Wednesday 25 March 1998 Hull 42 Sheffield 48 - Challenge Hu S HULL Ht 1 Stonehewer, Bentley, Dicken, Compton, 70.0 3 3 Paul Bentley 2 1 2 1 1 7 3 Ht 2 Aas, Wilson, Cartwright, Keats, 72.8 6 6 Lee Dicken 1 2 1 3 7 1 Ht 3 Thorp, Lee, Knott, Palmer, 70.6 11 7 Paul Thorp 3 2 2 T 7 0 Ht 4 Smith, Aas, Grahame, Cartwright (fell), 71.6 12 12 Paul Lee 2 1 1 2 0 6 3 Ht 5 Stonehewer, Thorp, Lee, Compton, 70.0 15 15 Alan Grahame 1 2 1 2 6 1 Ht 6 Smith, Dicken, Bentley, Keats, 71.1 18 18 John Wilson 2 3 T R 0 5 0 Ht 7 Wilson, Grahame, Palmer, Knott, 71.7 23 19 Simon Cartwright 1 F 0 0 3 4 1 Ht 8 Aas, Compton, Dicken, Cartwright, 70.9 24 24 SHEFFIELD Ht 9 Smith, Thorp, Lee, Keats, 70.0 27 27 Carl Stonehewer 3 3 3 X 3 12 0 Ht 10 Dicken, Bentley, Knott, Palmer (fell), 70.7 32 28 Andre 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 33 Steve Knott 1 0 1 3 5 0 Ht 12 Cartwright, Palmer, Aas, Wilson (ret), Thorp (exc tapes), 71.8 36 36 Scott Smith 3 3 3 3 2 14 1 Ht 13 Smith, Grahame, Bentley, Stonehewer (fell exc), 70.2 39 39 Derrol Keats 0 0 0 0 0 Ht 14 Knott, Lee, Aas, Wilson, 71.4 41 43 Rene Aas 3 2 3 1 1 10 2 Ht 15 Stonehewer, Smith, Bentley, Lee, 70.8 42 48 Sunday 29 March 1998 Glasgow 8 Hull 4 - Premier League Cup (Abandoned after 2 heats) GLASGOW G Hu Dalle Andersson 2 2 Ht 1 Beveridge, Andersson, Bentley, Dicken, 68.5 5 1 Will Beveridge 3 3 Ht 2 MacDonald, Cartwright, Wilson, Turner (fell rem, ret), 71.8 8 4 Mick Powell 0 Ht 3 Sean Courtney 0 Ht 4 David Steen 0 Ht 5 Grant MacDonald 3 3 Ht 6 Brian Turner R 0 Ht 7 HULL Ht 8 Paul Bentley 1 1 Ht 9 Lee Dicken 0 0 Ht 10 Paul Thorp 0 Ht 11 Paul Lee 0 Ht 12 Alan Grahame 0 Ht 13 Simon Cartwright 2 2 Ht 14 John Wilson 1 1 Ht 15 Wednesday 1 April 1998 Hull 53 Glasgow 37 - Premier League Cup Hu G HULL Ht 1 Bentley, Andersson, Dicken, Beveridge, 68.8 4 2 Paul Bentley 3 3 3 3 1 13 0 Ht 2 Wilson, Cartwright, Turner, MacDonald, 70.2 9 3 Lee Dicken 1 0 2 0 3 0 Ht 3 Thorp, Powell, Courtney, Lee, 68.1 12 6 Paul 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 9 Alan Grahame 3 1 0 2 6 1 Ht 5 Lee, Thorp, Andersson, Beveridge, 68.6 20 10 John Wilson 3 3 1 2 9 1 Ht 6 Bentley, Steen, MacDonald, Dicken, 69.5 23 13 Simon Cartwright 2 X 0 0 2 1 Ht 7 Wilson, Powell, Grahame, Courtney, 69.7 27 15 GLASGOW Ht 8 Steen, Dicken, Beveridge, Cartwright, 69.3 29 19 Dalle Andersson 2 1 3 1 0 7 0 Ht 9 Thorp, Steen, Lee, MacDonald, 69.0 33 21 Will Beveridge 0 0 1 1 0 Ht 10 Bentley, Powell, Courtney, Dicken, 68.6 36 24 Mick Powell 2 2 2 2 3 2 13 1 Ht 11 Andersson, Powell, Wilson, Grahame, 69.3 37 29 Sean Courtney 1 0 1 1 3 2 Ht 12 Powell, Thorp, Andersson, Cartwright, 68.6 39 33 David Steen T 2 3 2 1 0 8 0 Ht 13 Bentley, Grahame, Steen, Andersson, 70.1 44 34 Grant MacDonald 0 2 1 0 3 1 Ht 14 Lee, Wilson, Courtney, Turner, 70.2 49 35 Brian Turner 1 1 0 2 1 Ht 15 Thorp, Powell, Bentley, Steen, 68.6 53 37 Thursday 2 April 1998 Sheffield 16 Hull 8 - Challenge (Abandoned after 4 heats) SHEFFIELD S Hu Carl Stonehewer 3 3 Ht 1 Stonehewer, Bentley, Dicken, Compton (fell rem), 67.9 3 3 Andre Compton 0 0 Ht 2 Aas, Keats, Cartwright, Wilson, 69.7 8 4 Tommy Palmer 0 0 Ht 3 Knott, Thorp, Lee, Palmer, 68.0 11 7 Steve Knott 3 3 Ht 4 Aas, Smith, Wilson, Grahame, 68.8 16 8 Scott Smith 2 2 Ht 5 Derrol Keats 2 2 Ht 6 Rene Aas 3 3 6 Ht 7 HULL Ht 8 Paul Bentley 2 2 Ht 9 Lee Dicken 1 1 Ht 10 Paul Thorp 2 2 Ht 11 Paul Lee 1 1 Ht 12 Alan Grahame 0 0 Ht 13 John Wilson 0 1 1 Ht 14 Simon Cartwright 1 1 Ht 15 Wednesday 8 April 1998 Hull 52 Newcastle 38 - Premier League Cup HULL Hu N Paul Bentley 3 3 2 3 0 11 0 Ht 1 Bentley, Dicken, Werner, Hogg, 68.3 5 1 Lee Dicken 2 1 1 0 4 1 Ht 2 Cartwright, Birkinshaw, Wilson, J.Swales, 70.1 9 3 Paul Thorp 3 3 3 2 2 13 1 Ht 3 Thorp, Lee, Pedersen, S.Swales, 67.7 14 4 Paul Lee 2 X 1 3 6 1 Ht 4 Olsen, Grahame, Cartwright, J.Swales, 67.6 17 7 Alan Grahame 2 1 1 2 6 1 Ht 5 Thorp, Werner, Hogg, Lee (fell exc), 68.1 20 10 John Wilson 1 0 3 1 5 0 Ht 6 Bentley, Olsen, Dicken, Birkinshaw (ret), 68.7 24 12 Simon Cartwright 3 1 0 3 7 1 Ht 7 Pedersen, S.Swales, Grahame, Wilson, 68.8 25 17 NEWCASTLE Ht 8 Olsen, Pedersen, Dicken, Cartwright, 68.0 26 22 Brent Werner 1 2 2 1 6 0 Ht 9 Thorp, Olsen, Lee, Birkinshaw (ret), 68.2 30 24 Malcolm Hogg 0 1 0 1 1 Ht 10 Pedersen, Bentley, S.Swales, Dicken, 68.9 32 28 Nicki Pedersen 1 3 2 3 R 1 10 1 Ht 11 Wilson, Werner, Grahame, Hogg, 68.8 36 30 Stuart Swales 0 2 1 2 5 1 Ht 12 Cartwright, Thorp, Birkinshaw, Pedersen (ret), 71.0 41 31 Jesper Olsen 3 2 3 2 0 3 13 0 Ht 13 Bentley, Grahame, Werner, Olsen, 68.8 46 32 James Birkinshaw 2 R R 1 3 0 Ht 14 Lee, S.Swales, Wilson, J.Swales, 68.2 50 34 Jonathan Swales 0 0 0 0 0 Ht 15 Olsen, Thorp, Pedersen, Bentley, 68.6 52 38 Friday 17 April 1998 Edinburgh 56 Hull 34 - Premier League Cup EDINBURGH E Hu Peter Carr 3 3 2 3 3 14 0 Ht 1 Carr, Bentley, Gould, Dicken, 56.6 4 2 Paul Gould 1 2 3 1 7 2 Ht 2 Wilson, Scott, Campbell, Cartwright (fell exc), 58.9 7 5 Kevin Little 0 2 R 2 4 0 Ht 3 Thorp, Lee, Larsen, Little, 57.9 8 10 Robert Larsen 1 0 3 3 7 0 Ht 4 McKinna, Campbell, Wilson, Grahame, 58.1 13 11 Kenny McKinna 3 3 3 2 1 12 1 Ht 5 Bentley, Little, Dicken, Larsen, 59.1 15 15 Blair Scott 2 2 2 1 7 2 Ht 6 Carr, Gould, Grahame, Cartwright, 59.2 20 16 Barry Campbell 1 2 1 1 5 3 Ht 7 McKinna, Scott, Thorp, Lee, 59.0 25 17 HULL Ht 8 Gould, Bentley, Campbell, Dicken, 58.7 29 19 Paul Bentley 2 3 2 1 1 0 9 0 Ht 9 Larsen, Grahame, Wilson, Little (ret), 59.6 32 22 Lee Dicken 0 1 0 0 1 0 Ht 10 Thorp, Carr, Gould, Lee, 57.7 35 25 Paul Thorp 3 1 3 3 R 2 12 0 Ht 11 McKinna, Scott, Bentley, Dicken, 58.3 40 26 Paul Lee 2 0 0 2 1 Ht 12 Thorp, Little, Campbell, Cartwright, 59.4 43 29 Alan Grahame 0 1 2 2 5 0 Ht 13 Carr, McKinna, Bentley, Thorp (ret), 58.7 48 30 Simon Cartwright X 0 0 0 0 Ht 14 Larsen, Grahame, Scott, Wilson, 60.2 52 32 John Wilson 3 1 1 0 5 1 Ht 15 Carr, Thorp, McKinna, Bentley, 58.5 56 34 Saturday 18 April 1998 Berwick 47 Hull 43 - Premier League Cup BERWICK B Hu Scott Lamb 2 3 2 3 1 11 0 Ht 1 Bentley, Lamb, Dicken, Taylor (fell), 68.8 2 4 Craig Taylor F 2 0 R 2 1 Ht 2 Madsen, McAllan, Wilson, Cartwright, 69.1 7 5 Peter Scully 2 3 3 1 9 1 Ht 3 Thorp, Scully, Meldrum, Lee, 67.7 (TR) 10 8 David Meldrum 1 0 F 0 1 1 Ht 4 Madsen, Pingel, Wilson, Grahame, 69.1 15 9 Jorg Pingel 2 2 3 2 0 9 2 Ht 5 Scully, Bentley, Dicken, Meldrum, 68.4 18 12 David McAllan 2 R 0 2 1 Ht 6 Lamb, Taylor, Grahame, Cartwright, 69.0 23 13 Rene Madsen 3 3 2 2 3 13 0 Ht 7 Thorp, Pingel, Lee, McAllan (ret), 68.0 25 17 HULL Ht 8 Thorp, Madsen, Dicken, Taylor, 68.8 27 21 Paul Bentley 3 2 2 1 2 2 12 1 Ht 9 Scully, Grahame, Cartwright, Meldrum (fell), 68.3 30 24 Lee Dicken 1 1 1 1 4 2 Ht 10 Thorp, Lamb, Lee, Taylor (ret), 68.1 32 28 Paul Thorp 3 3 3 3 3 3 18 0 Ht 11 Pingel, Bentley, Dicken, McAllan, 68.5 35 31 Paul Lee 0 1 1 1 3 1 Ht 12 Thorp, Madsen, Scully, Wilson, 67.9 38 34 Alan Grahame 0 1 2 0 3 0 Ht 13 Lamb, Pingel, Bentley, Grahame, 69.4 43 35 Simon Cartwright 0 0 1 1 1 Ht 14 Madsen, Bentley, Lee, Meldrum, 68.3 46 38 John Wilson 1 1 0 2 0 Ht 15 Thorp, Bentley, Lamb, Pingel, 68.6 47 43 Wednesday 22 April 1998 England Under 21 60 Russia 29 - Test Match (3rd of 3) at Hull E R Ht 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 6 Lee 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 7 Scott Nicholls 3 3 3 2 11 0 Ht 4 Richardson, Cartwright, Gantsev, Galeyev (fell), 68.4 16 8 Leigh Lanham 2 2 2 2 1 9 4 Ht 5 Nicholls, Lanham, Shaikhulin, Kornev, 69.0 21 9 Lee Richardson 3 3 3 3 2 14 0 Ht 6 Povazhny, Dicken, Wilson, Galeyev, 68.2 24 12 Paul Lee N 2 2 1 5 3 Ht 7 Richardson, Lee, Starostin, Kalmullin, 68.0 29 13 Simon Cartwright 1 2 1 F 4 1 Ht 8 Wilson, Gantsev, Cartwright, Shaikhulin (fell exc), awarded, RUSSIA no time 33 15 Constantin 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 15 Mikael Starostin T 1 2 1 4 0 Ht 10 Dicken, Starostin, Wilson, Kalimullin, 71.7 42 17 Fliur Kalmullin 0 0 0 0 0 Ht 11 Richardson, Lee, Shaikhulin, Kornev, 68.2 47 18 Talgat Galeyev F 0 X 0 0 Ht 12 Povazhny, Nicholls, Starostin, Cartwright (fell), 68.8 49 22 Roman Povazhny 2 3 X 3 3 3 14 1 Ht 13 Richardson, Dicken, Kornev, Yudakhin, 68.4 54 23 Andre Gantsev 3 1 1 2 F 0 7 0 Ht 14 Povazhny, Lanham, Lee, Gantsev (fell), 68.7 57 26 Oleg Yudakhin 0 0 0 Ht 15 Povazhny, Richardson, Lanham, Gantsev, 68.7 60 29 Sunday 26 April 1998 Newcastle 46 Hull 43 - Premier League Cup (Aggregate - Hull 95 Newcastle 84) N Hu NEWCASTLE Ht 1 Werner, Bentley, Dicken, Hogg, 66.3 3 3 Brent Werner 3 3 3 3 3 15 0 Ht 2 Wilson, Birkinshaw, J.Swales, Cartwright (fell rem), 69.8 6 6 Malcolm Hogg 0 0 0 0 0 Ht 3 Thorp, S.Swales, Lee, Juul, 66.4 8 10 Richard Juul (G) 0 0 R 3 3 0 Ht 4 Olsen, Wilson, Dicken, J.Swales, 67.2 11 13 Stuart Swales 2 2 2 2 3 11 1 Ht 5 Bentley, S.Swales, Dicken, Juul, 66.3 13 17 Jesper Olsen 3 2 3 1 1 10 0 Ht 6 Werner, Cartwright, Lee, Hogg (fell rem), 67.3 16 20 Jamie Birkinshaw 2 1 F 3 1 Ht 7 Thorp, Olsen, Birkinshaw, Lee (ret), 68.6 19 23 Jonathan Swales 1 0 1 X 2 4 2 Ht 8 Wilson, Dicken, J.Swales, Birkinshaw (fell), 71.3 20 28 HULL Ht 9 Bentley, S.Swales, Juul (ef), Cartwright (fell exc), awarded, Paul Bentley 2 3 3 1 2 2 13 0 no time 22 31 Lee Dicken 1 1 1 2 R 5 3 Ht 10 Werner, Thorp, Lee, Hogg (fell rem), 68.7 25 34 Paul Thorp 3 3 2 2 0 0 10 0 Ht 11 Olsen, S.Swales, Bentley, Dicken (ret), 68.1 30 35 Paul Lee 1 1 R 1 1 4 2 Ht 12 Juul, Thorp, Cartwright, J.Swales (fell exc), 68.3 33 38 R/R Alan Grahame Ht 13 Werner, Bentley, Olsen, Thorp, 67.4 37 40 Simon Cartwright 0 2 X 1 3 1 Ht 14 S.Swales, J.Swales, Lee, Wilson (fell exc), 67.9 42 41 John Wilson 3 2 3 X 8 0 Ht 15 Werner, Bentley, Olsen, Thorp, 67.2 46 43 Wednesday 29 April 1998 Hull 45 Peterborough 45 - Honda Challenge 1st Leg HULL Hu P Paul Bentley R 2 R 1 3 1 Ht 1 Cunningham, Dicken, Clews, Bentley (ret), 72.5 2 4 Lee Dicken 2 3 2 2 2 11 1 Ht 2 Brady, Wilson, Cartwright, Hedge, 72.5 5 7 Paul Thorp R 3 R 3 3 9 0 Ht 3 Woodifield, Madsen, Aas, Thorp (ret), 72.5 6 12 Rene Aas (G) 1 1 1 2 5 1 Ht 4 Cartwright, Smith, Hedge, Grahame, 72.8 9 15 Alan Grahame 0 3 1 0 4 0 Ht 5 Thorp, Cunningham, Aas, Clews, 71.8 13 17 John Wilson 2 0 3 3 8 0 Ht 6 Dicken, Bentley, Smith, Brady, 72.8 18 18 Simon Cartwright 1 3 1 X 5 2 Ht 7 Grahame, Madsen, Woodifield, Wilson, 73.6 21 21 PETERBOROUGH Ht 8 Clews, Dicken, Cartwright, Hedge, 73.0 24 24 Glenn Cunningham 3 2 0 2 7 1 Ht 9 Smith, Brady, Aas, Thorp (ret), 73.3 25 29 Paul Clews 1 0 3 2 6 0 Ht 10 Woodifield, Dicken, Madsen, Bentley (ret), 72.8 27 33 Brett Woodifield 3 1 3 2 X 9 1 Ht 11 Wilson, Clews, Grahame, Cunningham, 72.3 31 35 Rene Madsen (G) 2 2 1 1 6 1 Ht 12 Thorp, Woodifield, Brady, Cartwright (fell exc), awarded, no time 34 38 Scott Smith (G) 2 1 3 3 9 0 Ht 13 Smith, Cunningham, Bentley, Grahame, 72.8 35 43 Ross Brady 3 0 2 1 1 7 2 Ht 14 Wilson, Aas, Madsen, Hedge, 73.0 40 44 Gavin Hedge 0 1 0 0 1 1 Ht 15 Thorp, Dicken, Brady, Woodifield (fell exc), 73.0 45 45 Sunday 3 May 1998 Glasgow 58 Hull 30 - Premier League Cup (Aggregate - Glasgow 95 Hull 83) GLASGOW G Hu Kevin Little (G) 3 3 2 1 9 0 Ht 1 Little, Beveridge, Bentley, Dicken (ret), 64.1 5 1 Will Beveridge 2 2 2 1 7 3 Ht 2 MacDonald, Turner, Cartwright, Wilson (ret), 66.9 10 2 Mick Powell 3 3 2 3 3 14 0 Ht 3 Powell, Thorp, Lee (fell), Courtney (ret), 65.0 13 4 Sean Courtney R 1 1 1 3 2 Ht 4 Steen, Grahame, Turner, Wilson (ret), 66.7 17 6 David Steen 3 1 2 3 2 11 2 Ht 5 Powell, Bentley, Courtney, Dicken (ret), 64.7 21 8 Grant MacDonald 3 2 1 2 8 1 Ht 6 Little, Beveridge, Grahame, Cartwright, 66.6 26 9 Brian Turner 2 1 1 2 6 3 Ht 7 Thorp, MacDonald, Steen, Lee, 65.2 29 12 HULL Ht 8 Bentley, Beveridge, Turner, Dicken (fell rem), 66.1 32 15 Paul Bentley 1 2 3 3 2 X 11 0 Ht 9 Thorp, Powell, Courtney, Grahame, 64.5 35 18 Lee Dicken R R 0 0 0 0 Ht 10 Thorp, Little, Beveridge, Lee, 65.2 38 21 Paul Thorp 2 3 3 3 X 11 0 Ht 11 Bentley, Steen, MacDonald, Dicken, 65.7 41 24 Paul Lee F 0 0 0 0 0 Ht 12 Powell, Turner, Cartwright (ret), Thorp (fell exc), 66.2 46 24 Alan Grahame 2 1 0 3 1 7 0 Ht 13 Steen, Bentley, Little, Wilson, 66.4 50 26 Simon Cartwright 1 0 R 1 0 Ht 14 Grahame, MacDonald, Courtney, Lee, 65.9 53 29 John Wilson R R 0 0 0 Ht 15 Powell, Steen, Grahame, Bentley (fell exc), awarded, no time 58 30 Wednesday 6 May 1998 Hull 44 Berwick 46 - Premier League Cup (Aggregate - Berwick 93 Hull 87) HULL Hu B Paul Bentley R 1 2 2 5 1 Ht 1 Lamb, Dicken, Taylor, Bentley (ret), 68.2 2 4 Lee Dicken 2 3 X 1 6 1 Ht 2 Madsen, McAllan, Wilson, Cartwright (fell exc), awarded, no time 3 9 Paul Thorp 2 3 3 3 2 2 15 0 Ht 3 Scully, Thorp, Lee, Meldrum, 68.2 6 12 Paul Lee 1 X 2 3 1 7 3 Ht 4 Madsen, Pingel, Grahame, Cartwright,. 69.1 7 17 Alan Grahame 1 3 1 3 8 1 Ht 5 Thorp, Taylor, Lamb, Lee (fell exc), 68.8 10 20 John Wilson 1 0 2 0 3 0 Ht 6 Dicken, Pingel, Bentley, McAllan, 68.7 14 22 Simon Cartwright X 0 F 0 0 Ht 7 Grahame, Scully, Madsen, Wilson, 68.6 17 25 BERWICK Ht 8 Thorp, Madsen, Taylor, Dicken (fell exc), 69.1 20 28 Scott Lamb 3 1 3 0 3 10 1 Ht 9 Thorp, Lee, Pingel, McAllan, 68.8 25 29 Craig Taylor 1 2 1 0 4 1 Ht 10 Scully, Bentley, Dicken, Meldrum, 68.5 28 32 Peter Scully 3 2 3 3 0 11 0 Ht 11 Lamb, Wilson, Grahame, Taylor, 69.1 31 35 David Meldrum 0 0 1 1 1 Ht 12 Scully, Thorp, Madsen, Cartwright (fell), 68.8 33 39 Jorg Pingel 2 2 1 1 6 1 Ht 13 Grahame, Bentley, Pingel, Lamb, 69.3 38 40 David McAllan 2 0 0 2 1 Ht 14 Lee, Madsen, Meldrum, Wilson, 69.8 41 43 Rene Madsen 3 3 1 2 1 2 12 1 Ht 15 Lamb, Thorp, Lee, Scully, 68.8 44 46 Friday 8 May 1998 Peterborough 32 Sheffield 26 Stoke 22 Hull 16 - Premier League Four Team Championship Qualifying Round (at Peterborough) PETERBOROUGH Nigel Sadler 3 3 3 3 12 Jan Andersen 3 1 2 3 9 Brett Woodifield 2 R 1 1 4 Glenn Cunningham 2 2 3 0 7 P Sh St Hu SHEFFIELD Ht 1 Pickering, Cunningham, Stonehewer, Bentley, 64.3 2 1 3 0 Carl Stonehewer 1 2 3 2 8 Ht 2 Palmer, Woodifield, Grahame, Juul, 64.8 4 4 3 1 Tommy Palmer 3 1 1 5 Ht 3 Andersen, Collins, Knott, Thorp, 64.4 7 5 5 1 Scott Smith 2 2 X 2 6 Ht 4 Sadler, Smith, Dixon, Dicken, 64.5 10 7 6 1 Steve Knott 1 1 2 4 Ht 5 Collins, Cunningham, Palmer, Dicken, 65.0 12 8 9 1 Andre Compton 2 1 3 Ht 6 Thorp, Stonehewer, Dixon, Woodifield (ret), 64.4 12 10 10 4 STOKE Ht 7 Grahame, Smith, Andersen, Pickering, 65.1 13 12 10 7 Neil Collins 2 3 3 0 8 Ht 8 Sadler, Juul, Knott, Bentley, 65.4 16 13 12 7 Martoi Dixon 1 1 1 2 5 Ht 9 Cunningham, Compton, Dixon, Grahame, 64.8 19 15 13 7 Richard 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 9 Mark Burrows 1 1 Ht 11 Stonehewer, Andersen, Dicken, Juul (ret), 65.4 22 18 16 10 HULL Ht 12 Sadler, Thorp, Palmer, Pickering, 65.3 25 19 16 12 Alan Grahame 1 3 0 1 5 Ht 13 Pickering, Knott, Woodifield, Dicken, 66.4 26 21 19 12 Paul Bentley 0 0 2 0 2 Ht 14 Thorp, Smith, Burrows, Cunningham, 65.6 26 23 20 15 Paul Thorp 0 3 2 3 8 Ht 15 Andersen, Dixon, Compton, Bentley, 65.9 29 24 22 15 Lee Dicken 0 0 1 0 1 Ht 16 Sadler, Stonehewer, Grahame, Collins, 64.9 32 26 22 16 Saturday 9 May 1998 Stoke 46 Hull 44 - Premier League Cup STOKE S Hu Neil Collins 2 3 2 2 1 10 2 Ht 1 Bentley, Collins, Burrows, Dicken, 64.2 3 3 Mark Burrows 1 1 2 1 5 2 Ht 2 Felton, Wilson, Cartwright, Clarence (fell exc), 66.5 6 6 Martin Dixon 2 2 1 1 6 2 Ht 3 Thorp, Dixon, Pickering, Lee, 64.0 9 9 Paul Pickering 1 3 3 2 2 11 1 Ht 4 Wilson, Clarence, Grahame, Juul (ret), 62.1 11 13 Richard Juul R 2 2 3 7 0 Ht 5 Pickering, Dixon, Bentley, Dicken, 64.5 16 14 Dean Felton 3 0 0 2 0 5 0 Ht 6 Collins, Grahame, Burrows, Cartwright, 64.5 20 16 Rob Clarence X 2 0 2 0 Ht 7 Thorp, Juul, Lee, Felton, 63.9 22 20 HULL Ht 8 Dicken, Burrows, Wilson, Clarence, 64.4 24 24 Paul Bentley 3 1 3 0 7 0 Ht 9 Pickering, Cartwright, Dixon, Grahame, 63.9 28 26 Lee Dicken 0 0 3 1 4 0 Ht 10 Thorp, Collins, Burrows, Lee, 63.5 31 29 Paul Thorp 3 3 3 3 3 15 0 Ht 11 Bentley, Juul, Dicken, Felton, 65.2 33 33 Paul Lee 0 1 0 1 2 0 Ht 12 Thorp, Felton, Dixon, Cartwright, 63.8 36 36 Alan Grahame 1 2 0 1 4 0 Ht 13 Juul, Collins, Grahame, Bentley, 63.9 41 37 Simon Cartwright 1 0 2 0 3 1 Ht 14 Wilson, Pickering, Lee, Felton, 64.3 43 41 John 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 1998 Hull 53 Stoke 37 - Premier League Cup (Aggregate - Hull 97 Stoke 83) HULL Hu S Alan Grahame 3 3 3 2 2 13 2 Ht 1 Grahame, Burrows, Collins, Dicken, 68.4 3 3 Lee Dicken 0 1 2 1 4 0 Ht 2 Wilson, Cartwright, Felton, Blackwell, 69.7 8 4 Paul Bentley 1 2 3 3 9 1 Ht 3 Pickering, Lee, Bentley, Dixon, 69.0 11 7 Paul Lee 2 0 1 F 3 0 Ht 4 Thorp, Juul, Cartwright, Blackwell, 68.6 15 9 Paul Thorp 3 2 2 3 3 13 1 Ht 5 Collins, Bentley, Burrows, Lee, 69.5 17 13 John Wilson 3 3 0 2 8 0 Ht 6 Grahame, Juul, Dicken, Felton, 68.7 21 15 Simon Cartwright 2 1 0 0 3 1 Ht 7 Wilson, Thorp, Dixon, Pickering, 69.4 26 16 STOKE Ht 8 Collins, Dicken, Burrows, Cartwright, 68.5 28 20 Neil Collins 1 3 3 3 0 1 11 1 Ht 9 Bentley, Juul, Lee, Felton, 68.8 32 22 Mark Burrows 2 1 1 1 5 0 Ht 10 Grahame, Pickering, Dicken, Dixon, 69.0 36 24 Martin Dixon 0 1 0 1 2 1 Ht 11 Collins, Thorp, Burrows, Wilson, 68.5 38 28 Paul Pickering 3 0 2 2 3 0 10 0 Ht 12 Bentley, Pickering, Dixon, Cartwright, 68.6 41 31 Richard Juul 2 2 2 1 7 0 Ht 13 Thorp, Grahame, Juul, Collins, 68.5 46 32 Dean Felton 1 0 0 1 0 Ht 14 Pickering, Wilson, Blackwell, Lee (fell), 70.0 48 36 Mark 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 1998 Hull 54 Edinburgh 35 - Premier League Cup (Aggregate - Edinburgh 91 Hull 88) HULL Hu E Alan Grahame 2 3 3 0 8 0 Ht 1 Sadler, Grahame, Larsen, Dicken (ret), 68.5 2 4 Lee Dicken R 1 1 1 3 0 Ht 2 Wilson, Campbell, Cartwright (fell), Scott (fell), 69.7 5 6 Paul Bentley 3 3 2 3 11 0 Ht 3 Bentley, Little. Lee, Gould, 68.5 9 8 Paul Lee 1 1 1 0 3 1 Ht 4 Thorp, McKinna, Cartwright, Campbell, 67.2 13 10 Paul Thorp 3 3 2 3 3 14 1 Ht 5 Bentley, Sadler, Lee, Larsen, 68.5 17 12 John Wilson 3 2 3 3 2 13 2 Ht 6 Grahame, McKinna, Dicken, Scott, 68.6 21 14 Simon Cartwright F 1 0 1 2 0 Ht 7 Thorp, Wilson, Little, Gould, 69.7 26 15 EDINBURGH Ht 8 McKinna, Sadler, Dicken, Cartwright (fell rem), 68.6 27 20 Nigel Sadler (G) 3 2 2 0 2 0 9 1 Ht 9 McKinna, Bentley, Lee, Scott, 68.7 30 23 Robert Larsen 1 0 1 2 4 0 Ht 10 Grahame, Little, Dicken, Gould, 68.8 34 25 Kevin Little 2 1 2 R 2 1 8 0 Ht 11 Wilson, Thorp, Larsen, Sadler, 69.0 39 26 Paul Gould 0 0 0 0 0 Ht 12 Bentley, Larsen, Cartwright (fell rem), Little (ret), 68.9 43 28 Kenny McKinna 2 2 3 3 1 11 1 Ht 13 Thorp, Sadler, McKinna, Grahame, 67.9 46 31 Blair Scott F 0 0 0 0 Ht 14 Wilson, Little, Campbell, Lee, 69.1 49 34 Barry Campbell 2 0 1 3 1 Ht 15 Thorp, Wilson, Little, Sadler, 68.8 54 35 Friday 22 May 1998 Peterborough 44 Hull 46 - Honda Challenge 2nd Leg (Aggregate - Hull 91 Peterborough 89) PETERBOROUGH P Hu Glenn Cunningham 2 2 3 2 9 0 Ht 1 Dicken, Cunningham, Grahame, Clews, 69.9 2 4 Paul Clews 0 0 1 0 1 0 Ht 2 Wilson, Stead, Howe, Cartwright, 69.1 5 7 Brett Woodifield 3 R 1 1 5 2 Ht 3 Woodifield, Sadler, Lee, Bentley, 69.7 10 8 Nigel Sadler 2 2 2 3 3 12 1 Ht 4 Wilson, Howe, Andersen, Thorp, 70.3 13 11 Jan Andersen 1 3 1 1 6 2 Ht 5 Grahame, Sadler, Dicken, Woodifield (ret), 69.9 15 15 Simon Stead 2 0 0 0 2 0 Ht 6 Thorp, Cunningham, Cartwright, Clews, 69.8 17 19 David Howe 1 2 3 2 1 9 1 Ht 7 Andersen, Bentley, Lee, Stead, 69.8 20 22 HULL Ht 8 Howe, Dicken, Clews, Wilson, 69.5 24 24 Alan Grahame 1 3 2 0 6 1 Ht 9 Thorp, Sadler, Woodifield, Cartwright, 68.6 27 27 Lee Dicken 3 1 2 3 0 9 0 Ht 10 Cunningham, Bentley, Lee, Clews, 69.7 30 30 Paul Bentley 0 2 2 3 7 0 Ht 11 Dicken, Grahame, Andersen, Stead, 69.5 31 35 Paul Lee 1 1 1 1 4 3 Ht 12 Bentley, Howe, Woodifield, Cartwright, 68.6 34 38 Paul Thorp 0 3 3 3 2 11 0 Ht 13 Thorp, Cunningham, Andersen, Grahame, 68.4 37 41 Simon Cartwright 0 1 0 0 1 0 Ht 14 Sadler, Wilson, Lee, Stead, 68.9 40 44 John Wilson 3 3 0 2 8 0 Ht 15 Sadler, Thorp, Howe, Dicken, 69.3 44 46 Wednesday 27 May 1998 Hull 47 Newport 43 - Premier League HULL Hu N Alan Grahame 2 2 3 0 2 9 1 Ht 1 Dicken, Grahame, Watson, Mason (ret), 68.1 5 1 Lee Dicken 3 1 3 R 7 1 Ht 2 Wilson, Cartwright, Willis, Armstrong, 70.3 10 2 Paul Bentley 2 3 2 3 1 11 1 Ht 3 Henriksson, Bentley, Lee, Pegler, 69.2 13 5 Paul Lee 1 R 0 1 2 1 Ht 4 Fry, Thorp, Cartwright, Armstrong, 69.1 16 8 Paul Thorp 2 0 2 1 5 0 Ht 5 Bentley, Watson, Mason, Lee (ret), 69.7 19 11 John Wilson 3 2 0 3 8 0 Ht 6 Fry, Grahame, Dicken, Armstrong, 68.9 22 14 Simon Cartwright 2 1 2 0 5 3 Ht 7 Henriksson, Wilson, Pegler, Thorp, 68.8 24 18 NEWPORT Ht 8 Dicken, Cartwright, Mason, Willis (fell rem), 69.4 29 19 Craig Watson 1 2 1 3 2 3 12 1 Ht 9 Fry, Bentley, Watson, Lee, 68.9 31 23 David Mason R 1 1 2 1 Ht 10 Grahame, Henriksson, Pegler, Dicken (ret), 69.0 34 26 Anders Henriksson 3 3 2 2 10 0 Ht 11 Watson, Thorp, Fry, Wilson, 68.4 36 30 Scott Pegler 0 1 1 2 4 1 Ht 12 Bentley, Henriksson, Willis, Cartwright, 69.1 39 33 Paul Fry 3 3 3 1 3 0 13 0 Ht 13 Fry, Watson, Thorp, Grahame, 68.4 40 38 Martin Willis 1 0 1 0 2 1 Ht 14 Wilson, Pegler, Lee, Willis, 68.9 44 40 Jon Armstrong 0 0 0 0 0 Ht 15 Watson, Grahame, Bentley, Fry, 67.3 47 43 Wednesday 3 June 1998 Hull 42 Sheffield 48 - Premier League Cup Hu S HULL Ht 1 Grahame, Compton, Dicken, Stonehewer (ret), 69.9 4 2 Alan Grahame 3 2 R 0 5 0 Ht 2 Keats, Cartwright, Aas, Wilson (fell), 71.6 6 6 Lee Dicken 1 1 2 3 X 7 1 Ht 3 Bentley, Knott, Wilson, Palmer, 70.0 10 8 Paul Bentley 3 2 3 2 0 10 0 Ht 4 Thorp, Powell, Aas, Cartwright, 67.7 13 11 R/R Paul Lee Ht 5 Stonehewer, Bentley, Compton, Cartwright (fell exc), awarded, Paul Thorp 3 3 3 1 2 12 0 no time 15 15 John Wilson F 1 2 T 1 1 1 6 2 Ht 6 Powell, Grahame, Dicken, Keats, 68.8 18 18 Simon Cartwright 2 0 X 0 0 2 0 Ht 7 Thorp, Wilson, Palmer, Knott, 70.4 23 19 SHEFFIELD Ht 8 Aas, Dicken, Compton, Cartwright (fell rem), 69.9 25 23 Carl Stonehewer R 3 2 2 3 10 1 Ht 9 Bentley, Powell, Keats, Cartwright, Wilson (exc tapes), 69.0 28 26 Andre Compton 2 1 1 0 4 0 Ht 10 Dicken, Knott, Palmer, Grahame (ret), 69.2 31 29 Tommy Palmer 0 1 1 0 2 1 Ht 11 Thorp, Stonehewer, Wilson, Compton, 67.6 35 31 Steve Knott 2 0 2 2 6 1 Ht 12 Aas, Bentley, Wilson, Palmer, 69.6 38 34 Mick Powell (G) 2 3 2 3 1 11 0 Ht 13 Powell, Stonehewer, Thorp, Grahame, 68.8 39 39 Derrol Keats 3 0 1 4 1 Ht 14 Aas, Knott, Wilson, Dicken (fell exc), 72.5 40 44 Rene Aas 1 1 3 3 3 11 1 Ht 15 Stonehewer, Thorp, Powell, Bentley, 69.6 42 48 Thursday 4 June 1998 Sheffield 51 Hull 39 - Premier League Cup (Aggregate - Sheffield 99 Hull 81) SHEFFIELD S Hu Carl Stonehewer R 2 3 2 7 2 Ht 1 Grahame, Compton, Dicken, Stonehewer (ret), 63.4 2 4 Andre Compton 2 3 3 2 3 13 1 Ht 2 Aas, Wilson, Cartwright, Keats, 63.7 5 7 Tommy Palmer 0 0 1 1 0 Ht 3 Dicken, Bentley, Knott, Palmer, 64.4 6 12 Steve Knott 1 2 1 1 5 2 Ht 4 Powell, Aas, Wilson, Thorp (ret), 65.0 11 13 Mick Powell (G) 3 3 3 3 1 13 0 Ht 5 Grahame, Knott, Dicken, Palmer, 64.4 13 17 Derrol Keats 0 1 0 1 0 Ht 6 Compton, Stonehewer, Thorp, Cartwright (fell rem), 63.0 18 18 Rene Aas 3 2 2 2 0 2 11 2 Ht 7 Powell, Bentley, Keats, Wilson (fell exc), 63.5 22 20 HULL Ht 8 Compton, Aas, Dicken, Wilson, 63.7 27 21 Alan Grahame 3 3 2 2 1 2 13 1 Ht 9 Thorp, Aas, Knott, Cartwright, 63.0 30 24 Lee Dicken 1 3 1 1 6 0 Ht 10 Stonehewer, Compton, Wilson, Bentley, 62.4 35 25 Paul Bentley 2 2 0 3 3 0 10 1 Ht 11 Powell, Grahame, Thorp, Keats, 64.3 38 28 R/R Paul Lee Ht 12 Bentley, Grahame, Palmer, Aas, 64.1 39 33 Paul Thorp R 1 3 1 0 5 1 Ht 13 Powell, Stonehewer, Grahame, Thorp, 64.1 44 34 Simon Cartwright 1 0 0 1 1 Ht 14 Bentley, Aas, Knott, Wilson, 64.4 47 37 John Wilson 2 1 X 0 1 0 4 0 Ht 15 Compton, Grahame, Powell, Bentley, 63.9 51 39 Wednesday 10 June 1998 Hull 54 Isle of Wight 36 - Premier League Hu IOW HULL Ht 1 Bunyan, Grahame, Dicken, Berge (ret), 68.5 3 3 Alan 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 6 Paul Bentley 2 2 3 1 2 10 3 Ht 3 Lee, Bentley, Carter, Swain, 69.0 11 7 Paul Lee 3 3 1 2 9 0 Ht 4 Thorp, Morton, Wilson, Bird, 69.7 15 9 Paul Thorp 3 3 3 3 3 15 0 Ht 5 Lee, Bentley, Berge, Bunyan, 69.0 20 10 Simon Cartwright X F X F 0 0 Ht 6 Grahame, Morton, Dicken, Bird, 69.8 24 12 John Wilson 3 1 1 0 5 1 Ht 7 Thorp, Swain, Carter, Cartwright (fell), 68.9 27 15 ISLE OF WIGHT Ht 8 Morton, Dicken, Wilson, Bunyan (fell), 69.0 30 18 Phillipe Berge R 1 1 2 4 1 Ht 9 Bentley, Morton, Lee, Simmons, 68.3 34 20 Jason Bunyan 3 0 F 2 3 8 0 Ht 10 Grahame, Dicken, Carter, Swain, 69.1 39 21 Wayne Carter 1 1 1 2 1 6 2 Ht 11 Thorp, Bunyan, Berge, Cartwright (fell exc), awarded, no time 42 24 Scott Swain 0 2 0 3 5 0 Ht 12 Bunyan, Carter, Bentley, Wilson, 68.6 43 29 Ray Morton 2 2 3 2 0 0 9 0 Ht 13 Thorp, Berge, Grahame, Morton, 68.3 47 31 Danny Bird 2 0 0 2 0 Ht 14 Swain, Lee, Simmons, Cartwright (fell), 70.2 49 35 Nick Simmons 1 0 1 2 1 Ht 15 Thorp, Bentley, Carter, Morton, 68.0 54 36 Wednesday 17 June 1998 Hull 45 Reading 43 - Premier League Hu R HULL Ht 1 Grahame, Dicken, Mullett, Marsh, 67.7 5 1 Alan Grahame 3 3 2 1 T 9 0 Ht 2 Cartwright, Clarke, Wilson (fell), Elkins (exc tapes), 71.8 8 3 Lee Dicken 2 2 3 1 8 3 Ht 3 Kokko, Bentley, Lee, Marsh (ret), 67.9 11 6 Paul Bentley 2 2 1 2 7 0 Ht 4 Thorp, Richardson, Wilson, Clarke (ret), 66.7 15 8 Paul Lee 1 0 0 1 2 1 Ht 5 Mullett, Bentley, Marsh, Lee, 68.3 17 12 Paul Thorp 3 1 3 3 2 12 0 Ht 6 Grahame, Dicken, Richardson (fell exc), Elkins (exc not under Simon Cartwright 3 0 0 3 0 power), 68.3 22 12 John Wilson F 1 2 1 0 0 4 2 Ht 7 Richardson, Kokko, Thorp, Cartwright, 66.7 23 17 READING Ht 8 Dicken, Wilson, Marsh, Elkins, 68.5 28 18 Dave Mullett 1 3 2 R 2 8 1 Ht 9 Kokko, Richardson, Bentley, Lee, 68.1 29 23 Krister Marsh 0 R 1 1 1 3 1 Ht 10 Kokko, Grahame, Dicken, Clarke, Elkins (exc 2 mins), 67.9 32 26 Petri Kokko 3 2 3 3 3 1 15 1 Ht 11 Thorp, Mullett, Marsh, Cartwright, 66.9 35 29 R/R Phil Morris Ht 12 Kokko, Bentley, Wilson, Clarke, 68.0 38 32 Lee Richardson 2 X 3 2 2 3 3 15 1 Ht 13 Thorp, Richardson, Grahame, Mullett (ret), 67.2 42 34 Justin Elkins T X 0 M 0 0 Ht 14 Richardson, Mullett, Lee, Wilson, 67.4 43 39 Ian Clarke 2 R 0 0 2 0 Ht 15 Richardson, Thorp, Kokko, Wilson, Grahame (exc tapes), 68.6 45 43 Friday 19 June 1998 Peterborough 51 Hull 39 - Premier League PETERBOROUGH P Hu Glenn Cunningham 3 2 3 1 2 11 0 Ht 1 Cunningham, Grahame, Clews, Dicken, 62.3 4 2 Paul Clews 1 1 0 2 1 Ht 2 Howe, Wilson, Cartwright, Stead, 64.3 7 5 Brett Woodifield 1 2 1 2 6 3 Ht 3 Bentley, Sadler, Woodifield, Lee, 64.3 10 8 Nigel Sadler 2 3 0 R 5 0 Ht 4 Andersen, Thorp, Howe, Wilson (fell), 63.0 14 10 Jan Andersen 3 3 2 3 0 11 0 Ht 5 Sadler, Woodifield, Grahame, Dicken, 63.9 19 11 Simon Stead 0 1 0 3 4 0 Ht 6 Thorp, Cuningham, Clews, Cartwright, 62.7 22 14 David Howe 3 1 3 2 3 12 1 Ht 7 Andersen, Bentley, Stead, Lee, 63.9 26 16 HULL Ht 8 Howe, Grahame, Dicken, Clews, 63.9 29 19 Alan Grahame 2 1 2 1 0 6 0 Ht 9 Thorp, Bentley, Woodifield, Sadler, 63.6 30 24 Lee Dicken 0 0 1 2 3 1 Ht 10 Cunningham, Howe, Bentley, Lee, 63.9 35 25 Paul Bentley 3 2 2 1 1 1 10 1 Ht 11 Thorp, Andersen, Grahame, Stead, 64.1 37 29 Paul Lee 0 0 0 0 0 Ht 12 Howe, Woodifield, Bentley, Cartwright, 65.1 42 30 Paul Thorp 2 3 3 3 2 3 16 0 Ht 13 Andersen, Thorp, Cunningham, Grahame, 64.4 46 32 Simon Cartwright 1 0 0 1 1 Ht 14 Stead, Dicken, Wilson, Sadler (ret), 65.8 49 35 John Wilson 2 F 1 3 1 Ht 15 Thorp, Cunningham, Bentley, Andersen, 64.3 51 39 Monday 29 June 1998 Reading 39 Hull 33 - Premier League (Abandoned after 12 heats - Result stands) (Aggregate - Reading 82 Hull 78) R Hu READING Ht 1 Mullett, Dicken, Grahame, Marsh, 62.5 3 3 Dave Mullett 3 2 3 8 0 Ht 2 Elkins, Cartwright, Wilson, Clarke (exc 2 mins), 62.6 6 6 Krister Marsh 0 M 2 1 3 0 Ht 3 Kokko, Bentley, Morris, Lee, 62.1 10 8 Petri 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 12 Lee Richardson 2 3 3 8 0 Ht 5 Kokko, Morris, Dicken, Grahame, 61.2 17 13 Justin Elkins 3 T 1 R 2 6 2 Ht 6 Thorp, Mullett, Elkins, Cartwright, Marsh (exc 2 mins), 61.5 20 16 Ian Clarke M M 0 0 0 0 Ht 7 Richardson, Bentley, Lee, Clarke, 63.0 23 19 HULL Ht 8 Dicken, Marsh, Wilson, Elkins (ret), 63.9 25 23 Alan Grahame 1 0 0 1 1 Ht 9 Kokko, Thorp, Cartwright, Morris, 65.8 28 26 Lee Dicken 2 1 3 1 7 0 Ht 10 Mullett, Bentley, Marsh, Lee (fell), awarded, no time 32 28 Paul Bentley 2 2 2 1 7 0 Ht 11 Richardson, Elkins, Dicken, Grahame, 67.7 37 29 Paul Lee 0 1 F 1 1 Ht 12 Thorp, Kokko, Bentley, Clarke, 69.4 39 33 Paul Thorp 3 3 2 3 11 0 Ht 13 Simon Cartwright 2 0 1 3 1 Ht 14 John Wilson 1 1 1 3 1 Ht 15 Wednesday 1 July 1998 Hull 53 Arena-Essex 37 - Premier League HULL Hu AE Alan Grahame 3 1 2 2 8 2 Ht 1 Graham, Lanham, Dicken, Pratt (ret), 68.8 4 2 Lee Dicken 1 2 2 1 6 1 Ht 2 Wilson, Cartwright, Morton, Allen, 69.3 9 3 Paul Bentley 3 2 3 3 2 13 1 Ht 3 Bentley, Pedersen, Read, Lee (ret), 68.8 12 6 Paul Lee R 0 1 1 2 1 Ht 4 Thorp, White, Allen, Cartwright, 68.3 15 9 Paul Thorp 3 3 3 3 3 15 0 Ht 5 Lanham, Bentley, Pratt, Lee, 69.3 17 13 John Wilson 3 2 T 0 2 7 1 Ht 6 White, Dicken, Grahame. Morton, 69.0 20 16 Simon Cartwright 2 0 0 F 2 1 Ht 7 Thorp, Wilson, Pedersen, Read (fell), 70.1 25 17 ARENA-ESSEX Ht 8 Pratt, Dicken, Allen, Cartwright, 68.4 27 21 Leigh Lanham 2 3 0 2 1 1 9 0 Ht 9 Bentley, White, Lee, Morton (fell), 69.2 31 23 Troy Pratt R 1 3 1 5 1 Ht 10 Pedersen, Grahame, Dicken, Lanham, 69.0 34 26 Jan Pedersen 2 1 3 2 3 0 11 0 Ht 11 Thorp, Lanham, Pratt, Cartwright (fell), Wilson (exc tapes), 68.1 37 29 Matt Read 1 F 0 1 1 Ht 12 Bentley, Pedersen, White, Wilson, 69.1 40 32 Colin White 2 3 2 1 0 8 1 Ht 13 Thorp, Grahame, Lanham, White, 70.0 45 33 Nathan Morton 1 0 F 1 0 Ht 14 Pedersen, Wilson, Lee, Read, 70.0 48 36 Oliver Allen 0 1 1 2 1 Ht 15 Thorp, Bentley, Lanham, Pedersen, 68.6 53 37 Wednesday 8 July 1998 Hull 49 Glasgow 41 - Premier League HULL Hu G Alan Grahame 1 3 2 2 8 2 Ht 1 Andersson, Dicken, Grahame, Beveridge, 67.8 3 3 Lee Dicken 2 1 3 0 6 0 Ht 2 Turner, Wilson, Cartwright, MacDonald, 68.8 6 6 Paul Bentley 3 3 3 2 1 12 0 Ht 3 Bentley, Courtney, Powell, Lee (fell), awarded, no time 9 9 Paul Lee F 0 0 2 2 0 Ht 4 Thorp, Steen, Turner, Cartwright, 67.8 12 12 Paul Thorp 3 3 3 3 3 15 0 Ht 5 Bentley, Andersson, Beveridge, Lee, 68.0 15 15 John Wilson 2 0 2 0 0 4 1 Ht 6 Grahame, Steen, Dicken, MacDonald, 68.4 19 17 Simon Cartwright 1 0 1 2 2 Ht 7 Thorp, Courtney, Powell, Wilson, 68.9 22 20 GLASGOW Ht 8 Dicken, Wilson, Beveridge, Turner, 68.5 27 21 Dalle Andersson 3 2 2 0 0 7 0 Ht 9 Bentley, Steen, MacDonald, Lee, 69.2 30 24 Will Beveridge 0 1 1 1 3 2 Ht 10 Powell, Grahame, Courtney, Dicken, 69.5 32 28 Mick Powell 1 1 3 3 3 2 13 2 Ht 11 Thorp, Andersson, Beveridge, Wilson, 68.1 35 31 Sean Courtney 2 2 1 1 6 0 Ht 12 Powell, Bentley, Cartwright, Turner (fell), 69.2 38 34 David Steen 2 2 2 1 7 0 Ht 13 Thorp, Grahame, Steen, Andersson, 70.1 43 35 Grant MacDonald 0 0 1 1 1 Ht 14 Powell, Lee, Courtney, Wilson, 69.4 45 39 Brian Turner 3 1 0 F 4 1 Ht 15 Thorp, Powell, Bentley, Andersson, 68.9 49 41 Thursday 9 July 1998 Hull 35 Peterborough 25 Sheffield 21 Stoke 15 - Premier League Four Team Championship Qualifying Round (at Sheffield) SHEFFIELD Andre Compton 0 R 0 1 1 Scott Smith 2 2 X 0 4 Rene Aas 3 0 1 2 6 Carl Stonehewer 3 1 3 3 10 Sh St Hu P STOKE Ht 1 Stonehewer, Bentley, Collins, Sadler, 60.6 (TR) 3 1 2 0 Neil Collins 1 2 1 0 4 Ht 2 Aas, Andersen, Grahame, Pickering, 63.7 6 1 3 2 Paul Pickering 0 0 3 3 6 Ht 3 Thorp, Smith, Woodifield, MacDonald, 61.8 8 1 6 3 Jarno Kosonen 2 0 0 2 Ht 4 Cunningham, Kosonen, Dicken, Compton, 62.7 8 3 7 6 Stewart MacDonald 0 1 0 1 Ht 5 Thorp, Cunningham, Stonehewer, Pickering, 61.9 9 3 10 8 Mark Burrows 1 1 2 Ht 6 Dicken, Collins, Woodifield, Aas, 62.8 9 5 13 9 HULL Ht 7 Bentley, Smith, Andersen, Kosonen, 63.6 11 5 16 10 Paul Thorp 3 3 3 3 12 Ht 8 Grahame, Sadler, MacDonald, Compton (ret), 63.0 11 6 19 12 Lee Dicken 1 3 2 2 8 Ht 9 Stonehewer, Dicken, Burrows, Andersen, 62.2 14 7 21 12 Alan Grahame 1 3 2 2 8 Ht 10 Thorp, Sadler, Aas, Kosonen, 63.1 15 7 24 14 Paul Bentley 2 3 1 1 7 Ht 11 Cunningham, Grahame, Collins, Smith (fell exc), 63.5 15 8 26 17 PETERBOROUGH Ht 12 Pickering, Woodifield, Bentley, Compton, 63.6 15 11 27 19 Jan Andersen 2 1 0 2 5 Ht 13 Cunningham, Aas, Bentley, MacDonald, 62.8 17 11 28 22 Nigel Sadler 0 2 2 1 5 Ht 14 Stonehewer, Grahame, Burrows, Woodifield (fell exc), 63.2 20 12 30 22 Brett Woodifield 1 1 2 X 4 Ht 15 Pickering, Dicken, Sadler, Smith, 64.2 20 15 32 23 Glenn Cunningham 3 2 3 3 11 Ht 16 Thorp, Andersen, Compton, Collins, 63.4 21 15 35 25 Friday 10 July 1998 Arena-Essex 47 Hull 43 - Premier League (Aggregate - Hull 96 Arena-Essex 84) ARENA-ESSEX AE Hu Leigh Lanham 2 2 3 2 9 2 Ht 1 Pratt, Lanham, Grahame, Dicken (fell exc), 61.3 5 1 Troy Pratt 3 F 1 1 5 0 Ht 2 Wilson, Morton, Corbett, Cartwright (fell exc), 63.7 8 4 Jan Pedersen 3 3 2 3 3 14 0 Ht 3 Pedersen, Bentley, Lee, Read (ret), 62.2 11 7 Matt Read R F 1 2 3 1 Ht 4 White, Thorp, Wilson, Corbett, 61.4 14 10 Colin White 3 2 3 3 2 13 1 Ht 5 Pedersen, Dicken, Grahame, Read (fell), 63.5 17 13 Nathan Morton 2 0 R M N 2 0 Ht 6 Thorp, Lanham, Cartwright, Pratt (fell), 62.0 19 17 Gary Corbett 1 0 1 1 Ht 7 Bentley, White, Lee, Morton, 62.3 21 21 HULL Ht 8 Dicken, Wilson, Pratt, Morton (ret), 63.4 22 26 Alan Grahame 1 1 1 3 2 Ht 9 Thorp, Pedersen, Read, Cartwright, 60.6 25 29 Lee Dicken X 2 3 2 7 0 Ht 10 Lanham, Bentley, Pratt, Lee, 62.1 29 31 Paul Bentley 2 3 2 2 1 10 0 Ht 11 White, Dicken, Grahame, Morton (exc 2 mins), 63.8 32 34 Paul Lee 1 1 0 1 3 1 Ht 12 Pedersen, Bentley, Cartwright (fell rem), 62,5 (three riders only) 35 37 Paul Thorp 2 3 3 0 R 8 0 Ht 13 White, Lanham, Wilson, Thorp, 62.0 40 38 Simon Cartwright X 1 0 1 2 1 Ht 14 Wilson, Read, Lee, Morton (fell injured), 63.2 42 42 John Wilson 3 1 2 1 3 10 2 Ht 15 Pedersen, White, Bentley, Thorp (ret), 62.0 47 43 Wednesday 22 July 1998 Peterborough 38 Hull 34 Sheffield 18 Stoke 6 - Premier League Four Team Championship Qualifying Round (at Hull) HULL Paul Thorp 2 2 3 3 10 Lee Dicken 3 2 3 1 9 Alan Grahame 1 1 0 3 5 Paul Bentley 2 3 3 2 10 Hu P Sh St PETERBOROUGH Ht 1 Cunningham, Bentley, Compton, Pickering, 67.9 2 3 1 0 Glenn Cunningham 3 3 2 2 10 Ht 2 Woodifield, Collins, Grahame, Smith, 69.2 3 6 1 2 Brett Woodifield 3 1 2 2 8 Ht 3 Dicken, Stonehewer, Sadler, MacDonald, 68.7 6 7 3 2 Jan Andersen 3 3 3 3 12 Ht 4 Andersen, Thorp, Kosonen, Aas, 68.6 8 10 3 3 Nigel Sadler 1 3 2 2 8 Ht 5 Bentley, Stonehewer, Woodifield, Kosonen, 68.2 11 11 5 3 SHEFFIELD Ht 6 Cunningham Aas, Grahame, MacDonald, 67.8 12 14 7 3 Carl Stonehewer 2 2 1 1 6 Ht 7 Andersen, Dicken, Compton, Collins, 68.6 14 17 8 3 Rene Aas 0 2 1 3 6 Ht 8 Sadler, Thorp, Smith, Pickering, 68.6 16 20 9 3 Scott Smith 0 1 F 1 2 Ht 9 Bentley, Sadler, Aas, Collins, 68.5 19 22 10 3 Andre Compton 1 1 1 1 4 Ht 10 Andersen, Pickering, Stonehewer, Grahame, 68.4 19 25 11 5 STOKE Ht 11 Dicken, Cunningham, Kosonen, Smith (fell), 68.9 22 27 11 6 Neil Collins 2 0 0 0 2 Ht 12 Thorp, Woodifield, Compton, MacDonald, 68.1 25 29 12 6 Paul Pickering 0 0 2 R 2 Ht 13 Grahame, Sadler, Compton, Mason, 69.9 28 31 13 6 Stewart MacDonald 0 0 0 F 0 Ht 14 Andersen, Bentley, Smith, MacDonald (fell), 69.0 30 34 14 6 Jarno Kosonen 1 0 1 2 Ht 15 Aas, Woodifield, Dicken, Pickering (ret), 69.9 31 36 17 6 David Mason 0 0 Ht 16 Thorp, Cunningham, Stonehewer, Collins, 67.7 34 38 18 6 Sunday 26 July 1998 Premier League Pairs Championship (at Newport) GROUP A SF FIN P READING Dave Mullett 3 3 3 9 0 3 Petri Kokko 4 4 0 8 4 EDINBURGH Peter Carr 2 2 0 4 Kenny McKinna 0 0 3 3 ARENA-ESSEX Jan Pedersen 4 2 4 10 Leigh Lanham 0 R 2 2 Ht 1 Kokko, Mullett, Carr, McKinna, 60.13 EXETER Ht 2 N.Pedersen, Cunningham, Woodifield, Olsen (fell), 59.69 Michael Coles 3 4 4 11 2 0 2 Ht 3 J.Pedersen, Coles, Smart, Lanham, 61.32 Frank Smart 2 3 2 7 4 4 Ht 4 Watson, Fry, Bentley, Lobb, 60.57 GROUP B Ht 5 Kokko, Mullett, J.Pedersen, Lanham (ret), 60.40 NEWCASTLE Ht 6 N.Pedersen, Bentley, Olsen, Lobb, 60.06 Nicki Pedersen 4 4 4 12 3 4 Ht 7 Coles, Smart, Carr, McKinna, 61.37 Jesper Olsen F 2 2 4 0 Ht 8 Woodifield, Cunningham, Watson, Fry (fell rem, ret), 60.68 PETERBOROUGH Ht 9 J.Pedersen, McKinna, Lanham, Carr, 61.53 Glenn Cunningham 3 3 4 10 3 2 1 Ht 10 Cunningham, Woodifield, Bentley, Lobb, 61.41 Brett Woodifield 2 4 3 9 2 3 Ht 11 Coles, Mullett, Smart, Kokko, 60.87 HULL Ht 12 N.Pedersen, Watson, Olsen, Fry (fell exc), 61.04 Roger Lobb (G) 0 0 0 0 SEMI FINALS Paul Bentley 2 3 2 7 Ht 13 Smart, N.Pedersen, Coles, Olsen, 61.09 NEWPORT Ht 14 Kokko, Cunningham, Woodifield, Mullett (fell rem), 60.50 Paul Fry 3 R X 3 FINAL Craig Watson 4 2 3 9 Ht 15 Smart, Woodifield, Cunningham, Coles, 61.50 Monday 27 July 1998 Newcastle 45 Hull 44 - Premier League N Hu Ht 1 Pedersen, Thorp, Birkinshaw, Wilson (fell exc), awarded, no time 4 2 NEWCASTLE Ht 2 Lee, Cartwright, J.Swales, Hogg, 66.6 5 7 Nicki Pedersen 3 3 3 3 3 15 0 Ht 3 Werner, S.Swales, Dicken, Grahame, 65.6 10 8 Jamie Birkinshaw 1 1 2 T 4 0 Ht 4 Bentley, Olsen, Lee, J.Swales (ret), 65.4 12 12 Brent Werner 3 2 2 3 0 10 0 Ht 5 Thorp, Werner, S.Swales, Lee (ret), 65.1 15 15 Stuart Swales 2 1 1 3 7 3 Ht 6 Pedersen, Bentley, Birkinshaw, Cartwright, 65.0 19 17 Jesper Olsen 2 3 2 R 7 0 Ht 7 Olsen, Dicken, Grahame, Hogg, 66.3 22 20 Malcolm Hogg 0 0 0 0 0 Ht 8 Lee, Birkinshaw, J.Swales, Cartwright, 67.2 25 23 Jonathan Swales 1 R 1 0 F R 2 1 Ht 9 Bentley, Werner, S.Swales, Cartwright, 66.3 28 26 HULL Ht 10 Pedersen, Dicken, Grahame, Hogg, Birkinshaw (exc tapes), Paul Thorp 2 3 3 2 2 12 0 66.9 31 29 John Wilson X 0 0 Ht 11 Thorp, Olsen, Lee, J.Swales, 65.6 33 33 Lee Dicken 1 2 2 1 6 1 Ht 12 Werner, Lee, Dicken, J.Swales (fell), 66.8 36 36 Alan Grahame 0 1 1 X 2 2 Ht 13 Pedersen, Thorp, Bentley, Olsen (ret), 65.7 39 39 Paul 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 41 Paul Lee 3 1 R 3 1 2 2 12 0 Ht 15 Pedersen, Thorp, Bentley, Werner, 65.2 45 44 Wednesday 29 July 1998 Hull 55 Stoke 35 - Premier League HULL Hu S Paul Thorp 3 3 3 3 3 15 0 Ht 1 Thorp, Collins, Cartwright, Clarke, 68.3 4 2 R/R John Wilson Ht 2 Burrows, Clarence, Cartwright (fell rem), Lee (exc tapes), 72.6 5 7 Lee Dicken 1 3 2 2 8 1 Ht 3 Grahame, Pickering, Dicken, Clarke, 68.7 9 9 Alan Grahame 3 1 2 3 3 12 1 Ht 4 Bentley, McDonald, Cartwright, Clarence, 69.2 13 11 Paul Bentley 3 2 3 2 2 12 2 Ht 5 Dicken, Collins, Grahame, Clarke (ret), 68.8 17 13 Paul Lee T 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 Ht 6 Thorp, Burrows, McDonald, Lee, 68.1 20 16 Simon Cartwright 1 1 1 3 0 6 0 Ht 7 Pickering, Bentley, Burrows, Lee, 68.2 22 20 STOKE Ht 8 Cartwright, Grahame, Clarence, Clarke (ret), 70.1 27 21 Neil Collins 2 2 1 0 1 6 1 Ht 9 Grahame, Dicken, Burrows, McDonald, 69.9 32 22 Ian Clarke 0 0 R R 0 0 Ht 10 Thorp, Pickering, Collins, Lee, 68.6 35 25 Paul Pickering 2 3 2 2 3 2 1 15 0 Ht 11 Bentley, Pickering, Lee, Collins, 69.0 39 27 R/R Jarno Kosonen Ht 12 Pickering, Dicken, Burrows, Cartwright, 69.8 41 31 Stewart McDonald 2 1 0 0 3 1 Ht 13 Thorp, Bentley, Collins, McDonald, 69.2 46 32 Mark Burrows 3 2 1 1 1 0 X 8 0 Ht 14 Grahame, Pickering, Lee, Burrows, 70.3 50 34 Rob Clarence 2 0 1 3 1 Ht 15 Thorp, Bentley, Pickering, Burrows (fell exc), awarded, no time 55 35 Sunday 2 August 1998 Newport 54 Hull 36 - Premier League (Aggregate - Newport 97 Hull 83) NEWPORT N Hu Craig Watson 3 3 3 2 2 13 2 Ht 1 Watson, Thorp, Pegler, Wilson, 59.7 4 2 Scott Pegler 1 1 1 1 4 0 Ht 2 Willis, Neath, Cartwright (fell rem), Lee (ret), 64.7 9 3 Mark Simmonds (G) 2 3 0 2 7 1 Ht 3 Henriksson, Simmonds, Dicken, Grahame, 61.3 14 4 Anders Henriksson 3 2 3 1 9 1 Ht 4 Fry, Bentley, Lee, Neath, 60.8 17 7 Paul Fry 3 3 3 3 3 15 0 Ht 5 Simmonds, Henriksson, Thorp, Wilson, 60.8 22 8 Martin Willis 3 X 0 1 4 1 Ht 6 Watson, Bentley, Pegler, Cartwright (fell exc), awarded, no time 26 10 Chris Neath 2 0 0 0 2 1 Ht 7 Fry, Dicken, Grahame, Willis (fell exc), 61.6 29 13 HULL Ht 8 Lee, Bentley, Pegler, Neath, 60.7 30 18 Paul Thorp 2 1 1 2 R 6 1 Ht 9 Henriksson, Bentley, Thorp, Simmonds, 60.7 33 21 John Wilson 0 0 1 1 1 Ht 10 Watson, Dicken, Pegler, Grahame, 61.1 37 23 Alan Grahame 0 1 0 1 1 Ht 11 Fry, Thorp, Wilson, Willis, 60.6 40 26 Lee Dicken 1 2 2 3 0 8 0 Ht 12 Lee, Simmonds, Willis, Cartwright, 62.5 43 29 Paul Bentley 2 2 2 2 1 9 1 Ht 13 Fry, Watson, Bentley, Thorp (ret), 61.0 48 30 Simon Cartwright 1 X 0 1 0 Ht 14 Dicken, Lee, Henriksson, Neath, 62.1 49 35 Paul Lee R 1 3 3 2 1 10 2 Ht 15 Fry, Watson, Lee, Dicken, 61.6 54 36 Monday 3 August 1998 Exeter 53 Hull 37 - Premier League EXETER E Hu Frank Smart 2 2 3 3 3 13 0 Ht 1 Thorp, Smart, Gordon, Wilson, 67.1 3 3 Graeme Gordon 1 1 3 2 7 3 Ht 2 Oughton, Lee, Cartwright, Lobb, 70.5 6 6 Mark Simmonds 3 2 1 3 9 2 Ht 3 Simmonds, Jeffery, Dicken, Grahame, 67.8 11 7 Paul Jeffery 2 3 2 3 R 10 1 Ht 4 Bentley, Coles, Oughton, Lee, 68.4 14 10 Michael Coles 2 2 2 0 6 0 Ht 5 Jeffery, Simmonds, Wilson, Thorp (ret), 68.6 19 11 Roger Lobb 0 1 1 1 3 2 Ht 6 Bentley, Smart, Gordon, Cartwright, 68.6 22 14 Paul Oughton 3 1 0 1 5 1 Ht 7 Dicken, Coles, Lobb, Grahame, 70.0 25 17 HULL Ht 8 Gordon, Dicken, Lee, Oughton, 68.3 28 20 Paul Thorp 3 R 0 3 1 2 9 1 Ht 9 Bentley, Jeffery, Simmonds, Thorp, 68.8 31 23 John Wilson 0 1 0 1 0 Ht 10 Smart, Gordon, Dicken, Cartwright, 68.9 36 24 Alan Grahame 0 0 0 0 0 Ht 11 Thorp, Coles, Lobb, Wilson, 68.6 39 27 Lee Dicken 1 3 2 1 2 9 0 Ht 12 Simmonds, Bentley, Oughton, Grahame, 69.0 43 29 Paul Bentley 3 3 3 2 2 1 14 1 Ht 13 Smart, Bentley, Thorp, Coles, 68.2 46 32 Simon Cartwright 1 0 0 1 1 Ht 14 Jeffery, Dicken, Lobb, Lee, 69.6 50 34 Paul Lee 2 0 1 0 3 1 Ht 15 Smart, Thorp, Bentley, Jeffery (ret), 67.9 53 37 Wednesday 5 August 1998 Hull 49 Peterborough 41 - Premier League (Aggregate - Peterborough 92 Hull 88) HULL Hu P Alan Grahame 3 3 2 1 9 0 Ht 1 Grahame, Dicken, Cunningham, Sadler, 68.0 5 1 Lee Dicken 2 2 3 0 7 2 Ht 2 Lee, Allen, Stead, Cartwright, 67.9 8 4 Paul Bentley 3 3 2 3 2 13 1 Ht 3 Bentley, Berge, Woodifield, Wilson, 68.3 11 7 John Wilson 0 F R 1 1 0 Ht 4 Thorp, Lee, Andersen, Stead, 69.2 16 8 Paul Thorp 3 3 1 3 3 13 0 Ht 5 Bentley, Cunningham, Sadler, Wilson (fell), 69.9 19 11 Simon Cartwright 0 0 0 0 0 Ht 6 Grahame, Dicken, Stead, Allen, Andersen (fell injured), 69.8 24 12 Paul Lee 3 2 F 1 0 6 1 Ht 7 Thorp, Woodifield, Berge, Cartwright, 68.0 27 15 PETERBOROUGH Ht 8 Dicken, Stead, Sadler, Lee (fell), 69.1 30 18 Glenn Cunningham 1 2 3 3 2 1 12 0 Ht 9 Cunningham, Bentley, Allen, Wilson (ret), 68.3 32 22 Nigel Sadler 0 1 1 2 4 3 Ht 10 Berge, Grahame, Woodifield, Dicken, 66.4 34 26 Brett Woodifield 1 2 1 2 2 8 2 Ht 11 Cunningham, Sadler, Thorp, Cartwright, 67.8 35 31 Phillipe Berge 2 1 3 3 0 9 1 Ht 12 Bentley, Woodifield, Lee, Allen, 67.7 39 33 Jan Andersen 1 N 1 0 Ht 13 Thorp, Cunningham, Grahame, Stead, 68.0 43 35 Oliver Allen 2 0 1 0 3 0 Ht 14 Berge, Woodifield, Wilson, Lee, 69.1 44 40 Simon Stead 1 0 1 2 0 4 1 Ht 15 Thorp, Bentley, Cunningham, Berge, 67.7 49 41 Thursday 6 August 1998 Sheffield 56 Hull 34 - Premier League SHEFFIELD S Hu Carl Stonehewer 3 3 2 2 10 0 Ht 1 Stonehewer, Thorp, Palmer, Wilson, 62.1 4 2 R/R Robert Larsen Ht 2 Palmer, Keats, Lee, Cartwright, 63.5 9 3 Andre Compton 3 2 3 3 3 14 0 Ht 3 Compton, Aas, Grahame, Dicken, 64.0 14 4 Rene Aas 2 0 3 2 2 9 2 Ht 4 Lee, Palmer, Smith, Bentley, 63.1 17 7 Scott Smith 1 3 2 1 7 2 Ht 5 Thorp, Compton, Wilson, Aas, 61.7 19 11 Derrol Keats 2 2 0 1 1 6 4 Ht 6 Stonehewer, Keats, Bentley, Cartwright (fell), awarded, no time 24 12 Tommy Palmer 1 3 2 2 1 1 0 10 2 Ht 7 Smith, Grahame, Dicken, Keats, 63.0 27 15 HULL Ht 8 Aas, Palmer, Lee, Grahame (ret), 63.5 32 16 Paul Thorp 2 3 3 3 3 2 16 0 Ht 9 Compton, Aas, Bentley, Dicken, 62.8 37 17 John Wilson 0 1 0 1 0 Ht 10 Thorp, Stonehewer, Palmer, Grahame, 62.2 40 20 Alan Grahame 1 2 R 0 3 0 Ht 11 Thorp, Smith, Keats, Wilson, 62.4 43 23 Lee Dicken 0 1 0 0 1 1 Ht 12 Compton, Lee, Palmer, Cartwright, 62.9 47 25 Paul Bentley 0 1 1 0 2 0 Ht 13 Thorp, Stonehewer, Smith, Bentley, 61.8 50 28 Simon Cartwright 0 F 0 0 0 Ht 14 Lee, Aas, Keats, Dicken, 64.2 53 31 Paul Lee 1 3 1 2 3 1 11 1 Ht 15 Compton, Thorp, Lee, Palmer, 62.0 56 34 Saturday 8 August 1998 Hull 32 Peterborough 28 Sheffield 19 Stoke 17 - Premier League Four Team Championship Qualifying Round (at Stoke) Final Aggregate Totals - Peterborough 123 Hull 117 Sheffield 84 Stoke 60 STOKE Neil Collins 3 2 0 3 8 Mark Burrows 2 0 2 0 4 Stewart MacDonald T X F 0 0 Paul Pickering 1 1 0 3 5 St Hu P Sh Dean Felton 0 0 Ht 1 Woodifield, Compton, Pickering, Thorp, 63.3 1 0 3 2 HULL Ht 2 Bentley, Berge, Stonehewer, Felton, McDonald (exc tapes), 64.1 1 3 5 3 Paul Thorp 0 3 3 1 7 Ht 3 Cunningham, Burrows, Grahame, Smith, 64.4 3 4 8 3 Paul Bentley 3 3 3 2 11 Ht 4 Collins, Dicken, Aas, Sadler (fell), 64.6 6 6 8 4 Lee Dicken 2 1 3 0 6 Ht 5 Bentley, Cunningham, Pickering, Aas, 63.7 7 9 10 4 Alan Grahame 1 3 3 1 8 Ht 6 Thorp, Sadler, Smith, McDonald (fell exc), 63.8 7 12 12 5 PETERBOROUGH Ht 7 Woodifield, Stonehewer, Dicken, Burrows, 63.8 7 13 15 7 Glenn Cunningham 3 2 2 0 7 Ht 8 Grahame, Collins, Compton, Berge, 64.6 9 16 15 8 Nigel Sadler F 2 2 3 7 Ht 9 Grahame, Sadler, Stonehewer, Pickering, 64.8 9 19 17 9 Phillipe Berge 2 0 F 2 4 Ht 10 Dicken, Cunningham, Compton, McDonald (fell), 64.2 9 22 19 10 Brett Woodifield 3 3 2 2 10 Ht 11 Thorp, Burrows, Aas, Berge (fell), 65.0 11 25 19 11 SHEFFIELD Ht 12 Bentley, Woodifield, Smith, Collins, 64.4 11 28 21 12 Carl Stonehewer 1 2 1 2 6 Ht 13 Aas, Woodifield, Grahame, McDonald, 64.9 11 29 23 15 Andre Compton 2 1 1 1 5 Ht 14 Pickering, Berge, Smith, Dicken, 64.4 14 29 25 16 Scott Smith 0 1 1 1 3 Ht 15 Sadler, Bentley, Compton, Burrows, 64.7 14 31 28 17 Rene Aas 1 0 1 3 5 Ht 16 Collins, Stonehewer, Thorp, Cunningham, 64.4 17 32 28 19 Wednesday 12 August 1998 Hull 56 Exeter 34 - Premier League (Aggregate - Hull 93 Exeter 87) HULL Hu E Alan Grahame 1 1 0 0 2 1 Ht 1 Smart, Dicken, Grahame, Gordon, 68.2 3 3 Lee Dicken 2 3 2 3 10 1 Ht 2 Lee, Cartwright, Lobb, Oughton, 69.2 8 4 Paul Bentley 3 3 3 3 1 13 0 Ht 3 Bentley, Jeffery, Wilson, Simmonds, 68.6 12 6 John Wilson 1 0 F 1 2 1 Ht 4 Thorp, Lee, Coles, Oughton, 68.4 17 7 Paul Thorp 3 3 3 3 3 15 0 Ht 5 Bentley, Gordon, Smart, Wilson, 68.6 20 10 Simon Cartwright 2 0 0 2 1 Ht 6 Dicken, Coles, Grahame, Lobb, 68.5 24 12 Paul Lee 3 2 3 2 2 12 2 Ht 7 Thorp, Jeffery, Simmonds, Cartwright, 69.0 27 15 EXETER Ht 8 Lee, Dicken, Gordon, Smart (exc unfair riding), awarded, no time 32 16 Frank Smart 3 1 X 2 2 2 10 1 Ht 9 Bentley, Jeffery, Coles, Wilson (fell), 69.0 35 19 Graeme Gordon 0 2 1 3 0 Ht 10 Dicken, Jeffery, Simmonds, Grahame, 69.0 38 22 Mark Simmonds 0 1 1 1 3 2 Ht 11 Thorp, Smart, Lobb, Cartwright, Coles (exc tapes), 68.7 41 25 Paul Jeffery 2 2 2 2 3 11 0 Ht 12 Bentley, Lee, Simmonds, Lobb, 69.9 46 26 Michael Coles 1 2 1 T 1 0 5 2 Ht 13 Thorp, Smart, Coles, Grahame, 68.3 49 29 Roger Lobb 1 0 1 0 2 1 Ht 14 Jeffery, Lee, Wilson, Oughton (fell), 68.3 52 32 Paul Oughton 0 0 F 0 0 Ht 15 Thorp, Smart, Bentley, Coles, 68.1 56 34 Friday 14 August 1998 Isle of Wight 43 Hull 47 - Premier League (Aggregate - Hull 101 Isle of Wight 79) ISLE OF WIGHT IOW Hu Ray Morton 3 2 2 2 1 0 10 1 Ht 1 Morton, Dicken, Grahame, Tatum (ret), 71.8 3 3 Neville Tatum R R R 0 0 Ht 2 Swain, Lee, Cartwright, Bird, 71.2 6 6 Jason Bunyan 2 3 1 0 6 1 Ht 3 Bentley, Bunyan, Carter, Wilson, 70.6 9 9 Wayne Carter 1 0 2 3 6 1 Ht 4 Masters, Thorp, Lee, Bird, 70.7 12 12 Steve Masters 3 2 3 3 1 12 0 Ht 5 Bunyan, Dicken, Grahame, Carter, 70.6 15 15 Scott Swain 3 1 0 2 2 8 2 Ht 6 Thorp, Morton, Cartwright, Tatum (ret), 70.9 17 19 Danny Bird 0 0 1 1 0 Ht 7 Bentley, Masters, Swain, Wilson, 70.9 20 22 HULL Ht 8 Dicken, Lee, Bird, Tatum (ret), 72.5 21 27 Alan Grahame 1 1 0 0 2 2 Ht 9 Thorp, Carter, Bunyan, Cartwright, 71.5 24 30 Lee Dicken 2 2 3 1 8 0 Ht 10 Bentley, Morton, Wilson, Swain, 72.1 26 34 Paul Bentley 3 3 3 3 2 14 1 Ht 11 Masters, Morton, Dicken, Grahame, 71.1 31 35 John Wilson 0 0 1 1 2 0 Ht 12 Bentley, Swain, Lee, Bunyan, 72.3 33 39 Paul Thorp 2 3 3 2 3 13 0 Ht 13 Masters, Thorp, Morton, Grahame, 71.2 37 41 Simon Cartwright 1 1 0 2 1 Ht 14 Carter, Swain, Wilson, Lee, 72.5 42 42 Paul Lee 2 1 2 1 0 6 2 Ht 15 Thorp, Bentley, Masters, Morton, 71.7 43 47 Saturday 15 August 1998 Stoke 39 Hull 50 - Premier League (Aggregate - Hull 105 Stoke 74) STOKE S Hu Neil Collins 3 1 1 1 3 2 11 1 Ht 1 Collins, Grahame, Burrows, Dicken, 64.3 4 2 Mark Burrows 1 F 2 2 1 6 0 Ht 2 Lee, Cartwright, Felton, Clarence, 64.4 5 7 Paul Pickering 2 3 2 3 3 1 14 1 Ht 3 Bentley, Pickering, Wilson, Clarence, 63.7 7 11 R/R Jarno Kosonen Ht 4 Lee, Felton, Thorp (ef), McDonald (fell exc), 63.9 9 14 Stewatr McDonald X 2 1 X 3 1 Ht 5 Pickering, Dicken, Grahame, Burrows (fell), awarded, no time 12 17 Rob Clarence 0 0 X 1 R 1 0 Ht 6 Thorp, Burrows, Collins, Cartwright, 63.5 15 20 Dean Felton 1 2 0 1 4 0 Ht 7 Bentley, McDonald, Wilson, Clarence (fell exc), 64.8 17 24 HULL Ht 8 Lee, Burrows, Dicken, Felton, 63.8 19 28 Alan Grahame 2 1 2 5 1 Ht 9 Thorp, Pickering, McDonald, Cartwright, 63.2 22 31 Lee Dicken 0 2 1 2 5 1 Ht 10 Pickering, Bentley, Collins, Wilson, 63.3 26 33 Paul Bentley 3 3 2 2 X 10 0 Ht 11 Lee, Dicken, Clarence, McDonald (fell exc), 64.4 27 38 John Wilson 1 1 0 2 4 1 Ht 12 Pickering, Bentley, Collins, Cartwright, 63.4 31 40 Paul Thorp 0 3 3 R 3 9 0 Ht 13 Collins, Grahame, Burrows, Thorp (ret), 64.3 35 42 Simon Cartwright 2 0 0 0 2 1 Ht 14 Lee, Wilson, Felton, Clarence (ret), 65.2 36 47 Paul Lee 3 3 3 3 3 15 0 Ht 15 Thorp, Collins, Pickering, Bentley (fell exc), 64.1 39 50 Wednesday 19 August 1998 Hull 53 Edinburgh 37 - Premier League Hu E HULL Ht 1 Dicken, Grahame, Carr, Andersson, 68.1 5 1 Alan 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 6 Paul Bentley 3 3 3 2 2 13 1 Ht 3 Bentley, Andersson, Little, Wilson, 68.6 9 9 John Wilson 0 2 1 0 3 1 Ht 4 McKinna, Cartwright, Thorp, Campbell, 67.7 12 12 Paul Thorp 1 3 3 3 3 13 1 Ht 5 Bentley, Wilson, Carr, Scott, Campbell (exc 2 mins), 68.6 17 13 Paul Lee X 2 1 1 2 6 2 Ht 6 Grahame, Scott, McKinna, Dicken, 68.8 20 16 Simon Cartwright 1 2 0 3 0 Ht 7 Thorp, Lee, Little, Andersson, 67.8 25 17 EDINBURGH Ht 8 McKinna, Carr, Dicken, Cartwright, 67.8 26 22 Peter Carr 1 1 2 2 1 1 8 1 Ht 9 Bentley, McKinna, Wilson, Scott, 68.9 30 24 R/R Paul Gould Ht 10 Dicken, Little, Grahame, Andersson, 68.8 34 26 Kevin Little 1 1 2 3 3 0 10 1 Ht 11 Thorp, Carr, Lee, Campbell (ret), 67.7 38 28 Marcus Andersson 0 2 0 0 1 3 0 Ht 12 Little, Bentley, Lee, Scott, 67.9 41 31 Kenny McKinna 3 1 3 2 0 9 1 Ht 13 Thorp, Grahame, Carr, McKinna, 69.1 46 32 Blair Scott 2 0 2 0 0 4 1 Ht 14 Little, Lee, Andersson, Wilson (fell rem), 67.9 48 36 Barry Campbell 3 0 M R 3 0 Ht 15 Thorp, Bentley, Carr, Little, 68.3 53 37 Wednesday 26 August 1998 Hull 56 Berwick 34 - Premier League HULL Hu B Alan Grahame 3 1 1 0 5 0 Ht 1 Grahame, Dicken, Grieves, Scully, 68.8 5 1 Lee Dicken 2 3 3 3 3 14 1 Ht 2 Lee, Meldrum, Cartwright, Fairburn, 68.0 9 3 Paul Bentley 3 3 3 3 1 13 0 Ht 3 Bentley, Dixon, Walsh, Lee, 68.1 12 6 R/R John Wilson Ht 4 Robson, Thorp, Meldrum, Lee, 68.1 14 10 Paul Thorp 2 3 3 3 3 14 0 Ht 5 Bentley, Scully, Grieves, Cartwright, 68.3 17 13 Simon Cartrwright 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 Ht 6 Dicken, Robson, Grahame, Fairburn, 68.1 21 15 Paul Lee 3 0 0 2 1 2 8 2 Ht 7 Thorp, Dixon, Walsh, Cartwright, 68.5 24 18 BERWICK Ht 8 Dicken, Lee, Scully, Meldrum (fell rem), 68.3 29 19 James Grieves 1 1 2 2 6 1 Ht 9 Bentley, Robson, Cartwright, Fairburn, 67.7 33 21 Peter Scully 0 2 1 3 0 Ht 10 Dicken, Dixon, Grahame, Walsh, 68.7 37 23 David Walsh 1 1 0 0 2 2 Ht 11 Thorp, Grieves, Robson, Cartwright, 68.1 40 26 Martin Dixon 2 2 2 2 1 0 9 0 Ht 12 Bentley, Dixon, Lee, Walsh, 68.5 44 28 Scott Robson 3 2 2 1 1 2 11 2 Ht 13 Thorp, Grieves, Robson, Grahame, 68.1 47 31 Danny Fairburn 0 0 0 0 0 Ht 14 Dicken, Lee, Dixon, Meldrum, 69.3 52 32 David Meldrum 2 1 0 0 3 0 Ht 15 Thorp, Robson, Bentley, Dixon, 68.1 56 34 Sunday 30 August 1998 Reading 16 Edinburgh 12 Arena-Essex 11 Exeter 9 - Premier League Four Team Championship Semi Final (at Peterborough) Sunday 30 August 1998 Peterborough 17 Hull 14 Newport 11 Newcastle 6 - Premier League Four Team Championship Semi Final (at Peterborough) HULL Paul Thorp 2 1 3 Paul Bentley 1 2 3 Lee Dicken 2 1 3 Alan Grahame 3 2 5 NEWPORT Anders Henriksson 0 3 3 Paul Fry 3 X 3 Craig Watson 3 0 3 Scott Pegler 1 1 2 NEWCASTLE Stuart Swales 0 0 0 Hu Np Nc P Jesper Olsen 1 E 1 Ht 1 Fry, Thorp, Werner, Sadler (ret), 63.2 2 3 1 0 Brent Werner 1 3 4 Ht 2 Watson, Cunningham, Bentley, Birkinshaw, 63.8 3 6 1 2 James Birkinshaw 0 1 1 Ht 3 Berge, Dicken, Pegler, Swales, 63.0 5 7 1 5 PETERBOROUGH Ht 4 Grahame, Woodifield, Olsen, Henriksson, 64.7 8 7 2 7 Glenn Cunningham 2 2 4 Ht 5 Henriksson, Cunningham, Thorp, Swales, 64.0 9 10 2 9 Phillipe Berge 3 3 6 Ht 6 Berge, Grahame, Birkinshaw, Fry (fell exc), 64.5 11 10 3 12 Brett Woodifield 2 2 4 Ht 7 Werner, Woodifield, Dicken, Watson, 64.6 12 10 6 14 Nigel Sadler R 3 3 Ht 8 Sadler, Bentley, Pegler, Olsen (ret), 64.8 14 11 6 17 Sunday 30 August 1998 Peterborough 24 Hull 19 Edinburgh 19 Reading 10 - Premier League Four Team Championship Final (at Peterborough) HULL Alan Grahame 3 1 1 5 Paul Bentley 2 2 0 4 Lee Dicken 1 1 1 3 Paul Thorp 1 3 3 7 PETERBOROUGH Glenn Cunningham 3 3 2 8 Phillipe Berge 1 2 3 6 Brett Woodifield R 3 2 5 Hu P R E Nigel Sadler 3 1 1 5 Ht 1 Grahame, Carr, Berge, Mullett (ret), 64.8 3 1 0 2 READING Ht 2 Kokko, Bentley, Andersson, Woodifield (ret), 64.9 5 1 3 3 Lee Richardson 0 2 2 4 Ht 3 Sadler, McKinna, Dicken, Richardson, 65.4 6 4 3 5 Paul Clews 0 R 2 2 Ht 4 Cunningham, Little, Thorp, Clews, 64.4 7 7 3 7 Dave Mullett R 0 Ht 5 Cunningham, Richardson, Grahame, Andersson, 65.1 8 10 5 7 Petri 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 8 EDINBURGH Ht 7 Woodifield, Little, Dicken, Elkins (fell exc), 66.1 12 15 5 10 Marcus Andersson 1 0 1 Ht 8 Carr, Bentley, Sadler, Clews (ret), 65.0 14 16 5 13 Kenny McKinna 2 1 3 6 Ht 9 Berge, Clews, Dicken, Scott, 66.2 15 19 7 13 Kevin Little 2 2 0 4 Ht 10 McKinna, Woodifield, Grahame, Elkins, 66.2 16 21 7 16 Peter Carr 2 3 3 8 Ht 11 Thorp, Richardson, Sadler, Little, 65.4 19 22 9 16 Blair Scott 0 0 Ht 12 Carr, Cunningham, Kokko, Bentley, 65.0 19 24 10 19 Wednesday 2 September 1998 Hull 40 Bradford 49 - Inter League Challenge Hu B HULL Ht 1 Screen, Grahame, Stead, Howe, 69.0 2 4 David 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 7 Paul Thorp 1 3 3 2 2 11 1 Ht 3 Smith, Dicken, Thorp, Walsh, 67.8 8 10 Lee Dicken 2 0 1 1 4 1 Ht 4 S.Wilson, Bentley, J.Wilson, Cartwright, 69.5 11 13 Paul Bentley 2 1 1 1 5 0 Ht 5 Thorp, Screen, Stead, Dicken, 68.6 14 16 Paul Lee 3 0 0 2 5 0 Ht 6 Grahame, Howe, Compton (ret), S.Wilson (fell exc), 69.2 19 16 John Wilson X 1 1 1 3 2 Ht 7 Smith, Walsh, Bentley, Lee, 68.0 20 21 BRADFORD Ht 8 Grahame, Stead, J.Wilson, Cartwright (ret), 69.1 24 23 Joe Screen 3 2 3 2 1 11 1 Ht 9 Thorp, S.Wilson, Dicken, Compton, 68.1 28 25 Garry Stead 1 1 2 2 6 2 Ht 10 Smith, Howe, Walsh, Grahame, 67.9 30 29 Andy Smith 3 3 3 3 3 15 0 Ht 11 Screen, Stead, Bentley, Lee, 69.1 31 34 David Walsh 0 2 1 3 6 1 Ht 12 Smith, Thorp, J.Wilson, Compton (ret), 67.5 34 37 Sean Wilson 3 X 2 3 8 0 Ht 13 S.Wilson, Screen, Bentley, Howe, 68.7 35 42 Andre Compton 2 R 0 R 2 0 Ht 14 Walsh, Lee, Dicken, Cartwright (fell exc), awarded, no time 38 45 Simon Cartwright 1 0 R X 1 1 Ht 15 Smith, Thorp, Screen, Grahame, 67.6 40 49 Monday 14 September 1998 Glasgow 52 Hull 38 - Premier League (Aggregate - Glasgow 93 Hull 87) GLASGOW G Hu Kaj Laukkanen 3 1 3 3 3 2 15 1 Ht 1 Laukkanen, Lanham, Beveridge, Lee, 64.3 4 2 Will Beveridge 1 3 2 R R 6 1 Ht 2 Turner, Wilson, Courtney, Cartwright, 66.8 8 4 R/R Mick Powell Ht 3 Beveridge, MacDonald, Dicken, Grahame, 65.6 13 5 Grant MacDonald 2 2 1 3 1 0 9 2 Ht 4 Steen, Bentley, Turner, Wilson, 65.7 17 7 David Steen 3 1 0 3 1 8 1 Ht 5 Lanham, MacDonald, Laukkanen, Lee (ret), 65.1 20 10 Sean Courtney 1 2 2 2 7 1 Ht 6 Laukkanen, Beveridge, Bentley, Cartwright, 65.3 25 11 Brian Turner 3 1 2 1 7 0 Ht 7 Dicken, Courtney, Steen, Grahame, 65.8 28 14 HULL Ht 8 Bentley, Turner, Wilson, Beveridge (ret), 66.5 30 18 Leigh Lanham (G) 2 3 3 R 2 3 13 0 Ht 9 Lanham, Bentley, MacDonald, Steen, 65.1 31 23 Paul Lee 0 R 1 1 0 Ht 10 Laukkanen, Dicken, Grahame, Beveridge (ret), 65.0 34 26 Lee Dicken 1 3 2 2 3 1 12 0 Ht 11 Steen, Courtney, Lee, Lanham (ret), 66.4 39 27 Alan Grahame 0 0 1 1 1 Ht 12 MacDonald, Dicken, Turner, Cartwright, 65.8 43 29 Paul Bentley 2 1 3 2 X 8 1 Ht 13 Laukkanen, Lanham, Steen, Bentley (exc left track), 66.1 47 31 Simon Cartwright 0 0 0 0 0 Ht 14 Dicken, Courtney, MacDonald, Wilson (fell), 66.2 50 34 John Wilson 2 0 1 F 3 0 Ht 15 Lanham, Laukkanen, Dicken, MacDonald, 65.2 52 38 Wednesday 16 September 1998 Hull 49 Newcastle 41 - Premier League (Aggregate - Hull 93 Newcastle 86) Hu N Ht 1 Pedersen, Lanham, Birkinshaw, Lee (fell), 67.1 2 4 Ht 2 Cartwright, Wilson, McAllan, Fairburn, 68.8 7 5 HULL Ht 3 Dicken, Grahame, Werner, Swales, 67.8 12 6 Leigh Lanham (G) 2 3 3 3 3 14 0 Ht 4 Bentley, Cartwright, Fairburn, Olsen (fell), 69.2 17 7 Paul 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 9 Alan Grahame 2 1 0 2 5 2 Ht 6 Lanham, Olsen, Birkinshaw, Lee, 67.9 24 12 Paul Bentley 3 F 2 0 5 0 Ht 7 Swales, Werner, Wilson (fell rem), Bentley (fell), 70.0 25 17 John Wilson 2 1 M M 3 6 1 Ht 8 Olsen, Lee, Cartwright, Birkinshaw, 67.6 28 20 Simon Cartwright 3 2 1 0 6 2 Ht 9 Pedersen, Dicken, Olsen, Grahame, 68.0 30 24 NEWCASTLE Ht 10 Lanham, Werner, Lee, Swales, 68.3 34 26 Nicki 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 30 Brent 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 34 Jesper Olsen F 2 3 1 2 2 10 0 Ht 13 Lanham, Olsen, Pedersen, Bentley, 68.3 41 37 David McAllan 1 0 1 2 0 Ht 14 Wilson, Grahame, Swales, Fairburn, 69.2 46 38 Danny Fairburn 0 1 0 1 0 Ht 15 Lanham, Olsen, Pedersen, Dicken, 67.7 49 41 Saturday 19 September 1998 Berwick 43 Hull 46 - Premier League (Aggregate - Hull 102 Berwick 77) B Hu BERWICK Ht 1 Dicken, Grieves, Grahame, Scully, 67.5 2 4 James Grieves 2 3 3 3 2 1 14 0 Ht 2 Wilson, Meldrum, Cartwright, Waite, 69.2 4 8 Peter Scully 0 1 1 1 1 4 1 Ht 3 Thorp, Dixon, Scully, Lee, 67.1 7 11 R/R Scott Robson Ht 4 Bentley, Walsh, Meldrum, Wilson, 67.6 10 14 Martin Dixon 2 0 2 2 2 8 1 Ht 5 Grieves, Grahame, Dicken, Dixon, 67.1 13 17 David Walsh 2 X 2 1 5 1 Ht 6 Grieves, Bentley, Scully, Cartwright (fell rem), 67.6 17 19 Wesley 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 24 HULL Ht 8 Meldrum, Grahame, Scully, Wilson (fell rem), 68.7 21 26 Lee Dicken 3 1 3 X 7 1 Ht 9 Bentley, Dixon, Meldrum, Cartwright, 68.0 24 29 Alan Grahame 1 2 2 R 5 0 Ht 10 Grieves, Thorp, Scully, Lee (fell rem), 67.5 28 31 Paul Thorp 3 3 2 3 3 14 0 Ht 11 Dicken, Walsh, Waite, Grahame (ret), 67.4 31 34 Paul Lee 0 2 0 1 3 1 Ht 12 Thorp, Dixon, Meldrum, Cartwright, 68.0 34 37 Paul Bentley 3 2 3 3 2 13 1 Ht 13 Bentley, Grieves, Walsh, Dicken (exc unfair riding), 68.1 37 40 Simon Cartwright 1 0 0 0 1 0 Ht 14 Meldrum, Dixon, Lee, Wilson, 69.3 42 41 John Wilson 3 0 0 0 3 0 Ht 15 Thorp, Bentley, Grieves, Meldrum (fell exc), awarded, no time 43 46 Wednesday 23 September 1998 Hull 52 Sheffield 37 - Premier League (Aggregate - Sheffield 93 Hull 86) HULL Hu S Lee Dicken 2 3 X 1 6 1 Ht 1 Stonehewer, Dicken, Grahame, Palmer (ret), 67.0 3 3 Alan Grahame 1 2 2 3 8 2 Ht 2 Keats, Cartwright, Wilson (exc left track), Stephens (fell), 70.5 5 6 Paul Bentley 3 3 3 3 3 15 0 Ht 3 Bentley, Aas, Compton, Lee, 68.7 8 9 Paul Lee 0 2 0 3 5 1 Ht 4 Thorp, Smith, Cartwright, Keats (fell rem), 68.4 12 11 Paul Thorp 3 3 2 2 2 12 1 Ht 5 Bentley, Lee, Stonehewer, Palmer, 67.7 17 12 John Wilson X 1 1 X 2 1 Ht 6 Dicken, Grahame, Smith, Stephens, 68.0 22 13 Simon Cartwright 2 1 0 1 4 0 Ht 7 Thorp, Aas, Wilson, Compton, 69.1 26 15 SHEFFIELD Ht 8 Stonehewer, Grahame, Keats, Cartwright, 68.5 28 19 Carl Stonehewer 3 1 3 3 3 1 14 0 Ht 9 Bentkey, Smith, Aas, Lee, 69.1 31 22 Tommy Palmer R 0 R 0 0 Ht 10 Grahame, Aas, Compton, Dicken (fell exc), awarded, no time 34 25 Andre Compton 1 0 1 2 2 Ht 11 Stonehewer, Thorp, Wilson, Palmer (ret), 67.9 37 28 Rene Aas 2 2 1 2 2 0 9 1 Ht 12 Bentley, Smith, Cartwright, Stephens, 69.3 41 30 Scott Smith 2 1 2 2 0 7 0 Ht 13 Stonehewer, Thorp, Dicken, Smith, 68.5 44 33 Seemond Stephens F 0 0 0 0 Ht 14 Lee, Aas, Keats, Wilson (fell exc), 68.8 47 36 Derrol Keats 3 0 1 1 5 1 Ht 15 Bentley, Thorp, Stonehewer, Aas, 68.7 52 37 Friday 25 September 1998 Edinburgh 56 Hull 33 - Premier League (Aggregate - Edinburgh 93 Hull 86) EDINBURGH Kenny McKinna 3 3 3 2 11 1 E Hu Barry Campbell 2 2 2 R 0 6 3 Ht 1 McKinna, Campbell, Thorp, Lee, 57.5 5 1 Kevin Little 3 3 2 X 8 0 Ht 2 Scott, Gould, Cartwright, Sneddon, 59.3 10 2 R/R Stefano Alfonso Ht 3 Little, Campbell, Bentley, Grahame, 58.6 15 3 Peter Carr 3 3 3 3 3 15 0 Ht 4 Carr, Dicken, Gould, Cartwright, Sneddon (exc tapes), 58.1 19 5 Blair Scott 3 0 1 2 3 0 9 1 Ht 5 Little, Thorp, Lee, Scott, 58.8 22 8 Paul Gould 2 1 1 1 2 7 2 Ht 6 McKinna, Campbell, Dicken, Sneddon, 59.4 27 9 Paul Taylor R 0 0 Ht 7 Carr, Bentley, Scott, Grahame, 58.8 31 11 HULL Ht 8 Dicken, Lee, Gould, Campbell (ret), 60.4 32 16 Paul Thorp 1 2 3 R 1 7 0 Ht 9 Thorp, Little, Gould, Dicken, 59.2 35 19 Paul Lee 0 1 2 1 1 5 3 Ht 10 McKinna, Bentley, Grahame, Campbell, 60.4 38 22 Paul Bentley 1 2 2 3 2 10 0 Ht 11 Carr, Scott, Lee, Thorp (ret), 60.1 43 23 Alan Grahame 0 0 1 2 3 1 Ht 12 Bentley, Gould, Sneddon (ret), Little (fell exc), 60.5 45 26 Lee Dicken 2 1 3 0 0 6 0 Ht 13 Carr, McKinna, Thorp, Dicken, 58.7 50 27 Simon Cartwright 1 0 1 2 1 Ht 14 Scott, Grahame, Cartwright, Taylor (ret), 60.4 53 30 Derek Sneddon 0 T 0 R 0 0 Ht 15 Carr, Bentley, Lee, Scott, 59.1 56 33 Wednesday 30 September 1998 Struthers and Carter Dunlop Classic Ht 1 Thorp, Carter, Fry, Watson (ret), 68.0 Ht 2 Henriksson, Juul, Dicken, Steen, 68.7 Ht 3 Bentley, Morton, Werner, Olsen (ret), 68.5 Paul Thorp 3 R 0 3 2 8 Ht 4 Lee, Stonehewer, Dixon, Grahame (ret), 69.0 Wayne Carter 2 0 1 0 1 4 Ht 5 Bentley, Lee, Juul, Thorp (ret), 68.3 Paul Fry 1 1 1 0 1 4 Ht 6 Morton, Grahame, Dicken, Carter, 69.6 Craig Watson R 1 1 2 2 6 Ht 7 Steen, Werner, Fry, Dixon, 70.1 Richard Juul 2 1 2 1 1 7 Ht 8 Stonehewer, Olsen, Watson, Henriksson (ret), 69.2 Lee Dicken 1 1 1 1 3 7 Ht 9 Werner, Stonehewer, Dicken, Thorp, 69.2 David Steen 0 3 N 3 Ht 10 Olsen, Juul, Carter, Dixon, 69.6 Anders Henriksson 3 R 2 2 1 8 Ht 11 Bentley, Henriksson, Fry, Grahame, 69.8 Paul Bentley 3 3 3 3 2 14 1 Ht 12 Morton, Lee, Watson, Cartwright, Steen (fell non starter in rerun), 69.8 Ray Morton 2 3 3 2 3 13 3 Ht 13 Thorp, Olsen, Grahame, Wilson, 70.1 Brent Werner 1 2 3 3 3 12 Ht 14 Werner, Henriksson, Lee, Carter, 70.4 Jesper Olsen R 2 3 2 X 7 Ht 15 Stonehewer, Morton, Juul, Fry, 69.3 Paul Lee 3 2 2 1 2 10 Ht 16 Bentley, Watson, Dicken, Cartwright (fell), 70.2 Alan Grahame R 2 0 1 0 3 Ht 17 Morton, Thorp, Henriksson, Wilson (fell rem), 70.4 Martin Dixon 1 0 0 1 Ht 18 Stonehewer, Bentley, Carter, Cartwright (fell exc), 69.6 Carl Stonehewer 2 3 2 3 3 13 2 Ht 19 Dicken, Lee, Fry, Olsen (fell exc), 71.5 John Wilson (Res) 0 0 0 Ht 20 Werner, Watson, Juul, Grahame, 71.3 Simon Cartwright (R) 0 F X 0 RUN OFF FOR SECOND PLACE - Stonehewer, Morton, 70.4 Wednesday 7 October 1998 Hull 42 Sheffield 48 - Young Shield 1st Round 1st Leg HULL Hu S Lee Dicken 2 F 0 1 3 0 Ht 1 Stonehewer, Dicken, Grahame, Keats, 67.2 3 3 Alan Grahame 1 3 2 3 1 10 1 Ht 2 Wilson, Palmer, Keats, Cartwright (fell), 69.0 6 6 Paul Bentley 3 2 3 3 3 14 0 Ht 3 Bentley, Aas, Lee, Compton, 68.5 10 8 Paul Lee 1 0 0 X 1 0 Ht 4 Thorp, Keats, Smith, Wilson, 69.0 13 11 Paul Thorp 3 3 2 0 8 0 Ht 5 Stonehewer, Bentley, Palmer, Lee, 67.8 15 15 Simon Cartwright F R 0 0 Ht 6 Grahame, Smith, Palmer, Dicken (fell), 69.1 18 18 John Wilson 3 0 1 0 1 1 6 1 Ht 7 Thorp, Aas, Compton, Cartwright (ret), 69.2 21 21 SHEFFIELD Ht 8 Keats, Grahame, Wilson, Aas, 69.1 24 24 Carl Stonehewer 3 3 3 3 2 14 0 Ht 9 Bentley, Smith, Palmer, Lee, 68.6 27 27 R/R Robert Larsen Ht 10 Grahame, Compton, Aas, Dicken, 69.2 30 30 Andre Compton 0 1 2 R 3 1 Ht 11 Stonehewer, Thorp, Keats, Wilson, 67.9 32 34 Rene Aas 2 2 0 1 3 8 1 Ht 12 Bentley, Palmer, Wilson, Compton (ret), 69.6 36 36 Scott Smith 1 2 2 2 0 7 2 Ht 13 Stonehewer, Smith, Dicken, Thorp (fell rem), 68.5 37 41 Tommy Palmer 2 1 1 1 2 7 2 Ht 14 Aas, Keats, Wilson, Lee (fell exc), 70.6 38 46 Derrol Keats 0 1 2 3 1 2 9 2 Ht 15 Bentley, Stonehewer, Grahame, Smith, 68.3 42 48 Thursday 8 October 1998 Sheffield 45 Hull 45 - Young Shield 1st Round 2nd Leg (Aggregate - Sheffield 93 Hull 87) SHEFFIELD S Hu Carl Stonehewer 3 2 3 3 2 13 0 Ht 1 Stonehewer, Grahame, Dicken, Keats, 62.5 3 3 R/R Robert Larsen Ht 2 Keats, Palmer, Wilson, Cartwright, 63.2 8 4 Andre Compton R 1 1 0 2 1 Ht 3 Bentley, Aas, Cartwright, Compton (ret), 62.8 10 8 Rene Aas 2 0 1 2 1 6 2 Ht 4 Thorp, Smith, Keats, Wilson, 62.0 13 11 Scott Smith 2 3 1 1 7 0 Ht 5 Grahame, Dicken, Compton, Aas, 61.8 14 16 Tommy Palmer 2 1 1 0 2 6 1 Ht 6 Thorp, Stonehewer, Aas, Cartwright, 60.9 17 19 Derrol Keats 0 3 1 3 2 2 0 11 2 Ht 7 Smith, Bentley, Palmer, Wilson, 61.4 21 21 HULL Ht 8 Keats, Grahame, Palmer, Cartwright, 62.3 25 23 Lee Dicken 1 2 2 0 5 3 Ht 9 Thorp, Aas, Compton, Wilson, 61.8 28 26 Alan Grahame 2 3 2 3 3 3 16 0 Ht 10 Stonehewer, Keats, Bentley, Cartwright, 62.7 33 27 Paul Bentley 3 2 1 3 9 0 Ht 11 Grahame, Dicken, Smith, Palmer, 62.5 34 32 R/R Paul Lee Ht 12 Bentley, Keats, Cartwright, Compton, 61.9 36 36 Paul Thorp 3 3 3 2 1 12 0 Ht 13 Stonehewer, Thorp, Smith, Dicken, 61.7 40 38 Simon Cartwright 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 Ht 14 Grahame, Palmer, Aas, Cartwright, 62.2 43 41 John Wilson 1 0 0 0 1 0 Ht 15 Grahame, Stonehewer, Thorp, Keats, 62.6 45 45 1998 - Team Records 1998 Premier League - Final Table Home Away P W D L F A W D L F A BP Pts 1 Peterborough 24 12 0 0 680 399 4 2 6 526 546 12 46 2 Reading 24 12 0 0 609 434 4 0 8 521 555 10 42 3 Exeter 24 12 0 0 675 404 3 1 8 459 619 7 38 4 HULL 24 12 0 0 618 459 3 0 9 480 578 6 36 5 Sheffield 24 10 0 2 620 459 3 0 9 468 605 7 33 6 Isle of Wight 24 9 1 2 601 475 2 1 9 494 580 8 32 7 Glasgow 24 11 0 1 598 471 2 0 10 487 593 6 32 8 Newport 24 8 2 2 594 475 3 1 8 473 606 7 32 9 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 26 11 Arena Essex 24 7 2 3 567 510 1 0 11 428.5 629.5 2 20 12 Berwick 24 5 1 6 534 544 2 0 10 448 629 2 17 13 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 Aug HEAVIEST DEFEAT - HOME- None Worst Result 45-43 v Reading 12 June AWAY - 33-56 at Edinburgh 25 Sept

LEAGUE DOUBLES WON - Berwick, Isle of Wight, Stoke. LOST - None.

BONUS POINTS WON - Arena-Essex, Berwick, Exeter, Isle of Wight, Newcastle, Stoke. LOST - Edinburgh, Glasgow, Newport, Peterborough, Reading, Sheffield. 1998 K.O.Cup (Premier League Cup) North - Final Table Home Away P W D L F A W D L F A BP Pts 1 Sheffield 10 5 0 0 251 199 1 1 3 207 243 3 16 2 Berwick 10 5 0 0 245 204 1 1 3 205 245 3 16 3 Glasgow 10 5 0 0 267 181 0 1 4 198 251 3 14 4 Edinburgh 10 5 0 0 263 187 0 0 5 186 263 3 13 5 Newcastle 10 3 2 0 238 211 0 0 5 201 249 2 10 6 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 Apr HEAVIEST DEFEAT - HOME- 42-48 v Sheffield 3 June AWAY - 30-58 at Glasgow 3 May

CUP DOUBLES WON - None. LOST - Berwick, Sheffield.

BONUS POINTS WON - Newcastle, LOST - Berwick, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Sheffield. (Hull also gained an aggregate victory over Stoke) 1998 Young Shield Round 1 - Hull 42 Sheffield 48. Sheffield 45 Hull 45. 1998 Premier League Four Team Championship 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. 1998 Premier League Pairs Championship 26 July GROUP B - Peterborough 19 Newcastle 16 NEWPORT 12 Hull 7. Hull Vikings Premier League 1998 - Averages

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

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