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Date Time League Season Match Day
July 30, 1988 12:00 am British Women's American Football 1988 Week 1

Results

TeamT
Leicester Wildcats24
St. Alban's Thunderbirds8

Leicester Wildcats

# Player Position FG Safety PAT 2XP TD Comp Att Pass Yds Rush Att Rush Yds Rec Rec Yds Int Lng Fum Lost FR Tckl Solo Asst Sack PR KR Punt PYds PAvg BFG OR
Michelle Allcott-0000200000000000000000000000
Suzanne Mullins-0001000000000000000000000000
Melanie WoodcockRunning back0001100000000000000000000000
Stephanie Pearce-0100000000000000000000000000
Denise Carter-0000000000000000000000000000
 Total 0102300000000000000000000000

St. Alban's Thunderbirds

# Player Position FG Safety PAT 2XP TD Comp Att Pass Yds Rush Att Rush Yds Rec Rec Yds Int Lng Fum Lost FR Tckl Solo Asst Sack PR KR Punt PYds PAvg BFG OR
Dale BoyceRunning back0000100000000000000000000000
 Total 0000100000000000000000000000

Venue

Butts Stadium, Coventry
Spon End, Coventry, West Midlands Combined Authority, West Midlands, England, CV1 3BJ, United Kingdom

Recap

Leicester Wildcats Women’s American Football Team opened their 1988 season with a 24-8 victory over St. Alban’s Thunderbirds at Butts Stadium, Coventry on 30th July 1988.

The Thunderbirds scored first on a Dale Boyce rushing TD which was converted for two points to put St. Alban’s 8-0 up, however, Leicester stormed back with two touchdowns by Michelle Allcot, the second of which was converted for two points by the Irish-named Suzanne Mullins. Melanie Woodcock added another rushing touchdown as well as a two point conversion to make the score 22-8 in favour of the Wildcats at halftime.

The only score of the second half was Stephanie Pearce’s safety for the Leicester Wildcats which left the Final Score 24-8 to the Wildcats. Leicester’s Denise Carter picked up the Most Valuable Player (MVP) Award.

Scoring

1st Half

STAT – Dale Boyce TD Run 0-8

LW – Michelle Allcot TD 6-8

LW – Michelle Allcot TD (Suzanne Mullins 2xp) 14-8

LW – Melanie Woodcock TD Run (Melanie Woodcock 2xp) 22-8

2nd Half

LW – Stephanie Pearce Safety 24-8

Most Valuable Player

MVP – Denise Carter (Leicester Wildcats)

References

Anon. (1988) “Thunderbirds don’t go” American Football News. August 11th, 1988. pg. 8.