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Player P T G DG PTS    Aspey, Mal   45 21 0 0 63    Bentley, Keith   43 27 0 0 81    Bowden, Reg   44 3 0 0 9    Burke, Mick   41 10 118 1 267    Dearden, Alan   42 3 0 0 9    Eckersley, Dave   34 9 15 6 63    Elwell, Keith   50 7 0 6 27    Fox, Phil   1 0 0 0 0    George, Derek 'Mick'   35 11 0 0 33    Gorley, Les   46 11 0 0 33    Gregory, Andy   1 0 1 0 2    Hogan, Brian   39 6 0 0 18    Hughes, Eric   31 16 0 0 48    Hull, David   32 4 0 0 12    Laughton, Doug   1 0 0 0 0    Mills, Jim   16 2 0 0 6    Moran, David   36 17 0 0 51    Myler, John   15 1 12 2 29    Myler, Tony   4 3 0 0 9    O'Neill, Mike   20 6 0 0 18    Shaw, Glyn   40 7 0 0 21    Smith, Martyn   1 0 0 0 0    Taylor, Alan   3 0 0 0 0    Tilly, Steve   2 1 0 0 3    Whitfield, Fred   7 0 0 0 0    Wright, Stuart   36 18 0 0 54 26 Players 183 146 15 856

Team P W D L B F A D Pts   Bradford 30 23 0 7 0 448 272 176 46   Widnes 30 22 1 7 0 546 293 253 45   Hull 30 18 3 9 0 454 326 128 39   Salford 30 19 1 10 0 495 374 121 39   Leeds 30 19 0 11 0 590 390 200 38   Leigh 30 16 1 13 0 451 354 97 33   Hull KR 30 16 1 13 0 539 445 94 33   St Helens 30 15 2 13 0 505 410 95 32   Warrington 30 15 2 13 0 362 357 5 32   Wakefield 30 14 2 14 0 435 466 -31 30   Castleford 30 13 2 15 0 466 475 -9 28   Workington 30 12 2 16 0 348 483 -135 26   Wigan 30 9 3 18 0 366 523 -157 21   Hunslet 30 7 1 22 0 346 528 -182 15   York 30 6 1 23 0 375 647 -272 13   Blackpool Borough 30 5 0 25 0 230 613 -383 10 Highest Home Attendance: 0 Lowest Home Attendance: 0 Average Home Attendance: 0 Highest Away Attendance: 0 Lowest Away Attendance: 0 Average Away Attendance: 0 Season Overal:     Played 49   W: 37  L: 11  D: 1   Points For: 885   Points Against: 445   Average Score For: 18 Average Score Against: 9 Honours: Lancashire Cup Winners Premiership - Winners Regal Trophy - Beaten Finalists

Date	Opposition	V	Comp	Res	Score	Att.	Tries	Goals	DG	i
19th Aug 1979	St.Helens	A	Lancs Cup	W	28-16		Hughes 2 Moran Elwell Hull Wright	J.Myler 5 Eckersley 2	.
26th Aug 1979	Leigh	H	Lancs Cup	W	33-3		Eckersley 2 Hughes Dearden M.O'Neill Shaw Bentley	Eckersley 6	.
2nd Sep 1979	Leigh	A	League	L	12-22		Elwell Wright	Burke 3	.
9th Sep 1979	Workington	H	League	W	26-5		Hughes 2 Burke 2 Hogan Bentley	Burke 4	.
16th Sep 1979	Hunslet	H	JPT	W	17-11		Eckersley Moran Bentley	Burke 4	.
23rd Sep 1979	Ryedale-York	A	League	W	22-2		Hughes 2 Bowden Burke	Burke 5	.
30th Sep 1979	St.Helens	H	JPT	W	31-20		Hogan M.O'Neill Aspey Gorley Bentley Hull Adams	Burke 5	.
2nd Oct 1979	Swinton	H	BBC2 FT	W	27-13		Bentley 3 Adams Elwell Wright Aspey	Burke Adams 2	.
7th Oct 1979	Castleford	H	League	W	30-15		Burke 2 Aspey 2 Hughes Adams	Burke 6	.
14th Oct 1979	Salford	A	League	D	16-16		Aspey George Hughes Adams	Burke 2	.
20th Oct 1979	Warrington	A	JPT	W	14-6		Elwell 2 Hull	Burke 2	Eckersley
24th Oct 1979	Warrington	A	Lancs Cup	W	13-2		Shaw Moran	Burke 3	Adams
28th Oct 1979	Blackpool Borough	A	League	W	19-15		Hughes Gorley Bowden	Burke 5	.
3rd Nov 1979	Salford	N	JPT	W	19-3		Aspey 2 Moran Burke	Burke 3	Adams
7th Nov 1979	Wakefield	H	League	W	16-2		Moran 2 Eckersley 2	Burke 2	.
10th Nov 1979	Leeds	A	League	L	5-12		Aspey	Burke	.
13th Nov 1979	Leigh	A	BBC2 FT	L	5-14		George	Burke	.
21st Nov 1979	Hull	H	League	W	17-13		Bentley 2 Bowden	Adams 3 Eckersley	.
25th Nov 1979	Wigan	H	League	W	24-9		Moran 2 George Wright Gorley Bentley	Adams 3	.
8th Dec 1979	Workington	N	Lancs Cup (F)	W	11-0	6,887	Moran Adams	Burke 2	Elwell
16th Dec 1979	Warrington	H	League	W	30-13		Bentley 2 Wright 2 Moran Elwell	Burke 6	.
21st Dec 1979	Castleford	A	League	W	15-6		George Gorley	Burke 3	Elwell 2 Eckersley
26th Dec 1979	Salford	H	League	W	16-6		Hogan Aspey M.O'Neill	Burke 3	.
30th Dec 1979	Wigan	A	League	L	5-13		Burke	Burke	.
5th Jan 1980	Bradford	N	JPT	L	0-6		.	.	.
13th Jan 1980	Wakefield	A	League	W	19-13		Aspey George Wright Gorley	Eckersley 3	Eckersley
20th Jan 1980	Hunslet	H	League	W	31-6		Bentley 4 Wright 2 Gorley Hughes Eckersley	Eckersley 2	.
29th Jan 1980	Leigh	H	League	W	8-7		Burke	Burke 2	Burke
3rd Feb 1980	Workington	A	League	L	3-5		.	J.Myler	J.Myler
10th Feb 1980	Ace Amateurs	A	Chall Cup (1)	W	22-5		Hogan 2 Dearden Wright	Burke 5	.
13th Feb 1980	Hull KR	A	League	W	18-8		Aspey Adams Moran	Burke 4	Adams
17th Feb 1980	Leeds	H	League	W	31-18		Wright 2 Adams Hughes Shaw Moran	Burke 6	J.Myler
24th Feb 1980	Huddersfield	A	Chall Cup (2)	W	48-3		Aspey 3 Hughes 3 Gorley 2 Bentley 2 Moran Adams	J.Myler 5 Burke	.
2nd Mar 1980	Blackpool Borough	H	League	W	47-8		Shaw 2 Wright 2 Aspey 2 Bentley Mills Burke Hull Moran	Burke 7	.
8th Mar 1980	Salford	A	Chall Cup (3)	W	9-8		Shaw Bentley	Burke	Adams
13th Mar 1980	Hull	A	League	L	7-10		Bentley	Burke 2	.
16th Mar 1980	Ryedale-York	H	League	W	22-9		Moran 2 Mills Eckersley J.Myler Bentley	Burke 2	.
19th Mar 1980	Bradford	H	League	L	10-11		Hughes Aspey	Burke 2	.
23rd Mar 1980	Hunslet	A	League	W	14-3		Wright Bentley	Burke 4	.
29th Mar 1980	Hull	N	Chall Cup (SF)	L	5-10		Gorley	Burke	.
4th Apr 1980	Warrington	A	League	L	10-22		Bentley George	Adams Eckersley	.
6th Apr 1980	St.Helens	H	League	W	16-9		Wright M.O'Neill Eckersley	Burke 2	Adams 2 Elwell
9th Apr 1980	Hull KR	H	League	W	17-10		George 2 Hogan Burke	Burke 2	Elwell
12th Apr 1980	St.Helens	A	League	W	19-0		Eckersley Bentley Dearden Adams	Burke 3	Eckersley
20th Apr 1980	Bradford	A	League	W	21-5		George 2 Bentley Gorley Aspey	Burke 3	.
27th Apr 1980	Hull KR	H	PPO	W	20-10		Moran Aspey George Wright	Burke 4	.
6th May 1980	Leeds	A	PPO	L	4-14		.	Burke 2	.
11th May 1980	Leeds	H	PPO	W	14-3		M.O'Neill 2 Shaw	Burke 2	Adams
17th May 1980	Bradford	N	PPO	W	19-5		Bentley Gorley Aspey Wright Elwell	Burke	Eckersley Elwell

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