1996 Workington Town season

1996 Workington Town season
Super League I Rank	12th (relegated)
Challenge Cup	4th round
1996 record	Wins: 2; Draws: 1; Losses: 19
Points scored	For: 325; Against: 1021
Team information
Coach	Kurt Sorensen (until March 1996) Ross O'Reilly (from March 1996)
Captain	Billy McGinty
Stadium	Derwent Park
Top scorers
Tries	John Allen, James Chilton - 6
Goals	Dean Marwood - 23
Points	Wayne Kitchin – 47

The 1996 Workington Town season was the club's first season in the newly formed Super League. Coached by Ross O'Reilly, who replaced Kurt Sorensen in March 1996, and captained by Billy McGinty, Workington competed in Super League I and finished in 12th place, resulting in relegation to the First Division. The club also competed in the 1996 Challenge Cup, but were knocked out in the fourth round by First Division side Widnes.

Table

	Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
1	St Helens	22	20	0	2	950	455	+495	40
2	Wigan Warriors	22	19	1	2	902	326	+576	39
3	Bradford Bulls	22	17	0	5	767	409	+358	34
4	London Broncos	22	12	1	9	611	462	+149	25
5	Warrington Wolves	22	12	0	10	569	565	+4	24
6	Halifax Blue Sox	22	10	1	11	667	576	+91	21
7	Sheffield Eagles	22	10	0	12	599	730	-131	20
8	Oldham Bears	22	9	1	12	473	681	-208	19
9	Castleford Tigers	22	9	0	13	548	599	-51	18
10	Leeds	22	6	0	16	555	745	-190	12
11	Paris Saint-Germain	22	3	1	18	398	795	-397	7
12	Workington Town	22	2	1	19	325	1021	-696	5

Champions	Relegated

Match results

Win	Draw	Loss

Super League


Game	Date	Opponent	Venue	Score	Tries	Goals	Attendance	Ref
1	31 March 1996	St Helens	Home	0–62			3,461	MR
2	5 April 1996	Warrington Wolves	Away	30–45	Armstrong, Palmada, Chilton (2), Campbell	Marwood (5)	4,511	MR
3	8 April 1996	Sheffield Eagles	Home	22–54	Allen, L. Smith, Phillips	Marwood (5)	1,904	MR
4	13 April 1996	Paris Saint-Germain	Away	12–34	Burns, Wallace	Marwood (2)	6,534	MR
5	21 April 1996	London Broncos	Away	0–58			4,138	MR
6	6 May 1996	Halifax Blue Sox	Home	18–18	L. Smith, Wallace, Kitchin	Marwood (3)	2,215	MR
7	12 May 1996	Castleford Tigers	Away	16–50	Nairn, Penrice, Kitchin	Marwood (2)	3,605	MR
8	18 May 1996	Wigan Warriors	Home	16–64	Allen, Holgate, L. Smith	Marwood (2)	3,176	MR
9	26 May 1996	Oldham Bears	Away	29–27	Palmada, L. Smith, Wallace, Filipo	Marwood (3), Kitchin (3) + 1 DG	2,228	MR
10	2 June 1996	Bradford Bulls	Away	4–52	Allen		8,658	MR
11	9 June 1996	Leeds Rhinos	Home	18–48	Johnson, Chilton, Filipo	Kitchin (3)	2,949	MR
12	16 June 1996	St Helens	Away	16–60	Allen, Holgate, Keenan	Carter, J. Smith	7,237	MR
13	23 June 1996	London Broncos	Home	6–34	Chilton	Kitchin	1,400	MR
14	29 June 1996	Sheffield Eagles	Away	16–32	Nairn, T. Smith	Kitchin (4)	3,468	MR
15	7 July 1996	Paris Saint-Germain	Home	14–10	Filipo	Kitchin (5)	2,173	MR
16	14 July 1996	Warrington Wolves	Home	4–49	Allen		2,269	MR
17	21 July 1996	Halifax Blue Sox	Away	14–74	Chilton, Kitchin, Armswood	Kitchin	4,374	MR
18	28 July 1996	Castleford Tigers	Home	20–46	Allen, Grima, Johnson	Watson (4)	1,622	MR
19	4 August 1996	Oldham Bears	Home	24–30	Holgate, Nairn, Penrice, Watson	Watson (4)	1,759	MR
20	11 August 1996	Bradford Bulls	Home	14–28	Bethwaite, Chilton	Watson (3)	2,430	MR
21	18 August 1996	Leeds Rhinos	Away	28–68	Fatnowna (2), Grima, Johnson, Nairn	Watson (4)	4,956	MR
22	24 August 1996	Wigan Warriors	Away	4–78	Johnson		6,466	MR

Challenge Cup


Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Score	Tries	Goals	Attendance	Ref
Fourth	28 January 1996	Widnes	Home	10–17	L. Smith, Wallace	Marwood	2,339	MR

Squad

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Player	Apps	Tries	Goals	DGs	Points
Allen, JohnJohn Allen	22	6	0	0	24
Armstrong, ColinColin Armstrong	13	1	0	0	4
Armswood, RichardRichard Armswood	6	1	0	0	4
Barker, CraigCraig Barker	2	0	0	0	0
Bethwaite, MikeMike Bethwaite	20	1	0	0	4
Burns, PaulPaul Burns	8	1	0	0	4
Campbell, LoganLogan Campbell	9	1	0	0	4
Carter, DarrenDarren Carter	14	0	1	0	2
Chilton, LeeLee Chilton	13	6	0	0	24
Crellin, NickyNicky Crellin	2	0	0	0	0
Fatnowna, AbrahamAbraham Fatnowna	5	2	0	0	8
Filipo, LafaeleLafaele Filipo	20	3	0	0	12
Fraisse, DavidDavid Fraisse	8	0	0	0	0
Gorley, JonathanJonathan Gorley	1	0	0	0	0
Grima, AndrewAndrew Grima	11	2	0	0	8
Holgate, StephenStephen Holgate	20	3	0	0	12
Howarth, StuartStuart Howarth	2	0	0	0	0
Johnson, MarkMark Johnson	12	4	0	0	16
Keenan, MarkMark Keenan	8	1	0	0	4
Kitchin, WayneWayne Kitchin	17	3	17	1	47
Livett, PeterPeter Livett	5	0	0	0	0
McGinty, BillyBilly McGinty	1	0	0	0	0
McGuirk, GaryGary McGuirk	4	0	0	0	0
McKenzie, PhilPhil McKenzie	4	0	0	0	0
Marwood, DeanDean Marwood	16	0	23	0	46
Moore, JasonJason Moore	5	0	0	0	0
Nairn, BradBrad Nairn	14	4	0	0	16
Palmada, JasonJason Palmada	13	2	0	0	8
Penrice, PaulPaul Penrice	14	2	0	0	8
Petrie, AdrianAdrian Petrie	1	0	0	0	0
Phillips, RowlandRowland Phillips	23	1	0	0	4
Prest, LeeLee Prest	1	0	0	0	0
Riley, PeterPeter Riley	12	0	0	0	0
Schubert, GarryGarry Schubert	1	0	0	0	0
Smith, JamieJamie Smith	8	0	1	0	2
Smith, LeighLeigh Smith	10	5	0	0	20
Smith, TonyTony Smith	9	1	0	0	4
Stainton, DylanDylan Stainton	5	0	0	0	0
Stamper, MarkMark Stamper	1	0	0	0	0
Wallace, MarkMark Wallace	16	4	0	0	16
Watson, IanIan Watson	5	1	15	0	34
Whalley, AndrewAndrew Whalley	2	0	0	0	0

Transfers

In

Player	Pos	From	Fee	Date	Ref
Tony Smith	Stand-off	St. George Dragons		April 1996
Brad Nairn	Loose forward	Parramatta Eels		April 1996

Out

Player	Pos	To	Fee	Date	Ref
Stephen Holgate	Second-row	Wigan Warriors	£100,000	December 1996

References

↑ Fletcher, Raymond (1997). Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook 1997. Headline Book Publishing. p. 147. ISBN 978-0-7472-7764-4.

External links

Workington - Rugby League Project

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