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Details

Date Time League Season Match Day
August 23, 1987 9:33 pm BGFL British Gridiron Football League Playoffs 1987 BGFL Brit Bowl 1987

Results

TeamT
Mersey Centurions20
Leicester Huntsmen16

Mersey Centurions

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
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Leicester Huntsmen

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
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Recap

Scoring

1st Half

MC – David Robinson 35yd TD Pass from Ian Johnson (2xp Conversion Good) 8-0

2nd Half

MC – Andrew Iwedeibo 6yd TD Run 14-0

LH – Curtis Thomas 25yd TD Pass from John Hutchison 14-6

LH – John Hutchison 1yd TD Run (2xp Conversion Good) 14-14

LH – Team Safety – Centurion tackled in own endzone 14-16

MC – Andrew Iwedeibo TD Run 20-16

 

REFERENCES

NEWSPAPERS

[1] Anon. (1987) “Results – Standings – Fixtures: BGFL” First Down. August 22, 1987. pg. 16

[2] Anon. (1987) “Results – Standings – Fixtures: BGFL Final Standings” First Down. August 29, 1987. pg. 17

[3] Anon. (1988) “Scoreboard: Complete UK match points: BGFL” American Football News. July 28, 1988. pg. 8.

[5] Anon. (1986) “Geoff’s Bulldog spirit” Belfast Telegraph. Thursday, November 3, 1988. pg. 51 [Internet] Available online at the Irish Newspaper Archive at: https://www.irishnewsarchive.com/ which is a subscription service.

WEBSITES

[4] Britball Now (2016) Results Section [1987][1988] [Internet] Available from: http://www.britballnow.co.uk/history-index/results-section.html [Accessed 23 March 2017]

IMAGES

[6] Anon. (1986) “Geoff’s Bulldog spirit” Belfast Telegraph. Thursday, November 3, 1988. pg. 51 [Internet] Available online at the Irish Newspaper Archive at: https://www.irishnewsarchive.com/ which is a subscription service.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

Thanks to Nora Mulcahy, Enda Fahy, Bernard Dunne & John Doody.

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