Wednesday 25 March 1998Hull 42 Sheffield 48 - Challenge

Hu SHULL Ht 1 Stonehewer, Bentley, Dicken, Compton, 70.0 3 3Paul Bentley 2 1 2 1 1 7 3 Ht 2 Aas, Wilson, Cartwright, Keats, 72.8 6 6Lee Dicken 1 2 1 3 7 1 Ht 3 Thorp, Lee, Knott, Palmer, 70.6 11 7Paul Thorp 3 2 2 T 7 0 Ht 4 Smith, Aas, Grahame, Cartwright (fell), 71.6 12 12Paul Lee 2 1 1 2 0 6 3 Ht 5 Stonehewer, Thorp, Lee, Compton, 70.0 15 15Alan Grahame 1 2 1 2 6 1 Ht 6 Smith, Dicken, Bentley, Keats, 71.1 18 18John Wilson 2 3 T R 0 5 0 Ht 7 Wilson, Grahame, Palmer, Knott, 71.7 23 19Simon Cartwright 1 F 0 0 3 4 1 Ht 8 Aas, Compton, Dicken, Cartwright, 70.9 24 24SHEFFIELD Ht 9 Smith, Thorp, Lee, Keats, 70.0 27 27Carl Stonehewer 3 3 3 X 3 12 0 Ht 10 Dicken, Bentley, Knott, Palmer (fell), 70.7 32 28Andre Compton 0 0 2 2 4 2 Ht 11 Stonehewer, Compton, Grahame, Cartwright, Wilson (exc tapes),Tommy Palmer 0 1 F 2 3 0 71.1 33 33Steve Knott 1 0 1 3 5 0 Ht 12 Cartwright, Palmer, Aas, Wilson (ret), Thorp (exc tapes), 71.8 36 36Scott Smith 3 3 3 3 2 14 1 Ht 13 Smith, Grahame, Bentley, Stonehewer (fell exc), 70.2 39 39Derrol Keats 0 0 0 0 0 Ht 14 Knott, Lee, Aas, Wilson, 71.4 41 43Rene Aas 3 2 3 1 1 10 2 Ht 15 Stonehewer, Smith, Bentley, Lee, 70.8 42 48

Sunday 29 March 1998Glasgow 8 Hull 4 - Premier League Cup (Abandoned after 2 heats)GLASGOW G HuDalle Andersson 2 2 Ht 1 Beveridge, Andersson, Bentley, Dicken, 68.5 5 1Will Beveridge 3 3 Ht 2 MacDonald, Cartwright, Wilson, Turner (fell rem, ret), 71.8 8 4Mick Powell 0 Ht 3Sean Courtney 0 Ht 4David Steen 0 Ht 5Grant MacDonald 3 3 Ht 6Brian Turner R 0 Ht 7HULL Ht 8Paul Bentley 1 1 Ht 9Lee Dicken 0 0 Ht 10Paul Thorp 0 Ht 11Paul Lee 0 Ht 12Alan Grahame 0 Ht 13Simon Cartwright 2 2 Ht 14John Wilson 1 1 Ht 15

Wednesday 1 April 1998Hull 53 Glasgow 37 - Premier League Cup

Hu GHULL Ht 1 Bentley, Andersson, Dicken, Beveridge, 68.8 4 2Paul Bentley 3 3 3 3 1 13 0 Ht 2 Wilson, Cartwright, Turner, MacDonald, 70.2 9 3Lee Dicken 1 0 2 0 3 0 Ht 3 Thorp, Powell, Courtney, Lee, 68.1 12 6Paul Thorp 3 2 3 2 3 13 1 Ht 4 Grahame, MacDonald, Turner, Cartwright (exc unfair riding),Paul Lee 0 3 1 3 7 0 Steen (exc tapes), 72.5 15 9Alan Grahame 3 1 0 2 6 1 Ht 5 Lee, Thorp, Andersson, Beveridge, 68.6 20 10John Wilson 3 3 1 2 9 1 Ht 6 Bentley, Steen, MacDonald, Dicken, 69.5 23 13Simon Cartwright 2 X 0 0 2 1 Ht 7 Wilson, Powell, Grahame, Courtney, 69.7 27 15GLASGOW Ht 8 Steen, Dicken, Beveridge, Cartwright, 69.3 29 19Dalle Andersson 2 1 3 1 0 7 0 Ht 9 Thorp, Steen, Lee, MacDonald, 69.0 33 21Will Beveridge 0 0 1 1 0 Ht 10 Bentley, Powell, Courtney, Dicken, 68.6 36 24Mick Powell 2 2 2 2 3 2 13 1 Ht 11 Andersson, Powell, Wilson, Grahame, 69.3 37 29Sean Courtney 1 0 1 1 3 2 Ht 12 Powell, Thorp, Andersson, Cartwright, 68.6 39 33David Steen T 2 3 2 1 0 8 0 Ht 13 Bentley, Grahame, Steen, Andersson, 70.1 44 34Grant MacDonald 0 2 1 0 3 1 Ht 14 Lee, Wilson, Courtney, Turner, 70.2 49 35Brian Turner 1 1 0 2 1 Ht 15 Thorp, Powell, Bentley, Steen, 68.6 53 37

Thursday 2 April 1998Sheffield 16 Hull 8 - Challenge (Abandoned after 4 heats)SHEFFIELD S HuCarl Stonehewer 3 3 Ht 1 Stonehewer, Bentley, Dicken, Compton (fell rem), 67.9 3 3Andre Compton 0 0 Ht 2 Aas, Keats, Cartwright, Wilson, 69.7 8 4Tommy Palmer 0 0 Ht 3 Knott, Thorp, Lee, Palmer, 68.0 11 7Steve Knott 3 3 Ht 4 Aas, Smith, Wilson, Grahame, 68.8 16 8Scott Smith 2 2 Ht 5Derrol Keats 2 2 Ht 6Rene Aas 3 3 6 Ht 7HULL Ht 8Paul Bentley 2 2 Ht 9Lee Dicken 1 1 Ht 10Paul Thorp 2 2 Ht 11Paul Lee 1 1 Ht 12Alan Grahame 0 0 Ht 13John Wilson 0 1 1 Ht 14Simon Cartwright 1 1 Ht 15

Wednesday 8 April 1998Hull 52 Newcastle 38 - Premier League CupHULL Hu NPaul Bentley 3 3 2 3 0 11 0 Ht 1 Bentley, Dicken, Werner, Hogg, 68.3 5 1Lee Dicken 2 1 1 0 4 1 Ht 2 Cartwright, Birkinshaw, Wilson, J.Swales, 70.1 9 3Paul Thorp 3 3 3 2 2 13 1 Ht 3 Thorp, Lee, Pedersen, S.Swales, 67.7 14 4Paul Lee 2 X 1 3 6 1 Ht 4 Olsen, Grahame, Cartwright, J.Swales, 67.6 17 7Alan Grahame 2 1 1 2 6 1 Ht 5 Thorp, Werner, Hogg, Lee (fell exc), 68.1 20 10John Wilson 1 0 3 1 5 0 Ht 6 Bentley, Olsen, Dicken, Birkinshaw (ret), 68.7 24 12Simon Cartwright 3 1 0 3 7 1 Ht 7 Pedersen, S.Swales, Grahame, Wilson, 68.8 25 17NEWCASTLE Ht 8 Olsen, Pedersen, Dicken, Cartwright, 68.0 26 22Brent Werner 1 2 2 1 6 0 Ht 9 Thorp, Olsen, Lee, Birkinshaw (ret), 68.2 30 24Malcolm Hogg 0 1 0 1 1 Ht 10 Pedersen, Bentley, S.Swales, Dicken, 68.9 32 28Nicki Pedersen 1 3 2 3 R 1 10 1 Ht 11 Wilson, Werner, Grahame, Hogg, 68.8 36 30Stuart Swales 0 2 1 2 5 1 Ht 12 Cartwright, Thorp, Birkinshaw, Pedersen (ret), 71.0 41 31Jesper Olsen 3 2 3 2 0 3 13 0 Ht 13 Bentley, Grahame, Werner, Olsen, 68.8 46 32James Birkinshaw 2 R R 1 3 0 Ht 14 Lee, S.Swales, Wilson, J.Swales, 68.2 50 34Jonathan Swales 0 0 0 0 0 Ht 15 Olsen, Thorp, Pedersen, Bentley, 68.6 52 38

Friday 17 April 1998Edinburgh 56 Hull 34 - Premier League CupEDINBURGH E HuPeter Carr 3 3 2 3 3 14 0 Ht 1 Carr, Bentley, Gould, Dicken, 56.6 4 2Paul Gould 1 2 3 1 7 2 Ht 2 Wilson, Scott, Campbell, Cartwright (fell exc), 58.9 7 5Kevin Little 0 2 R 2 4 0 Ht 3 Thorp, Lee, Larsen, Little, 57.9 8 10Robert Larsen 1 0 3 3 7 0 Ht 4 McKinna, Campbell, Wilson, Grahame, 58.1 13 11Kenny McKinna 3 3 3 2 1 12 1 Ht 5 Bentley, Little, Dicken, Larsen, 59.1 15 15Blair Scott 2 2 2 1 7 2 Ht 6 Carr, Gould, Grahame, Cartwright, 59.2 20 16Barry Campbell 1 2 1 1 5 3 Ht 7 McKinna, Scott, Thorp, Lee, 59.0 25 17HULL Ht 8 Gould, Bentley, Campbell, Dicken, 58.7 29 19Paul Bentley 2 3 2 1 1 0 9 0 Ht 9 Larsen, Grahame, Wilson, Little (ret), 59.6 32 22Lee Dicken 0 1 0 0 1 0 Ht 10 Thorp, Carr, Gould, Lee, 57.7 35 25Paul Thorp 3 1 3 3 R 2 12 0 Ht 11 McKinna, Scott, Bentley, Dicken, 58.3 40 26Paul Lee 2 0 0 2 1 Ht 12 Thorp, Little, Campbell, Cartwright, 59.4 43 29Alan Grahame 0 1 2 2 5 0 Ht 13 Carr, McKinna, Bentley, Thorp (ret), 58.7 48 30Simon Cartwright X 0 0 0 0 Ht 14 Larsen, Grahame, Scott, Wilson, 60.2 52 32John Wilson 3 1 1 0 5 1 Ht 15 Carr, Thorp, McKinna, Bentley, 58.5 56 34

Saturday 18 April 1998Berwick 47 Hull 43 - Premier League CupBERWICK B HuScott Lamb 2 3 2 3 1 11 0 Ht 1 Bentley, Lamb, Dicken, Taylor (fell), 68.8 2 4Craig Taylor F 2 0 R 2 1 Ht 2 Madsen, McAllan, Wilson, Cartwright, 69.1 7 5Peter Scully 2 3 3 1 9 1 Ht 3 Thorp, Scully, Meldrum, Lee, 67.7 (TR) 10 8David Meldrum 1 0 F 0 1 1 Ht 4 Madsen, Pingel, Wilson, Grahame, 69.1 15 9Jorg Pingel 2 2 3 2 0 9 2 Ht 5 Scully, Bentley, Dicken, Meldrum, 68.4 18 12David McAllan 2 R 0 2 1 Ht 6 Lamb, Taylor, Grahame, Cartwright, 69.0 23 13Rene Madsen 3 3 2 2 3 13 0 Ht 7 Thorp, Pingel, Lee, McAllan (ret), 68.0 25 17HULL Ht 8 Thorp, Madsen, Dicken, Taylor, 68.8 27 21Paul Bentley 3 2 2 1 2 2 12 1 Ht 9 Scully, Grahame, Cartwright, Meldrum (fell), 68.3 30 24Lee Dicken 1 1 1 1 4 2 Ht 10 Thorp, Lamb, Lee, Taylor (ret), 68.1 32 28Paul Thorp 3 3 3 3 3 3 18 0 Ht 11 Pingel, Bentley, Dicken, McAllan, 68.5 35 31Paul Lee 0 1 1 1 3 1 Ht 12 Thorp, Madsen, Scully, Wilson, 67.9 38 34Alan Grahame 0 1 2 0 3 0 Ht 13 Lamb, Pingel, Bentley, Grahame, 69.4 43 35Simon Cartwright 0 0 1 1 1 Ht 14 Madsen, Bentley, Lee, Meldrum, 68.3 46 38John Wilson 1 1 0 2 0 Ht 15 Thorp, Bentley, Lamb, Pingel, 68.6 47 43

Wednesday 22 April 1998England Under 21 60 Russia 29 - Test Match (3rd of 3) at Hull

E RHt 1 Wilson, Dicken, Kornev, Shaikhulin, 69.3 5 1

ENGLAND UNDER 21 Ht 2 Gantsev, Povazhny, Cartwright (fell rem), Lee (fell, ns), 69.9 6 6Lee Dicken 2 2 3 2 9 2 Ht 3 Nicholls, Lanham, Gantsev, Kalmullin, Starostin (exc tapes), John Wilson 3 1 3 1 8 1 68.5 11 7Scott Nicholls 3 3 3 2 11 0 Ht 4 Richardson, Cartwright, Gantsev, Galeyev (fell), 68.4 16 8Leigh Lanham 2 2 2 2 1 9 4 Ht 5 Nicholls, Lanham, Shaikhulin, Kornev, 69.0 21 9Lee Richardson 3 3 3 3 2 14 0 Ht 6 Povazhny, Dicken, Wilson, Galeyev, 68.2 24 12Paul Lee N 2 2 1 5 3 Ht 7 Richardson, Lee, Starostin, Kalmullin, 68.0 29 13Simon Cartwright 1 2 1 F 4 1 Ht 8 Wilson, Gantsev, Cartwright, Shaikhulin (fell exc), awarded, RUSSIA no time 33 15Constantin Kornev 1 0 0 1 2 0 Ht 9 Nicholls, Lanham, Povazhny (fell exc), Galeyev (fell exc), Eduard Shaikhulin 0 1 X 1 2 0 awarded, no time 38 15Mikael Starostin T 1 2 1 4 0 Ht 10 Dicken, Starostin, Wilson, Kalimullin, 71.7 42 17Fliur Kalmullin 0 0 0 0 0 Ht 11 Richardson, Lee, Shaikhulin, Kornev, 68.2 47 18Talgat Galeyev F 0 X 0 0 Ht 12 Povazhny, Nicholls, Starostin, Cartwright (fell), 68.8 49 22Roman Povazhny 2 3 X 3 3 3 14 1 Ht 13 Richardson, Dicken, Kornev, Yudakhin, 68.4 54 23Andre Gantsev 3 1 1 2 F 0 7 0 Ht 14 Povazhny, Lanham, Lee, Gantsev (fell), 68.7 57 26Oleg Yudakhin 0 0 0 Ht 15 Povazhny, Richardson, Lanham, Gantsev, 68.7 60 29

Sunday 26 April 1998Newcastle 46 Hull 43 - Premier League Cup (Aggregate - Hull 95 Newcastle 84)

N HuNEWCASTLE Ht 1 Werner, Bentley, Dicken, Hogg, 66.3 3 3Brent Werner 3 3 3 3 3 15 0 Ht 2 Wilson, Birkinshaw, J.Swales, Cartwright (fell rem), 69.8 6 6Malcolm Hogg 0 0 0 0 0 Ht 3 Thorp, S.Swales, Lee, Juul, 66.4 8 10Richard Juul (G) 0 0 R 3 3 0 Ht 4 Olsen, Wilson, Dicken, J.Swales, 67.2 11 13Stuart Swales 2 2 2 2 3 11 1 Ht 5 Bentley, S.Swales, Dicken, Juul, 66.3 13 17Jesper Olsen 3 2 3 1 1 10 0 Ht 6 Werner, Cartwright, Lee, Hogg (fell rem), 67.3 16 20Jamie Birkinshaw 2 1 F 3 1 Ht 7 Thorp, Olsen, Birkinshaw, Lee (ret), 68.6 19 23Jonathan Swales 1 0 1 X 2 4 2 Ht 8 Wilson, Dicken, J.Swales, Birkinshaw (fell), 71.3 20 28HULL Ht 9 Bentley, S.Swales, Juul (ef), Cartwright (fell exc), awarded, Paul Bentley 2 3 3 1 2 2 13 0 no time 22 31Lee Dicken 1 1 1 2 R 5 3 Ht 10 Werner, Thorp, Lee, Hogg (fell rem), 68.7 25 34Paul Thorp 3 3 2 2 0 0 10 0 Ht 11 Olsen, S.Swales, Bentley, Dicken (ret), 68.1 30 35Paul Lee 1 1 R 1 1 4 2 Ht 12 Juul, Thorp, Cartwright, J.Swales (fell exc), 68.3 33 38R/R Alan Grahame Ht 13 Werner, Bentley, Olsen, Thorp, 67.4 37 40Simon Cartwright 0 2 X 1 3 1 Ht 14 S.Swales, J.Swales, Lee, Wilson (fell exc), 67.9 42 41John Wilson 3 2 3 X 8 0 Ht 15 Werner, Bentley, Olsen, Thorp, 67.2 46 43

Wednesday 29 April 1998Hull 45 Peterborough 45 - Honda Challenge 1st LegHULL Hu PPaul Bentley R 2 R 1 3 1 Ht 1 Cunningham, Dicken, Clews, Bentley (ret), 72.5 2 4Lee Dicken 2 3 2 2 2 11 1 Ht 2 Brady, Wilson, Cartwright, Hedge, 72.5 5 7Paul Thorp R 3 R 3 3 9 0 Ht 3 Woodifield, Madsen, Aas, Thorp (ret), 72.5 6 12Rene Aas (G) 1 1 1 2 5 1 Ht 4 Cartwright, Smith, Hedge, Grahame, 72.8 9 15Alan Grahame 0 3 1 0 4 0 Ht 5 Thorp, Cunningham, Aas, Clews, 71.8 13 17John Wilson 2 0 3 3 8 0 Ht 6 Dicken, Bentley, Smith, Brady, 72.8 18 18Simon Cartwright 1 3 1 X 5 2 Ht 7 Grahame, Madsen, Woodifield, Wilson, 73.6 21 21PETERBOROUGH Ht 8 Clews, Dicken, Cartwright, Hedge, 73.0 24 24Glenn Cunningham 3 2 0 2 7 1 Ht 9 Smith, Brady, Aas, Thorp (ret), 73.3 25 29Paul Clews 1 0 3 2 6 0 Ht 10 Woodifield, Dicken, Madsen, Bentley (ret), 72.8 27 33Brett Woodifield 3 1 3 2 X 9 1 Ht 11 Wilson, Clews, Grahame, Cunningham, 72.3 31 35Rene Madsen (G) 2 2 1 1 6 1 Ht 12 Thorp, Woodifield, Brady, Cartwright (fell exc), awarded, no time 34 38Scott Smith (G) 2 1 3 3 9 0 Ht 13 Smith, Cunningham, Bentley, Grahame, 72.8 35 43Ross Brady 3 0 2 1 1 7 2 Ht 14 Wilson, Aas, Madsen, Hedge, 73.0 40 44Gavin Hedge 0 1 0 0 1 1 Ht 15 Thorp, Dicken, Brady, Woodifield (fell exc), 73.0 45 45

Sunday 3 May 1998Glasgow 58 Hull 30 - Premier League Cup (Aggregate - Glasgow 95 Hull 83)GLASGOW G HuKevin Little (G) 3 3 2 1 9 0 Ht 1 Little, Beveridge, Bentley, Dicken (ret), 64.1 5 1Will Beveridge 2 2 2 1 7 3 Ht 2 MacDonald, Turner, Cartwright, Wilson (ret), 66.9 10 2Mick Powell 3 3 2 3 3 14 0 Ht 3 Powell, Thorp, Lee (fell), Courtney (ret), 65.0 13 4Sean Courtney R 1 1 1 3 2 Ht 4 Steen, Grahame, Turner, Wilson (ret), 66.7 17 6David Steen 3 1 2 3 2 11 2 Ht 5 Powell, Bentley, Courtney, Dicken (ret), 64.7 21 8Grant MacDonald 3 2 1 2 8 1 Ht 6 Little, Beveridge, Grahame, Cartwright, 66.6 26 9Brian Turner 2 1 1 2 6 3 Ht 7 Thorp, MacDonald, Steen, Lee, 65.2 29 12HULL Ht 8 Bentley, Beveridge, Turner, Dicken (fell rem), 66.1 32 15Paul Bentley 1 2 3 3 2 X 11 0 Ht 9 Thorp, Powell, Courtney, Grahame, 64.5 35 18Lee Dicken R R 0 0 0 0 Ht 10 Thorp, Little, Beveridge, Lee, 65.2 38 21Paul Thorp 2 3 3 3 X 11 0 Ht 11 Bentley, Steen, MacDonald, Dicken, 65.7 41 24Paul Lee F 0 0 0 0 0 Ht 12 Powell, Turner, Cartwright (ret), Thorp (fell exc), 66.2 46 24Alan Grahame 2 1 0 3 1 7 0 Ht 13 Steen, Bentley, Little, Wilson, 66.4 50 26Simon Cartwright 1 0 R 1 0 Ht 14 Grahame, MacDonald, Courtney, Lee, 65.9 53 29John Wilson R R 0 0 0 Ht 15 Powell, Steen, Grahame, Bentley (fell exc), awarded, no time 58 30

Wednesday 6 May 1998Hull 44 Berwick 46 - Premier League Cup (Aggregate - Berwick 93 Hull 87)HULL Hu BPaul Bentley R 1 2 2 5 1 Ht 1 Lamb, Dicken, Taylor, Bentley (ret), 68.2 2 4Lee Dicken 2 3 X 1 6 1 Ht 2 Madsen, McAllan, Wilson, Cartwright (fell exc), awarded, no time 3 9Paul Thorp 2 3 3 3 2 2 15 0 Ht 3 Scully, Thorp, Lee, Meldrum, 68.2 6 12Paul Lee 1 X 2 3 1 7 3 Ht 4 Madsen, Pingel, Grahame, Cartwright,. 69.1 7 17Alan Grahame 1 3 1 3 8 1 Ht 5 Thorp, Taylor, Lamb, Lee (fell exc), 68.8 10 20John Wilson 1 0 2 0 3 0 Ht 6 Dicken, Pingel, Bentley, McAllan, 68.7 14 22Simon Cartwright X 0 F 0 0 Ht 7 Grahame, Scully, Madsen, Wilson, 68.6 17 25BERWICK Ht 8 Thorp, Madsen, Taylor, Dicken (fell exc), 69.1 20 28Scott Lamb 3 1 3 0 3 10 1 Ht 9 Thorp, Lee, Pingel, McAllan, 68.8 25 29Craig Taylor 1 2 1 0 4 1 Ht 10 Scully, Bentley, Dicken, Meldrum, 68.5 28 32Peter Scully 3 2 3 3 0 11 0 Ht 11 Lamb, Wilson, Grahame, Taylor, 69.1 31 35David Meldrum 0 0 1 1 1 Ht 12 Scully, Thorp, Madsen, Cartwright (fell), 68.8 33 39Jorg Pingel 2 2 1 1 6 1 Ht 13 Grahame, Bentley, Pingel, Lamb, 69.3 38 40David McAllan 2 0 0 2 1 Ht 14 Lee, Madsen, Meldrum, Wilson, 69.8 41 43Rene Madsen 3 3 1 2 1 2 12 1 Ht 15 Lamb, Thorp, Lee, Scully, 68.8 44 46

Friday 8 May 1998Peterborough 32 Sheffield 26 Stoke 22 Hull 16 - Premier League Four Team ChampionshipQualifying Round (at Peterborough)PETERBOROUGHNigel Sadler 3 3 3 3 12Jan Andersen 3 1 2 3 9Brett Woodifield 2 R 1 1 4Glenn Cunningham 2 2 3 0 7 P Sh St HuSHEFFIELD Ht 1 Pickering, Cunningham, Stonehewer, Bentley, 64.3 2 1 3 0Carl Stonehewer 1 2 3 2 8 Ht 2 Palmer, Woodifield, Grahame, Juul, 64.8 4 4 3 1Tommy Palmer 3 1 1 5 Ht 3 Andersen, Collins, Knott, Thorp, 64.4 7 5 5 1Scott Smith 2 2 X 2 6 Ht 4 Sadler, Smith, Dixon, Dicken, 64.5 10 7 6 1Steve Knott 1 1 2 4 Ht 5 Collins, Cunningham, Palmer, Dicken, 65.0 12 8 9 1Andre Compton 2 1 3 Ht 6 Thorp, Stonehewer, Dixon, Woodifield (ret), 64.4 12 10 10 4STOKE Ht 7 Grahame, Smith, Andersen, Pickering, 65.1 13 12 10 7Neil Collins 2 3 3 0 8 Ht 8 Sadler, Juul, Knott, Bentley, 65.4 16 13 12 7Martoi Dixon 1 1 1 2 5 Ht 9 Cunningham, Compton, Dixon, Grahame, 64.8 19 15 13 7Richard Juul 0 2 R 2 Ht 10 Collins, Bentley, Woodifield, Smith (exc crossed white line),Paul Pickering 3 0 0 3 6 65.7 20 15 15 9Mark Burrows 1 1 Ht 11 Stonehewer, Andersen, Dicken, Juul (ret), 65.4 22 18 16 10HULL Ht 12 Sadler, Thorp, Palmer, Pickering, 65.3 25 19 16 12Alan Grahame 1 3 0 1 5 Ht 13 Pickering, Knott, Woodifield, Dicken, 66.4 26 21 19 12Paul Bentley 0 0 2 0 2 Ht 14 Thorp, Smith, Burrows, Cunningham, 65.6 26 23 20 15Paul Thorp 0 3 2 3 8 Ht 15 Andersen, Dixon, Compton, Bentley, 65.9 29 24 22 15Lee Dicken 0 0 1 0 1 Ht 16 Sadler, Stonehewer, Grahame, Collins, 64.9 32 26 22 16

Saturday 9 May 1998Stoke 46 Hull 44 - Premier League Cup STOKE S HuNeil Collins 2 3 2 2 1 10 2 Ht 1 Bentley, Collins, Burrows, Dicken, 64.2 3 3Mark Burrows 1 1 2 1 5 2 Ht 2 Felton, Wilson, Cartwright, Clarence (fell exc), 66.5 6 6Martin Dixon 2 2 1 1 6 2 Ht 3 Thorp, Dixon, Pickering, Lee, 64.0 9 9Paul Pickering 1 3 3 2 2 11 1 Ht 4 Wilson, Clarence, Grahame, Juul (ret), 62.1 11 13Richard Juul R 2 2 3 7 0 Ht 5 Pickering, Dixon, Bentley, Dicken, 64.5 16 14Dean Felton 3 0 0 2 0 5 0 Ht 6 Collins, Grahame, Burrows, Cartwright, 64.5 20 16Rob Clarence X 2 0 2 0 Ht 7 Thorp, Juul, Lee, Felton, 63.9 22 20HULL Ht 8 Dicken, Burrows, Wilson, Clarence, 64.4 24 24Paul Bentley 3 1 3 0 7 0 Ht 9 Pickering, Cartwright, Dixon, Grahame, 63.9 28 26Lee Dicken 0 0 3 1 4 0 Ht 10 Thorp, Collins, Burrows, Lee, 63.5 31 29Paul Thorp 3 3 3 3 3 15 0 Ht 11 Bentley, Juul, Dicken, Felton, 65.2 33 33Paul Lee 0 1 0 1 2 0 Ht 12 Thorp, Felton, Dixon, Cartwright, 63.8 36 36Alan Grahame 1 2 0 1 4 0 Ht 13 Juul, Collins, Grahame, Bentley, 63.9 41 37Simon Cartwright 1 0 2 0 3 1 Ht 14 Wilson, Pickering, Lee, Felton, 64.3 43 41John Wilson 2 3 1 3 X 9 0 Ht 15 Thorp, Pickering, Collins, Wilson (fell exc), 63.4 46 44* Stoke later wihdrew from this competition and their results were expunged from the records.

Wednesday 13 May 1998Hull 53 Stoke 37 - Premier League Cup (Aggregate - Hull 97 Stoke 83)HULL Hu SAlan Grahame 3 3 3 2 2 13 2 Ht 1 Grahame, Burrows, Collins, Dicken, 68.4 3 3Lee Dicken 0 1 2 1 4 0 Ht 2 Wilson, Cartwright, Felton, Blackwell, 69.7 8 4Paul Bentley 1 2 3 3 9 1 Ht 3 Pickering, Lee, Bentley, Dixon, 69.0 11 7Paul Lee 2 0 1 F 3 0 Ht 4 Thorp, Juul, Cartwright, Blackwell, 68.6 15 9Paul Thorp 3 2 2 3 3 13 1 Ht 5 Collins, Bentley, Burrows, Lee, 69.5 17 13John Wilson 3 3 0 2 8 0 Ht 6 Grahame, Juul, Dicken, Felton, 68.7 21 15Simon Cartwright 2 1 0 0 3 1 Ht 7 Wilson, Thorp, Dixon, Pickering, 69.4 26 16STOKE Ht 8 Collins, Dicken, Burrows, Cartwright, 68.5 28 20Neil Collins 1 3 3 3 0 1 11 1 Ht 9 Bentley, Juul, Lee, Felton, 68.8 32 22Mark Burrows 2 1 1 1 5 0 Ht 10 Grahame, Pickering, Dicken, Dixon, 69.0 36 24Martin Dixon 0 1 0 1 2 1 Ht 11 Collins, Thorp, Burrows, Wilson, 68.5 38 28Paul Pickering 3 0 2 2 3 0 10 0 Ht 12 Bentley, Pickering, Dixon, Cartwright, 68.6 41 31Richard Juul 2 2 2 1 7 0 Ht 13 Thorp, Grahame, Juul, Collins, 68.5 46 32Dean Felton 1 0 0 1 0 Ht 14 Pickering, Wilson, Blackwell, Lee (fell), 70.0 48 36Mark Blackwell 0 0 1 1 0 Ht 15 Thorp, Grahame, Collins, Pickering, 68.5 53 37* Stoke later wihdrew from this competition and their results were expunged from the records.

Wednesday 20 May 1998Hull 54 Edinburgh 35 - Premier League Cup (Aggregate - Edinburgh 91 Hull 88)HULL Hu EAlan Grahame 2 3 3 0 8 0 Ht 1 Sadler, Grahame, Larsen, Dicken (ret), 68.5 2 4Lee Dicken R 1 1 1 3 0 Ht 2 Wilson, Campbell, Cartwright (fell), Scott (fell), 69.7 5 6Paul Bentley 3 3 2 3 11 0 Ht 3 Bentley, Little. Lee, Gould, 68.5 9 8Paul Lee 1 1 1 0 3 1 Ht 4 Thorp, McKinna, Cartwright, Campbell, 67.2 13 10Paul Thorp 3 3 2 3 3 14 1 Ht 5 Bentley, Sadler, Lee, Larsen, 68.5 17 12John Wilson 3 2 3 3 2 13 2 Ht 6 Grahame, McKinna, Dicken, Scott, 68.6 21 14Simon Cartwright F 1 0 1 2 0 Ht 7 Thorp, Wilson, Little, Gould, 69.7 26 15EDINBURGH Ht 8 McKinna, Sadler, Dicken, Cartwright (fell rem), 68.6 27 20Nigel Sadler (G) 3 2 2 0 2 0 9 1 Ht 9 McKinna, Bentley, Lee, Scott, 68.7 30 23Robert Larsen 1 0 1 2 4 0 Ht 10 Grahame, Little, Dicken, Gould, 68.8 34 25Kevin Little 2 1 2 R 2 1 8 0 Ht 11 Wilson, Thorp, Larsen, Sadler, 69.0 39 26Paul Gould 0 0 0 0 0 Ht 12 Bentley, Larsen, Cartwright (fell rem), Little (ret), 68.9 43 28Kenny McKinna 2 2 3 3 1 11 1 Ht 13 Thorp, Sadler, McKinna, Grahame, 67.9 46 31Blair Scott F 0 0 0 0 Ht 14 Wilson, Little, Campbell, Lee, 69.1 49 34Barry Campbell 2 0 1 3 1 Ht 15 Thorp, Wilson, Little, Sadler, 68.8 54 35

Friday 22 May 1998Peterborough 44 Hull 46 - Honda Challenge 2nd Leg (Aggregate - Hull 91 Peterborough 89)PETERBOROUGH P HuGlenn Cunningham 2 2 3 2 9 0 Ht 1 Dicken, Cunningham, Grahame, Clews, 69.9 2 4Paul Clews 0 0 1 0 1 0 Ht 2 Wilson, Stead, Howe, Cartwright, 69.1 5 7Brett Woodifield 3 R 1 1 5 2 Ht 3 Woodifield, Sadler, Lee, Bentley, 69.7 10 8Nigel Sadler 2 2 2 3 3 12 1 Ht 4 Wilson, Howe, Andersen, Thorp, 70.3 13 11Jan Andersen 1 3 1 1 6 2 Ht 5 Grahame, Sadler, Dicken, Woodifield (ret), 69.9 15 15Simon Stead 2 0 0 0 2 0 Ht 6 Thorp, Cunningham, Cartwright, Clews, 69.8 17 19David Howe 1 2 3 2 1 9 1 Ht 7 Andersen, Bentley, Lee, Stead, 69.8 20 22HULL Ht 8 Howe, Dicken, Clews, Wilson, 69.5 24 24Alan Grahame 1 3 2 0 6 1 Ht 9 Thorp, Sadler, Woodifield, Cartwright, 68.6 27 27Lee Dicken 3 1 2 3 0 9 0 Ht 10 Cunningham, Bentley, Lee, Clews, 69.7 30 30Paul Bentley 0 2 2 3 7 0 Ht 11 Dicken, Grahame, Andersen, Stead, 69.5 31 35Paul Lee 1 1 1 1 4 3 Ht 12 Bentley, Howe, Woodifield, Cartwright, 68.6 34 38Paul Thorp 0 3 3 3 2 11 0 Ht 13 Thorp, Cunningham, Andersen, Grahame, 68.4 37 41Simon Cartwright 0 1 0 0 1 0 Ht 14 Sadler, Wilson, Lee, Stead, 68.9 40 44John Wilson 3 3 0 2 8 0 Ht 15 Sadler, Thorp, Howe, Dicken, 69.3 44 46

Wednesday 27 May 1998Hull 47 Newport 43 - Premier League HULL Hu NAlan Grahame 2 2 3 0 2 9 1 Ht 1 Dicken, Grahame, Watson, Mason (ret), 68.1 5 1Lee Dicken 3 1 3 R 7 1 Ht 2 Wilson, Cartwright, Willis, Armstrong, 70.3 10 2Paul Bentley 2 3 2 3 1 11 1 Ht 3 Henriksson, Bentley, Lee, Pegler, 69.2 13 5Paul Lee 1 R 0 1 2 1 Ht 4 Fry, Thorp, Cartwright, Armstrong, 69.1 16 8Paul Thorp 2 0 2 1 5 0 Ht 5 Bentley, Watson, Mason, Lee (ret), 69.7 19 11John Wilson 3 2 0 3 8 0 Ht 6 Fry, Grahame, Dicken, Armstrong, 68.9 22 14Simon Cartwright 2 1 2 0 5 3 Ht 7 Henriksson, Wilson, Pegler, Thorp, 68.8 24 18NEWPORT Ht 8 Dicken, Cartwright, Mason, Willis (fell rem), 69.4 29 19Craig Watson 1 2 1 3 2 3 12 1 Ht 9 Fry, Bentley, Watson, Lee, 68.9 31 23David Mason R 1 1 2 1 Ht 10 Grahame, Henriksson, Pegler, Dicken (ret), 69.0 34 26Anders Henriksson 3 3 2 2 10 0 Ht 11 Watson, Thorp, Fry, Wilson, 68.4 36 30Scott Pegler 0 1 1 2 4 1 Ht 12 Bentley, Henriksson, Willis, Cartwright, 69.1 39 33Paul Fry 3 3 3 1 3 0 13 0 Ht 13 Fry, Watson, Thorp, Grahame, 68.4 40 38Martin Willis 1 0 1 0 2 1 Ht 14 Wilson, Pegler, Lee, Willis, 68.9 44 40Jon Armstrong 0 0 0 0 0 Ht 15 Watson, Grahame, Bentley, Fry, 67.3 47 43

Wednesday 3 June 1998Hull 42 Sheffield 48 - Premier League Cup

Hu SHULL Ht 1 Grahame, Compton, Dicken, Stonehewer (ret), 69.9 4 2Alan Grahame 3 2 R 0 5 0 Ht 2 Keats, Cartwright, Aas, Wilson (fell), 71.6 6 6Lee Dicken 1 1 2 3 X 7 1 Ht 3 Bentley, Knott, Wilson, Palmer, 70.0 10 8Paul Bentley 3 2 3 2 0 10 0 Ht 4 Thorp, Powell, Aas, Cartwright, 67.7 13 11R/R Paul Lee Ht 5 Stonehewer, Bentley, Compton, Cartwright (fell exc), awarded, Paul Thorp 3 3 3 1 2 12 0 no time 15 15John Wilson F 1 2 T 1 1 1 6 2 Ht 6 Powell, Grahame, Dicken, Keats, 68.8 18 18Simon Cartwright 2 0 X 0 0 2 0 Ht 7 Thorp, Wilson, Palmer, Knott, 70.4 23 19SHEFFIELD Ht 8 Aas, Dicken, Compton, Cartwright (fell rem), 69.9 25 23Carl Stonehewer R 3 2 2 3 10 1 Ht 9 Bentley, Powell, Keats, Cartwright, Wilson (exc tapes), 69.0 28 26Andre Compton 2 1 1 0 4 0 Ht 10 Dicken, Knott, Palmer, Grahame (ret), 69.2 31 29Tommy Palmer 0 1 1 0 2 1 Ht 11 Thorp, Stonehewer, Wilson, Compton, 67.6 35 31Steve Knott 2 0 2 2 6 1 Ht 12 Aas, Bentley, Wilson, Palmer, 69.6 38 34Mick Powell (G) 2 3 2 3 1 11 0 Ht 13 Powell, Stonehewer, Thorp, Grahame, 68.8 39 39Derrol Keats 3 0 1 4 1 Ht 14 Aas, Knott, Wilson, Dicken (fell exc), 72.5 40 44Rene Aas 1 1 3 3 3 11 1 Ht 15 Stonehewer, Thorp, Powell, Bentley, 69.6 42 48

Thursday 4 June 1998Sheffield 51 Hull 39 - Premier League Cup (Aggregate - Sheffield 99 Hull 81)SHEFFIELD S HuCarl Stonehewer R 2 3 2 7 2 Ht 1 Grahame, Compton, Dicken, Stonehewer (ret), 63.4 2 4Andre Compton 2 3 3 2 3 13 1 Ht 2 Aas, Wilson, Cartwright, Keats, 63.7 5 7Tommy Palmer 0 0 1 1 0 Ht 3 Dicken, Bentley, Knott, Palmer, 64.4 6 12Steve Knott 1 2 1 1 5 2 Ht 4 Powell, Aas, Wilson, Thorp (ret), 65.0 11 13Mick Powell (G) 3 3 3 3 1 13 0 Ht 5 Grahame, Knott, Dicken, Palmer, 64.4 13 17Derrol Keats 0 1 0 1 0 Ht 6 Compton, Stonehewer, Thorp, Cartwright (fell rem), 63.0 18 18Rene Aas 3 2 2 2 0 2 11 2 Ht 7 Powell, Bentley, Keats, Wilson (fell exc), 63.5 22 20HULL Ht 8 Compton, Aas, Dicken, Wilson, 63.7 27 21Alan Grahame 3 3 2 2 1 2 13 1 Ht 9 Thorp, Aas, Knott, Cartwright, 63.0 30 24Lee Dicken 1 3 1 1 6 0 Ht 10 Stonehewer, Compton, Wilson, Bentley, 62.4 35 25Paul Bentley 2 2 0 3 3 0 10 1 Ht 11 Powell, Grahame, Thorp, Keats, 64.3 38 28R/R Paul Lee Ht 12 Bentley, Grahame, Palmer, Aas, 64.1 39 33Paul Thorp R 1 3 1 0 5 1 Ht 13 Powell, Stonehewer, Grahame, Thorp, 64.1 44 34Simon Cartwright 1 0 0 1 1 Ht 14 Bentley, Aas, Knott, Wilson, 64.4 47 37John Wilson 2 1 X 0 1 0 4 0 Ht 15 Compton, Grahame, Powell, Bentley, 63.9 51 39

Wednesday 10 June 1998Hull 54 Isle of Wight 36 - Premier League

Hu IOWHULL Ht 1 Bunyan, Grahame, Dicken, Berge (ret), 68.5 3 3Alan Grahame 2 3 3 1 9 0 Ht 2 Wilson, Bird, Simmons, Cartwright (exc unfair riding), awarded,Lee Dicken 1 1 2 2 6 2 no time 6 6Paul Bentley 2 2 3 1 2 10 3 Ht 3 Lee, Bentley, Carter, Swain, 69.0 11 7Paul Lee 3 3 1 2 9 0 Ht 4 Thorp, Morton, Wilson, Bird, 69.7 15 9Paul Thorp 3 3 3 3 3 15 0 Ht 5 Lee, Bentley, Berge, Bunyan, 69.0 20 10Simon Cartwright X F X F 0 0 Ht 6 Grahame, Morton, Dicken, Bird, 69.8 24 12John Wilson 3 1 1 0 5 1 Ht 7 Thorp, Swain, Carter, Cartwright (fell), 68.9 27 15ISLE OF WIGHT Ht 8 Morton, Dicken, Wilson, Bunyan (fell), 69.0 30 18Phillipe Berge R 1 1 2 4 1 Ht 9 Bentley, Morton, Lee, Simmons, 68.3 34 20Jason Bunyan 3 0 F 2 3 8 0 Ht 10 Grahame, Dicken, Carter, Swain, 69.1 39 21Wayne Carter 1 1 1 2 1 6 2 Ht 11 Thorp, Bunyan, Berge, Cartwright (fell exc), awarded, no time 42 24Scott Swain 0 2 0 3 5 0 Ht 12 Bunyan, Carter, Bentley, Wilson, 68.6 43 29Ray Morton 2 2 3 2 0 0 9 0 Ht 13 Thorp, Berge, Grahame, Morton, 68.3 47 31Danny Bird 2 0 0 2 0 Ht 14 Swain, Lee, Simmons, Cartwright (fell), 70.2 49 35Nick Simmons 1 0 1 2 1 Ht 15 Thorp, Bentley, Carter, Morton, 68.0 54 36

Wednesday 17 June 1998Hull 45 Reading 43 - Premier League

Hu RHULL Ht 1 Grahame, Dicken, Mullett, Marsh, 67.7 5 1Alan Grahame 3 3 2 1 T 9 0 Ht 2 Cartwright, Clarke, Wilson (fell), Elkins (exc tapes), 71.8 8 3Lee Dicken 2 2 3 1 8 3 Ht 3 Kokko, Bentley, Lee, Marsh (ret), 67.9 11 6Paul Bentley 2 2 1 2 7 0 Ht 4 Thorp, Richardson, Wilson, Clarke (ret), 66.7 15 8Paul Lee 1 0 0 1 2 1 Ht 5 Mullett, Bentley, Marsh, Lee, 68.3 17 12Paul Thorp 3 1 3 3 2 12 0 Ht 6 Grahame, Dicken, Richardson (fell exc), Elkins (exc not underSimon Cartwright 3 0 0 3 0 power), 68.3 22 12John Wilson F 1 2 1 0 0 4 2 Ht 7 Richardson, Kokko, Thorp, Cartwright, 66.7 23 17READING Ht 8 Dicken, Wilson, Marsh, Elkins, 68.5 28 18Dave Mullett 1 3 2 R 2 8 1 Ht 9 Kokko, Richardson, Bentley, Lee, 68.1 29 23Krister Marsh 0 R 1 1 1 3 1 Ht 10 Kokko, Grahame, Dicken, Clarke, Elkins (exc 2 mins), 67.9 32 26Petri Kokko 3 2 3 3 3 1 15 1 Ht 11 Thorp, Mullett, Marsh, Cartwright, 66.9 35 29R/R Phil Morris Ht 12 Kokko, Bentley, Wilson, Clarke, 68.0 38 32Lee Richardson 2 X 3 2 2 3 3 15 1 Ht 13 Thorp, Richardson, Grahame, Mullett (ret), 67.2 42 34Justin Elkins T X 0 M 0 0 Ht 14 Richardson, Mullett, Lee, Wilson, 67.4 43 39Ian Clarke 2 R 0 0 2 0 Ht 15 Richardson, Thorp, Kokko, Wilson, Grahame (exc tapes), 68.6 45 43

Friday 19 June 1998Peterborough 51 Hull 39 - Premier League PETERBOROUGH P HuGlenn Cunningham 3 2 3 1 2 11 0 Ht 1 Cunningham, Grahame, Clews, Dicken, 62.3 4 2Paul Clews 1 1 0 2 1 Ht 2 Howe, Wilson, Cartwright, Stead, 64.3 7 5Brett Woodifield 1 2 1 2 6 3 Ht 3 Bentley, Sadler, Woodifield, Lee, 64.3 10 8Nigel Sadler 2 3 0 R 5 0 Ht 4 Andersen, Thorp, Howe, Wilson (fell), 63.0 14 10Jan Andersen 3 3 2 3 0 11 0 Ht 5 Sadler, Woodifield, Grahame, Dicken, 63.9 19 11Simon Stead 0 1 0 3 4 0 Ht 6 Thorp, Cuningham, Clews, Cartwright, 62.7 22 14David Howe 3 1 3 2 3 12 1 Ht 7 Andersen, Bentley, Stead, Lee, 63.9 26 16HULL Ht 8 Howe, Grahame, Dicken, Clews, 63.9 29 19Alan Grahame 2 1 2 1 0 6 0 Ht 9 Thorp, Bentley, Woodifield, Sadler, 63.6 30 24Lee Dicken 0 0 1 2 3 1 Ht 10 Cunningham, Howe, Bentley, Lee, 63.9 35 25Paul Bentley 3 2 2 1 1 1 10 1 Ht 11 Thorp, Andersen, Grahame, Stead, 64.1 37 29Paul Lee 0 0 0 0 0 Ht 12 Howe, Woodifield, Bentley, Cartwright, 65.1 42 30Paul Thorp 2 3 3 3 2 3 16 0 Ht 13 Andersen, Thorp, Cunningham, Grahame, 64.4 46 32Simon Cartwright 1 0 0 1 1 Ht 14 Stead, Dicken, Wilson, Sadler (ret), 65.8 49 35John Wilson 2 F 1 3 1 Ht 15 Thorp, Cunningham, Bentley, Andersen, 64.3 51 39

Monday 29 June 1998Reading 39 Hull 33 - Premier League (Abandoned after 12 heats - Result stands) (Aggregate - Reading 82 Hull 78)

R HuREADING Ht 1 Mullett, Dicken, Grahame, Marsh, 62.5 3 3Dave Mullett 3 2 3 8 0 Ht 2 Elkins, Cartwright, Wilson, Clarke (exc 2 mins), 62.6 6 6Krister Marsh 0 M 2 1 3 0 Ht 3 Kokko, Bentley, Morris, Lee, 62.1 10 8Petri Kokko 3 3 3 2 11 0 Ht 4 Thorp, Richardson, Wilson, Elkins (exc tapes), Clarke (exc Phil Morris 1 2 0 3 1 2 mins), 60.9 12 12Lee Richardson 2 3 3 8 0 Ht 5 Kokko, Morris, Dicken, Grahame, 61.2 17 13Justin Elkins 3 T 1 R 2 6 2 Ht 6 Thorp, Mullett, Elkins, Cartwright, Marsh (exc 2 mins), 61.5 20 16Ian Clarke M M 0 0 0 0 Ht 7 Richardson, Bentley, Lee, Clarke, 63.0 23 19HULL Ht 8 Dicken, Marsh, Wilson, Elkins (ret), 63.9 25 23Alan Grahame 1 0 0 1 1 Ht 9 Kokko, Thorp, Cartwright, Morris, 65.8 28 26Lee Dicken 2 1 3 1 7 0 Ht 10 Mullett, Bentley, Marsh, Lee (fell), awarded, no time 32 28Paul Bentley 2 2 2 1 7 0 Ht 11 Richardson, Elkins, Dicken, Grahame, 67.7 37 29Paul Lee 0 1 F 1 1 Ht 12 Thorp, Kokko, Bentley, Clarke, 69.4 39 33Paul Thorp 3 3 2 3 11 0 Ht 13Simon Cartwright 2 0 1 3 1 Ht 14John Wilson 1 1 1 3 1 Ht 15

Wednesday 1 July 1998Hull 53 Arena-Essex 37 - Premier League HULL Hu AEAlan Grahame 3 1 2 2 8 2 Ht 1 Graham, Lanham, Dicken, Pratt (ret), 68.8 4 2Lee Dicken 1 2 2 1 6 1 Ht 2 Wilson, Cartwright, Morton, Allen, 69.3 9 3Paul Bentley 3 2 3 3 2 13 1 Ht 3 Bentley, Pedersen, Read, Lee (ret), 68.8 12 6Paul Lee R 0 1 1 2 1 Ht 4 Thorp, White, Allen, Cartwright, 68.3 15 9Paul Thorp 3 3 3 3 3 15 0 Ht 5 Lanham, Bentley, Pratt, Lee, 69.3 17 13John Wilson 3 2 T 0 2 7 1 Ht 6 White, Dicken, Grahame. Morton, 69.0 20 16Simon Cartwright 2 0 0 F 2 1 Ht 7 Thorp, Wilson, Pedersen, Read (fell), 70.1 25 17ARENA-ESSEX Ht 8 Pratt, Dicken, Allen, Cartwright, 68.4 27 21Leigh Lanham 2 3 0 2 1 1 9 0 Ht 9 Bentley, White, Lee, Morton (fell), 69.2 31 23Troy Pratt R 1 3 1 5 1 Ht 10 Pedersen, Grahame, Dicken, Lanham, 69.0 34 26Jan Pedersen 2 1 3 2 3 0 11 0 Ht 11 Thorp, Lanham, Pratt, Cartwright (fell), Wilson (exc tapes), 68.1 37 29Matt Read 1 F 0 1 1 Ht 12 Bentley, Pedersen, White, Wilson, 69.1 40 32Colin White 2 3 2 1 0 8 1 Ht 13 Thorp, Grahame, Lanham, White, 70.0 45 33Nathan Morton 1 0 F 1 0 Ht 14 Pedersen, Wilson, Lee, Read, 70.0 48 36Oliver Allen 0 1 1 2 1 Ht 15 Thorp, Bentley, Lanham, Pedersen, 68.6 53 37

Wednesday 8 July 1998Hull 49 Glasgow 41 - Premier League HULL Hu GAlan Grahame 1 3 2 2 8 2 Ht 1 Andersson, Dicken, Grahame, Beveridge, 67.8 3 3Lee Dicken 2 1 3 0 6 0 Ht 2 Turner, Wilson, Cartwright, MacDonald, 68.8 6 6Paul Bentley 3 3 3 2 1 12 0 Ht 3 Bentley, Courtney, Powell, Lee (fell), awarded, no time 9 9Paul Lee F 0 0 2 2 0 Ht 4 Thorp, Steen, Turner, Cartwright, 67.8 12 12Paul Thorp 3 3 3 3 3 15 0 Ht 5 Bentley, Andersson, Beveridge, Lee, 68.0 15 15John Wilson 2 0 2 0 0 4 1 Ht 6 Grahame, Steen, Dicken, MacDonald, 68.4 19 17Simon Cartwright 1 0 1 2 2 Ht 7 Thorp, Courtney, Powell, Wilson, 68.9 22 20GLASGOW Ht 8 Dicken, Wilson, Beveridge, Turner, 68.5 27 21Dalle Andersson 3 2 2 0 0 7 0 Ht 9 Bentley, Steen, MacDonald, Lee, 69.2 30 24Will Beveridge 0 1 1 1 3 2 Ht 10 Powell, Grahame, Courtney, Dicken, 69.5 32 28Mick Powell 1 1 3 3 3 2 13 2 Ht 11 Thorp, Andersson, Beveridge, Wilson, 68.1 35 31Sean Courtney 2 2 1 1 6 0 Ht 12 Powell, Bentley, Cartwright, Turner (fell), 69.2 38 34David Steen 2 2 2 1 7 0 Ht 13 Thorp, Grahame, Steen, Andersson, 70.1 43 35Grant MacDonald 0 0 1 1 1 Ht 14 Powell, Lee, Courtney, Wilson, 69.4 45 39Brian Turner 3 1 0 F 4 1 Ht 15 Thorp, Powell, Bentley, Andersson, 68.9 49 41

Thursday 9 July 1998Hull 35 Peterborough 25 Sheffield 21 Stoke 15 - Premier League Four Team ChampionshipQualifying Round (at Sheffield)SHEFFIELDAndre Compton 0 R 0 1 1Scott Smith 2 2 X 0 4Rene Aas 3 0 1 2 6Carl Stonehewer 3 1 3 3 10 Sh St Hu PSTOKE Ht 1 Stonehewer, Bentley, Collins, Sadler, 60.6 (TR) 3 1 2 0Neil Collins 1 2 1 0 4 Ht 2 Aas, Andersen, Grahame, Pickering, 63.7 6 1 3 2Paul Pickering 0 0 3 3 6 Ht 3 Thorp, Smith, Woodifield, MacDonald, 61.8 8 1 6 3Jarno Kosonen 2 0 0 2 Ht 4 Cunningham, Kosonen, Dicken, Compton, 62.7 8 3 7 6Stewart MacDonald 0 1 0 1 Ht 5 Thorp, Cunningham, Stonehewer, Pickering, 61.9 9 3 10 8Mark Burrows 1 1 2 Ht 6 Dicken, Collins, Woodifield, Aas, 62.8 9 5 13 9HULL Ht 7 Bentley, Smith, Andersen, Kosonen, 63.6 11 5 16 10Paul Thorp 3 3 3 3 12 Ht 8 Grahame, Sadler, MacDonald, Compton (ret), 63.0 11 6 19 12Lee Dicken 1 3 2 2 8 Ht 9 Stonehewer, Dicken, Burrows, Andersen, 62.2 14 7 21 12Alan Grahame 1 3 2 2 8 Ht 10 Thorp, Sadler, Aas, Kosonen, 63.1 15 7 24 14Paul Bentley 2 3 1 1 7 Ht 11 Cunningham, Grahame, Collins, Smith (fell exc), 63.5 15 8 26 17PETERBOROUGH Ht 12 Pickering, Woodifield, Bentley, Compton, 63.6 15 11 27 19Jan Andersen 2 1 0 2 5 Ht 13 Cunningham, Aas, Bentley, MacDonald, 62.8 17 11 28 22Nigel Sadler 0 2 2 1 5 Ht 14 Stonehewer, Grahame, Burrows, Woodifield (fell exc), 63.2 20 12 30 22Brett Woodifield 1 1 2 X 4 Ht 15 Pickering, Dicken, Sadler, Smith, 64.2 20 15 32 23Glenn Cunningham 3 2 3 3 11 Ht 16 Thorp, Andersen, Compton, Collins, 63.4 21 15 35 25

Friday 10 July 1998Arena-Essex 47 Hull 43 - Premier League (Aggregate - Hull 96 Arena-Essex 84)ARENA-ESSEX AE HuLeigh Lanham 2 2 3 2 9 2 Ht 1 Pratt, Lanham, Grahame, Dicken (fell exc), 61.3 5 1Troy Pratt 3 F 1 1 5 0 Ht 2 Wilson, Morton, Corbett, Cartwright (fell exc), 63.7 8 4Jan Pedersen 3 3 2 3 3 14 0 Ht 3 Pedersen, Bentley, Lee, Read (ret), 62.2 11 7Matt Read R F 1 2 3 1 Ht 4 White, Thorp, Wilson, Corbett, 61.4 14 10Colin White 3 2 3 3 2 13 1 Ht 5 Pedersen, Dicken, Grahame, Read (fell), 63.5 17 13Nathan Morton 2 0 R M N 2 0 Ht 6 Thorp, Lanham, Cartwright, Pratt (fell), 62.0 19 17Gary Corbett 1 0 1 1 Ht 7 Bentley, White, Lee, Morton, 62.3 21 21HULL Ht 8 Dicken, Wilson, Pratt, Morton (ret), 63.4 22 26Alan Grahame 1 1 1 3 2 Ht 9 Thorp, Pedersen, Read, Cartwright, 60.6 25 29Lee Dicken X 2 3 2 7 0 Ht 10 Lanham, Bentley, Pratt, Lee, 62.1 29 31Paul Bentley 2 3 2 2 1 10 0 Ht 11 White, Dicken, Grahame, Morton (exc 2 mins), 63.8 32 34Paul Lee 1 1 0 1 3 1 Ht 12 Pedersen, Bentley, Cartwright (fell rem), 62,5 (three riders only) 35 37Paul Thorp 2 3 3 0 R 8 0 Ht 13 White, Lanham, Wilson, Thorp, 62.0 40 38Simon Cartwright X 1 0 1 2 1 Ht 14 Wilson, Read, Lee, Morton (fell injured), 63.2 42 42John Wilson 3 1 2 1 3 10 2 Ht 15 Pedersen, White, Bentley, Thorp (ret), 62.0 47 43

Wednesday 22 July 1998Peterborough 38 Hull 34 Sheffield 18 Stoke 6 - Premier League Four Team ChampionshipQualifying Round (at Hull)HULLPaul Thorp 2 2 3 3 10Lee Dicken 3 2 3 1 9Alan Grahame 1 1 0 3 5Paul Bentley 2 3 3 2 10 Hu P Sh StPETERBOROUGH Ht 1 Cunningham, Bentley, Compton, Pickering, 67.9 2 3 1 0Glenn Cunningham 3 3 2 2 10 Ht 2 Woodifield, Collins, Grahame, Smith, 69.2 3 6 1 2Brett Woodifield 3 1 2 2 8 Ht 3 Dicken, Stonehewer, Sadler, MacDonald, 68.7 6 7 3 2Jan Andersen 3 3 3 3 12 Ht 4 Andersen, Thorp, Kosonen, Aas, 68.6 8 10 3 3Nigel Sadler 1 3 2 2 8 Ht 5 Bentley, Stonehewer, Woodifield, Kosonen, 68.2 11 11 5 3SHEFFIELD Ht 6 Cunningham Aas, Grahame, MacDonald, 67.8 12 14 7 3Carl Stonehewer 2 2 1 1 6 Ht 7 Andersen, Dicken, Compton, Collins, 68.6 14 17 8 3Rene Aas 0 2 1 3 6 Ht 8 Sadler, Thorp, Smith, Pickering, 68.6 16 20 9 3Scott Smith 0 1 F 1 2 Ht 9 Bentley, Sadler, Aas, Collins, 68.5 19 22 10 3Andre Compton 1 1 1 1 4 Ht 10 Andersen, Pickering, Stonehewer, Grahame, 68.4 19 25 11 5STOKE Ht 11 Dicken, Cunningham, Kosonen, Smith (fell), 68.9 22 27 11 6Neil Collins 2 0 0 0 2 Ht 12 Thorp, Woodifield, Compton, MacDonald, 68.1 25 29 12 6Paul Pickering 0 0 2 R 2 Ht 13 Grahame, Sadler, Compton, Mason, 69.9 28 31 13 6Stewart MacDonald 0 0 0 F 0 Ht 14 Andersen, Bentley, Smith, MacDonald (fell), 69.0 30 34 14 6Jarno Kosonen 1 0 1 2 Ht 15 Aas, Woodifield, Dicken, Pickering (ret), 69.9 31 36 17 6David Mason 0 0 Ht 16 Thorp, Cunningham, Stonehewer, Collins, 67.7 34 38 18 6

Sunday 26 July 1998Premier League Pairs Championship (at Newport)GROUP A SF FIN PREADINGDave Mullett 3 3 3 9 0Petri Kokko 4 4 0 8 4EDINBURGHPeter Carr 2 2 0 4Kenny McKinna 0 0 3 3ARENA-ESSEXJan Pedersen 4 2 4Leigh Lanham 0 R 2 2 Ht 1 Kokko, Mullett, Carr, McKinna, 60.13EXETER Ht 2 N.Pedersen, Cunningham, Woodifield, Olsen (fell), 59.69Michael Coles 3 4 4 2 0 Ht 3 J.Pedersen, Coles, Smart, Lanham, 61.32Frank Smart 2 3 2 7 4 4 Ht 4 Watson, Fry, Bentley, Lobb, 60.57GROUP B Ht 5 Kokko, Mullett, J.Pedersen, Lanham (ret), 60.40NEWCASTLE Ht 6 N.Pedersen, Bentley, Olsen, Lobb, 60.06Nicki Pedersen 4 4 4 3 Ht 7 Coles, Smart, Carr, McKinna, 61.37Jesper Olsen F 2 2 4 0 Ht 8 Woodifield, Cunningham, Watson, Fry (fell rem, ret), 60.68PETERBOROUGH Ht 9 J.Pedersen, McKinna, Lanham, Carr, 61.53Glenn Cunningham 3 3 4 3 2 Ht 10 Cunningham, Woodifield, Bentley, Lobb, 61.41Brett Woodifield 2 4 3 9 2 3 Ht 11 Coles, Mullett, Smart, Kokko, 60.87HULL Ht 12 N.Pedersen, Watson, Olsen, Fry (fell exc), 61.04Roger Lobb (G) 0 0 0 0 SEMI FINALSPaul Bentley 2 3 2 7 Ht 13 Smart, N.Pedersen, Coles, Olsen, 61.09NEWPORT Ht 14 Kokko, Cunningham, Woodifield, Mullett (fell rem), 60.50Paul Fry 3 R X 3 FINALCraig Watson 4 2 3 9 Ht 15 Smart, Woodifield, Cunningham, Coles, 61.50

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no time 4 2NEWCASTLE Ht 2 Lee, Cartwright, J.Swales, Hogg, 66.6 5 7Nicki Pedersen 3 3 3 3 3 15 0 Ht 3 Werner, S.Swales, Dicken, Grahame, 65.6 10 8Jamie Birkinshaw 1 1 2 T 4 0 Ht 4 Bentley, Olsen, Lee, J.Swales (ret), 65.4 12 12Brent Werner 3 2 2 3 0 10 0 Ht 5 Thorp, Werner, S.Swales, Lee (ret), 65.1 15 15Stuart Swales 2 1 1 3 7 3 Ht 6 Pedersen, Bentley, Birkinshaw, Cartwright, 65.0 19 17Jesper Olsen 2 3 2 R 7 0 Ht 7 Olsen, Dicken, Grahame, Hogg, 66.3 22 20Malcolm Hogg 0 0 0 0 0 Ht 8 Lee, Birkinshaw, J.Swales, Cartwright, 67.2 25 23Jonathan Swales 1 R 1 0 F R 2 1 Ht 9 Bentley, Werner, S.Swales, Cartwright, 66.3 28 26HULL Ht 10 Pedersen, Dicken, Grahame, Hogg, Birkinshaw (exc tapes), Paul Thorp 2 3 3 2 2 12 0 66.9 31 29John Wilson X 0 0 Ht 11 Thorp, Olsen, Lee, J.Swales, 65.6 33 33Lee Dicken 1 2 2 1 6 1 Ht 12 Werner, Lee, Dicken, J.Swales (fell), 66.8 36 36Alan Grahame 0 1 1 X 2 2 Ht 13 Pedersen, Thorp, Bentley, Olsen (ret), 65.7 39 39Paul Bentley 3 2 3 1 1 10 2 Ht 14 S.Swales, Lee, J.Swales (ret), Grahame (fell exc), awdrded, Simon Cartwright 2 0 0 0 2 1 no time 42 41Paul Lee 3 1 R 3 1 2 2 12 0 Ht 15 Pedersen, Thorp, Bentley, Werner, 65.2 45 44

Wednesday 29 July 1998Hull 55 Stoke 35 - Premier League HULL Hu SPaul Thorp 3 3 3 3 3 15 0 Ht 1 Thorp, Collins, Cartwright, Clarke, 68.3 4 2R/R John Wilson Ht 2 Burrows, Clarence, Cartwright (fell rem), Lee (exc tapes), 72.6 5 7Lee Dicken 1 3 2 2 8 1 Ht 3 Grahame, Pickering, Dicken, Clarke, 68.7 9 9Alan Grahame 3 1 2 3 3 12 1 Ht 4 Bentley, McDonald, Cartwright, Clarence, 69.2 13 11Paul Bentley 3 2 3 2 2 12 2 Ht 5 Dicken, Collins, Grahame, Clarke (ret), 68.8 17 13Paul Lee T 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 Ht 6 Thorp, Burrows, McDonald, Lee, 68.1 20 16Simon Cartwright 1 1 1 3 0 6 0 Ht 7 Pickering, Bentley, Burrows, Lee, 68.2 22 20STOKE Ht 8 Cartwright, Grahame, Clarence, Clarke (ret), 70.1 27 21Neil Collins 2 2 1 0 1 6 1 Ht 9 Grahame, Dicken, Burrows, McDonald, 69.9 32 22Ian Clarke 0 0 R R 0 0 Ht 10 Thorp, Pickering, Collins, Lee, 68.6 35 25Paul Pickering 2 3 2 2 3 2 1 15 0 Ht 11 Bentley, Pickering, Lee, Collins, 69.0 39 27R/R Jarno Kosonen Ht 12 Pickering, Dicken, Burrows, Cartwright, 69.8 41 31Stewart McDonald 2 1 0 0 3 1 Ht 13 Thorp, Bentley, Collins, McDonald, 69.2 46 32Mark Burrows 3 2 1 1 1 0 X 8 0 Ht 14 Grahame, Pickering, Lee, Burrows, 70.3 50 34Rob Clarence 2 0 1 3 1 Ht 15 Thorp, Bentley, Pickering, Burrows (fell exc), awarded, no time 55 35

Sunday 2 August 1998Newport 54 Hull 36 - Premier League (Aggregate - Newport 97 Hull 83)NEWPORT N HuCraig Watson 3 3 3 2 2 13 2 Ht 1 Watson, Thorp, Pegler, Wilson, 59.7 4 2Scott Pegler 1 1 1 1 4 0 Ht 2 Willis, Neath, Cartwright (fell rem), Lee (ret), 64.7 9 3Mark Simmonds (G) 2 3 0 2 7 1 Ht 3 Henriksson, Simmonds, Dicken, Grahame, 61.3 14 4Anders Henriksson 3 2 3 1 9 1 Ht 4 Fry, Bentley, Lee, Neath, 60.8 17 7Paul Fry 3 3 3 3 3 15 0 Ht 5 Simmonds, Henriksson, Thorp, Wilson, 60.8 22 8Martin Willis 3 X 0 1 4 1 Ht 6 Watson, Bentley, Pegler, Cartwright (fell exc), awarded, no time 26 10Chris Neath 2 0 0 0 2 1 Ht 7 Fry, Dicken, Grahame, Willis (fell exc), 61.6 29 13HULL Ht 8 Lee, Bentley, Pegler, Neath, 60.7 30 18Paul Thorp 2 1 1 2 R 6 1 Ht 9 Henriksson, Bentley, Thorp, Simmonds, 60.7 33 21John Wilson 0 0 1 1 1 Ht 10 Watson, Dicken, Pegler, Grahame, 61.1 37 23Alan Grahame 0 1 0 1 1 Ht 11 Fry, Thorp, Wilson, Willis, 60.6 40 26Lee Dicken 1 2 2 3 0 8 0 Ht 12 Lee, Simmonds, Willis, Cartwright, 62.5 43 29Paul Bentley 2 2 2 2 1 9 1 Ht 13 Fry, Watson, Bentley, Thorp (ret), 61.0 48 30Simon Cartwright 1 X 0 1 0 Ht 14 Dicken, Lee, Henriksson, Neath, 62.1 49 35Paul Lee R 1 3 3 2 1 10 2 Ht 15 Fry, Watson, Lee, Dicken, 61.6 54 36

Monday 3 August 1998Exeter 53 Hull 37 - Premier League EXETER E HuFrank Smart 2 2 3 3 3 13 0 Ht 1 Thorp, Smart, Gordon, Wilson, 67.1 3 3Graeme Gordon 1 1 3 2 7 3 Ht 2 Oughton, Lee, Cartwright, Lobb, 70.5 6 6Mark Simmonds 3 2 1 3 9 2 Ht 3 Simmonds, Jeffery, Dicken, Grahame, 67.8 11 7Paul Jeffery 2 3 2 3 R 10 1 Ht 4 Bentley, Coles, Oughton, Lee, 68.4 14 10Michael Coles 2 2 2 0 6 0 Ht 5 Jeffery, Simmonds, Wilson, Thorp (ret), 68.6 19 11Roger Lobb 0 1 1 1 3 2 Ht 6 Bentley, Smart, Gordon, Cartwright, 68.6 22 14Paul Oughton 3 1 0 1 5 1 Ht 7 Dicken, Coles, Lobb, Grahame, 70.0 25 17HULL Ht 8 Gordon, Dicken, Lee, Oughton, 68.3 28 20Paul Thorp 3 R 0 3 1 2 9 1 Ht 9 Bentley, Jeffery, Simmonds, Thorp, 68.8 31 23John Wilson 0 1 0 1 0 Ht 10 Smart, Gordon, Dicken, Cartwright, 68.9 36 24Alan Grahame 0 0 0 0 0 Ht 11 Thorp, Coles, Lobb, Wilson, 68.6 39 27Lee Dicken 1 3 2 1 2 9 0 Ht 12 Simmonds, Bentley, Oughton, Grahame, 69.0 43 29Paul Bentley 3 3 3 2 2 1 14 1 Ht 13 Smart, Bentley, Thorp, Coles, 68.2 46 32Simon Cartwright 1 0 0 1 1 Ht 14 Jeffery, Dicken, Lobb, Lee, 69.6 50 34Paul Lee 2 0 1 0 3 1 Ht 15 Smart, Thorp, Bentley, Jeffery (ret), 67.9 53 37

Wednesday 5 August 1998Hull 49 Peterborough 41 - Premier League (Aggregate - Peterborough 92 Hull 88)HULL Hu PAlan Grahame 3 3 2 1 9 0 Ht 1 Grahame, Dicken, Cunningham, Sadler, 68.0 5 1Lee Dicken 2 2 3 0 7 2 Ht 2 Lee, Allen, Stead, Cartwright, 67.9 8 4Paul Bentley 3 3 2 3 2 13 1 Ht 3 Bentley, Berge, Woodifield, Wilson, 68.3 11 7John Wilson 0 F R 1 1 0 Ht 4 Thorp, Lee, Andersen, Stead, 69.2 16 8Paul Thorp 3 3 1 3 3 13 0 Ht 5 Bentley, Cunningham, Sadler, Wilson (fell), 69.9 19 11Simon Cartwright 0 0 0 0 0 Ht 6 Grahame, Dicken, Stead, Allen, Andersen (fell injured), 69.8 24 12Paul Lee 3 2 F 1 0 6 1 Ht 7 Thorp, Woodifield, Berge, Cartwright, 68.0 27 15PETERBOROUGH Ht 8 Dicken, Stead, Sadler, Lee (fell), 69.1 30 18Glenn Cunningham 1 2 3 3 2 1 12 0 Ht 9 Cunningham, Bentley, Allen, Wilson (ret), 68.3 32 22Nigel Sadler 0 1 1 2 4 3 Ht 10 Berge, Grahame, Woodifield, Dicken, 66.4 34 26Brett Woodifield 1 2 1 2 2 8 2 Ht 11 Cunningham, Sadler, Thorp, Cartwright, 67.8 35 31Phillipe Berge 2 1 3 3 0 9 1 Ht 12 Bentley, Woodifield, Lee, Allen, 67.7 39 33Jan Andersen 1 N 1 0 Ht 13 Thorp, Cunningham, Grahame, Stead, 68.0 43 35Oliver Allen 2 0 1 0 3 0 Ht 14 Berge, Woodifield, Wilson, Lee, 69.1 44 40Simon Stead 1 0 1 2 0 4 1 Ht 15 Thorp, Bentley, Cunningham, Berge, 67.7 49 41

Thursday 6 August 1998Sheffield 56 Hull 34 - Premier League SHEFFIELD S HuCarl Stonehewer 3 3 2 2 10 0 Ht 1 Stonehewer, Thorp, Palmer, Wilson, 62.1 4 2R/R Robert Larsen Ht 2 Palmer, Keats, Lee, Cartwright, 63.5 9 3Andre Compton 3 2 3 3 3 14 0 Ht 3 Compton, Aas, Grahame, Dicken, 64.0 14 4Rene Aas 2 0 3 2 2 9 2 Ht 4 Lee, Palmer, Smith, Bentley, 63.1 17 7Scott Smith 1 3 2 1 7 2 Ht 5 Thorp, Compton, Wilson, Aas, 61.7 19 11Derrol Keats 2 2 0 1 1 6 4 Ht 6 Stonehewer, Keats, Bentley, Cartwright (fell), awarded, no time 24 12Tommy Palmer 1 3 2 2 1 1 0 10 2 Ht 7 Smith, Grahame, Dicken, Keats, 63.0 27 15HULL Ht 8 Aas, Palmer, Lee, Grahame (ret), 63.5 32 16Paul Thorp 2 3 3 3 3 2 16 0 Ht 9 Compton, Aas, Bentley, Dicken, 62.8 37 17John Wilson 0 1 0 1 0 Ht 10 Thorp, Stonehewer, Palmer, Grahame, 62.2 40 20Alan Grahame 1 2 R 0 3 0 Ht 11 Thorp, Smith, Keats, Wilson, 62.4 43 23Lee Dicken 0 1 0 0 1 1 Ht 12 Compton, Lee, Palmer, Cartwright, 62.9 47 25Paul Bentley 0 1 1 0 2 0 Ht 13 Thorp, Stonehewer, Smith, Bentley, 61.8 50 28Simon Cartwright 0 F 0 0 0 Ht 14 Lee, Aas, Keats, Dicken, 64.2 53 31Paul Lee 1 3 1 2 3 1 11 1 Ht 15 Compton, Thorp, Lee, Palmer, 62.0 56 34

Saturday 8 August 1998Hull 32 Peterborough 28 Sheffield 19 Stoke 17 - Premier League Four Team ChampionshipQualifying Round (at Stoke)Final Aggregate Totals - Peterborough 123 Hull 117 Sheffield 84 Stoke 60STOKENeil Collins 3 2 0 3 8Mark Burrows 2 0 2 0 4Stewart MacDonald T X F 0 0Paul Pickering 1 1 0 3 5 St Hu P ShDean Felton 0 0 Ht 1 Woodifield, Compton, Pickering, Thorp, 63.3 1 0 3 2HULL Ht 2 Bentley, Berge, Stonehewer, Felton, McDonald (exc tapes), 64.1 1 3 5 3Paul Thorp 0 3 3 1 7 Ht 3 Cunningham, Burrows, Grahame, Smith, 64.4 3 4 8 3Paul Bentley 3 3 3 2 11 Ht 4 Collins, Dicken, Aas, Sadler (fell), 64.6 6 6 8 4Lee Dicken 2 1 3 0 6 Ht 5 Bentley, Cunningham, Pickering, Aas, 63.7 7 9 10 4Alan Grahame 1 3 3 1 8 Ht 6 Thorp, Sadler, Smith, McDonald (fell exc), 63.8 7 12 12 5PETERBOROUGH Ht 7 Woodifield, Stonehewer, Dicken, Burrows, 63.8 7 13 15 7Glenn Cunningham 3 2 2 0 7 Ht 8 Grahame, Collins, Compton, Berge, 64.6 9 16 15 8Nigel Sadler F 2 2 3 7 Ht 9 Grahame, Sadler, Stonehewer, Pickering, 64.8 9 19 17 9Phillipe Berge 2 0 F 2 4 Ht 10 Dicken, Cunningham, Compton, McDonald (fell), 64.2 9 22 19 10Brett Woodifield 3 3 2 2 10 Ht 11 Thorp, Burrows, Aas, Berge (fell), 65.0 11 25 19 11SHEFFIELD Ht 12 Bentley, Woodifield, Smith, Collins, 64.4 11 28 21 12Carl Stonehewer 1 2 1 2 6 Ht 13 Aas, Woodifield, Grahame, McDonald, 64.9 11 29 23 15Andre Compton 2 1 1 1 5 Ht 14 Pickering, Berge, Smith, Dicken, 64.4 14 29 25 16Scott Smith 0 1 1 1 3 Ht 15 Sadler, Bentley, Compton, Burrows, 64.7 14 31 28 17Rene Aas 1 0 1 3 5 Ht 16 Collins, Stonehewer, Thorp, Cunningham, 64.4 17 32 28 19

Wednesday 12 August 1998Hull 56 Exeter 34 - Premier League (Aggregate - Hull 93 Exeter 87) HULL Hu EAlan Grahame 1 1 0 0 2 1 Ht 1 Smart, Dicken, Grahame, Gordon, 68.2 3 3Lee Dicken 2 3 2 3 10 1 Ht 2 Lee, Cartwright, Lobb, Oughton, 69.2 8 4Paul Bentley 3 3 3 3 1 13 0 Ht 3 Bentley, Jeffery, Wilson, Simmonds, 68.6 12 6John Wilson 1 0 F 1 2 1 Ht 4 Thorp, Lee, Coles, Oughton, 68.4 17 7Paul Thorp 3 3 3 3 3 15 0 Ht 5 Bentley, Gordon, Smart, Wilson, 68.6 20 10Simon Cartwright 2 0 0 2 1 Ht 6 Dicken, Coles, Grahame, Lobb, 68.5 24 12Paul Lee 3 2 3 2 2 12 2 Ht 7 Thorp, Jeffery, Simmonds, Cartwright, 69.0 27 15EXETER Ht 8 Lee, Dicken, Gordon, Smart (exc unfair riding), awarded, no time 32 16Frank Smart 3 1 X 2 2 2 10 1 Ht 9 Bentley, Jeffery, Coles, Wilson (fell), 69.0 35 19Graeme Gordon 0 2 1 3 0 Ht 10 Dicken, Jeffery, Simmonds, Grahame, 69.0 38 22Mark Simmonds 0 1 1 1 3 2 Ht 11 Thorp, Smart, Lobb, Cartwright, Coles (exc tapes), 68.7 41 25Paul Jeffery 2 2 2 2 3 11 0 Ht 12 Bentley, Lee, Simmonds, Lobb, 69.9 46 26Michael Coles 1 2 1 T 1 0 5 2 Ht 13 Thorp, Smart, Coles, Grahame, 68.3 49 29Roger Lobb 1 0 1 0 2 1 Ht 14 Jeffery, Lee, Wilson, Oughton (fell), 68.3 52 32Paul Oughton 0 0 F 0 0 Ht 15 Thorp, Smart, Bentley, Coles, 68.1 56 34

Friday 14 August 1998Isle of Wight 43 Hull 47 - Premier League (Aggregate - Hull 101 Isle of Wight 79) ISLE OF WIGHT IOW HuRay Morton 3 2 2 2 1 0 10 1 Ht 1 Morton, Dicken, Grahame, Tatum (ret), 71.8 3 3Neville Tatum R R R 0 0 Ht 2 Swain, Lee, Cartwright, Bird, 71.2 6 6Jason Bunyan 2 3 1 0 6 1 Ht 3 Bentley, Bunyan, Carter, Wilson, 70.6 9 9Wayne Carter 1 0 2 3 6 1 Ht 4 Masters, Thorp, Lee, Bird, 70.7 12 12Steve Masters 3 2 3 3 1 12 0 Ht 5 Bunyan, Dicken, Grahame, Carter, 70.6 15 15Scott Swain 3 1 0 2 2 8 2 Ht 6 Thorp, Morton, Cartwright, Tatum (ret), 70.9 17 19Danny Bird 0 0 1 1 0 Ht 7 Bentley, Masters, Swain, Wilson, 70.9 20 22HULL Ht 8 Dicken, Lee, Bird, Tatum (ret), 72.5 21 27Alan Grahame 1 1 0 0 2 2 Ht 9 Thorp, Carter, Bunyan, Cartwright, 71.5 24 30Lee Dicken 2 2 3 1 8 0 Ht 10 Bentley, Morton, Wilson, Swain, 72.1 26 34Paul Bentley 3 3 3 3 2 14 1 Ht 11 Masters, Morton, Dicken, Grahame, 71.1 31 35John Wilson 0 0 1 1 2 0 Ht 12 Bentley, Swain, Lee, Bunyan, 72.3 33 39Paul Thorp 2 3 3 2 3 13 0 Ht 13 Masters, Thorp, Morton, Grahame, 71.2 37 41Simon Cartwright 1 1 0 2 1 Ht 14 Carter, Swain, Wilson, Lee, 72.5 42 42Paul Lee 2 1 2 1 0 6 2 Ht 15 Thorp, Bentley, Masters, Morton, 71.7 43 47

Saturday 15 August 1998Stoke 39 Hull 50 - Premier League (Aggregate - Hull 105 Stoke 74) STOKE S HuNeil Collins 3 1 1 1 3 2 11 1 Ht 1 Collins, Grahame, Burrows, Dicken, 64.3 4 2Mark Burrows 1 F 2 2 1 6 0 Ht 2 Lee, Cartwright, Felton, Clarence, 64.4 5 7Paul Pickering 2 3 2 3 3 1 14 1 Ht 3 Bentley, Pickering, Wilson, Clarence, 63.7 7 11R/R Jarno Kosonen Ht 4 Lee, Felton, Thorp (ef), McDonald (fell exc), 63.9 9 14Stewatr McDonald X 2 1 X 3 1 Ht 5 Pickering, Dicken, Grahame, Burrows (fell), awarded, no time 12 17Rob Clarence 0 0 X 1 R 1 0 Ht 6 Thorp, Burrows, Collins, Cartwright, 63.5 15 20Dean Felton 1 2 0 1 4 0 Ht 7 Bentley, McDonald, Wilson, Clarence (fell exc), 64.8 17 24HULL Ht 8 Lee, Burrows, Dicken, Felton, 63.8 19 28Alan Grahame 2 1 2 5 1 Ht 9 Thorp, Pickering, McDonald, Cartwright, 63.2 22 31Lee Dicken 0 2 1 2 5 1 Ht 10 Pickering, Bentley, Collins, Wilson, 63.3 26 33Paul Bentley 3 3 2 2 X 10 0 Ht 11 Lee, Dicken, Clarence, McDonald (fell exc), 64.4 27 38John Wilson 1 1 0 2 4 1 Ht 12 Pickering, Bentley, Collins, Cartwright, 63.4 31 40Paul Thorp 0 3 3 R 3 9 0 Ht 13 Collins, Grahame, Burrows, Thorp (ret), 64.3 35 42Simon Cartwright 2 0 0 0 2 1 Ht 14 Lee, Wilson, Felton, Clarence (ret), 65.2 36 47Paul Lee 3 3 3 3 3 15 0 Ht 15 Thorp, Collins, Pickering, Bentley (fell exc), 64.1 39 50

Wednesday 19 August 1998Hull 53 Edinburgh 37 - Premier League

Hu EHULL Ht 1 Dicken, Grahame, Carr, Andersson, 68.1 5 1Alan Grahame 2 3 1 2 8 2 Ht 2 Campbell, Scott, Cartwright (fell rem), Lee (fell exc), awarded,Lee Dicken 3 0 1 3 7 0 no time 6 6Paul Bentley 3 3 3 2 2 13 1 Ht 3 Bentley, Andersson, Little, Wilson, 68.6 9 9John Wilson 0 2 1 0 3 1 Ht 4 McKinna, Cartwright, Thorp, Campbell, 67.7 12 12Paul Thorp 1 3 3 3 3 13 1 Ht 5 Bentley, Wilson, Carr, Scott, Campbell (exc 2 mins), 68.6 17 13Paul Lee X 2 1 1 2 6 2 Ht 6 Grahame, Scott, McKinna, Dicken, 68.8 20 16Simon Cartwright 1 2 0 3 0 Ht 7 Thorp, Lee, Little, Andersson, 67.8 25 17EDINBURGH Ht 8 McKinna, Carr, Dicken, Cartwright, 67.8 26 22Peter Carr 1 1 2 2 1 1 8 1 Ht 9 Bentley, McKinna, Wilson, Scott, 68.9 30 24R/R Paul Gould Ht 10 Dicken, Little, Grahame, Andersson, 68.8 34 26Kevin Little 1 1 2 3 3 0 10 1 Ht 11 Thorp, Carr, Lee, Campbell (ret), 67.7 38 28Marcus Andersson 0 2 0 0 1 3 0 Ht 12 Little, Bentley, Lee, Scott, 67.9 41 31Kenny McKinna 3 1 3 2 0 9 1 Ht 13 Thorp, Grahame, Carr, McKinna, 69.1 46 32Blair Scott 2 0 2 0 0 4 1 Ht 14 Little, Lee, Andersson, Wilson (fell rem), 67.9 48 36Barry Campbell 3 0 M R 3 0 Ht 15 Thorp, Bentley, Carr, Little, 68.3 53 37

Wednesday 26 August 1998Hull 56 Berwick 34 - Premier League HULL Hu BAlan Grahame 3 1 1 0 5 0 Ht 1 Grahame, Dicken, Grieves, Scully, 68.8 5 1Lee Dicken 2 3 3 3 3 14 1 Ht 2 Lee, Meldrum, Cartwright, Fairburn, 68.0 9 3Paul Bentley 3 3 3 3 1 13 0 Ht 3 Bentley, Dixon, Walsh, Lee, 68.1 12 6R/R John Wilson Ht 4 Robson, Thorp, Meldrum, Lee, 68.1 14 10Paul Thorp 2 3 3 3 3 14 0 Ht 5 Bentley, Scully, Grieves, Cartwright, 68.3 17 13Simon Cartrwright 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 Ht 6 Dicken, Robson, Grahame, Fairburn, 68.1 21 15Paul Lee 3 0 0 2 1 2 8 2 Ht 7 Thorp, Dixon, Walsh, Cartwright, 68.5 24 18BERWICK Ht 8 Dicken, Lee, Scully, Meldrum (fell rem), 68.3 29 19James Grieves 1 1 2 2 6 1 Ht 9 Bentley, Robson, Cartwright, Fairburn, 67.7 33 21Peter Scully 0 2 1 3 0 Ht 10 Dicken, Dixon, Grahame, Walsh, 68.7 37 23David Walsh 1 1 0 0 2 2 Ht 11 Thorp, Grieves, Robson, Cartwright, 68.1 40 26Martin Dixon 2 2 2 2 1 0 9 0 Ht 12 Bentley, Dixon, Lee, Walsh, 68.5 44 28Scott Robson 3 2 2 1 1 2 11 2 Ht 13 Thorp, Grieves, Robson, Grahame, 68.1 47 31Danny Fairburn 0 0 0 0 0 Ht 14 Dicken, Lee, Dixon, Meldrum, 69.3 52 32David Meldrum 2 1 0 0 3 0 Ht 15 Thorp, Robson, Bentley, Dixon, 68.1 56 34

Sunday 30 August 1998Reading 16 Edinburgh 12 Arena-Essex 11 Exeter 9 - Premier League Four Team ChampionshipSemi Final (at Peterborough)

Sunday 30 August 1998Peterborough 17 Hull 14 Newport 11 Newcastle 6 - Premier League Four Team ChampionshipSemi Final (at Peterborough)HULLPaul Thorp 2 1 3Paul Bentley 1 2 3Lee Dicken 2 1 3Alan Grahame 3 2 5NEWPORTAnders Henriksson 0 3 3Paul Fry 3 X 3Craig Watson 3 0 3Scott Pegler 1 1 2NEWCASTLEStuart Swales 0 0 0 Hu Np Nc PJesper Olsen 1 E 1 Ht 1 Fry, Thorp, Werner, Sadler (ret), 63.2 2 3 1 0Brent Werner 1 3 4 Ht 2 Watson, Cunningham, Bentley, Birkinshaw, 63.8 3 6 1 2James Birkinshaw 0 1 1 Ht 3 Berge, Dicken, Pegler, Swales, 63.0 5 7 1 5PETERBOROUGH Ht 4 Grahame, Woodifield, Olsen, Henriksson, 64.7 8 7 2 7Glenn Cunningham 2 2 4 Ht 5 Henriksson, Cunningham, Thorp, Swales, 64.0 9 10 2 9Phillipe Berge 3 3 6 Ht 6 Berge, Grahame, Birkinshaw, Fry (fell exc), 64.5 11 10 3 12Brett Woodifield 2 2 4 Ht 7 Werner, Woodifield, Dicken, Watson, 64.6 12 10 6 14Nigel Sadler R 3 3 Ht 8 Sadler, Bentley, Pegler, Olsen (ret), 64.8 14 11 6 17

Sunday 30 August 1998Peterborough 24 Hull 19 Edinburgh 19 Reading 10 - Premier League Four Team ChampionshipFinal (at Peterborough)HULLAlan Grahame 3 1 1 5Paul Bentley 2 2 0 4Lee Dicken 1 1 1 3Paul Thorp 1 3 3 7PETERBOROUGHGlenn Cunningham 3 3 2 8Phillipe Berge 1 2 3 6Brett Woodifield R 3 2 5 Hu P R ENigel Sadler 3 1 1 5 Ht 1 Grahame, Carr, Berge, Mullett (ret), 64.8 3 1 0 2READING Ht 2 Kokko, Bentley, Andersson, Woodifield (ret), 64.9 5 1 3 3Lee Richardson 0 2 2 4 Ht 3 Sadler, McKinna, Dicken, Richardson, 65.4 6 4 3 5Paul Clews 0 R 2 2 Ht 4 Cunningham, Little, Thorp, Clews, 64.4 7 7 3 7Dave Mullett R 0 Ht 5 Cunningham, Richardson, Grahame, Andersson, 65.1 8 10 5 7Petri Kokko 3 X 1 4 Ht 6 Thorp, Berge, McKinna, Elkins (ret), Kokko (exc starting Justin Elkins R X 0 0 offence), 66.0 11 12 5 8EDINBURGH Ht 7 Woodifield, Little, Dicken, Elkins (fell exc), 66.1 12 15 5 10Marcus Andersson 1 0 1 Ht 8 Carr, Bentley, Sadler, Clews (ret), 65.0 14 16 5 13Kenny McKinna 2 1 3 6 Ht 9 Berge, Clews, Dicken, Scott, 66.2 15 19 7 13Kevin Little 2 2 0 4 Ht 10 McKinna, Woodifield, Grahame, Elkins, 66.2 16 21 7 16Peter Carr 2 3 3 8 Ht 11 Thorp, Richardson, Sadler, Little, 65.4 19 22 9 16Blair Scott 0 0 Ht 12 Carr, Cunningham, Kokko, Bentley, 65.0 19 24 10 19

Wednesday 2 September 1998Hull 40 Bradford 49 - Inter League Challenge

Hu BHULL Ht 1 Screen, Grahame, Stead, Howe, 69.0 2 4David Howe (G) 0 2 2 0 4 1 Ht 2 Lee, Compton, Cartwright (fell rem), J.Wilson (fell exc), Alan Grahame 2 3 3 0 0 8 0 awarded, no time 5 7Paul Thorp 1 3 3 2 2 11 1 Ht 3 Smith, Dicken, Thorp, Walsh, 67.8 8 10Lee Dicken 2 0 1 1 4 1 Ht 4 S.Wilson, Bentley, J.Wilson, Cartwright, 69.5 11 13Paul Bentley 2 1 1 1 5 0 Ht 5 Thorp, Screen, Stead, Dicken, 68.6 14 16Paul Lee 3 0 0 2 5 0 Ht 6 Grahame, Howe, Compton (ret), S.Wilson (fell exc), 69.2 19 16John Wilson X 1 1 1 3 2 Ht 7 Smith, Walsh, Bentley, Lee, 68.0 20 21BRADFORD Ht 8 Grahame, Stead, J.Wilson, Cartwright (ret), 69.1 24 23Joe Screen 3 2 3 2 1 11 1 Ht 9 Thorp, S.Wilson, Dicken, Compton, 68.1 28 25Garry Stead 1 1 2 2 6 2 Ht 10 Smith, Howe, Walsh, Grahame, 67.9 30 29Andy Smith 3 3 3 3 3 15 0 Ht 11 Screen, Stead, Bentley, Lee, 69.1 31 34David Walsh 0 2 1 3 6 1 Ht 12 Smith, Thorp, J.Wilson, Compton (ret), 67.5 34 37Sean Wilson 3 X 2 3 8 0 Ht 13 S.Wilson, Screen, Bentley, Howe, 68.7 35 42Andre Compton 2 R 0 R 2 0 Ht 14 Walsh, Lee, Dicken, Cartwright (fell exc), awarded, no time 38 45Simon Cartwright 1 0 R X 1 1 Ht 15 Smith, Thorp, Screen, Grahame, 67.6 40 49

Monday 14 September 1998Glasgow 52 Hull 38 - Premier League (Aggregate - Glasgow 93 Hull 87) GLASGOW G HuKaj Laukkanen 3 1 3 3 3 2 15 1 Ht 1 Laukkanen, Lanham, Beveridge, Lee, 64.3 4 2Will Beveridge 1 3 2 R R 6 1 Ht 2 Turner, Wilson, Courtney, Cartwright, 66.8 8 4R/R Mick Powell Ht 3 Beveridge, MacDonald, Dicken, Grahame, 65.6 13 5Grant MacDonald 2 2 1 3 1 0 9 2 Ht 4 Steen, Bentley, Turner, Wilson, 65.7 17 7David Steen 3 1 0 3 1 8 1 Ht 5 Lanham, MacDonald, Laukkanen, Lee (ret), 65.1 20 10Sean Courtney 1 2 2 2 7 1 Ht 6 Laukkanen, Beveridge, Bentley, Cartwright, 65.3 25 11Brian Turner 3 1 2 1 7 0 Ht 7 Dicken, Courtney, Steen, Grahame, 65.8 28 14HULL Ht 8 Bentley, Turner, Wilson, Beveridge (ret), 66.5 30 18Leigh Lanham (G) 2 3 3 R 2 3 13 0 Ht 9 Lanham, Bentley, MacDonald, Steen, 65.1 31 23Paul Lee 0 R 1 1 0 Ht 10 Laukkanen, Dicken, Grahame, Beveridge (ret), 65.0 34 26Lee Dicken 1 3 2 2 3 1 12 0 Ht 11 Steen, Courtney, Lee, Lanham (ret), 66.4 39 27Alan Grahame 0 0 1 1 1 Ht 12 MacDonald, Dicken, Turner, Cartwright, 65.8 43 29Paul Bentley 2 1 3 2 X 8 1 Ht 13 Laukkanen, Lanham, Steen, Bentley (exc left track), 66.1 47 31Simon Cartwright 0 0 0 0 0 Ht 14 Dicken, Courtney, MacDonald, Wilson (fell), 66.2 50 34John Wilson 2 0 1 F 3 0 Ht 15 Lanham, Laukkanen, Dicken, MacDonald, 65.2 52 38

Wednesday 16 September 1998Hull 49 Newcastle 41 - Premier League (Aggregate - Hull 93 Newcastle 86)

Hu NHt 1 Pedersen, Lanham, Birkinshaw, Lee (fell), 67.1 2 4Ht 2 Cartwright, Wilson, McAllan, Fairburn, 68.8 7 5

HULL Ht 3 Dicken, Grahame, Werner, Swales, 67.8 12 6Leigh Lanham (G) 2 3 3 3 3 14 0 Ht 4 Bentley, Cartwright, Fairburn, Olsen (fell), 69.2 17 7Paul Lee F 0 2 1 3 0 Ht 5 Dicken, Pedersen, Grahame, McAllan, Birkinshaw (exc 2 Lee Dicken 3 3 2 2 0 10 0 mins), 68.0 21 9Alan Grahame 2 1 0 2 5 2 Ht 6 Lanham, Olsen, Birkinshaw, Lee, 67.9 24 12Paul Bentley 3 F 2 0 5 0 Ht 7 Swales, Werner, Wilson (fell rem), Bentley (fell), 70.0 25 17John Wilson 2 1 M M 3 6 1 Ht 8 Olsen, Lee, Cartwright, Birkinshaw, 67.6 28 20Simon Cartwright 3 2 1 0 6 2 Ht 9 Pedersen, Dicken, Olsen, Grahame, 68.0 30 24NEWCASTLE Ht 10 Lanham, Werner, Lee, Swales, 68.3 34 26Nicki Pedersen 3 2 3 3 1 1 13 2 Ht 11 Pedersen, Bentley, Birkinshaw, Cartwright, Wilson (exc 2 mins), Jamie Birkinshaw 1 M 1 0 1 3 1 67.6 36 30Brent Werner 1 2 2 3 8 1 Ht 12 Werner, Dicken, McAllan, Wilson (exc 2 mins), 68.5 (three Stuart Swales 0 3 0 1 4 0 riders only) 38 34Jesper Olsen F 2 3 1 2 2 10 0 Ht 13 Lanham, Olsen, Pedersen, Bentley, 68.3 41 37David McAllan 1 0 1 2 0 Ht 14 Wilson, Grahame, Swales, Fairburn, 69.2 46 38Danny Fairburn 0 1 0 1 0 Ht 15 Lanham, Olsen, Pedersen, Dicken, 67.7 49 41

Saturday 19 September 1998Berwick 43 Hull 46 - Premier League (Aggregate - Hull 102 Berwick 77)

B HuBERWICK Ht 1 Dicken, Grieves, Grahame, Scully, 67.5 2 4James Grieves 2 3 3 3 2 1 14 0 Ht 2 Wilson, Meldrum, Cartwright, Waite, 69.2 4 8Peter Scully 0 1 1 1 1 4 1 Ht 3 Thorp, Dixon, Scully, Lee, 67.1 7 11R/R Scott Robson Ht 4 Bentley, Walsh, Meldrum, Wilson, 67.6 10 14Martin Dixon 2 0 2 2 2 8 1 Ht 5 Grieves, Grahame, Dicken, Dixon, 67.1 13 17David Walsh 2 X 2 1 5 1 Ht 6 Grieves, Bentley, Scully, Cartwright (fell rem), 67.6 17 19Wesley Waite 0 X 1 1 1 Ht 7 Thorp, Lee, Walsh (exc ef caused stoppage), Waite (fell exc),David Meldrum 2 1 3 1 1 3 X 11 3 69.1 17 24HULL Ht 8 Meldrum, Grahame, Scully, Wilson (fell rem), 68.7 21 26Lee Dicken 3 1 3 X 7 1 Ht 9 Bentley, Dixon, Meldrum, Cartwright, 68.0 24 29Alan Grahame 1 2 2 R 5 0 Ht 10 Grieves, Thorp, Scully, Lee (fell rem), 67.5 28 31Paul Thorp 3 3 2 3 3 14 0 Ht 11 Dicken, Walsh, Waite, Grahame (ret), 67.4 31 34Paul Lee 0 2 0 1 3 1 Ht 12 Thorp, Dixon, Meldrum, Cartwright, 68.0 34 37Paul Bentley 3 2 3 3 2 13 1 Ht 13 Bentley, Grieves, Walsh, Dicken (exc unfair riding), 68.1 37 40Simon Cartwright 1 0 0 0 1 0 Ht 14 Meldrum, Dixon, Lee, Wilson, 69.3 42 41John Wilson 3 0 0 0 3 0 Ht 15 Thorp, Bentley, Grieves, Meldrum (fell exc), awarded, no time 43 46

Wednesday 23 September 1998Hull 52 Sheffield 37 - Premier League (Aggregate - Sheffield 93 Hull 86) HULL Hu SLee Dicken 2 3 X 1 6 1 Ht 1 Stonehewer, Dicken, Grahame, Palmer (ret), 67.0 3 3Alan Grahame 1 2 2 3 8 2 Ht 2 Keats, Cartwright, Wilson (exc left track), Stephens (fell), 70.5 5 6Paul Bentley 3 3 3 3 3 15 0 Ht 3 Bentley, Aas, Compton, Lee, 68.7 8 9Paul Lee 0 2 0 3 5 1 Ht 4 Thorp, Smith, Cartwright, Keats (fell rem), 68.4 12 11Paul Thorp 3 3 2 2 2 12 1 Ht 5 Bentley, Lee, Stonehewer, Palmer, 67.7 17 12John Wilson X 1 1 X 2 1 Ht 6 Dicken, Grahame, Smith, Stephens, 68.0 22 13Simon Cartwright 2 1 0 1 4 0 Ht 7 Thorp, Aas, Wilson, Compton, 69.1 26 15SHEFFIELD Ht 8 Stonehewer, Grahame, Keats, Cartwright, 68.5 28 19Carl Stonehewer 3 1 3 3 3 1 14 0 Ht 9 Bentkey, Smith, Aas, Lee, 69.1 31 22Tommy Palmer R 0 R 0 0 Ht 10 Grahame, Aas, Compton, Dicken (fell exc), awarded, no time 34 25Andre Compton 1 0 1 2 2 Ht 11 Stonehewer, Thorp, Wilson, Palmer (ret), 67.9 37 28Rene Aas 2 2 1 2 2 0 9 1 Ht 12 Bentley, Smith, Cartwright, Stephens, 69.3 41 30Scott Smith 2 1 2 2 0 7 0 Ht 13 Stonehewer, Thorp, Dicken, Smith, 68.5 44 33Seemond Stephens F 0 0 0 0 Ht 14 Lee, Aas, Keats, Wilson (fell exc), 68.8 47 36Derrol Keats 3 0 1 1 5 1 Ht 15 Bentley, Thorp, Stonehewer, Aas, 68.7 52 37

Friday 25 September 1998Edinburgh 56 Hull 33 - Premier League (Aggregate - Edinburgh 93 Hull 86) EDINBURGHKenny McKinna 3 3 3 2 11 1 E HuBarry Campbell 2 2 2 R 0 6 3 Ht 1 McKinna, Campbell, Thorp, Lee, 57.5 5 1Kevin Little 3 3 2 X 8 0 Ht 2 Scott, Gould, Cartwright, Sneddon, 59.3 10 2R/R Stefano Alfonso Ht 3 Little, Campbell, Bentley, Grahame, 58.6 15 3Peter Carr 3 3 3 3 3 15 0 Ht 4 Carr, Dicken, Gould, Cartwright, Sneddon (exc tapes), 58.1 19 5Blair Scott 3 0 1 2 3 0 9 1 Ht 5 Little, Thorp, Lee, Scott, 58.8 22 8Paul Gould 2 1 1 1 2 7 2 Ht 6 McKinna, Campbell, Dicken, Sneddon, 59.4 27 9Paul Taylor R 0 0 Ht 7 Carr, Bentley, Scott, Grahame, 58.8 31 11HULL Ht 8 Dicken, Lee, Gould, Campbell (ret), 60.4 32 16Paul Thorp 1 2 3 R 1 7 0 Ht 9 Thorp, Little, Gould, Dicken, 59.2 35 19Paul Lee 0 1 2 1 1 5 3 Ht 10 McKinna, Bentley, Grahame, Campbell, 60.4 38 22Paul Bentley 1 2 2 3 2 10 0 Ht 11 Carr, Scott, Lee, Thorp (ret), 60.1 43 23Alan Grahame 0 0 1 2 3 1 Ht 12 Bentley, Gould, Sneddon (ret), Little (fell exc), 60.5 45 26Lee Dicken 2 1 3 0 0 6 0 Ht 13 Carr, McKinna, Thorp, Dicken, 58.7 50 27Simon Cartwright 1 0 1 2 1 Ht 14 Scott, Grahame, Cartwright, Taylor (ret), 60.4 53 30Derek Sneddon 0 T 0 R 0 0 Ht 15 Carr, Bentley, Lee, Scott, 59.1 56 33

Wednesday 30 September 1998Struthers and Carter Dunlop Classic

Ht 1 Thorp, Carter, Fry, Watson (ret), 68.0Ht 2 Henriksson, Juul, Dicken, Steen, 68.7Ht 3 Bentley, Morton, Werner, Olsen (ret), 68.5

Paul Thorp 3 R 0 3 2 8 Ht 4 Lee, Stonehewer, Dixon, Grahame (ret), 69.0Wayne Carter 2 0 1 0 1 4 Ht 5 Bentley, Lee, Juul, Thorp (ret), 68.3Paul Fry 1 1 1 0 1 4 Ht 6 Morton, Grahame, Dicken, Carter, 69.6Craig Watson R 1 1 2 2 6 Ht 7 Steen, Werner, Fry, Dixon, 70.1Richard Juul 2 1 2 1 1 7 Ht 8 Stonehewer, Olsen, Watson, Henriksson (ret), 69.2Lee Dicken 1 1 1 1 3 7 Ht 9 Werner, Stonehewer, Dicken, Thorp, 69.2David Steen 0 3 N 3 Ht 10 Olsen, Juul, Carter, Dixon, 69.6Anders Henriksson 3 R 2 2 1 8 Ht 11 Bentley, Henriksson, Fry, Grahame, 69.8Paul Bentley 3 3 3 3 2 14 1 Ht 12 Morton, Lee, Watson, Cartwright, Steen (fell non starter in rerun), 69.8Ray Morton 2 3 3 2 3 13 3 Ht 13 Thorp, Olsen, Grahame, Wilson, 70.1Brent Werner 1 2 3 3 3 12 Ht 14 Werner, Henriksson, Lee, Carter, 70.4Jesper Olsen R 2 3 2 X 7 Ht 15 Stonehewer, Morton, Juul, Fry, 69.3Paul Lee 3 2 2 1 2 10 Ht 16 Bentley, Watson, Dicken, Cartwright (fell), 70.2Alan Grahame R 2 0 1 0 3 Ht 17 Morton, Thorp, Henriksson, Wilson (fell rem), 70.4Martin Dixon 1 0 0 1 Ht 18 Stonehewer, Bentley, Carter, Cartwright (fell exc), 69.6Carl Stonehewer 2 3 2 3 3 13 2 Ht 19 Dicken, Lee, Fry, Olsen (fell exc), 71.5John Wilson (Res) 0 0 0 Ht 20 Werner, Watson, Juul, Grahame, 71.3Simon Cartwright (R) 0 F X 0 RUN OFF FOR SECOND PLACE - Stonehewer, Morton, 70.4

Wednesday 7 October 1998Hull 42 Sheffield 48 - Young Shield 1st Round 1st LegHULL Hu SLee Dicken 2 F 0 1 3 0 Ht 1 Stonehewer, Dicken, Grahame, Keats, 67.2 3 3Alan Grahame 1 3 2 3 1 10 1 Ht 2 Wilson, Palmer, Keats, Cartwright (fell), 69.0 6 6Paul Bentley 3 2 3 3 3 14 0 Ht 3 Bentley, Aas, Lee, Compton, 68.5 10 8Paul Lee 1 0 0 X 1 0 Ht 4 Thorp, Keats, Smith, Wilson, 69.0 13 11Paul Thorp 3 3 2 0 8 0 Ht 5 Stonehewer, Bentley, Palmer, Lee, 67.8 15 15Simon Cartwright F R 0 0 Ht 6 Grahame, Smith, Palmer, Dicken (fell), 69.1 18 18John Wilson 3 0 1 0 1 1 6 1 Ht 7 Thorp, Aas, Compton, Cartwright (ret), 69.2 21 21SHEFFIELD Ht 8 Keats, Grahame, Wilson, Aas, 69.1 24 24Carl Stonehewer 3 3 3 3 2 14 0 Ht 9 Bentley, Smith, Palmer, Lee, 68.6 27 27R/R Robert Larsen Ht 10 Grahame, Compton, Aas, Dicken, 69.2 30 30Andre Compton 0 1 2 R 3 1 Ht 11 Stonehewer, Thorp, Keats, Wilson, 67.9 32 34Rene Aas 2 2 0 1 3 8 1 Ht 12 Bentley, Palmer, Wilson, Compton (ret), 69.6 36 36Scott Smith 1 2 2 2 0 7 2 Ht 13 Stonehewer, Smith, Dicken, Thorp (fell rem), 68.5 37 41Tommy Palmer 2 1 1 1 2 7 2 Ht 14 Aas, Keats, Wilson, Lee (fell exc), 70.6 38 46Derrol Keats 0 1 2 3 1 2 9 2 Ht 15 Bentley, Stonehewer, Grahame, Smith, 68.3 42 48

Thursday 8 October 1998Sheffield 45 Hull 45 - Young Shield 1st Round 2nd Leg (Aggregate - Sheffield 93 Hull 87)SHEFFIELD S HuCarl Stonehewer 3 2 3 3 2 13 0 Ht 1 Stonehewer, Grahame, Dicken, Keats, 62.5 3 3R/R Robert Larsen Ht 2 Keats, Palmer, Wilson, Cartwright, 63.2 8 4Andre Compton R 1 1 0 2 1 Ht 3 Bentley, Aas, Cartwright, Compton (ret), 62.8 10 8Rene Aas 2 0 1 2 1 6 2 Ht 4 Thorp, Smith, Keats, Wilson, 62.0 13 11Scott Smith 2 3 1 1 7 0 Ht 5 Grahame, Dicken, Compton, Aas, 61.8 14 16Tommy Palmer 2 1 1 0 2 6 1 Ht 6 Thorp, Stonehewer, Aas, Cartwright, 60.9 17 19Derrol Keats 0 3 1 3 2 2 0 11 2 Ht 7 Smith, Bentley, Palmer, Wilson, 61.4 21 21HULL Ht 8 Keats, Grahame, Palmer, Cartwright, 62.3 25 23Lee Dicken 1 2 2 0 5 3 Ht 9 Thorp, Aas, Compton, Wilson, 61.8 28 26Alan Grahame 2 3 2 3 3 3 16 0 Ht 10 Stonehewer, Keats, Bentley, Cartwright, 62.7 33 27Paul Bentley 3 2 1 3 9 0 Ht 11 Grahame, Dicken, Smith, Palmer, 62.5 34 32R/R Paul Lee Ht 12 Bentley, Keats, Cartwright, Compton, 61.9 36 36Paul Thorp 3 3 3 2 1 12 0 Ht 13 Stonehewer, Thorp, Smith, Dicken, 61.7 40 38Simon Cartwright 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 Ht 14 Grahame, Palmer, Aas, Cartwright, 62.2 43 41John Wilson 1 0 0 0 1 0 Ht 15 Grahame, Stonehewer, Thorp, Keats, 62.6 45 45

P W D L F A W D L F A BP Pts1 Peterborough 24 12 0 0 680 399 4 2 6 526 546 12 462 Reading 24 12 0 0 609 434 4 0 8 521 555 10 423 Exeter 24 12 0 0 675 404 3 1 8 459 619 7 384 HULL 24 12 0 0 618 459 3 0 9 480 578 6 365 Sheffield 24 10 0 2 620 459 3 0 9 468 605 7 336 Isle of Wight 24 9 1 2 601 475 2 1 9 494 580 8 327 Glasgow 24 11 0 1 598 471 2 0 10 487 593 6 328 Newport 24 8 2 2 594 475 3 1 8 473 606 7 329 Edinburgh 24 10 0 2 602 474 1 0 11 476 603 7 29

10 Newcastle 24 8 1 3 559 514 2 2 8 482 595 3 2611 Arena Essex 24 7 2 3 567 510 1 0 11 428.5 629.5 2 2012 Berwick 24 5 1 6 534 544 2 0 10 448 629 2 1713 Stoke 24 3 0 9 513.5 565.5 0 0 12 442 633 1 7

BIGGEST WIN -HOME- 56-34 v Exeter 12 Aug and v Berwick 26 Aug AWAY- 53-39 at Stoke 15 AugHEAVIEST DEFEAT -HOME- None Worst Result 45-43 v Reading 12 June AWAY - 33-56 at Edinburgh 25 Sept

LEAGUE DOUBLESWON - Berwick, Isle of Wight, Stoke. LOST - None.

BONUS POINTSWON - Arena-Essex, Berwick, Exeter, Isle of Wight, Newcastle, Stoke.LOST - Edinburgh, Glasgow, Newport, Peterborough, Reading, Sheffield.

P W D L F A W D L F A BP Pts1 Sheffield 10 5 0 0 251 199 1 1 3 207 243 3 162 Berwick 10 5 0 0 245 204 1 1 3 205 245 3 163 Glasgow 10 5 0 0 267 181 0 1 4 198 251 3 144 Edinburgh 10 5 0 0 263 187 0 0 5 186 263 3 135 Newcastle 10 3 2 0 238 211 0 0 5 201 249 2 106 HULL 10 3 0 2 245 204 0 0 5 189 258 1 7

* Stoke's results were expunged from the records owing to difficulties which nearly led to that track's closure.The resuts of matches v Hull are included in Hull's records for completeness.

BIGGEST WIN -HOME- 54-35 v Edinburgh 20 May AWAY- None Best Result 43-461 at Newcastle 26 AprHEAVIEST DEFEAT -HOME- 42-48 v Sheffield 3 June AWAY - 30-58 at Glasgow 3 May

CUP DOUBLESWON - None. LOST - Berwick, Sheffield.

BONUS POINTSWON - Newcastle, LOST - Berwick, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Sheffield.(Hull also gained an aggregate victory over Stoke)

Round 1 - Hull 42 Sheffield 48. Sheffield 45 Hull 45.

Qualifying Rounds - PETERBOROUGH 32 Sheffield 26 Stoke 22 Hull 16. Hull 35 Peterborough 25 SHEFFIELD 21 Stoke 15. Peterborough 38 HULL 34 Sheffield 18 Stoke 6. Hull 32 Peterborough 28 Sheffield 19 STOKE 17.Aggregate Totals - Peterborough 123 Hull 117 Sheffield 84 Stoke 60.Semi Final - PETERBOROUGH 17 Hull 14 Newport 11 Newcastle 6.Final - PETERBOROUGH 24 Hull 19 Edinburgh 19 Reading 10.

26 July GROUP B - Peterborough 19 Newcastle 16 NEWPORT 12 Hull 7.

1998 - Team Records1998 Premier League - Final Table

Home Away

1998 Premier League Pairs Championship

1998 K.O.Cup (Premier League Cup) North - Final Table

1998 Premier League Four Team Championship

Home Away

1998 Young Shield

Rider M R P BP TP Avge Av -B 1 2 3 4 R F X T N M FM PM Home AwayPaul Thorp 34 174 408 8 416 9.56 9.38 106 38 14 8 7 0 1 0 0 0 6 1 10.67 8.53Paul Bentley 36 180 382 20 402 8.93 8.49 75 65 27 8 1 1 3 0 0 0 1 1 9.81 8.13Alan Grahame 35 144 211 29 240 6.67 5.86 30 40 41 28 3 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 8.00 5.18Lee Dicken 36 153 221 29 250 6.54 5.78 30 42 47 23 5 1 5 0 0 0 0 1 7.31 5.79Paul Lee 33 147 162 32 194 5.28 4.41 22 24 48 37 6 5 4 1 0 0 1 0 5.21 5.35John Wilson 33 134 135 22 157 4.69 4.03 18 19 43 38 3 6 5 2 0 2 0 1 5.42 3.80Simon Cartwright 36 130 73 22 95 2.92 2.25 5 13 32 62 2 7 9 0 0 0 0 0 3.52 2.29

Rider M R P BP TP Avge Av -B 1 2 3 4 R F X T N M FM PM Home AwayPaul Thorp 32 165 388 8 396 9.60 9.41 101 36 13 7 7 0 1 0 0 0 6 1 10.80 8.47Paul Bentley 34 171 359 20 379 8.87 8.40 69 63 26 8 1 1 3 0 0 0 1 1 9.73 8.09Lee Dicken 34 145 213 26 239 6.59 5.88 30 39 45 21 5 0 5 0 0 0 0 1 7.55 5.68Alan Grahame 33 133 185 28 213 6.41 5.56 24 37 39 28 3 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 7.94 4.65Paul Lee 32 143 161 32 193 5.40 4.50 22 24 47 35 6 5 3 1 0 0 1 0 5.44 5.35John Wilson 31 124 128 21 149 4.81 4.13 17 19 39 33 3 6 5 2 0 2 0 1 5.49 4.00Simon Cartwright 34 121 71 22 93 3.07 2.35 5 13 30 57 1 6 9 0 0 0 0 0 3.63 2.43

Hull VikingsPremier League 1998 - Averages

LEAGUE AND PREMIER LEAGUE CUP MATCHES

OFFICIAL FIXTURES (League, Premier League Cup, Young Shield)