Wednesday 19 March 1997 Hull 52 Newcastle 38 - Northern Trophy 1st Leg Hu N Ht 1 Grahame, Bentley, Scully, Turner, 70.1 4 2 Ht 2 Emson, Sc Robson, Compton, Readshaw (fell), 72.0 9 3 HULL Ht 3 Olsen, Dicken, Swales, St Robson (ret), 70.8 11 7 Alan Grahame 3 3 3 3 3 15 0 Ht 4 Grahame, Scully, Compton, Readshaw, 69.8 16 8 Peter Scully 1 2 1 1 2 7 1 Ht 5 Sc Robson, Olsen, Swales, Emson, 70.5 19 11 Scott Robson 2 3 0 2 3 10 1 Ht 6 St Robson, Bentley, Dicken, Turner, 70.1 23 13 Richard Emson 3 0 2 F 1 6 1 Ht 7 Grahame, Olsen, Scully, Swales, 69.6 27 15 Stuart Robson R 3 3 3 1 10 0 Ht 8 Bentley, Emson, Turner, Sc Robson, 70.6 29 19 Lee Dicken 2 1 R 1 0 4 1 Ht 9 St Robson, Turner, Readshaw, Dicken (ret), Compton (exc NEWCASTLE 2 mins), 70.3 32 22 Paul Bentley 2 2 3 3 2 12 0 Ht 10 Grahame, Olsen, Turner, Emson (fell), 69.5 35 25 Brian Turner 0 0 1 2 1 2 6 1 Ht 11 Bentley, Sc Robson, Dicken, Readshaw, 73.7 38 28 Andre Compton 1 1 M 2 3 7 0 Ht 12 St Robson, Compton, Scully, Swales, 73.5 42 30 Chris Readshaw F 0 1 0 0 1 1 Ht 13 Sc Robson, Turner, Swales, Dicken, 73.7 45 33 Jesper Olsen 3 2 2 2 X 9 0 Ht 14 Compton, Scully, Emson, Readshaw (fell rem), 73.6 48 36 Stuart Swales 1 1 0 0 1 3 2 Ht 15 Grahame, Bentley, St Robson, Olsen (fell exc), 76.3 52 38 Tuesday 25 March 1997 Hull 55 Skegness 34 - Challenge Hu S Ht 1 Grahame, Scully, Clews, Underwood, Woodifield (exc 2 HULL mins), 70.6 5 1 Alan Grahame 3 3 2 3 3 14 1 Ht 2 Sc Robson, Carter, Emson, Sadler, 71.3 9 3 Peter Scully 2 2 3 1 1 9 2 Ht 3 Dicken, St Robson, Clews, Hedge, Underwood (exc tapes), 72.0 14 4 Scott Robson 3 2 2 2 3 12 0 Ht 4 Grahame, Scully, Sadler, Carter, 71.2 19 5 Richard Emson 1 0 1 0 F 2 1 Ht 5 Carter, Sc Robson, Underwood, Emson, 71.6 21 9 Stuart Robson 2 2 R 3 3 10 2 Ht 6 Dicken, St Robson, Woodifield, Clews, 72.0 26 10 Lee Dicken 3 3 2 F 8 0 Ht 7 Scully, Grahame, Carter, Underwood (fell), awarded, no time 31 11 SKEGNESS Ht 8 Woodifield, Sc Robson, Emson, Clews, 71.5 34 14 Brett Woodifield M 1 3 2 3 2 11 0 Ht 9 Carter, Dicken, Sadler, St Robson (ret), 71.9 36 18 Paul Clews 1 1 0 0 2 4 0 Ht 10 Grahame, Woodifield, Sadler, Emson, 71.5 39 21 Nigel Sadler 0 1 1 1 2 2 7 1 Ht 11 Woodifield, Sc Robson, Carter, Dicken (fell), 70.8 41 25 Wayne Carter 2 0 3 1 3 1 R 10 0 Ht 12 St Robson, Sadler, Scully, Underwood, 70.6 45 27 R/R John Wilson Ht 13 St Robson, Clews, Emson (fell), Hedge (fell), 73.6 48 29 Jon Underwood 0 T 1 F 0 1 2 1 Ht 14 Sc Robson, Sadler, Underwood, 71.7 (three riders only) 51 32 Gavin Hedge 0 F 0 0 Ht 15 Grahame, Woodifield, Scully, Carter (ret), 71.0 55 34 Wednesday 2 April 1997 Hull 50 Berwick 39 - Premier League Cup Hu B Ht 1 Grahame, Lowrie, Lamb, Scully, 70.3 3 3 HULL Ht 2 Juul, Little, Emson, Sc Robson (ret), 71.2 4 8 Alan Grahame 3 3 3 3 3 15 0 Ht 3 Dicken, Meldrum, Smith, St Robson (ret), 71.4 7 11 Peter Scully 0 2 2 2 0 6 3 Ht 4 Grahame, Scully, Little, Juul, 70.2 12 12 Scott Robson R 1 R 2 1 4 1 Ht 5 Smith, Emson, Sc Robson, Meldrum, 71.8 15 15 Richard Emson 1 2 F 1 3 7 0 Ht 6 Lowrie, St Robson, Lamb, Dicken, awarded, no time 17 19 Stuart Robson R 2 3 3 3 11 0 Ht 7 Grahame, Scully, Meldrum, Smith, 70.9 22 20 Lee Dicken 3 0 2 1 1 7 2 Ht 8 Lamb, Meldrum, Emson (fell), Sc Robson (ret), 71.0 22 25 BERWICK Ht 9 St Robson, Dicken, Juul, Little, 69.5 27 26 Scott Lamb 1 1 3 3 2 10 1 Ht 10 Grahame, Smith, Emson, Meldrum, 70.2 31 28 Michael Lowrie 2 3 5 0 Ht 11 Lamb, Sc Robson, Dicken, Juul, 70.7 34 31 Kevin Little 2 1 0 1 0 4 1 Ht 12 St Robson, Scully, Little, Meldrum (fell), 70.6 39 32 Richard Juul 3 0 1 0 2 6 0 Ht 13 Emson, Juul, Sc Robson, 71.5 (three riders only) 43 34 Mike Smith 1 3 0 2 1 7 2 Ht 14 St Robson, Meldrum, Dicken, Little, 70.5 47 36 David Meldrum 2 0 1 2 0 F 2 7 1 Ht 15 Grahame, Lamb, Smith, Scully, 70.3 50 39 Sunday 6 April 1997 Glasgow 46 Hull 44 - Premier League Cup G Hu Ht 1 Collins, Grahame, Scully, Beveridge, 66.5 3 3 Ht 2 Sc Robson, Powell, G.McDonald, Hewitt, 66.9 6 6 Ht 3 St Robson, Courtney, S.McDonald, Dicken, 67.0 9 9 GLASGOW Ht 4 Sc Robson, Collins, Beveridge, Hewitt, 66.5 12 12 Neil Collins 3 2 3 R 2 10 0 Ht 5 Dicken, St Robson, Powell, G.McDonald, 68.3 13 17 Will Beveridge 0 1 2 2 5 3 Ht 6 Grahame, Scully, S.McDonald, Courtney (fell exc), awarded, Mick Powell 2 1 1 1 3 3 11 0 no time 14 22 Grant McDonald 1 0 0 1 2 1 Ht 7 Collins, Dicken, Powell, St Robson, 66.9 18 24 Stewart McDonald 1 1 2 3 3 1 11 2 Ht 8 Grahame, Scully, Powell, G.McDonald, 66.3 19 29 Sean Courtney 2 X 1 1 3 7 1 Ht 9 Sc Robson, S.McDonald, Courtney, Hewitt, 66.7 22 32 HULL Ht 10 S.McDonald, St Robson, Scully, Collins (ret), 66.6 25 35 Alan Grahame 2 3 3 2 3 13 0 Ht 11 Powell, Grahame, Courtney, Dicken, 66.8 29 37 Peter Scully 1 2 2 1 0 6 4 Ht 12 S.McDonald, Beveridge, Dicken, Sc Robson (ret), 69.0 34 38 Scott Robson 3 3 3 R 1 10 0 Ht 13 Courtney, Dicken, G.McDonald, St Robson (fell exc), awarded, Neil Hewitt (G) 0 0 0 0 0 no time 38 40 Stuart Robson 3 2 0 2 X 7 1 Ht 14 Powell, Beveridge, Sc Robson, Dicken (fell rem), 68.9 43 41 Lee Dicken 0 3 2 0 1 2 0 8 0 Ht 15 Grahame, Collins, S.McDonald, Scully, 68.4 46 44 Wednesday 9 April 1997 Hull 61 Glasgow 29 - Premier League Cup Hu G Ht 1 Scully, Grahame, Collins, Beveridge, 69.5 5 1 HULL Ht 2 Birkinshaw, Sc Robson, Powell, G,McDonald, 72.6 10 2 Alan Grahame 2 3 3 3 3 14 1 Ht 3 Dicken, St Robson, S.McDonald, Courtney, 71.2 15 3 Peter Scully 3 1 2 1 3 10 1 Ht 4 Grahame, Powell, Scully, G.McDonald, 70.0 19 5 Scott Robson 2 3 2 3 2 12 2 Ht 5 Sc Robson, Courtney, S.McDonald, Birkinshaw, 71.6 22 8 Jamie Birkinshaw (G) 3 0 0 1 4 0 Ht 6 Dicken, Collins, St Robson, Beveridge (fell exc), 70.6 26 10 Stuart Robson 2 1 3 3 3 12 1 Ht 7 Grahame, Scully, Courtney, S.McDonald, 70.8 31 11 Lee Dicken 3 3 1 2 R X 9 1 Ht 8 Collins, Sc Robson, Powell, Birkinshaw, 69.9 33 15 GLASGOW Ht 9 St Robson, Collins, Dicken, Powell, 69.5 37 17 Neil Collins 1 2 3 2 2 R 10 0 Ht 10 Grahame, Dicken, S.McDonald, Beveridge, 70.5 42 18 Will Beveridge 0 X 0 2 2 0 Ht 11 Sc Robson, Collins, G.McDonald, Dicken (ret), 71.9 45 21 Mick Powell 1 2 1 0 2 1 7 0 Ht 12 St Robson, Powell, Scully, Courtney, 69.7 49 23 Grant McDonald 0 0 1 0 1 1 Ht 13 St Robson, S.McDonald, Birkinshaw, G.McDonald, 70.5 53 25 Stewart McDonald 1 1 0 1 2 5 1 Ht 14 Scully, Beveridge, Courtney, Dicken (fell exc), 70.9 56 28 Sean Courtney 0 2 1 0 1 4 1 Ht 15 Grahame, Sc Robson, Powell, Collins (ret), 69.4 61 29 Friday 11 April 1997 Edinburgh 47 Hull 43 - Premier League Cup E Hu Ht 1 Grahame, Eriksson, Gould, Scully (fell), 59.4 (TR) 3 3 Ht 2 McKinna, Sc Robson, Dicken, Scott (fell exc), 59.5 6 6 EDINBURGH Ht 3 St Robson, Kosonen, Dicken, Campbell, 59.5 8 10 Robert Eriksson 2 3 2 3 2 12 1 Ht 4 Eriksson, Sc Robson, Gould, Emson, 61.3 12 12 Paul Gould 1 1 0 0 0 2 4 2 Ht 5 McKinna, Dicken, Scott (fell rem), St Robson, 62.0 16 14 Kenny McKinna 3 3 2 2 3 13 0 Ht 6 Grahame, Campbell, Kosonen, Scully, 60.6 19 17 Blair Scott X 1 0 1 N 2 0 Ht 7 St Robson, Eriksson, Dicken, Gould, 60.5 21 21 Jarno Kosonen 2 1 2 2 2 9 1 Ht 8 Grahame, McKinna, Scully, Scott, 60.6 23 25 Barry Campbell 0 2 1 1 3 7 2 Ht 9 Sc Robson, Kosonen, Campbell, Emson, 61.3 26 28 HULL Ht 10 Eriksson, Scully, Scott, St Robson (fell rem), 60.9 30 30 Alan Grahame 3 3 3 3 0 12 0 Ht 11 Grahame, McKinna, Campbell, 60.7 (three riders only) 33 33 Peter Scully F 0 1 2 X 3 0 Ht 12 Sc Robson, Kosonen, Dicken, Gould, 61.5 35 37 Scott Robson 2 2 3 3 1 11 0 Ht 13 St Robson, Kosonen, Dicken, Gould (fell rem), 61.9 37 41 Richard Emson 0 0 0 0 Ht 14 Campbell, Gould, Dicken, Scully (fell exc), Scott (fell injured), Stuart Robson 3 0 3 0 3 9 0 61.9 42 42 Lee Dicken 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 8 1 Ht 15 McKinna, Eriksson, Sc Robson, Grahame, 61.3 47 43 Wednesday 16 April 1997 Hull 46 Newcastle 44 - Premier League Cup Hu N Ht 1 Grahame, Bentley, Turner, Scully (fell), 69.2 3 3 HULL Ht 2 Pickering, Sc Robson, Swales, Meldrum, 69.7 5 7 Alan Grahame 3 3 3 3 3 15 0 Ht 3 St Robson, Pickering, Taylor, Dicken, 69.3 8 10 Peter Scully F 0 0 0 3 3 0 Ht 4 Grahame, Swales, Turner, Scully (fell rem), 69.9 11 13 Scott Robson 2 2 2 2 F 8 0 Ht 5 Pickering, Sc Robson, Taylor, Meldrum, 69.5 13 17 David Meldrum (G) 0 0 1 1 0 Ht 6 St Robson, Turner, Dicken, Bentley, 69.1 17 19 Stuart Robson 3 3 2 3 2 13 1 Ht 7 Grahame, Taylor, Pickering, Scully, 69.8 20 22 Lee Dicken 0 1 0 0 0 3 2 6 1 Ht 8 Bentley, Sc Robson, Turner, Dicken (ret), 69.8 22 26 NEWCASTLE Ht 9 Swales, St Robson, Taylor, Dicken, 69.8 24 30 Paul Bentley 2 0 3 3 1 9 0 Ht 10 Grahame, Pickering, Meldrum, Turner, 69.8 28 32 Brian Turner 1 1 2 1 0 1 X 6 3 Ht 11 Bentley, Sc Robson, Swales, Dicken, 69.5 30 36 R/R Andre Compton Ht 12 St Robson, Swales, Taylor, Scully, 69.1 33 39 Stuart Swales 1 2 3 1 2 1 10 0 Ht 13 Dicken, Taylor, Turner, Sc Robson (fell), 70.9 36 42 Paul Pickering (G) 3 2 3 1 2 0 11 1 Ht 14 Scully, Dicken, Swales, Turner (fell exc), 70.2 41 43 Glyn Taylor 1 1 2 1 1 2 8 2 Ht 15 Grahame, St Robson, Bentley, Pickering (ef), 69.2 46 44 Wednesday 23 April 1997 Hull 59 Sheffield 31 - Premier League Cup Hu S Ht 1 Grahame, Scully, Kessler, Boast, 71.2 5 1 HULL Ht 2 Robson, Emson, Aas, Wolter, 70.5 10 2 Alan Grahame 3 3 3 3 3 15 0 Ht 3 Dicken, Smith, Pratt, Beveridge, 73.1 14 4 Peter Scully 2 2 1 1 3 9 2 Ht 4 Grahame, Scully, Wolter, Aas, 70.5 19 5 Scott Robson 3 3 3 3 2 14 1 Ht 5 Robson, Smith, Beveridge, Emson (ret), 71.0 22 8 Richard Emson 2 R 1 1 0 4 1 Ht 6 Kessler, Dicken, Boast, Pratt, 71.5 24 12 Troy Pratt (G) 1 0 3 3 3 10 0 Ht 7 Grahame, Smith, Scully, Beveridge, 70.3 28 14 Lee Dicken 3 2 2 0 0 7 1 Ht 8 Robson, Boast, Emson, Kessler, 70.0 32 16 SHEFFIELD Ht 9 Pratt, Dicken, Smith, Kessler, 71.0 37 17 Robbie Kessler 1 3 0 0 2 1 7 0 Ht 10 Grahame, Beveridge, Emson, Boast, Smith (exc 2 mins), 70.5 41 19 Peter Boast 0 1 2 0 1 4 1 Ht 11 Robson, Kessler, Wolter, Dicken, 70.3 44 22 Rene Aas 1 0 2 1 4 1 Ht 12 Pratt, Aas, Scully, Beveridge, 71.1 48 24 Mirko Wolter 0 1 1 2 4 1 Ht 13 Pratt, Wolter, Boast, Dicken, 71.4 51 27 Scott Smith 2 2 2 1 M 0 7 0 Ht 14 Scully, Beveridge, Aas, Emson, 71.3 54 30 Will Beveridge (G) 0 1 0 2 0 2 5 1 Ht 15 Grahame, Robson, Kessler, Smith, 69.1 59 31 Thursday 24 April 1997 Sheffield 54 Hull 35 - Premier League Cup S Hu Ht 1 Kessler, Grahame, Boast, Scully, 64.1 4 2 Ht 2 Sc Robson, Wolter, Aas, Emson, 64.0 7 5 Ht 3 Smith, Dicken, St Robson (ret), Birkinshaw (ret), 64.5 10 7 SHEFFIELD Ht 4 Kessler, Sc Robson, Boast, Emson, 64.1 14 9 Robbie Kessler 3 3 3 2 2 13 0 Ht 5 Wolter, St Robson, Aas, Dicken, 64.2 18 11 Peter Boast 1 1 2 2 0 2 8 3 Ht 6 Grahame, Smith, Scully, Birkinshaw, 63.7 20 15 Rene Aas 1 1 1 2 3 8 1 Ht 7 Kessler, Boast, Dicken, St Robson (ret), 65.3 25 16 Mirko Wolter 2 3 3 1 3 12 1 Ht 8 Wolter, Grahame, Aas, Dicken, Scully (exc 2 mins), 63.7 29 18 Scott Smith 3 2 3 3 X 11 0 Ht 9 Smith, Boast, Emson, Sc Robson (fell), Birkinshaw (exc Jamie Birkinshaw R 0 T 1 1 2 1 tapes), awarded, no time 34 19 HULL Ht 10 Grahame, Kessler, Wolter, St Robson, 64.1 37 22 Alan Grahame 2 3 2 3 3 3 16 0 Ht 11 Grahame, Aas, Birkinshaw, 65.0 (three riders only) 40 25 Peter Scully 0 1 M 1 2 1 Ht 12 Smith, Sc Robson, Scully, Boast, 66.1 43 28 Scott Robson 3 2 F 2 1 8 0 Ht 13 Wolter, St Robson, Birkinshaw, Dicken (exc 2 mins), 65.5 Richard Emson 0 0 1 1 2 0 (three riders only) 47 30 Stuart Robson R 2 R 0 2 4 0 Ht 14 Aas, Boast, Emson, Dicken (fell), 67.2 52 31 Lee Dicken 2 0 1 0 M F 3 0 Ht 15 Grahame, Kessler, Sc Robson, Smith (fell exc), 65.0 54 35 Sunday 27 April 1997 Newcastle 44 Hull 46 - Premier League Cup N Hu Ht 1 Bentley, Grahame, Turner, Scully, 65.8 4 2 Ht 2 Swales, Sc Robson, Little, Emson, 66.0 8 4 Ht 3 St Robson, Little, Dicken, Taylor, 65.3 (TR) 10 8 NEWCASTLE Ht 4 Sc Robson, Bentley, Emson (fell rem), Turner (exc ef, caused Paul Bentley 3 2 0 2 3 10 1 stoppage), 66.3 12 12 Brian Turner 1 X 2 1 2 R 0 6 1 Ht 5 Swales, Turner, Dicken, St Robson (fell rem), 67.0 17 13 R/R Andre Compton Ht 6 Grahame, Taylor, Scully, Little (ret), 67.8 19 17 Stuart Swales 3 3 2 3 1 0 12 1 Ht 7 St Robson, Dicken, Turner, Bentley (fell rem), 66.9 20 22 Kevin Little (G) 1 2 R 2 1 3 9 1 Ht 8 Grahame, Swales, Scully (fell), Taylor (fell exc), awarded, Glyn Taylor 0 2 X 1 2 2 7 1 no time 22 26 HULL Ht 9 Sc Robson, Little, Taylor, Emson, 66.7 25 29 Alan Grahame 2 3 3 3 2 13 0 Ht 10 Swales, Bentley, St Robson, Scully, 67.5 30 30 Peter Scully 0 1 1 F 2 4 0 Ht 11 Grahame, Taylor, Swales, Dicken, 68.3 33 33 Scott Robson 2 3 3 3 1 12 1 Ht 12 Sc Robson, Turner, Little, Dicken, 68.1 36 36 Richard Emson 0 1 0 1 0 Ht 13 Little, Scully, Dicken, Turner (ret), 66.5 39 39 Stuart Robson 3 0 3 1 3 10 0 Ht 14 St Robson, Taylor, Dicken, Turner, 67.7 41 43 Lee Dicken 1 1 2 0 0 1 1 6 2 Ht 15 Bentley, Grahame, Sc Robson, Swales, 67.0 44 46 Wednesday 30 April 1997 Hull 52 Edinburgh 38 - Premier League Cup Hu E Ht 1 Scully, Grahame, Eriksson, Gould, 69.1 5 1 Ht 2 McKinna, Sc Robson, Emson, McDonald, 68.9 8 4 Ht 3 Dicken, St Robson, Kosonen, Campbell, 70.5 13 5 HULL Ht 4 McKinna, Scully, Grahame, McDonald, 68.7 16 8 Alan Grahame 2 1 2 3 3 11 3 Ht 5 Kosonen, Sc Robson, Campbell, Emson, 71.3 18 12 Peter Scully 3 2 3 1 3 12 1 Ht 6 St Robson, Eriksson, Gould, Dicken (ret), 68.8 21 15 Scott Robson 2 2 1 2 2 9 1 Ht 7 Scully, Grahame, Gould, Campbell, Kosonen (exc 2 mins), Richard Emson 1 0 0 X 1 1 69.6 26 16 Stuart Robson 2 3 2 2 1 10 1 Ht 8 McKinna, Eriksson, Sc Robson, Emson, 69.0 27 21 Lee Dicken 3 R R 1 2 3 9 2 Ht 9 McKinna, St Robson, McDonald, Dicken (ret), 68.2 29 25 EDINBURGH Ht 10 Grahame, Gould, Kosonen, Emson (fell exc), 70.0 32 28 Robert Eriksson 1 2 2 3 2 10 1 Ht 11 Eriksson, Sc Robson, Dicken, Gould, 69.6 35 31 Paul Gould 0 1 1 2 0 0 4 1 Ht 12 McKinna, St Robson, Scully, Campbell, 69.0 38 34 Kenny McKinna 3 3 3 3 3 X 15 0 Ht 13 Scully, Dicken, Kosonen, Gould, 70.2 43 35 Grant McDonald (G) 0 0 1 1 2 0 Ht 14 Dicken, Sc Robson, McDonald, Campbell, 70.6 48 36 Jarno Kosonen 1 3 M 1 1 6 1 Ht 15 Grahame, Eriksson, St Robson, McKinna (fell exc), awarded, Barry Campbell 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 no time 52 38 Saturday 3 May 1997 Stoke 39 Hull 51 - Premier League Cup S Hu Ht 1 Grahame, Collins, Scully, Armstrong, 65.1 2 4 Ht 2 Sc Robson, Cobby, Atkin, Emson, 64.2 5 7 STOKE Ht 3 St Robson, Taylor, Pratt, Dicken, 65.7 8 10 Les Collins 2 2 2 3 2 11 0 Ht 4 Sc Robson, Collins, Armstrong, Emson, 63.9 11 13 Jon Armstrong 0 1 0 0 R R 1 1 Ht 5 Cobby, Dickem, St Robson, Atkin (fell exc), 66.3 14 16 Tony Atkin 1 X 1 2 1 5 3 Ht 6 Grahame, Taylor, Scully, Armstrong, Pratt (exc tapes), 66.3 16 20 Chris Cobby 2 3 2 0 2 9 0 Ht 7 St Robson, Collins, Dicken, Armstrong, 65.5 18 24 Troy Pratt (G) 1 T 3 2 1 7 1 Ht 8 Grahame, Cobby, Atkin, Scully, 66.3 21 27 Craig Taylor 2 2 2 0 X 6 1 Ht 9 Pratt, Taylor, Sc Robson, Emson, 66.2 26 28 HULL Ht 10 Collins, St Robson, Scully, Cobby, 65.2 29 31 Alan Grahame 3 3 3 3 3 15 0 Ht 11 Grahame, Atkin, Dicken, Taylor, 66.3 31 35 Peter Scully 1 1 0 1 2 5 2 Ht 12 Sc Robson, Pratt, Dicken, Armstrong (ret), 65.0 33 39 Scott Robson 3 3 1 3 T 10 0 Ht 13 St Robson, Cobby, Atkin, Emson (fell exc), 66.0 36 42 Richard Emson 0 0 0 X 0 0 Ht 14 Dicken, Scully, Pratt, Armstrong (ret), 66.8 37 47 Stuart Robson 3 1 3 2 3 12 1 Ht 15 Grahame, Collins, Dicken, Taylor (exc unfair riding), Sc Lee Dicken 0 2 1 1 1 3 1 9 0 Robson (exc tapes), 65.8 39 51 Wednesday 7 May 1997 Hull 37 Stoke 35 - Premier League Cup (Abandoned after Heat 12 - Result stands) Hu S Ht 1 Collins, Dicken, Scully, Armstrong, Grahame (exc 2 mins), 70.0 3 3 HULL Ht 2 Sc Robson, Atkin, Cobby, Birkinshaw (ret), 69.0 6 6 Alan Grahame M 3 3 3 9 0 Ht 3 St Robson, Hare, Dicken, Taylor, 69.0 10 8 Peter Scully 1 2 2 0 5 3 Ht 4 Grahame, Scully, Atkin, Cobby, 70.4 15 9 Scott Robson 3 2 2 1 8 0 Ht 5 Taylor, Sc Robson, Hare, Birkinshaw, 69.8 17 13 Jamie Birkinshaw (G) R 0 1 1 2 1 Ht 6 Collins, St Robson, Dicken, Armstrong, 69.4 20 16 Stuart Robson 3 2 2 2 9 0 Ht 7 Grahame, Scully, Hare, Taylor, 70.9 25 17 Lee Dicken 2 1 1 X 0 4 1 Ht 8 Collins, Sc Robson, Birkinshaw, Atkin (exc unfair riding), 69.5 28 20 STOKE Ht 9 Collins, St Robson, Atkin, Dicken (fell exc), awarded, no time 30 24 Les Collins 3 3 3 3 3 15 0 Ht 10 Grahame, Hare, Birkinshaw, Armstrong (exc tapes), 74.7 34 26 Jon Armstrong 0 0 T 0 0 Ht 11 Collins, Cobby, Sc Robson, Dicken, 74.5 35 31 Tony Atkin 2 1 X 1 1 5 0 Ht 12 Taylor, St Robson, Atkin, Scully, 78.6 37 35 Chris Cobby 1 0 2 3 2 Ht 13 Lawrence Hare (G) 2 1 1 2 6 0 Ht 14 Craig Taylor 0 3 0 3 6 0 Ht 15 Friday 9 May 1997 Oxford 53 Hull 37 - Premier League O Hu Ht 1 Grahame, Teurnberg, Berge, Scully, 64.2 3 3 OXFORD Ht 2 Sc Robson, Hare, Andrews, Bunyan (fell rem), 62.7 5 7 Mikael Teurnberg 2 1 1 2 R 6 0 Ht 3 Tatum, St Robson, Marsh, Dicken (fell), 63.4 9 9 Phillipe Berge 1 3 3 1 3 11 1 Ht 4 Berge, Sc Robson, Teurnberg, Dicken, Andrews (exc 2 mins), Lawrence Hare 2 2 3 2 1 10 1 63.5 13 11 Jason Bunyan 0 3 2 1 3 2 11 3 Ht 5 Bunyan, Hare, St Robson, Dicken (fell exc), 62.4 18 12 Neville Tatum 3 3 2 3 3 14 0 Ht 6 Tatum, Grahame, Scully, Marsh (fell rem), 62.3 21 15 Krister Marsh 1 0 0 0 1 0 Ht 7 Berge, St Robson, Teurnberg, 62.5 (three riders only) 25 17 HULL Ht 8 Hare, Bunyan, Grahame, Scully, 62.1 30 18 Alan Grahame 3 2 1 3 3 0 12 0 Ht 9 Sc Robson, Tatum, St Robson, Marsh, 61.3 32 22 Peter Scully 0 1 0 1 2 1 Ht 10 Grahame, Teurnberg, Bunyan, St Robson, 61.6 35 25 Scott Robson 3 2 3 1 2 2 13 0 Ht 11 Grahame, Hare, Sc Robson, Marsh, 61.3 37 29 R/R Richard Emson Ht 12 Tatum, Sc Robson, Berge, Dicken, 62.0 41 31 Stuart Robson 2 1 2 1 0 2 8 0 Ht 13 Bunyan, St Robson, Dicken, Teurnberg (ret), 63.0 44 34 Lee Dicken F 0 X 0 1 0 1 1 Ht 14 Berge, Bunyan, Scully, Dicken, 62.3 49 35 Darren Andrews (G) 1 M 1 0 Ht 15 Tatum, Sc Robson, Hare, Grahame, 62.2 53 37 Wednesday 14 May 1997 Hull 48 Arena-Essex 42 - Premier League Hu AE Ht 1 Scully, Grahame, Pratt, Mason, 69.4 5 1 HULL Ht 2 Pedersen, Sc Robson, Palmer, Beveridge, 69.5 7 5 Alan Grahame 2 3 3 3 2 13 1 Ht 3 St Robson, White, Dicken, Lydes-Uings, 67.6 11 7 Peter Scully 3 2 1 1 0 7 2 Ht 4 Grahame, Scully, Pedersen, Palmer, 69.2 16 8 Scott Robson 2 2 M 1 3 8 1 Ht 5 Beveridge, Sc Robson, White, Lydes-Uings (fell), 70.5 21 9 Will Beveridge (G) 0 3 1 0 0 4 1 Ht 6 Pratt, St Robson, Mason, Dicken, 67.8 23 13 Stuart Robson 3 2 2 2 3 12 0 Ht 7 Grahame, White, Scully, Lydes-Uings, 70.0 27 15 Lee Dicken 1 0 2 R 0 1 4 0 Ht 8 Pratt, Dicken, Beveridge, Mason, Sc Robson (exc 2 mins), 69.3 30 18 ARENA-ESSEX Ht 9 Palmer, St Robson, Pedersen, Dicken (ret), 69.3 32 22 Troy Pratt 1 3 3 3 1 11 0 Ht 10 Grahame, Mason, White, Beveridge, 69.9 35 25 David Mason 0 1 0 2 1 4 1 Ht 11 Pratt, Palmer, Sc Robson, Dicken, 69.0 36 30 Jan Pedersen 3 1 1 3 3 11 0 Ht 12 Pedersen, St Robson, Scully, Lydes-Uings, 69.4 39 33 Tommy Palmer 1 0 3 2 2 8 1 Ht 13 Sc Robson, Palmer, Dicken, Lydes-Uings, 69.3 43 35 Colin White 2 1 2 1 2 8 1 Ht 14 St Robson, White, Mason, Beveridge, 69.9 46 38 Paul Lydes-Uings 0 F 0 0 0 0 0 Ht 15 Pedersen, Grahame, Pratt, Scully, 69.9 48 42 Tuesday 20 May 1997 Craven Park Classic Ht 1 Grahame, St Robson, N.Collins, 68.9 (three riders only) Ht 2 Bentley, Dicken, L.Collins, Birkinshaw, 68.8 Ht 3 Sc Robson, Scully, Dixon, 68.7 (rthree riders only) Ht 4 Stonehewer, Juul, Sadler, Watson, 69.1 Ht 5 Grahame, Sc Robson, Watson, Dicken, 69.3 Alan Grahame 3 3 0 0 2 8 Ht 6 Bentley, Juul, Beveridge, St Robson (ret), 69.5 Stuart Robson 2 R 2 Ht 7 Dixon, Stonehewer, N. Collins, L.Collins, 69.0 Neil Collins 1 1 3 3 2 10 Ht 8 Scully, Sadler, Birkinshaw, 69.9 (three riders only) Scott Smith did not ride Ht 9 Bentley, Sadler, Dixon, Grahame, 69.4 Lee Dicken 2 0 0 2 4 Ht 10 Stonehewer, Scully, Dixon, 69.3 (three riders only) Paul Bentley 3 3 3 1 3 13 Ht 11 N.Collins, Juul, Sc Robson, Birkinshaw, 69.8 Les Collins 1 0 3 3 2 9 Ht 12 L.Collins, Watson, Beveridge, 68.5 (three riders only) Jamie Birkinshaw 0 1 0 1 R 2 Ht 13 L.Collins, Juul, Scully, Grahame, 69.6 Scott Robson 3 2 1 2 3 11 3 Ht 14 Dixon, Watson, Birkinshaw, 69.9 (three riders only) Will Beveridge 1 1 1 1 4 Ht 15 N.Collins, Sadler, Beveridge, Dicken, 70.4 Martin Dixon 1 3 1 3 3 11 1 Ht 16 Stonehewer, Sc Robson, Bentley, 69.2 (three riders only) Peter Scully 2 3 2 1 0 8 Ht 17 Stonehewer, Grahame, Beveridge, Birkinshaw (ret), awarded, no time Craig Watson 0 1 2 2 1 6 Ht 18 Sc Robson, L.Collins, Sadler, 69.1 (three riders only) Richard Juul 2 2 2 2 1 9 Ht 19 Bentley, N.Collins, Watson, Scully, 69.8 Carl Stonehewer 3 2 3 3 3 14 2 Ht 20 Dixon, Dicken, Juul, 69.9 (three riders only) Nigel Sadler 1 2 2 2 1 8 FINAL - Dixon, Stonehewer, Sc Robson, Bentley, 69.8 Saturday 24 May 1997 Berwick 45 Hull 45 - Premier League Cup B Hu Ht 1 Scully, Grahame, Lowrie, Lamb (ret), 71.9 1 5 Ht 2 Juul, Sc Robson, Little, Beveridge, 72.2 5 7 BERWICK Ht 3 St Robson, Smith, Meldrum, Dicken, 70.5 8 10 Scott Lamb R 3 2 3 2 10 0 Ht 4 Lamb, Sc Robson, Lowrie, Beveridge, 71.1 12 12 Michael Lowrie 1 1 1 R 1 4 1 Ht 5 St Robson, Juul, Little, Dicken, 69.9 (TR) 15 15 Kevin Little 1 1 2 1 2 7 3 Ht 6 Grahame, Smith, Scully, Meldrum, 71.8 17 19 Richard Juul 3 2 3 2 1 11 2 Ht 7 St Robson, Lamb, Lowrie, Dicken, 70.3 20 22 Mike Smith 2 2 1 1 0 6 0 Ht 8 Juul, Little, Grahame, Scully, 72.0 25 23 David Meldrum 1 0 3 0 3 7 1 Ht 9 Meldrum, Sc Robson, Smith, Beveridge (ret), 72.8 29 25 HULL Ht 10 Lamb, Juul, St Robson, Dicken (fell exc), Scully (exc 2 mins), Alan Grahame 2 3 1 3 3 12 1 70.1 34 26 Peter Scully 3 1 0 M 1 5 0 Ht 11 Grahame, Sc Robson, Little, Meldrum, 70.9 35 31 Scott Robson 2 2 2 2 3 3 14 1 Ht 12 Sc Robson, Beveridge, Smith, Lowrie (ret), 71.3 36 36 Will Beveridge (G) 0 0 R 2 0 2 4 2 Ht 13 Meldrum, Little, Scully, Beveridge, 72.5 41 37 Stuart Robson 3 3 3 1 F 10 0 Ht 14 Sc Robson, Beveridge, Lowrie, Smith, 72.1 42 42 Lee Dicken 0 0 0 X 0 0 Ht 15 Grahame, Lamb, Juul, St Robson (fell), 70.3 45 45 Wednesday 28 May 1997 Hull 60 Exeter 30 - Premier League Hu E HULL Ht 1 Coles, Grahame, Smart, Scully, 70.4 2 4 Alan Grahame 2 3 3 3 3 14 0 Ht 2 Sc Robson, Beveridge, Jeffery, Carfield, 69.5 7 5 Peter Scully 0 2 1 2 3 8 2 Ht 3 St Robson, Lanham, Dicken, Gordon, 69.9 11 7 Scott Robson 3 3 3 F 2 11 0 Ht 4 Grahame, Scully, Jeffery, Carfield, 69.8 16 8 Will Beveridge (G) 2 0 2 1 1 6 3 Ht 5 Sc Robson, Gordon, Lanham, Beveridge, 69.5 19 11 Stuart Robson 3 3 3 3 2 14 1 Ht 6 St Robson, Coles, Dicken, Smart (fell exc), 69.5 23 13 Lee Dicken 1 1 2 1 2 7 2 Ht 7 Graham, Lanham, Scully, Gordon, 69.6 27 15 EXETER Ht 8 Sc Robson, Beveridge, Coles, Smart, 70.5 32 16 Michael Coles 3 2 1 1 2 0 9 1 Ht 9 St Robson, Dicken, Coles, Jeffery (fell), 69.6 37 17 Frank Smart 1 X 0 0 1 2 0 Ht 10 Grahame, Lanham, Beveridge, Smart, 70.2 41 19 Paul Jeffery 1 1 F 1 0 3 0 Ht 11 Lanham, Coles, Dicken, Sc Robson (fell), 71.2 42 24 R/R Paul Fudge Ht 12 St Robson, Scully, Jeffery, Gordon, 70.2 47 25 Leigh Lanham 2 1 2 2 3 1 11 1 Ht 13 Scully, Dicken, Smart, Carfield, 71.8 52 26 Graeme Gordon 0 2 0 0 3 5 0 Ht 14 Gordon, Sc Robson, Beveridge, Jeffery, 71.5 55 29 Andy Carfield 0 0 0 0 0 Ht 15 Grahame, St Robson, Lanham, Coles, 70.1 60 30 Wednesday 4 June 1997 Hull 41 Reading 49 - Premier League Hu R HULL Ht 1 Mullett, Grahame, Scully, Eldridge (fell exc), awarded, no time 3 3 Alan Grahame 2 3 3 3 1 12 0 Ht 2 Steen, Cunningham, Sc Robson, Meldrum, 72.7 4 8 Peter Scully 1 F 2 1 3 7 2 Ht 3 St Robson, Richardson, Dicken, Pickering, 70.3 8 10 Scott Robson 1 2 3 1 2 9 0 Ht 4 Grahame, Cunningham, Steen, Scully (fell), 71.0 11 13 David Meldrum (G) 0 1 0 1 0 2 1 Ht 5 Pickering, Sc Robson, Meldrum, Richardson, 71.6 14 16 Stuart Robson 3 X 2 3 0 8 0 Ht 6 Mullett, Dicken, Eldridge, St Robson (fell exc), 71.6 16 20 Lee Dicken 1 2 0 0 0 3 0 Ht 7 Grahame, Scully, Pickering, Richardson, 71.1 21 21 READING Ht 8 Sc Robson, Mullett, Cunningham, Meldrum, 70.2 24 24 Dave Mullett 3 3 2 3 3 14 0 Ht 9 Cunningham, St Robson, Steen, Dicken, 69.2 26 28 R/R Tara O'Callaghan Ht 10 Grahame, Pickering, Meldrum, Richardson, 70.4 30 30 David Steen 3 1 1 0 1 6 2 Ht 11 Mullett, Cunningham, Sc Robson, Dicken, 69.9 31 35 Glenn Cunningham 2 2 1 3 2 2 12 4 Ht 12 St Robson, Richardson, Scully, Steen, 69.6 35 37 Paul Pickering 0 3 1 2 3 9 0 Ht 13 Pickering, Sc Robson, Richardson, Meldrum, 70.5 37 41 Lee Richardson 2 0 0 0 2 1 2 7 0 Ht 14 Scully, Richardson, Steen, Dicken, 70.2 40 44 Bobby Eldridge X 1 1 0 Ht 15 Mullett, Cunningham, Grahame, St Robson, 70.1 41 49 Thursday 12 June 1997 Sheffield 43 Hull 46 - Premier League S Hu SHEFFIELD Ht 1 Grahame, Kessler, Scully, McDonald, 62.6 2 4 Robbie Kessler 2 3 3 2 3 13 0 Ht 2 Wolter, Werner, Aas, Barlow, 62.5 6 6 Grant McDonald (G) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Ht 3 Robson, Smith, Dicken, Birkinshaw, 63.4 8 10 Mirko Wolter 3 2 3 2 2 12 1 Ht 4 Kessler, Werner, Dicken, McDonald, 62.1 11 13 Rene Aas 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 Ht 5 Robson, Wolter, Dicken, Aas, 62.2 13 17 Scott Smith 2 3 3 3 3 14 0 Ht 6 Smith, Grahame, Scully, Birkinshaw, 62.8 16 20 Jamie Birkinshaw 0 0 2 0 1 3 1 Ht 7 Kessler, Robson, Dicken, McDonald, 62.4 19 23 HULL Ht 8 Wolter, Scully, Grahame, Aas, 63.3 22 26 Alan Grahame 3 2 1 3 0 9 1 Ht 9 Smith, Birkinshaw, Werner (ef), Barlow (exc silencer), 65.1 27 26 Peter Scully 1 1 2 1 1 2 8 2 Ht 10 Robson, Kessler, Scully, Aas, 62.2 29 30 Brent Werner (G) 2 2 0 2 2 8 0 Ht 11 Grahame, Wolter, Scully, Birkinshaw, 63.3 31 34 R/R Richard Emson Ht 12 Smith, Werner, Dicken, McDonald, 62.8 34 37 Stuart Robson 3 3 2 3 1 12 0 Ht 13 Kessler, Werner, Dicken, McDonald, 63.1 37 40 Lee Dicken 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 9 4 Ht 14 Dicken, Scully, Birkinshaw, Aas, 65.2 38 45 Anthony Barlow (G) 0 X 0 0 Ht 15 Smith, Wolter, Robson, Grahame, 62.6 43 46 SILVER HELMET - Kessler, Robson (fell rem, ret), 62.8 Wednesday 18 June 1997 Hull 53 Glasgow 36 - Premier League Hu G Ht 1 Grahame, Collins, Dicken, Beveridge, Emson (exc tapes), 68.5 4 2 Ht 2 Scully, Dicken, Powell, G.McDonald, Lanham (exc tapes), 70.4 9 3 HULL Ht 3 S.McDonald, Dicken, Courtney, Robson (fell exc), 69.0 11 7 Alan Grahame 3 3 3 3 3 15 0 Ht 4 Grahame, G.McDonald, Powell, Emson, 69.6 14 10 Richard Emson T 0 M M 0 0 0 Ht 5 S.McDonald, Scully, Courtney, Lanham, 69.0 16 14 Leigh Lanham (G) T 0 2 3 3 8 0 Ht 6 Collins, Robson, Beveridge, Dicken, 68.5 18 18 Peter Scully 3 2 1 2 1 9 2 Ht 7 Grahame, Courtney, S.McDonald, Emson (exc 2 mins), 68.5 21 21 Stuart Robson X 2 3 3 3 11 0 Ht 8 Collins, Lanham, Scully, Beveridge, 67.9 24 24 Lee Dicken 1 2 2 0 2 1 2 10 3 Ht 9 Robson, Dicken, Powell, G.McDonald, 70.1 29 25 GLASGOW Ht 10 Grahame, Scully, S.McDonald, Beveridge (ret), 69.4 34 26 Neil Collins 2 3 3 2 1 2 13 1 Ht 11 Lanham, Collins, Dicken, Courtney, 68.7 38 28 Will Beveridge 0 1 0 R R 1 0 Ht 12 Robson, Courtney, Collins, Emson (exc 2 mins), 69.1 41 31 Mick Powell 1 1 1 R 3 1 Ht 13 Robson, Dicken, Powell (ret), Beveridge (ret), 70.7 46 31 Grant McDonald 0 2 0 1 0 3 1 Ht 14 Lanham, Courtney, G.McDonald, Emson, 69.8 49 34 Stewart McDonald 3 3 1 1 T 8 1 Ht 15 Grahame, Collins, Scully, G.McDonald, S.McDonald (exc Sean Courtney 1 1 2 0 2 2 8 0 tapes), 69.1 53 36 Wednesday 18 June 1997 Long Eaton 41 Skegness 21 Stoke 21 Sheffield 13 - Premier League Four Team Championship Qualifying Round (at Long Eaton) Sunday 29 June 1997 Oxford 51 Hull 39 - Premier League Cup Semi Final 1st Leg O Hu Ht 1 Berge, Grahame, Smart, Emson, 61.4 4 2 OXFORD Ht 2 Sc Robson, Hare, Bunyan, Scully (ret), 61.8 7 5 Frank Smart (G) 1 0 1 1 2 5 1 Ht 3 Tatum, St Robson, Dicken, Marsh, 60.7 10 8 Phillipe Berge 3 3 3 2 0 11 1 Ht 4 Berge, Sc Robson, Scully, Smart, 60.9 13 11 Lawrence Hare 2 2 3 2 3 12 0 Ht 5 St Robson, Hare, Dicken, Bunyan (fell), 60.2 15 15 Jason Bunyan 1 F 1 2 1 5 2 Ht 6 Grahame, Tatum, Marsh, Emson, 61.0 18 18 Neville Tatum 3 2 3 3 3 14 0 Ht 7 Berge, Dicken, Smart, St Robson (ret), 62.3 22 20 Krister Marsh 0 1 1 0 2 4 2 Ht 8 Hare, Grahame, Bunyan, Dicken, 61.5 26 22 HULL Ht 9 Tatum, Sc Robson, Marsh, Scully (ret), 61.0 30 24 Alan Grahame 2 3 2 3 1 11 1 Ht 10 St Robson, Bunyan, Smart, Emson, 61.2 33 27 Richard Emson 0 0 0 0 0 Ht 11 Grahame, Hare, Scully, Marsh, 61.1 35 31 Scott Robson 3 2 2 1 3 11 0 Ht 12 Tatum, Berge, Sc Robson, Dicken, 60.6 40 32 Peter Scully R 1 R 1 1 3 1 Ht 13 Hare, Marsh, Scully, Dicken (fell exc), 62.8 45 33 Stuart Robson 2 3 R 3 2 10 0 Ht 14 Sc Robson, Smart, Bunyan, Dicken (fell exc), 62.0 48 36 Lee Dicken 1 1 2 0 0 X X 4 1 Ht 15 Tatum, St Robson, Grahame, Berge, 60.8 51 39 Monday 30 June 1997 Reading 48 Hull 40 - Premier League (Aggregate - Reading 97 Hull 81) R Hu READING Ht 1 Mullett, Scully, Grahame, Eldridge, 62.6 3 3 Dave Mullett 3 2 3 3 1 12 0 Ht 2 Berge, Sc Robson, Richardson, Emson, 64.7 7 5 R/R Tara O'Callaghan Ht 3 St Robson, Cunningham, Pickering, Dicken, 62.8 10 8 Lee Richardson 1 3 0 1 R 5 0 Ht 4 Sc Robson, Mullett, Eldridge (ret), Emson (fell exc), 62.4 12 11 Phillipe Berge (G) 3 1 2 2 X 8 1 Ht 5 Richardson, St Robson, Berge, Dicken, 63.3 16 13 Glenn Cunningham 2 3 3 3 3 14 0 Ht 6 Cunningham, Grahame, Scully, Eldridge, 61.5 19 16 Paul Pickering 1 2 R 3 6 2 Ht 7 Mullett, Dicken, Eldridge, St Robson (fell exc), 63.7 23 18 Bobby Eldridge 0 R 0 1 1 1 3 0 Ht 8 Grahame, Berge, Scully, Richardson, 62.6 25 22 HULL Ht 9 Cunningham, Pickering, Emson (ret), Sc Robson (fell exc), 62.5 30 22 Alan Grahame 1 2 3 3 2 2 13 1 Ht 10 Mullett, Berge, Scully, St Robson, 63.5 35 23 Peter Scully 2 1 1 1 0 5 1 Ht 11 Grahame, St Robson, Richardson, Pickering (ret), 64.6 36 28 Scott Robson 2 3 X 5 0 Ht 12 Cunningham, Grahame, Eldridge, Dicken (exc 2 mins), 63.6 40 30 Richard Emson 0 X R 1 1 1 Ht 13 Pickering, Dicken, Emson, Richardson (ret), 65.6 43 33 Stuart Robson 3 2 X 0 2 3 10 1 Ht 14 St Robson, Dicken, Eldridge, Berge (fell exc), 64.5 44 38 Lee Dicken 0 0 2 M 2 2 6 1 Ht 15 Cunningham, Grahame, Mullett, Scully, 62.5 48 40 Wednesday 2 July 1997 Hull 39 Stoke 25 Skegness 21 Sheffield 10 - Premier League Four Team Championship Qualifying Round (at Hull) HULL Alan Grahame 3 3 3 3 12 Lee Dicken 2 1 R 3 6 Stuart Robson 3 3 3 0 9 Hu Sk Sh St Peter Scully 3 3 3 3 12 Ht 1 Scully, Birkinshaw, Woodifield, Cobby, 69.4 3 1 2 0 SKEGNESS Ht 2 Robson, Collins, Sadler, Furniss, 68.8 6 2 2 2 Brett Woodifield 1 2 3 1 7 Ht 3 Carter, Dicken, Atkin, Young, 70.0 8 5 2 3 Nigel Sadler 1 2 0 R 3 Ht 4 Grahame, Morris, Burrows, Smith (fell), 70.0 11 7 2 4 Phil Morris 2 2 X 0 4 Ht 5 Scully, Sadler, Young, Burrows, 69.7 14 9 3 4 Wayne Carter 3 2 1 1 7 Ht 6 Robson, Woodifield, Atkin, Smith (fell), 70.8 17 11 3 5 SHEFFIELD Ht 7 Collins, Morris, Dicken, Birkinshaw, 70.3 18 13 3 8 Jamie Young 0 1 1 0 2 Ht 8 Grahame, Carter, Cobby, Furniss, 70.8 21 15 3 9 Scott Smith F F 0 X 0 Ht 9 Scully, Collins, Carter, Smith, 70.3 24 16 3 11 Glen Furniss 0 0 1 2 3 Ht 10 Robson, Cobby, Young, Morris (exc unfair riding), 75.2 27 16 4 13 Jamie Birkinshaw 2 0 1 2 5 Ht 11 Woodifield, Burrows, Furniss, Dicken (ret), 75.0 27 19 5 15 STOKE Ht 12 Grahame, Atkin, Birkinshaw, Sadler, 74.0 30 19 6 17 Les Collins 2 3 2 2 9 Ht 13 Burrows, Birkinshaw, Carter, Robson, 75.0 30 20 8 20 Chris Cobby 0 1 2 2 5 Ht 14 Scully, Furniss, Atkin, Morris, 75.7 33 20 10 21 Tony Atkin 1 1 2 1 5 Ht 15 Dicken, Cobby, Smith (fell exc), Sadler (ret), 77.7 36 20 10 23 Mark Burrows 1 0 2 3 6 Ht 16 Grahame, Collins, Woodifield, Young (fell rem), 74.2 39 21 10 25 Sunday 6 July 1997 Newcastle 53 Hull 37 - Premier League N Hu Ht 1 Grahame, Turner, Emson, Bentley, 68.0 2 4 Ht 2 Juul, Swales, Dicken, Robson (fell exc), 67.4 7 5 Ht 3 Little, Scully, Taylor, Olsen (fell exc), 65.5 8 10 NEWCASTLE Ht 4 Turner, Bentley, Robson, Dicken, 66.3 13 11 Paul Bentley 0 2 2 3 3 10 1 Ht 5 Swales, Little, Juul, Scully, 65.8 17 13 Brian Turner 2 3 1 2 0 0 8 1 Ht 6 Taylor, Olsen, Grahame, Emson, 67.5 22 14 Richard Juul 3 1 2 1 1 8 1 Ht 7 Little, Bentley, Turner, Scully (fell exc), 65.8 25 17 Stuart Swales 2 3 0 2 3 10 2 Ht 8 Little, Juul, Grahame, Swales (fell rem), 65.7 27 21 Jesper Olsen X 2 3 1 2 8 2 Ht 9 Olsen, Taylor, Dicken, Emson (fell exc), Robson (exc 2 mins), Glyn Taylor 1 3 2 3 9 1 awarded, no time 32 22 HULL Ht 10 Bentley, Swales, Little, Robson (fell exc), 67.0 37 23 Alan Grahame 3 1 1 M 0 2 7 0 Ht 11 Taylor, Dicken, Juul, Emson (fell exc), Grahame (exc 2 mins), 41 25 Richard Emson 1 0 X X 1 0 66.9 41 25 Stuart Robson X 1 M X 1 0 Ht 12 Scully, Turner, Olsen, Grahame, 69.8 44 28 Lee Dicken 1 0 1 2 3 1 8 1 Ht 13 Dicken, Olsen, Juul, 66.7 (three riders only) 47 31 Kevin Little (G) 3 2 3 3 1 2 14 0 Ht 14 Bentley, Grahame, Dicken, Turner, 66.9 50 34 Peter Scully 2 0 X 3 1 6 2 Ht 15 Swales, Little, Scully, Turner, 66.3 53 37 Monday 7 July 1997 Long Eaton 28 Hull 25 Skegness 22 Stoke 21 - Premier League Four Team Championship Qualifying Round (Skegness round staged at Isle of Wight) SKEGNESS Brett Woodifield 1 1 2 1 5 Nigel Sadler 1 R 2 3 6 Phil Morris 3 1 1 2 7 Wayne Carter 1 2 0 1 4 Sk Hu LE St HULL Ht 1 Grahame, Atkin, Carter, Werner (ret), 75.8 1 3 0 2 Alan Grahame 3 3 3 0 9 Ht 2 Morris, Collins, Elkins, Dicken, 76.2 4 3 1 4 Lee Dicken 0 0 1 2 3 Ht 3 Stonehewer, Scully, Sadler, Taylor (ret), 75.5 5 5 4 4 Stuart Robson 3 2 3 X 8 Ht 4 Robson, Dixon, Woodifield, Cobby, 75.3 6 8 6 4 Peter Scully 2 R 2 1 5 Ht 5 Stonehewer, Carter, Cobby, Dicken, 75.1 8 8 9 5 LONG EATON Ht 6 Grahame, Dixon, Morris, Taylor, 75.5 9 11 11 5 Carl Stonehewer 3 3 2 2 10 Ht 7 Collins, Robson, Werner, Sadler (ret), 74.6 9 13 12 8 Martin Dixon 2 2 1 X 5 Ht 8 Elkins, Atkin, Woodifield, Scully (ret), 77.0 10 13 15 10 Justin Elkins 1 3 0 2 6 Ht 9 Collins, Scully, Dixon, Carter, 75.2 10 15 16 13 Brent Werner R 1 3 3 7 Ht 10 Robson, Stonehewer, Morris, Atkin, 74.7 11 18 18 13 STOKE Ht 11 Grahame, Sadler, Burrows, Elkins, 75.8 13 21 18 14 Les Collins 2 3 3 3 11 Ht 12 Werner, Woodifield, Dicken, Burrows, 76.2 15 22 21 14 Tony Atkin 2 2 0 1 5 Ht 13 Werner, Morris, Scully, Cobby, 76.8 17 23 24 14 Craig Taylor R 0 3 3 Ht 14 Taylor, Elkins, Carter, Robson (exc defective exhaust), 77.1 18 23 26 17 Chris Cobby 0 1 0 1 Ht 15 Sadler, Dicken, Atkin, Dixon (fell exc), 76.7 21 25 26 18 Mark Burrows 1 0 1 Ht 16 Collins, Stonehewer, Woodifield, Grahame, 74.2 (TR) 22 25 28 21 Wednesday 9 July 1997 Hull 46 Oxford 43 - Premier League Cup Semi Final 2nd Leg (Aggregate - Oxford 94 Hull 85) Hu O Ht 1 Grahame, Hare, Beveridge, Bunyan, 68.5 4 2 HULL Ht 2 Robson, Tatum, Scully, Marsh, 68.0 8 4 R/R Scott Robson Ht 3 Grahame, Berge, Dicken, Teurnberg (fell), 68.9 12 6 Will Beveridge (G) 1 1 0 X 2 1 Ht 4 Tatum, Dicken, Beveridge, Marsh, 69.8 15 9 Stuart Robson 3 1 2 2 2 2 12 3 Ht 5 Berge, Scully, Robson, Teurnberg (ret), 68.9 18 12 Peter Scully 1 2 2 0 3 2 10 0 Ht 6 Dicken, Grahame, Hare, Bunyan, 70.0 23 13 Alan Grahame 3 3 2 3 1 3 15 1 Ht 7 Berge, Scully, Teurnberg, Beveridge, 69.3 25 17 Lee Dicken 1 2 3 1 0 R M 7 0 Ht 8 Berge, Robson, Hare, Scully, 69.6 27 21 OXFORD Ht 9 Grahame, Tatum, Dicken, Marsh, 69.4 31 23 Lawrence Hare 2 1 1 1 2 7 1 Ht 10 Scully, Robson, Teurnberg, Bunyan, 69.6 36 24 Jason Bunyan 0 0 0 1 1 0 Ht 11 Tatum, Robson, Hare, Dicken, 69.4 38 28 Neville Tatum 2 3 2 3 2 1 13 1 Ht 12 Berge, Tatum, Grahame, Beveridge (fell exc), 69.3 39 33 Krister Marsh 0 0 0 3 3 0 Ht 13 Marsh, Hare, Dicken (ret), 71.4 (three riders only) 39 38 Mikael Teurnberg F R 1 1 3 5 0 Ht 14 Teurnberg, Scully, Bunyan, Dicken (exc 2 mins), 70.7 41 42 Phillipe Berge 2 3 3 3 3 0 14 0 Ht 15 Grahame, Robson, Tatum, Berge, 69.4 46 43 Thursday 10 July 1997 Sheffield 34 Long Eaton 30 Skegness 18 Hull 14 - Premier League Four Team Championship Qualifying Round (at Sheffield) SHEFFIELD Robbie Kessler 3 3 2 3 11 Mirko Wolter 3 2 3 2 10 Jamie Birkinshaw 0 2 1 3 Scott Smith 3 3 2 2 10 Mike Hampson 0 0 Sh Hu LE Sk HULL Ht 1 Smith, Werner, Sadler, Dicken, 64.1 3 0 2 1 Lee Dicken 0 0 0 0 0 Ht 2 Woodifield, Scully, Elkins, Birkinshaw, 64.8 3 2 3 4 Peter Scully 2 0 1 0 3 Ht 3 Wolter, Dixon, Morris, Blackwell, 63.6 6 2 5 5 Stuart Robson 2 3 3 3 11 Ht 4 Kessler, Robson, Stonehewer, Carter, 63.2 9 4 6 5 Mark Blackwell (G) 0 0 0 0 0 Ht 5 Smith, Dixon, Carter, Scully, 63.7 12 4 8 6 LONG EATON Ht 6 Stonehewer, Birkinshaw, Morris, Dicken, 63.7 14 4 11 7 Martin Dixon 2 2 1 2 7 Ht 7 Robson, Wolter, Woodifield, Werner, 63.7 16 7 11 8 Carl Stonehewer 1 3 3 3 10 Ht 8 Kessler, Sadler, Elkins, Blackwell, 64.6 19 7 12 10 Justin Elkins 1 1 2 Ht 9 Stonehewer, Smith, Woodifield, Blackwell, 63.7 21 7 15 11 Brent Werner 2 0 3 3 8 Ht 10 Robson, Sadler, Dixon, Hampson, 65.0 21 10 16 13 Paul Lee 2 1 3 Ht 11 Wolter, Lee, Carter, Dicken, 64.3 24 10 18 14 SKEGNESS Ht 12 Werner, Kessler, Scully, Morris (ret), 64.7 26 11 21 14 Brett Woodifield 3 1 1 1 6 Ht 13 Werner, Carter, Birkinshaw, Blackwell, 65.2 27 11 24 16 Nigel Sadler 1 2 2 1 6 Ht 14 Robson, Smith, Lee, Morris (ret), 65.1 29 14 25 16 Phil Morris 1 1 R R 2 Ht 15 Stonehewer, Wolter, Sadler, Scully, 64.4 31 14 28 17 Wayne Carter 0 1 1 2 4 Ht 16 Kessler, Dixon, Woodifield, Dicken, 64.6 34 14 30 18 Saturday 12 July 1997 Long Eaton 28 Stoke 27 Sheffield 25 Hull 16 - Premier League Four Team Championship Qualifying Round (at Stoke) Final Aggregate Totals - Long Eaton 127 Hull 94 Stoke 94 Skegness 82 Sheffield 82 STOKE Craig Taylor 0 2 3 2 7 Tony Atkin 3 1 1 2 7 John Wilson 1 1 1 1 4 Les Collins 1 2 3 3 9 St Sh Hu LE SHEFFIELD Ht 1 Scully, Smith, Collins, Werner, 64.6 1 2 3 0 Scott Smith 2 3 2 3 10 Ht 2 Birkinshaw, Lee, Wilson, Macklin (fell exc), 65.8 2 5 3 2 Jamie Birkinshaw 3 1 0 0 4 Ht 3 Atkin, Felton, Isherwood, Hampson (fell exc), 66.0 5 5 4 4 Robbie Kessler 2 3 3 2 10 Ht 4 Stonehewer, Kessler, Dicken, Taylor, 63.9 5 7 5 7 Mike Hampson X 0 Ht 5 Stonehewer, Collins, Birkinshaw, Isherwood (fell), 63.8 7 8 5 10 Jamie Young 1 R 0 1 Ht 6 Smith, Dicken, Wilson, Felton, 65.4 8 11 7 10 HULL Ht 7 Kessler, Scully, Atkin, Lee (fell), 65.4 9 14 9 10 Jamie Isherwood 1 F F 0 1 Ht 8 Werner, Taylor, Young, Macklin (fell exc), 65.8 11 15 9 13 Lee Dicken 1 2 2 1 6 Ht 9 Collins, Dicken, Lee, Young (ret), 65.4 14 15 11 14 Paul Macklin X X 0 0 0 Ht 10 Kessler, Werner, Wilson, Isherwood (fell), 65.6 15 18 11 16 Peter Scully 3 2 2 2 9 Ht 11 Stonehewer, Smith, Atkin, Macklin, 64.3 16 20 11 19 LONG EATON Ht 12 Taylor, Scully, Felton, Birkinshaw, 65.8 19 20 13 20 Paul Lee 2 F 1 1 4 Ht 13 Stonehewer, Scully, Wilson, Young, 64.9 20 20 15 23 Brent Werner 0 3 2 3 8 Ht 14 Collins, Kessler, Felton, Macklin, 65.2 23 22 15 24 Dean Felton 2 0 1 1 4 Ht 15 Werner, Atkin, Dicken, Birkinshaw, 65.8 25 22 16 27 Carl Stonehewer 3 3 3 3 12 Ht 16 Smith, Taylor, Lee, Isherwood, 65.9 27 25 16 28 Tuesday 15 July 1997 Hull 50 Long Eaton 40 - Premier League Hu LE HULL Ht 1 Werner, Elkins, Boast, Hampson (fell exc), 70.6 1 5 R/R Scott Robson Ht 2 Robson, Dixon, Burrows, Scully, 68.7 4 8 Peter Boast (G) 1 0 0 0 1 2 0 Ht 3 Stonehewer, Dicken, Grahame, Lee, 69.0 7 11 Stuart Robson 3 3 3 3 3 2 17 0 Ht 4 Dicken, Dixon, Burrows, Boast, 70.0 10 14 Peter Scully 0 1 2 2 1 2 8 2 Ht 5 Robson, Stonehewer, Scully, Lee, 69.5 14 16 Alan Grahame 1 1 1 1 3 3 10 1 Ht 6 Dicken, Werner, Grahame, Elkins, 70.8 18 18 Lee Dicken 2 3 3 3 2 0 13 1 Ht 7 Stonehewer, Scully, Lee, Boast, 69.1 20 22 Mike Hampson (G) X 0 0 Ht 8 Robson, Scully, Elkins, Werner, 70.8 25 23 LONG EATON Ht 9 Dicken, Dixon, Grahame, Burrows, 69.8 29 25 Brent Werner 3 2 0 1 1 7 0 Ht 10 Robson, Stonehewer, Scully, Elkins, 68.6 33 27 Justin Elkins 2 0 1 0 0 3 1 Ht 11 Robson, Dicken, Werner, Burrows, 69.1 38 28 Martin Dixon 2 2 2 2 1 9 1 Ht 12 Stonehewer, Dixon, Grahame, Boast, 70.1 39 33 Mark Burrows 1 1 0 0 0 2 2 Ht 13 Grahame, Lee, Boast, Elkins, 70.5 43 35 Carl Stonehewer 3 2 3 2 3 3 16 0 Ht 14 Grahame, Scully, Werner, Burrows, 70.3 48 36 Paul Lee 0 0 1 2 3 0 Ht 15 Stonehewer, Robson, Dixon, Dicken, 69.1 50 40 Wednesday 16 July 1997 Long Eaton 57 Hull 32 - Premier League (Aggregate - Long Eaton 97 Hull 82) LE Hu LONG EATON Ht 1 Werner, Grahame, Elkins, Boast (ret), 66.2 4 2 Brent Werner 3 3 1 R 3 10 0 Ht 2 Scully, Dixon, Burrows, McDonald, 66.1 7 5 Justin Elkins 1 2 0 0 2 5 1 Ht 3 Stonehewer, Robson, Lee, Dicken, 64.2 11 7 Martin Dixon 2 2 3 3 2 12 1 Ht 4 Werner, Elkins, Scully, Boast, 66.0 16 8 Mark Burrows 1 1 2 2 1 7 3 Ht 5 Robson, Dixon, Burrows, Dicken, 65.2 19 11 Carl Stonehewer 3 3 3 3 3 15 0 Ht 6 Stonehewer, Lee, Grahame, Boast, 64.6 24 12 Paul Lee 1 2 2 2 1 8 4 Ht 7 Scully, Robson, Werner, Elkins, 65.7 25 17 HULL Ht 8 Dixon, Burrows, Grahame, Boast (fell rem), 65.1 30 18 Alan Grahame 2 1 1 0 2 6 0 Ht 9 Stonehewer, Lee, Scully, Robson (fell exc), 63.8 35 19 Peter Boast (G) R 0 0 0 F 0 0 Ht 10 Dicken, Burrows, Werner (ret), Robson (exc 2 mins), 66.9 37 22 R/R Scott Robson Ht 11 Dixon, Lee, Scully, Grahame, 64.8 42 23 Peter Scully 3 1 3 1 1 1 1 11 1 Ht 12 Stonehewer, Dicken, Scully, Elkins, 64.1 45 26 Stuart Robson 2 3 2 X M 3 F 10 1 Ht 13 Werner, Grahame, Burrows, Boast (fell), 65.5 49 28 Lee Dicken 0 0 3 2 R 5 0 Ht 14 Robson, Elkins, Lee, Dicken (ret), 64.3 52 31 Nathan McDonald (G) 0 0 0 Ht 15 Stonehewer, Dixon, Scully, Robson (fell), 64.1 57 32 Wednesday 23 July 1997 Hull 44 Newcastle 46 - Premier League (Aggregate - Newcastle 99 Hull 81) Hu N Ht 1 Bentley, Turner, Palmer, Burrows (fell), 70.2 1 5 HULL Ht 2 Robson, Juul, Swales, Dicken (fell), 68.6 4 8 Tommy Palmer (G) 1 1 2 2 3 9 0 Ht 3 Pratt, Olsen, Turner, Taylor (fell injured), Scully (fell exc), 69.0 7 11 Mark Burrows (G) F 0 1 1 1 3 3 Ht 4 Swales, Juul, Palmer, Burrows, 69.5 8 16 Stuart Robson 3 2 1 3 3 12 1 Ht 5 Olsen, Robson, Dicken, 68.6 (three riders only) 11 19 Lee Dicken F 1 2 1 1 5 2 Ht 6 Scully, Bentley, Pratt, Turner, 69.3 15 21 Troy Pratt (G) 3 1 3 2 0 9 0 Ht 7 Olsen, Palmer, Burrows, Turner, 69.3 18 24 Peter Scully X 3 1 0 2 6 0 Ht 8 Bentley, Dicken, Robson, 69.2 (three riders only) 21 27 NEWCASTLE Ht 9 Pratt, Juul, Scully, Swales, 69.1 25 29 Paul Bentley 3 2 3 2 2 12 0 Ht 10 Olsen, Palmer, Dicken, Turner, 69.5 28 32 Brian Turner 2 1 0 0 0 0 F 3 2 Ht 11 Robson, Bentley, Juul, Scully, 69.4 31 35 Stuart Swales 1 3 0 3 2 9 1 Ht 12 Swales, Pratt, Burrows, 69.9 (three riders only) 34 38 Richard Juul 2 2 2 1 3 10 2 Ht 13 Juul, Scully, Burrows, Turner, 69.5 37 41 Jesper Olsen 2 3 3 3 1 12 1 Ht 14 Palmer, Swales, Dicken, Turner (fell), 70.5 41 43 Glyn Taylor N 0 0 Ht 15 Robson, Bentley, Olsen, Pratt, 70.6 44 46 Sunday 27 July 1997 Newport 43 Hull 46 - Premier League N Hu NEWPORT Ht 1 Pratt, Pegler, Armstrong (exc illegal fuel), Coles (ret), 60.3 2 3 Michael Coles (G) R 3 2 2 3 10 0 Ht 2 Morris, Fry, Scully, Lobb, 61.2 4 7 Scott Pegler 2 2 1 3 0 8 2 Ht 3 Watson, Robson, Dicken, Willis, 60.2 7 10 Paul Fry 2 1 2 2 3 10 0 Ht 4 Coles, Pegler, Morris, Scully, 60.3 12 11 Roger Lobb 0 0 1 1 2 4 3 Ht 5 Robson, Dicken, Fry, Lobb, 59.6 13 16 Craig Watson 3 3 3 0 1 10 0 Ht 6 Watson, Pratt, Willis, Armstrong, 60.6 17 18 Martin Willis 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 Ht 7 Robson, Coles, Pegler, Dicken (fell), 59.9 20 21 HULL Ht 8 Pratt, Fry, Lobb, Armstrong, 60.6 23 24 Troy Pratt (G) 3 2 3 3 2 13 1 Ht 9 Watson, Morris, Scully, Willis, 61.5 26 27 R/R Richard Emson Ht 10 Robson, Coles, Lobb, Armstorng, 60.7 29 30 Phil Morris (G) 3 1 2 1 1 8 2 Ht 11 Pratt, Fry, Scully, Willis, 61.0 31 34 Peter Scully 1 0 1 1 1 4 1 Ht 12 Pegler, Dicken, Morris, Watson, 61.6 34 37 Stuart Robson 2 3 3 3 3 14 0 Ht 13 Coles, Lobb, Scully, Dicken, 62.6 39 38 Lee Dicken 1 2 F 2 0 2 7 2 Ht 14 Fry, Dicken, Morris, Willis, 61.5 42 41 Karl Armstrong X 0 0 0 0 0 Ht 15 Robson, Pratt, Watson, Pegler, 61.0 43 46 Monday 28 July 1997 Exeter 55 Hull 34 - Premier League (Aggregate - Hull 94 Exeter 85) E Hu EXETER Ht 1 Coles, Smith, Daniels, Lobb, 66.9 3 3 Michael Coles 3 1 1 1 1 7 3 Ht 2 Hare, Scully, Jeffery, Smart, 68.8 4 8 Gary Lobb 0 2 2 0 2 6 1 Ht 3 Lanham, Gordon, Robson, Dicken (fell exc), 66.6 9 9 Paul Jeffery 1 2 1 3 3 10 1 Ht 4 Hare, Lobb, Coles, Scully (ret), 66.6 12 12 Frank Smart 0 3 3 2 3 11 0 Ht 5 Smart, Jeffery, Robson, Dicken, 67.9 17 13 Leigh Lanham 3 3 3 3 3 15 0 Ht 6 Lanham, Smith, Daniels (ret), Gordon (fell), 66.8 20 15 Graeme Gordon 2 F 2 R 2 6 3 Ht 7 Robson, Lobb, Coles, Dicken, 68.6 23 18 HULL Ht 8 Smart, Smith, Jeffery, 67.3 (three riders only) 27 20 Scott Smith (G) 2 2 2 2 1 0 9 1 Ht 9 Lanham, Gordon, Hare, Scully, 65.6 32 21 R/R Richard Emson Ht 10 Hare, Smart, Coles, Robson, 66.8 35 24 Lawrence Hare (G) 3 3 1 3 2 2 14 0 Ht 11 Jeffery, Smith, Robson, Gordon (ret), 67.1 38 27 Peter Scully 2 R 0 1 3 1 Ht 12 Lanham, Hare, Smith, Lobb, 65.5 41 30 Stuart Robson 1 1 3 0 1 R 6 1 Ht 13 Smart, Lobb, Scully, Daniels, 68.5 46 31 Lee Dicken X 0 0 0 0 Ht 14 Jeffery, Gordon, Daniels, Robson (ret), 68.1 51 32 Greg Daniels (G) 1 R 0 1 2 1 Ht 15 Lanham, Hare, Coles, Smith, 66.0 55 34 SILVER HELMET - Robson, Lanham, 66.6 Wednesday 30 July 1997 Hull 51 Isle of Wight 39 - Premier League Hu IOW Ht 1 Scully, Woodifield, Grahame, Clews, 67.8 4 2 Ht 2 Sadler, Dicken, Daniels, Underwood, Sc Robson (exc tapes), HULL 68.6 7 5 Alan Grahame 1 3 2 2 3 11 1 Ht 3 Tacey, St Robson, Dicken, Clews, Hedge (exc tapes), 67.9 10 8 Peter Scully 3 2 3 1 0 9 2 Ht 4 Grahame, Scully, Sadler, Underwood, 69.8 15 9 Scott Robson T R 2 3 2 7 1 Ht 5 Tacey, Hedge, Daniels (fell rem), Sc Robson (ret), 69.7 16 14 R/R Richard Emson Ht 6 Woodifield, Dicken, Clews, St Robson (ret), 69.5 18 18 Stuart Robson 2 R 2 2 2 8 2 Ht 7 Scully, Grahame, Tacey, Hedge, 70.0 23 19 Lee Dicken 2 1 2 3 2 3 1 14 2 Ht 8 Woodifield, Sc Robson, Clews, Daniels (fell rem), 69.3 25 23 Greg Daniels (G) 1 1 0 F 2 1 Ht 9 Dicken, St Robson, Sadler, Underwood, 69.3 30 24 ISLE OF WIGHT Ht 10 Tacey, Grahame, Clews, Daniels (fell), 68.2 32 28 Brett Woodifield 2 3 3 M 3 2 13 1 Ht 11 Sc Robson, Dicken, Hedge, Clews, Woodifield (exc 2 mins), Paul Clews 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 3 0 69.8 37 29 Nigel Sadler 3 1 1 1 6 0 Ht 12 Woodifield, St Robson, Scully, Tacey (ret), 69.3 40 32 Jon Underwood 0 0 0 0 0 0 Ht 13 Grahame, Sc Robson, Sadler, Clews, 70.0 45 33 Shaun Tacey 3 3 1 3 R 3 13 0 Ht 14 Dicken, St Robson, Hedge, Underwood, 70.2 50 34 Gavin Hedge T 2 0 1 1 4 1 Ht 15 Tacey, Woodifield, Dicken, Scully, 70.4 51 39 SILVER HELMET - St Robson, Tacey, 68.8 Saturday 2 August 1997 Berwick 43 Hull 47 - Premier League B Hu BERWICK Ht 1 Lamb, Scully, Grahame, Meldrum, 68.9 3 3 Scott Lamb 3 3 3 3 3 15 0 Ht 2 Sc Robson, Little, Turner, Blackburn, 71.3 5 7 David Meldrum 0 2 1 0 1 4 2 Ht 3 Kosonen, Pingel, St Robson, Dicken, 70.2 10 8 Kevin Little 2 0 1 2 2 7 1 Ht 4 Lamb, Meldrum, Sc Robson, Turner, 69.8 15 9 David Blackburn 0 2 0 0 1 0 3 0 Ht 5 St Robson, Blackburn, Dicken, Little, 68.7 17 13 Jarno Kosonen 3 0 0 2 5 0 Ht 6 Scully, Grahame, Pingel, Kosonen, 70.0 18 18 Jorg Pingel 2 1 2 3 1 9 1 Ht 7 Lamb, St Robson, Meldrum, Dicken, 68.7 22 20 HULL Ht 8 Grahame, Scully, Little, Blackburn, 69.7 23 25 Alan Grahame 1 2 3 1 3 10 2 Ht 9 Sc Robson, Pingel, Turner, Kosonen, 70.6 25 29 Peter Scully 2 3 2 2 2 11 1 Ht 10 Lamb, Scully, St Robson, Blackburn, 69.3 28 32 Scott Robson 3 1 3 3 0 10 0 Ht 11 Pingel, Little, Grahame, Turner, 68.3 (TR) 33 33 R/R Richard Emson Ht 12 Sc Robson, Dicken, Blackburn, Meldrum, 70.4 34 38 Stuart Robson 1 3 2 1 3 10 1 Ht 13 Grahame, Little, Dicken, Blackburn, 69.6 36 42 Lee Dicken 0 1 0 2 1 0 4 1 Ht 14 St Robson, Kosonen, Meldrum, Dicken, 69.2 39 45 Brian Turner (G) 1 0 1 0 2 0 Ht 15 Lamb, Scully, Pingel, Sc Robson, 70.1 43 47 SILVER HELMET - St Robson, Lamb, 69.4 Wednesday 6 August 1997 Hull 53 Sheffield 37 - Premier League (Aggregate - Hull 99 Sheffield 80) Hu S Ht 1 Scully, Grahame, Hampson, Collins, 68.1 5 1 HULL Ht 2 Knott, Wolter, Turner (fell rem), Sc Robson (ret), 70.6 6 6 Alan Grahame 2 3 2 3 3 13 2 Ht 3 Dicken, St Robson, Smith, Birkinshaw, 70.2 11 7 Peter Scully 3 2 3 2 1 11 2 Ht 4 Grahame, Scully, Wolter, Knott, 70.1 16 8 Scott Robson R X 2 X 3 5 0 Ht 5 Smith, Wolter, Turner, Sc Robson (ef, exc caused stoppage), R/R Richard Emson 71.1 17 13 Stuart Robson 2 1 3 3 3 12 2 Ht 6 Collins, Dicken, St Robson, Hampson, 68.9 20 16 Lee Dicken 3 2 2 2 F 9 1 Ht 7 Scully, Grahame, Birkinshaw, Smith, 69.1 25 17 Brian Turner (G) 1 1 1 0 0 3 1 Ht 8 Collins, Sc Robson, Turner, Hampson, 68.8 28 20 SHEFFIELD Ht 9 St Robson, Dicken, Knott, Wolter, 70.1 33 21 Les Collins (G) 0 3 3 2 3 2 13 0 Ht 10 Grahame, Collins, Smith, Turner, 69.3 36 24 Mike Hampson 1 0 0 1 2 1 Ht 11 Collins, Dicken, Knott, Sc Robson (fell exc), 69.6 38 28 Mirko Wolter 2 1 2 0 1 2 8 2 Ht 12 St Robson, Scully, Wolter, Birkinshaw, 68.9 43 29 Steve Knott 3 0 1 1 2 7 0 Ht 13 Sc Robson, Knott, Hampson, Turner, 69.5 46 32 Scott Smith 1 3 0 1 F 5 1 Ht 14 St Robson, Wolter, Birkinshaw, Dicken (fell), 69.9 49 35 Jamie Birkinshaw 0 1 0 1 2 1 Ht 15 Grahame, Collins, Scully (fell rem), Smith (fell), 70.2 53 37 SILVER HELMET - St Robson, Knott, 69.9 Sunday 10 August 1997 Glasgow 51 Hull 39 - Premier League (Aggregate - Hull 92 Glasgow 87) G Hu Ht 1 Collins, Scully, G.McDonald, Grahame, Beveridge (exc 2 mins), 63.9 4 2 Ht 2 Robson, Powell, Scott, G.McDonald, 63.8 6 6 GLASGOW Ht 3 S.McDonald, Courtney, Dicken, Scully (ret), 64.6 11 7 Neil Collins 3 3 2 3 3 14 0 Ht 4 Collins, Beveridge, Robson, Scott, 65.8 16 8 Will Beveridge M 2 1 0 2 5 3 Ht 5 Grahame, G.McDonald, Dicken, Powell (ret), 66.5 18 12 Mick Powell 2 R 3 3 2 10 1 Ht 6 Grahame, Scully, S.McDonald, Courtney, 65.0 19 17 Grant McDonald 1 0 2 0 R 1 0 4 0 Ht 7 Robson, Collins, Beveridge, Dicken, 64.2 22 20 Stewart McDonald 3 1 3 T 3 10 0 Ht 8 Powell, Grahame, Scully, G.McDonald, 65.1 25 23 Sean Courtney 2 0 2 1 3 8 2 Ht 9 S.McDonald, Courtney, Scott, Robson, 65.0 30 24 HULL Ht 10 Collins, Scully, Dicken, G.McDonald (ret), 64.9 33 27 Alan Grahame 0 3 3 2 0 1 9 1 Ht 11 Powell, Scott, Courtney, Grahame, 65.4 37 29 Peter Scully 2 R 2 1 2 2 1 10 3 Ht 12 Robson, Scully, G.McDonald, Beveridge, S.McDonald (exc Scott Robson 3 1 3 0 3 X 10 0 tapes), 65.4 38 34 Blair Scott (G) 1 0 1 2 1 2 7 0 Ht 13 Courtney, Beveridge, Scott, Dicken, 66.9 43 35 R/R Stuart Robson Ht 14 S.McDonald, Scott, Grahame, G.McDonald, 65.9 46 38 Lee Dicken 1 1 0 1 0 3 1 Ht 15 Collins, Powell, Scully, Robson (fell exc), awarded, no time 51 39 Saturday 16 August 1997 Stoke 57 Hull 32 - Premier League S Hu STOKE Ht 1 Collins, Cobby, Grahame, Scully (ret), 64.7 5 1 Les Collins 3 3 2 3 3 14 1 Ht 2 Morris, Turner, Burrows (ret), Sc Robson (ret), 67.1 8 3 Chris Cobby 2 2 3 1 1 2 X 11 3 Ht 3 Olsen, Taylor, St Robson, Dicken, 67.0 13 4 Phil Morris 3 2 2 2 2 11 1 Ht 4 Collins, Cobby, Sc Robson, Turner, 63.6 18 5 R/R Tony Atkin Ht 5 St Robson, Morris, Dicken, Burrows, 63.7 20 9 Jesper Olsen (G) 3 3 3 3 2 14 1 Ht 6 Olsen, Grahame, Turner, Taylor (ret), Scully (exc 2 mins), 64.6 23 12 Craig Taylor 2 R 1 3 1 Ht 7 Cobby, Collins, St Robson, Dicken, 63.8 28 13 Mark Burrows R 0 3 0 1 4 1 Ht 8 Burrows, Morris, Grahame, St Robson (exc unfair riding), 65.5 33 14 HULL Ht 9 Olsen, Scully, Taylor, Sc Robson, 64.2 37 16 Alan Grahame 1 2 1 3 2 1 10 0 Ht 10 Collins, St Robson, Scully, Burrows, 63.4 40 19 Peter Scully R M 2 1 3 6 1 Ht 11 Grahame, Morris, Cobby, Sc Robson (exc 2 mins), 65.4 43 22 Scott Robson R 1 0 M 1 0 Ht 12 Olsen, Grahame, Cobby, Turner (fell), 65.0 47 24 Brian Turner 2 0 1 F F 1 0 4 1 Ht 13 Dicken, Cobby, Burrows, Turner (fell), 63.5 50 27 Stuart Robson 1 3 1 X 2 M 7 0 Ht 14 Scully, Morris, Turner, Cobby (fell exc), 65.5 52 31 Lee Dicken 0 1 0 3 4 0 Ht 15 Collins, Olsen, Grahame, Turner, St Robson (exc 2 mins), 64.7 57 32 SILVER HELMET - Collins, St Robson (fell), awarded, no time Wednesday 20 August 1997 Hull 48 Newport 42 - Premier League (Aggregate - Hull 94 Newport 85) Hu N HULL Ht 1 Scully, Grahame, Henriksson, Scott, 68.3 5 1 Alan Grahame 2 1 1 2 2 8 3 Ht 2 Fry, Turner, Sc Robson, Lobb, 67.9 8 4 Peter Scully 3 2 2 1 3 11 1 Ht 3 Dicken, Watson, St Robson, Willis, 67.8 12 6 Scott Robson 1 3 3 2 2 11 2 Ht 4 Fry, Scully, Grahame, Lobb, 67.5 15 9 Brian Turner 2 1 0 1 1 5 2 Ht 5 Sc Robson, Willis, Turner, Watson (fell exc), 67.9 19 11 Stuart Robson 1 2 1 2 2 8 0 Ht 6 Fry, St Robson, Dicken, Henriksson, 67.5 22 14 Lee Dicken 3 1 R F 1 5 2 Ht 7 Watson, Scully, Grahame, Willis, 67.6 25 17 NEWPORT Ht 8 Sc Robson, Henriksson, Willis, Turner, 68.8 28 20 Anders Henriksson 1 0 2 3 3 9 0 Ht 9 Fry, Watson, St Robson (fell rem), Dicken (ret), 67.4 29 25 R/R Scott Pegler Ht 10 Watson, Grahame, Turner, Scott, 68.8 32 28 Paul Fry 3 3 3 3 3 M 15 0 Ht 11 Henriksson, Sc Robson, Lobb, Dicken (fell), 68.9 34 32 Roger Lobb 0 0 1 1 0 Ht 12 Fry, St Robson, Scully, Willis, 67.8 37 35 Craig Watson 2 X 3 2 3 3 R 13 1 Ht 13 Watson, Grahame, Turner (fell rem), Scott (fell), 67.9 40 38 Martin Willis 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 4 1 Ht 14 Henriksson, St Robson, Dicken, Willis, 69.4 43 41 Blair Scott (G) 0 0 F 0 0 Ht 15 Scully, Sc Robson, Willis, Watson (ret), Fry (exc 2 mins), 68.8 48 42 Wednesday 27 August 1997 Hull 42 Stoke 48 - Premier League (Aggregate - Stoke 105 Hull 74) Hu S Ht 1 Bentley, Collins, Scully, Cobby, 69.8 4 2 Ht 2 Sc Robson, Knott, Turner, Morris (ret), 69.6 8 4 HULL Ht 3 St Robson, Pickering, Dicken, Burrows, 64.8 12 6 Paul Bentley (G) 3 3 3 3 2 14 0 Ht 4 Bentley, Morris, Scully, Knott, 70.2 16 8 Peter Scully 1 1 2 X 3 7 1 Ht 5 Pickering, Sc Robson, Collins, Turner, 70.7 18 12 Scott Robson 3 2 X 2 0 7 0 Ht 6 Collins, Dicken, Cobby, St Robson (fell), 71.3 20 16 Brian Turner 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 Ht 7 Bentley, Scully, Pickering, Burrows, 70.6 25 17 Stuart Robson 3 F 3 2 F 8 0 Ht 8 Collins, Pickering, Turner, Sc Robson (fell exc), awarded, Lee Dicken 1 2 0 0 1 4 0 no time 29 25 STOKE Ht 9 St Robson, Morris, Knott, Dicken, 70.4 29 25 Les Collins 2 1 3 3 3 3 15 0 Ht 10 Bentley, Cobby, Pickering, Turner, 71.0 32 28 Chris Cobby 0 1 2 2 5 1 Ht 11 Collins, Sc Robson, Knott, Dicken (fell rem), 69.0 34 32 Phil Morris R 2 2 3 2 9 0 Ht 12 Morris, St Robson, Burrows, Scully (fell exc), awarded, no Steve Knott (G) 2 0 1 1 1 5 2 time 36 36 Paul Pickering (G) 2 3 1 2 1 3 1 13 2 Ht 13 Pickering, Cobby, Dicken, Sc Robson, 71.7 37 41 R/R Craig Taylor Ht 14 Scully, Morris, Knott, Turner, 70.7 40 44 Mark Burrows 0 0 1 1 0 Ht 15 Collins, Bentley, Pickering, St Robson (fell), 68.6 42 48 Wednesday 3 September 1997 Hull 55 Berwick 32 - Premier League (Aggregate - Hull 102 Berwick 75) Hu B Ht 1 Fry, Olsen, Scully, Hampson (ret), 68.9 4 2 HULL Ht 2 Little, Sc Robson, Turner, Blackburn (ret), 72.1 7 5 Paul Fry (G) 3 3 3 3 3 15 0 Ht 3 St Robson, Martin, Pingel (ret), Dicken (fell), 72.6 10 7 Peter Scully 1 2 1 F 1 5 1 Ht 4 Fry, Scully, Blackburn, Little (ret), 69.7 15 8 Scott Robson 2 3 3 2 1 11 0 Ht 5 Sc Robson, Turner, Hampson, Pingel (exc 2 mins), 71.3 Brian Turner 1 2 0 2 1 6 3 ( three riders only) 20 9 Stuart Robson 3 F 3 3 3 12 0 Ht 6 Olsen, Little, St Robson (fell), Dicken (fell), 72.5 20 14 Lee Dicken F F 2 1 3 6 2 Ht 7 Fry, Little, Scully, Pingel (ret), 69.6 24 16 BERWICK Ht 8 Sc Robson, Olsen, Hampson, Turner, 70.8 27 19 Jesper Olsen (G) 2 3 2 F F F 7 0 Ht 9 St Robson, Dicken, Little, Blackburn (fell), 73.8 32 20 Mike Hampson (G) R 1 1 2 4 1 Ht 10 Fry, Turner, Martin, Olsen (fell), 70.6 37 21 Kevin Little 3 R 2 2 1 2 2 12 1 Ht 11 Pingel, Sc Robson, Dicken, Olsen (fell), awarded, no time 40 24 David Blackburn R 1 F 2 3 0 Ht 12 St Robson, Little, Scully (fell), Pingel (ret), 71.6 43 26 R/R Jarno Kosonen Ht 13 Dicken, Blackburn, Turner, Martin, 72.6 47 28 Jorg Pingel R M R 3 R R 3 0 Ht 14 St Robson, Hampson, Scully (fell rem), Pingel (ret), 71.7 51 30 Gareth Martin 2 1 0 3 0 Ht 15 Fry, Little, Sc Robson (fell rem), Olsen (fell), 68.6 55 32 Friday 5 September 1997 Edinburgh 59 Hull 31 - Premier League E Hu Ht 1 Eriksson, Fry, Scully, Gould, 57.4 3 3 EDINBURGH Ht 2 McKinna, Scott, Turner (fell rem), Sc Robson (fell rem), 58.1 8 4 Robert Eriksson 3 3 1 2 3 12 1 Ht 3 Carr, St Robson, Dicken, Campbell, 56.4 (TR) 11 7 Paul Gould 0 1 2 0 2 5 1 Ht 4 Eriksson, Sc Robson, Gould, Turner (exc tapes), 58.5 15 9 Kenny McKinna 3 3 3 3 2 14 1 Ht 5 McKinna, St Robson, Scott, Dicken, 58.6 19 11 R/R Neil Hewitt Ht 6 Carr, Scully, Fry, Campbell, 57.4 22 14 Peter Carr 3 3 3 3 3 15 0 Ht 7 St Robson, Gould, Eriksson, Sc Robson, 58.1 25 17 Barry Campbell 0 0 2 2 1 5 2 Ht 8 McKinna, Scully, Scott, Fry (ret), 58.6 29 19 Blair Scott 2 1 1 1 3 8 2 Ht 9 Carr, Campbell, Sc Robson, Turner (ret), 60.1 34 20 HULL Ht 10 Scully, Eriksson, Scott, St Robson (fell exc), 58.5 37 23 Paul Fry (G) 2 1 R M 1 1 5 2 Ht 11 McKinna, Campbell, Dicken, Scully (exc 2 mins), Fry (exc Peter Scully 1 2 2 3 M 0 8 1 2 mins), 60.2 42 24 Scott Robson 0 2 0 1 2 0 5 0 Ht 12 Carr, Sc Robson, Fry, Gould, 59.3 45 27 Brian Turner 1 T R 0 1 0 Ht 13 Eriksson, Dicken, Campbell, Sc Robson, 60.6 49 29 Stuart Robson 2 2 3 X 1 8 0 Ht 14 Scott, Gould, Fry, Turner, 60.4 54 30 Lee Dicken 1 0 1 2 4 1 Ht 15 Carr, McKinna, St Robson, Scully, 58.6 59 31 Wednesday 10 September 1997 Hull 49 Oxford 41 - Premier League (Aggregate - Oxford 94 Hull 86) Hu O HULL Ht 1 Watson, Hare, Scully, Burrows, 68.3 4 2 Craig Watson (G) 3 2 3 3 X 11 0 Ht 2 Tatum, Sc Robson, Turner, Scott (fell rem), 68.9 7 5 Peter Scully 1 1 0 0 3 5 1 Ht 3 St Robson, Dicken, Berge, Juul, 69.4 12 6 Scott Robson 2 2 2 3 3 12 0 Ht 4 Tatum, Watson, Scully, Scott, 68.5 15 9 Brian Turner 1 R 0 1 0 2 1 Ht 5 Juul, Sc Robson, Berge, Turner (ret), 68.6 17 13 Stuart Robson 3 3 3 2 3 14 0 Ht 6 St Robson, Hare, Dicken, Burrows (fell exc), 68.5 21 15 Lee Dicken 2 1 0 2 F 5 2 Ht 7 Watson, Juul, Berge, Scully, 67.9 24 18 OXFORD Ht 8 Hare, Sc Robson, Burrows, Turner, 68.6 26 22 Lawrence Hare 2 2 3 R 2 9 0 Ht 9 St Robson, Tatum, Scott, Dicken, 68.8 29 25 R/R Darren Andrews Ht 10 Watson, Berge, Turner, Burrows (fell exc), 67.6 33 27 Neville Tatum 3 3 2 3 1 12 1 Ht 11 Sc Robson, Dicken, Scott, Hare (ret), 68.5 38 28 Blair Scott (G) 0 0 1 1 1 3 2 Ht 12 Tatum, St Robson, Juul, Scully, 68.2 40 32 Phillipe Berge 1 1 1 2 2 7 1 Ht 13 Scully, Berge, Burrows, Dicken (fell), 69.0 43 35 Richard Juul (G) 0 3 2 1 2 8 0 Ht 14 Sc Robson, Juul, Scott, Turner, 69.4 46 38 Mark Burrows 0 X 1 X 1 2 1 Ht 15 St Robson, Hare, Tatum, Watson (exc unfair riding), 68.7 49 41 Wednesday 17 September 1997 Hull 46 Edinburgh 44 - Premier League (Aggregate - Edinburgh 103 Hull 77) Hu E HULL Ht 1 Scully, Fry, Eriksson, Gould, 69.4 5 1 Paul Fry (G) 2 0 1 2 3 8 1 Ht 2 McKinna, Sc Robson, Scott, Turner, 68.3 7 5 Peter Scully 3 3 0 1 1 8 0 Ht 3 St Robson, Carr, Dicken, Campbell, 67.5 11 7 Scott Robson 2 2 2 0 1 7 0 Ht 4 Scully, Scott, McKinna, Fry, 69.1 14 10 Brian Turner 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 Ht 5 Carr, Sc Robson, Turner, Campbell, 68.3 17 13 Stuart Robson 3 3 3 3 3 15 0 Ht 6 St Robson, Eriksson, Dicken, Gould, 67.4 21 15 Lee Dicken 1 1 1 3 1 7 0 Ht 7 Campbell, Carr, Fry, Scully, 68.9 22 20 EDINBURGH Ht 8 Eriksson, Sc Robson, Gould, Turner, 69.1 24 24 Robert Eriksson 1 2 3 2 3 11 0 Ht 9 St Robson, McKinna, Dicken, Scott, 67.9 28 26 Paul Gould 0 0 1 1 2 0 Ht 10 Carr, Fry, Gould, Turner, 67.5 30 30 Kenny McKinna 3 1 2 2 X 8 1 Ht 11 Dicken, Eriksson, Scott, Sc Robson, 69.2 33 33 R/R Neil Hewitt Ht 12 St Robson, McKinna, Scully, Campbell, 67.8 37 35 Peter Carr 2 3 2 3 2 12 1 Ht 13 Eriksson, Scott, Sc Robson, Turner, 69.7 38 40 Barry Campbell 0 0 3 0 0 3 0 Ht 14 Fry, Scott, Dicken, Campbell, 68.8 42 42 Blair Scott 1 2 0 1 2 2 8 2 Ht 15 St Robson, Carr, Scully, McKinna (fell exc), 67.8 46 44 Friday 19 September 1997 Arena-Essex 49 Hull 41 - Premier League (Aggregate - Arena-Essex 91 Hull 89) AE Hu Ht 1 Pratt, Watson, Scully, Wainwright, 62.1 3 3 ARENA-ESSEX Ht 2 Sc Robson, Pedersen, Turner, Mason (fell exc), 62.2 5 7 Troy Pratt 3 2 0 3 3 11 0 Ht 3 St Robson, White, Palmer, Dicken, 62.1 8 10 Jon Wainwright 0 1 1 2 1 1 1 7 2 Ht 4 Sc Robson, Pratt, Wainwright, Turner, 62.6 11 13 Jan Pedersen 2 3 1 3 3 12 0 Ht 5 Pedersen, Dicken, Wainwright, St Robson (fell rem), 63.4 15 15 David Mason X 0 0 Ht 6 White, Scully, Watson, Palmer (fell rem), 62.4 18 18 Tommy Palmer 1 0 3 3 2 9 1 Ht 7 St Robson, Wainwright, Dicken, Pratt, 62.5 20 22 Colin White 2 3 2 2 1 10 2 Ht 8 Watson, Scully, Pedersen, 62.0 (three riders only) 21 27 HULL Ht 9 Palmer, White, Sc Robson, Turner (fell rem), 63.6 26 28 Craig Watson (G) 2 1 3 1 3 10 1 Ht 10 Pratt, St Robson, Scully, 61.2 (TR) (three riders only) 29 31 Peter Scully 1 2 2 1 0 6 3 Ht 11 Pedersen, White, Watson, Turner (ret), 63.0 34 32 Scott Robson 3 3 1 2 2 11 0 Ht 12 Palmer, Sc Robson, Wainwright, Dicken (fell rem), 63.6 38 34 Brian Turner 1 0 0 R 0 1 0 Ht 13 Watson, Palmer, Wainwright, Turner, 62.0 41 37 Stuart Robson 3 0 3 2 2 10 0 Ht 14 Pratt, St Robson, Wainwright, Dicken (fell rem), 62.2 45 39 Lee Dicken 0 2 1 0 0 3 0 Ht 15 Pedersen, Sc Robson, White, Scully, 62.7 49 41 Monday 22 September 1997 Newcastle 37 Hull 52 - Northern Trophy 2nd Leg (Aggregate - Hull 104 Newcastle 75) N Hu Ht 1 Bentley, Robson, Scully (ret), Birkinshaw (exc unfair riding), 65.2 3 2 Ht 2 Kessler, S.Swales, Turner, Little, 66.1 5 6 NEWCASTLE Ht 3 Robson, Olsen, Dicken, J.Swales, 66.0 7 10 Paul Bentley 3 2 2 3 1 11 0 Ht 4 Kessler, Bentley, Birkinshaw, Turner (fell rem), 66.6 10 13 Jamie Birkinshaw X 1 1 0 1 1 2 6 1 Ht 5 S.Swales, Robson, Dicken, Little, 66.6 13 16 Stuart Swales 2 3 R 2 M 7 0 Ht 6 Olsen, Kessler, Birkinshaw, Scully, 65.6 17 18 Kevin Little (G) 0 0 1 X 1 0 Ht 7 Robson, Bentley, Dicken, Birkinshaw, 66.5 19 22 Jesper Olsen 2 3 2 2 R 3 12 1 Ht 8 Scully, Dicken, Little, S.Swales (ret), 66.0 20 27 R/R Mike Smith Ht 9 Kessler, Olsen, Turner, J.Swales, 66.3 22 31 Jonathan Swales 0 0 0 0 0 0 Ht 10 Bentley, Olsen, Robson, Scully, 66.4 27 32 HULL Ht 11 Scully, S.Swales, Turner (fell rem), Little (fell exc), awarded, R/R Alan Grahame no time 29 36 Peter Scully R 0 3 0 3 3 9 0 Ht 12 Kessler, Dicken, Birkinshaw, Olsen (ret), 67.7 30 41 Robbie Kessler (G) 3 3 2 3 3 3 17 0 Ht 13 Olsen, Turner, Birkinshaw, Dicken (ret), 68.5 34 43 Brian Turner 1 0 1 1 2 1 6 0 Ht 14 Scully, Birkinshaw, Turner, J.Swales, 67.8 36 47 Stuart Robson 2 3 2 3 1 2 13 1 Ht 15 Kessler, Robson, Bentley, J.Swales, S.Swales (exc 2 mins), Lee Dicken 1 1 1 2 2 R 7 3 67.3 37 52 Wednesday 24 September 1997 Hull Past and Present 33 Big Al's All Stars 45 - Alan Grahame Testimonial HULL PAST AND PRESENT Alan Grahame 0 3 3 0 6 0 Peter Scully 1 1 0 1 3 0 Hu BA Paul Thorp 0 3 2 2 7 0 Ht 1 Ermolenko, Collins, Scully, Alan Grahame, 67.9 1 5 Ray Morton 3 1 2 0 6 1 Ht 2 Morton, Robson, Smith, Walsh, 69.9 6 6 Stuart Robson 2 0 2 1 5 3 Ht 3 Screen, Collins, Scully, Thorp, 67.4 7 11 Jim McMillan 2 2 2 6 0 Ht 4 Andy Grahame, McMillan, Wilson, Childs, 53.9 (three laps) 9 15 Tony Childs 0 0 0 0 0 Ht 5 Ermolenko, Collins, Morton, Robson, 69.1 10 20 BIG AL'S ALL STARS Ht 6 Alan Grahame, Smith, Walsh, Scully (fell rem), 68.7 13 23 Sam Ermolenko 3 3 0 1 7 0 Ht 7 Andy Grahame, McMillan, Wilson, Childs, 53.5 (three laps) 15 27 Les Collins 2 2 2 3 9 3 Ht 8 Alan Grahame, Robson, Walsh, Ermolenko, 69.3 20 28 Joe Screen 3 1 3 3 10 0 Ht 9 Thorp, Morton, Screen (30 yds), Smith, 67.7 25 29 Scott Smith 1 2 0 2 5 1 Ht 10 Wilson, McMillan, Andy Grahame, Childs, 54.5 (three laps) 27 33 David Walsh 0 1 1 0 2 1 Ht 11 Screen, Thorp, Robson, Walsh, 67.2 30 36 Andy Grahame 3 3 1 7 0 Ht 12 Collins, Smith, Scully, Morton, 68.6 31 41 Reg Wilson 1 1 3 5 0 Ht 13 Screen, Thorp, Ermolenko, Alan Grahame, 67.7 33 45 Monday 29 September 1997 Isle of Wight 58 Hull 32 - Premier League (Aggregate - Isle of Wight 97 Hull 83) IOW Hu Ht 1 Woodifield, Carter, Scully, Watson, 78.1 5 1 ISLE OF WIGHT Ht 2 Sadler, Bunyan, Turner, Sc Robson (ret), 78.8 10 2 Brett Woodifield 3 3 3 3 R 12 0 Ht 3 Tacey, Simmonds, Dicken, St Robson (ret), 78.3 15 3 Wayne Carter 2 2 R 1 2 7 3 Ht 4 Woodifield, Carter, Turner, Sc Robson (ret), 77.8 20 4 Nigel Sadler 3 2 2 1 3 11 1 Ht 5 St Robson, Sadler, Bunyan, Dicken, 78.4 23 7 Jason Bunyan 2 1 0 1 1 5 2 Ht 6 Tacey, Scully, Simmonds, Watson, 77.6 27 9 Shaun Tacey 3 3 3 3 2 14 0 Ht 7 Woodifield, St Robson, Dicken, Carter (ret), 78.4 30 12 Mark Simmonds 2 1 1 2 3 9 1 Ht 8 Watson, Sadler, Scully, Bunyan, 79.1 32 16 HULL Ht 9 Tacey, St Robson, Simmonds, Watson, 78.0 36 18 Craig Watson (G) 0 0 3 0 3 1 7 0 Ht 10 Woodifield, St Robson, Bunyan, Scully, 78.3 40 20 Peter Scully 1 2 1 0 2 2 8 0 Ht 11 Watson, Simmonds, Sadler, Turner (fell exc), 78.5 43 23 Scott Robson R R R 0 0 Ht 12 Tacey, Scully, Carter, Sc Robson (ret), 78.7 47 25 Brian Turner 1 1 X 2 0 Ht 13 Sadler, Scully, Bunyan, Dicken, 78.8 51 27 Stuart Robson R 3 2 2 2 3 12 0 Ht 14 Simmonds, Carter, Dicken, 79.0 (three riders only) 56 28 Lee Dicken 1 0 1 0 1 3 1 Ht 15 St Robson, Tacey, Watson, Woodifield (ret), 77.5 58 32 Thursday 2 October 1997 Sheffield 46 Hull 44 - Yorkshire Trophy S Hu Ht 1 Carr, Tacey, Scully, Hampson, 63.3 3 3 SHEFFIELD Ht 2 Juul, Knott, Bagshaw, Olsen (exc silencer), 64.4 8 4 Peter Carr (G) 3 3 3 2 3 14 0 Ht 3 Smith, Watson, Dicken, Cartwright, 64.3 11 7 Mike Hampson 0 1 1 0 2 4 0 Ht 4 Carr, Olsen, Hampson, Bagshaw, 63.7 15 9 Richard Juul (G) 3 1 2 2 2 10 1 Ht 5 Watson, Knott, Juul, Dicken, 64.8 18 12 Steve Knott 2 2 1 0 X 1 6 3 Ht 6 Smith, Tacey, Scully, Cartwright, 64.8 21 15 Scott Smith 3 3 2 2 2 12 1 Ht 7 Carr, Watson, Hampson, Dicken (ret), 64.8 25 17 Simon Cartwright 0 0 0 0 0 0 Ht 8 Tacey, Juul, Knott, Scully, 64.8 28 20 HULL Ht 9 Olsen, Smith, Watson, Cartwright, 64.6 30 24 Shaun Tacey (G) 2 2 3 3 0 10 0 Ht 10 Watson, Carr, Scully, Knott, 64.8 32 28 Peter Scully 1 1 0 1 0 3 2 Ht 11 Tacey, Juul, Bagshaw, Cartwright, 65.3 34 32 Jesper Olsen (G) X 2 3 3 3 11 0 Ht 12 Olsen, Smith, Dicken, Hampson, 65.1 36 36 Karl Bagshaw 1 0 1 1 3 0 Ht 13 Dicken, Hampson, Bagshaw, Knott (exc unfair riding), 68.0 38 40 Craig Watson (G) 2 3 2 1 3 1 12 0 Ht 14 Olsen, Juul, Knott, Scully, 65.5 41 43 Lee Dicken 1 0 R 1 3 5 1 Ht 15 Carr, Smith, Watson, Tacey, 65.4 46 44 Wednesday 22 October 1997 Oceanic Classic Ht 1 Bentley, Little, Tacey, Tawlks, 69.2 Ht 2 Robson, Olsen, Cartwright, Thorp (ret), 67.2 Peter Scully did not arrive Ht 3 Hare, Smith, Tawlks, Juul (ret), 71.7 Kevin Little 2 2 1 2 2 9 Ht 4 Fry, Sadler, Dicken, Morton, 67.6 Shaun Tacey 1 0 1 1 3 6 Ht 5 Robson, Juul, Dicken, Tawlks (fell exc), awarded, no time Paul Bentley 3 3 3 2 3 14 1 Ht 6 Fry, Little, Olsen, Smith, 67.3 Stuart Robson 3 3 3 3 X 12 3 Ht 7 Hare, Sadler, Thorp, Tacey, 69.8 Jesper Olsen 2 1 3 3 X 9 Ht 8 Bentley, Morton, Cartwright, 70.0 (three riders only) Paul Thorp R 1 1 Ht 9 Olsen, Tawlks, Morton (fell rem), Hare (exc 2 mins), 68.4 Les Collins withdrew Ht 10 Robson, Sadler, Little, Tawlks, 68.6 Richard Juul R 2 2 1 3 8 Ht 11 Fry, Juul, Tacey, Cartwright (fell), 67.9 Scott Smith 2 0 2 2 2 8 Ht 12 Bentley, Smith, Dicken, 69.6 (three riders only) Lawrence Hare 3 3 M R 1 7 Ht 13 Fry, Cartwright, Tawlks, 70.4 (three riders only) Leigh Lanham did not arrive Ht 14 Dicken, Little, Cartwright, Hare (ret), 69.4 Lee Dicken 1 1 1 3 2 8 Ht 15 Robson, Smith, Tacey, Morton (ret), 69.0 Paul Fry 3 3 3 3 2 14 2 Ht 16 Olsen, Bentley, Juul, Sadler, 67.7 Nigel Sadler 2 2 2 0 3 9 Ht 17 Sadler, Smith, Cartwright, Tawlks (fell rem), 69.3 Ray Morton 0 2 1 R R 3 Ht 18 Juul, Little, Cartwright, Morton (ret), 69.0 Simon Tawlks 0 1 X 2 0 1 0 5 Ht 19 Tacey, Dicken, Tawlks, Olsen (fell exc), 70.1 1 Ht 20 Bentley, Fry, Hare, Robson (fell exc), 71.6 Simon Cartwright 1 1 F 2 1 1 1 7 RUN OFF FOR FIRST PLACE - Bentley, Fry (fell exc), 71.6 1997 - Team Records 1997 Premier League - Final Table Home Away P W D L F A W D L F A BP Pts 1 Reading 26 13 0 0 721 447 9 0 4 602 564 13 57 2 Long Eaton 26 13 0 0 674 492 5 1 7 553 615 11 48 3 Edinburgh 26 11 1 1 679 490 6 0 7 556 612 8 43 4 Newcastle 26 11 0 2 664 504 4 0 9 537 630 8 38 5 Exeter 26 12 0 1 713 456 2 0 11 500 669 6 34 6 Glasgow 26 11 0 2 667 502 1 2 10 491 677 6 32 7 Arena Essex 26 9 0 4 641 526 3 0 10 516 653 7 31 8 Isle of Wight 26 10 0 3 660 505 2 0 11 489 679 7 31 9 HULL 26 10 0 3 640 526 3 0 10 494 669 5 31 10 Sheffield 26 10 0 3 633 533 2 0 11 483 686 5 29 11 Oxford 26 9 0 4 637 529 0 0 13 479 690 6 24 12 Stoke 26 5 1 7 582 583 3 1 9 529 639 3 21 13 Berwick 26 6 1 6 611 557 1 0 12 494 666 4 19 14 Newport 26 6 1 6 598 570 1 0 12 497 671 2 17 BIGGEST WIN - HOME- 60-30 v Exeter 28 May AWAY- 47-43 at Berwick 2 Aug HEAVIEST DEFEAT - HOME- 41-49 v Reading 4 June AWAY - 31-59 at Edinburgh 5 Sept

LEAGUE DOUBLES WON - Sheffield, Newport, Berwick. LOST - Reading, Newcastle, Stoke.

BONUS POINTS WON - Berwick, Exeter, Glasgow, Newport, Sheffield. LOST - Arena-Essex, Edinburgh, Isle of Wight, Long Eaton, Newcastle, Oxford, Reading, Stoke.. 1997 K.O.Cup (Premier League Cup) Northern Section - Final Table Home Away P W D L F A W D L F A Pts 1 HULL 12 6 0 0 305 216 2 1 3 264 275 17 2 Edinburgh 12 6 0 0 299 241 1 0 5 242 298 14 3 Sheffield 12 6 0 0 344 194 0 0 6 218 321 12 4 Newcastle 12 4 0 2 292 247 2 0 4 262 277 12 5 Berwick 12 4 1 1 272 266 1 0 5 218 321 11 6 Stoke 12 5 0 1 290 249 0 0 6 226 293 10 7 Glasgow 12 4 0 2 291 249 0 0 6 231 307 8 SEMI FINAL - Oxford 51 Hull 39, Hull 46 Oxford 43 BIGGEST WIN - HOME- 61-29 v Glasgow 9 Apr AWAY- 51-39 at Stoke 3 May HEAVIEST DEFEAT - HOME- None Worst Result 46-44 v Newcastle AWAY - 36-54 at Sheffield 24 Apr 16 Apr

CUP DOUBLES WON - Newcastle, Stoke. LOST - None 1997 Premier League Four Team Championship Qualifying Rounds - LONG EATON 41 Skegness 22 Stoke 21 Sheffield 13. HULL 39 Stoke 25 Skegness 21 Sheffield 10. Long Eaton 28 Hull 25 SKEGNESS 22 Stoke 21 (at Isle of Wight). SHEFFIELD 34 Long Eaton 30 Skegness 18 Hull 14. Long Eaton 28 STOKE 27 Sheffield 25 Hull 16. Aggregate Totals - Long Eaton 127 Hull 94 Stoke 94 Skegness 82 Sheffiled 82. Hull Vikings Premier League 1997 - Averages

OFFICIAL FIXTURES (League, Premier League Cup) Rider M R P BP TP Avge Av -B 1 2 3 4 R F X T N M FM PM Home Away Alan Grahame 30 155 358 20 378 9.75 9.24 87 36 25 7 0 0 0 0 0 2 5 2 10.83 8.75 Stuart Robson 38 194 388 18 406 8.37 8.00 84 57 22 10 7 5 9 0 0 3 1 1 9.58 7.18 Scott Robson 31 151 274 11 285 7.55 7.26 48 54 22 8 9 3 5 2 0 2 0 1 7.79 7.29 Peter Scully 40 201 272 54 326 6.49 5.41 30 55 72 30 5 5 4 0 0 4 0 0 7.29 5.68 Lee Dicken 40 222 236 42 278 5.01 4.25 23 47 73 56 7 9 7 0 0 3 0 0 5.98 4.04 Brian Turner 9 44 24 8 32 2.91 2.18 0 4 16 17 3 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 3.68 1.89 Richard Emson 11 41 17 3 20 1.95 1.66 1 2 10 19 2 1 5 1 0 2 0 0 3.29 1.00