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Player P T G DG PTS    Adams, Mick   41 9 3 8 41    Allen, Dave   1 0 0 0 0    Aspey, Mal   50 15 0 0 45    Bentley, Keith   8 5 0 0 15    Bowden, Reg   43 3 0 1 10    Burke, Mick   46 13 127 0 293    Dearden, Alan   40 9 0 0 27    Doherty, John   1 1 0 0 3    Eckersley, Dave   47 4 1 4 18    Elwell, Keith   51 8 0 7 31    Emmitt, Paul   3 2 0 0 6    Fox, Phil   5 2 0 0 6    George, Derek 'Mick'   35 16 0 0 48    Hogan, Brian   26 1 0 0 3    Hughes, Eric   33 13 0 0 39    Hull, David   25 5 0 0 15    Laughton, Doug   36 11 0 0 33    Mills, Jim   34 13 0 0 39    Moran, David   15 7 0 0 21    Myler, John   11 0 4 4 12    O'Neill, Dennis   6 1 0 0 3    O'Neill, Mike   18 3 0 0 9    Shaw, Glyn   34 1 0 0 3    Shaw, Peter   12 3 0 0 9    Tilly, Steve   4 2 0 0 6    Woods, Paul   9 0 8 0 16    Wright, Stuart   30 24 0 0 72 27 Players 171 143 24 823

Team P W D L B F A D Pts   Hull KR 30 23 0 7 0 616 344 272 46   Warrington 30 22 0 8 0 521 340 181 44   Widnes 30 21 2 7 0 480 322 158 44   Leeds 30 19 1 10 0 555 370 185 39   St Helens 30 16 2 12 0 485 379 106 34   Wigan 30 16 1 13 0 484 411 73 33   Castleford 30 16 1 13 0 498 469 29 33   Bradford 30 16 0 14 0 523 416 107 32   Workington 30 13 3 14 0 378 345 33 29   Wakefield 30 13 1 16 0 382 456 -74 27   Leigh 30 13 1 16 0 406 535 -129 27   Salford 30 11 2 17 0 389 435 -46 24   Barrow 30 9 2 19 0 368 536 -168 20   Featherstone 30 8 1 21 0 501 549 -48 17   Rochdale 30 8 0 22 0 297 565 -268 16   Huddersfield 30 7 1 22 0 314 725 -411 15 Highest Home Attendance: 12,202 Lowest Home Attendance: 0 Average Home Attendance: 488 Highest Away Attendance: 0 Lowest Away Attendance: 0 Average Away Attendance: 0 Season Overal:     Played 50   W: 40  L: 8  D: 2   Points For: 828   Points Against: 481   Average Score For: 17 Average Score Against: 10 Honours: Challenge Cup - Winners Lancashire Cup Winners Regal Trophy - Winners

Date	Opposition	V	Comp	Res	Score	Att.	Tries	Goals	DG	i
20th Aug 1978	Huyton	H	Lancs Cup	W	43-6		Elwell 3 Dearden 2 Burke George Laughton Fox	Woods 8	.
27th Aug 1978	Warrington	H	Lancs Cup	W	17-10		Dearden Burke	Burke 5	Adams
3rd Sep 1978	Rochdale	H	League	W	39-5		George 2 Moran 2 Elwell Dearden Fox Mills M.O'Neill	Burke 6	.
5th Sep 1978	Wakefield	A	League	L	0-8		.	.	.
10th Sep 1978	Featherstone	A	League	W	27-23		Adams 2 Laughton George Bowden	Burke 6	.
13th Sep 1978	Leigh	H	Lancs Cup	W	28-14		George 2 Aspey 2 Burke Adams	Burke 5	.
16th Sep 1978	Leeds	H	League	W	16-11		Mills 2 Aspey	Burke 3	Elwell
24th Sep 1978	Huddersfield	A	JPT	W	21-10		Aspey 2 Burke Mills Hull	Burke 3	.
1st Oct 1978	Huddersfield	A	League	W	16-10		Eckersley D.O'Neill Moran	Burke 3	J.Myler
3rd Oct 1978	Whitehaven	H	BBC2 FT	W	17-13		Elwell Hughes Burke	Burke 3	Elwell Adams
7th Oct 1978	Workington	N	Lancs Cup (F)	W	15-13	10,020	Laughton 2 Wright	Burke 3	.
20th Oct 1978	Castleford	A	League	L	12-15		Burke Mills	Burke 3	.
25th Oct 1978	Australia	H	Tour	W	11-10	12,202	Wright	Burke 4	.
29th Oct 1978	Leigh	H	League	W	30-17		Wright 3 Mills 2 Hughes	Burke 6	.
7th Nov 1978	Salford	H	League	W	16-5		P.Shaw Aspey Adams Eckersley	Burke 2	.
12th Nov 1978	Workington	A	League	W	6-4		Burke	Burke	J.Myler
19th Nov 1978	Wakefield	H	League	W	28-11		Hughes Aspey Burke Wright Hogan Elwell	Burke 3 J.Myler 2	.
21st Nov 1978	Hull KR	A	BBC2 FT	W	13-10		P.Shaw Adams	Burke J.Myler 2	Adams
26th Nov 1978	Barrow	A	League	W	11-5		George Moran Burke	Burke	.
2nd Dec 1978	St.Helens	H	JPT	W	11-10		Laughton Eckersley Wright	Adams	.
8th Dec 1978	Rochdale	A	BBC2 FT	W	26-9		Wright Elwell Laughton Hughes P.Shaw George	Burke 4	.
10th Dec 1978	Castleford	H	League	W	16-13		Wright	Burke 6	Adams
12th Dec 1978	St.Helens	A	BBC2 FT	W	13-7		Wright 2 Burke	Burke 2	.
17th Dec 1978	Keighley	A	JPT	W	15-4		Elwell Adams George	Burke 3	.
24th Dec 1978	Workington	H	League	D	2-2		.	Burke	.
26th Dec 1978	Salford	A	League	D	10-10		Wright 2	Burke 2	.
17th Jan 1979	Bradford	H	League	W	17-0		Wright Hughes George	Burke 4	.
21st Jan 1979	Warrington	A	League	L	2-7		.	Burke	.
24th Jan 1979	Bradford	H	JPT	W	21-3		Wright 2 Laughton 2 Adams	Burke 3	.
27th Jan 1979	Leeds	A	League	L	3-5		.	Burke	Adams
4th Feb 1979	Featherstone	H	League	W	25-9		Moran 2 Laughton Eckersley Wright	Burke 5	.
11th Feb 1979	Workington	H	Chall Cup (1)	W	12-5		George Adams Burke	Burke	Adams
20th Feb 1979	Leigh	A	League	W	3-2		Aspey	.	.
24th Feb 1979	Wigan	H	Chall Cup (2)	W	21-5		Mills 2 George Burke Wright	Burke 3	.
11th Mar 1979	Huddersfield	A	Chall Cup (3)	W	14-0		Aspey Hughes Mills Wright	Burke	.
18th Mar 1979	Wigan	A	League	W	15-9		Emmitt 2 George Dearden	Eckersley	Eckersley
25th Mar 1979	Rochdale	A	League	W	20-7		Wright Adams Bowden Dearden	Burke 4	.
31st Mar 1979	Bradford	N	Chall Cup (SF)	W	14-11	14,324	Hughes 2	Burke 3	Elwell 2
4th Apr 1979	Hull KR	A	League	L	7-22		Hughes	Burke 2	.
13th Apr 1979	Warrington	H	League	W	18-7		Wright 2 Aspey G.Shaw	Burke 3	.
16th Apr 1979	St.Helens	A	League	W	18-16		Hughes George Dearden	Burke 4	Eckersley
19th Apr 1979	Hull KR	H	League	L	8-15		Mills Moran	Burke	.
22nd Apr 1979	Huddersfield	H	League	L	16-17		Bentley 2 Mills Hull	Adams 2	.
28th Apr 1979	Warrington	N	JPT	W	16-4		Wright Hull	Burke 3	Adams 2 Elwell 2
5th May 1979	Wakefield	N	Chall Cup (F)	W	12-3	94,218	Hughes Wright	Burke 2	Elwell Eckersley
8th May 1979	Wigan	H	League	W	27-15		M.O'Neill 2 Hughes Aspey Dearden	Burke 5	J.Myler Eckersley
10th May 1979	St.Helens	H	League	W	15-8		Aspey 2 Dearden	Burke 3	.
12th May 1979	Bradford	A	League	W	27-19		Bentley 2 Hull Tilley Bowden	Burke 5	J.Myler Bowden
13th May 1979	Barrow	H	League	W	30-25		Aspey Bentley Hull Mills Tilley Hughes	Burke 6	.
15th May 1979	Wigan	H	PPO	L	8-12		.	Burke 4	.

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