Lancashire trial
Wheater's Field, Broughton, England
Head 2 Head
Previous Results
Date Home Team Result Away Team Season
7 Oct 1896Lancashire Probables8 - 6Lancashire Possibles1896-97
Lancashire Probables Lineup
 Num  PlayerAge   Tries   Goals   Drops   Points 
1 Tom Coop (Leigh)        
2 Sam Lees (Oldham)        
3 Harry Chapman (Broughton Rangers)   2   4
4 Percy House (Rochdale Hornets) 2     6
5 Tom Martin (Oldham)        
6 Arthur Lees (Oldham)        
7 George Messenger (Broughton Rangers) 1     3
8 Kitty Briers (St. Helens)        
9 Jack Simpson (Rochdale Hornets)        
10 Tom Cleminson (Broughton Rangers)        
11 Jack Taylor (Warrington)        
12 Jack Pinch (Lancaster) 1     3
13 Joe Worthington (Tyldesley)        
14 Bob Edwards (Oldham)        
15 Jack Williams (Salford)        
Total:        
4 2 0 16
Lancashire Possibles Lineup
 Num  PlayerAge   Tries   Goals   Drops   Points 
1 Tom Foulkes (St. Helens)        
2 Bobby Messer (Swinton) 1     3
3 Charlie Wightman (Rochdale Hornets)        
4 Alf Barrett (Broughton Rangers)        
5 Dick Duck (Broughton Rangers) 2     6
6 Joe Nelson (Broughton Rangers)        
7 Ben Griffiths (Salford)        
8 Billy Lazenby (Broughton Rangers)        
9 Joe Lees (Oldham)        
10 Jim Moffat (Oldham)        
11 Jim Telfer (Oldham)        
12 Fred Hampson (Widnes) 1     3
13 Peter Taylor (Leigh)        
14 Bob Mumberson (Broughton Rangers)        
15 Robert Moss (Salford)        
Total:        
4 0 0 12



    Note: Those players whose number appears in bracketed italics are non-playing substitutes.