins	>
JPT (1)	Nov  6	Hunslet	W	17	-	16	O'Loughlin	Jones   4G	Hunter	Connor	Ratcliffe	Wilson   1T 1F	Lee	Armitage	Higgins	Walsh	Pierce	Brown	Holliday	Derbyshire		>
League	13	Huddersfield	W	14	-	11	O'Loughlin	Jones   1T 1G	Hunter	Connor	Ratcliffe	Wilson   1F	Lee   1T	Armitage	Higgins	Walsh	Pierce	Brown	Holliday   1F	Mellor	Derbyshire	>
JPT (2)	20	Keighley	W	23	-	8	O'Loughlin	Jones   1T 1G	Hunter   1T	Connor   2T	Ratcliffe	Wilson	Lee	Armitage	Higgins	Walsh	Pierce	Brown	Holliday   1T 1F	Mellor	Derbyshire	>
JPT (3)	27	Leeds	L	12	-	16	Mellor	Jones   1G	Hunter	Connor	Ratcliffe	Wilson   2T 1F	Lee   1F	Armitage	Higgins	Walsh	Pierce	Brown	Holliday	O'Loughlin	Derbyshire	>
League	Dec  4	Cardiff	W	25	-	12	Mellor	Jones   6G	Hunter	Connor	Ratcliffe	Wilson   1F	Lee   1T	Walsh	Higgins	Lomax	Derbyshire	Brown	Holliday			>
League	18	Batley	L	7	-	9	Mellor	Jones   1G	Hunter	Connor	Ratcliffe   1T	Wilson   1F	Lee	Lomax	Higgins	Walsh	Brown	Derbyshire	Holliday	Armitage		>
League	26	Rochdale H.	W	30	-	10	Mellor   1G	Bate   1T	Hunter	Connor	Ratcliffe	Wilson   3T	Lee	Armitage	Higgins   1T	Lomax	Brown	Derbyshire	Holliday	Jones   4G	Rowbottom	>
League	Jan  1	Huyton	W	36	-	4	Mellor	Bate   1T	Hunter   2T	Connor	Ratcliffe   1T	Wilson   1T 6G	Johnson	Armitage	Higgins	Lomax	Rowbottom   1T	Arrowsmith	Holliday	Jones		>
League	8	Bramley	W	12	-	10	Mellor	Bate	Hunter	Connor	Ratcliffe	Wilson   1T 3G 1F	Johnson	Armitage	Higgins	Lomax	Brown	Rowbottom	Holliday   1F	Jones	Arrowsmith	>
League	15	Dewsbury	W	42	-	2	Mellor   1T	Bate	Hunter	Connor   1T	Ratcliffe   1T	Wilson   1T 1G	Johnson	Armitage	Melling	Lomax	Rowbottom	Brown   1T	Holliday   1T 2G	Lee   3T	Arrowsmith	>
League	22	Kent Invicta	L	6	-	14	Mellor   3G	Bate	Hunter	Connor	Ratcliffe	Wilson	Johnson	Armitage	Melling	Lomax	Arrowsmith	Rowbottom	Holliday	Lee		>
CC (P)	29	Fulham	L	4	-	14	Mellor	Bate	Connor	Jones   1T	Ratcliffe	Fairhurst	Lee	Armitage	Melling	Lomax	Brown	Rowbottom	Holliday	Wilson	Arrowsmith	>
League	Feb  5	Halifax	L	13	-	14	Mellor   2G	Connor	Hunter   1T	Snape	Ratcliffe   1T	Fairhurst   1F	Lee	Armitage	Melling	Lomax	Brown	Derbyshire	Holliday	Wilson		>
League	15	York	W	25	-	20	Mellor	Jones   6G	Hunter	Wilson	Ratcliffe	Snape   2T	Fairhurst   1F	Armitage	Melling	Lomax	Brown	Derbyshire	Holliday   1T	Maloney	Rowbottom	>
League	19	Doncaster	W	42	-	0	Mellor   1G	Jones   1T 3G	Wilson	Hunter   1T	Ratcliffe	Snape	Fairhurst   1G	Armitage	Melling	Lomax   1T	Rowbottom   2T	Derbyshire	Holliday   3T	Lee	Coates	>
League	Mar  4	Carlisle	W	26	-	4	Mellor	Jones   3G	Hunter   1T	Wilson   2T	Ratcliffe	Snape	Fairhurst	Armitage	Melling	Lomax	Rowbottom	Derbyshire	Holliday	Lee   1T	Viller   1T	>
League	7	Hunslet	W	28	-	10	Mellor	Jones   6G	Hunter   1T	Wilson	Ratcliffe   1T	Snape   1T	Fairhurst	Armitage	Melling	Lomax	Rowbottom	Derbyshire   1T	Holliday			>
League	11	Huyton	W	22	-	6	Mellor   1T	Jones   1T 3G	Hunter	Wilson	Ratcliffe   1T	Snape   1T	Lee	Lomax	Melling	Arrowsmith	Rowbottom	Derbyshire	Holliday	Connor	Allen	>
League	18	Bramley	W	15	-	8	Mellor	Jones   3G	Hunter	Wilson   1F	Connor	Snape	Fairhurst   1T	Armitage	Derbyshire	Lomax	Rowbottom   1T	Allen	Holliday	Johnson	Arrowsmith	>
League	25	Doncaster	W	28	-	2	Mellor	Jones   1T 4G	Hunter	Wilson   2T	Maloney	Snape	Lee	Lomax	Melling	Arrowsmith   1T	Rowbottom	Derbyshire   1T	Holliday	Johnson	Allen	>
League	Apr  1	Keighley	W	66	-	1	Mellor	Jones   1T 7G	Hunter   1T	Wilson   2T	Bate   3T	Snape	Lee   4T	Lomax	Melling	Arrowsmith	Rowbottom   1T	Derbyshire	Holliday	Johnson   1T	Allen	>
League	8	Blackpool B.	W	22	-	3	Mellor	Viller   4G	Hunter	Wilson   1T	Bate   1T	Snape	Lee   1T	Lomax	Melling	Arrowsmith	Rowbottom	Derbyshire   1F	Holliday   1F	Maloney	Walsh	>
League	15	Dewsbury	L	13	-	22	Mellor	Jones   1T	Hunter	Wilson   1T 1F	Bate	Snape	Fairhurst	Lomax	Melling	Arrowsmith	Allen	Derbyshire	Holliday	Viller   1T		>
League	20	Rochdale H.	L	27	-	31	Mellor	Bate   1T	Hunter	Wilson   1F	Tomlinson   1T 4G	Snape   1T	Fairhurst	Lomax	Melling	Arrowsmith	Rowbottom	Derbyshire	Holliday	Lee   1T		>
League	23	Huddersfield	W	58	-	22	Maloney	Viller   11G	Hunter   1T	Snape   1T	Bate   3T	Wilson   1T	Lee	Lomax	Melling   1T	Walsh	Rowbottom   2T	Allen	Derbyshire	Twist	Holliday	>
League	29	Barrow	L	7	-	14	Maloney	Viller   1G	Hunter	Snape   1T	Bate	Wilson   1F	Lee	Lomax	Melling	Arrowsmith	Rowbottom	Allen	Derbyshire	Whittle	Holliday	>
League	May  7	Cardiff	W	44	-	16	Maloney   1T	Viller   6G	Hunter	Snape   1T	Bate   1T	Wilson   1T	Lee	Lomax	Melling	Arrowsmith	Allen	Rowbottom	Holliday   2T			>

Contributions: Shawn Dollin, Tim Costello, Greg Fiveash, Andrew Ferguson, Bill Bates, AJ Lucantonio

Sources: Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook (1981-82 to 1999), Irvin Saxton's Record Keepers' Club