1989 World Club Challenge
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| Date | 4 October 1989 | ||||||||||||
| Stadium | Old Trafford | ||||||||||||
| Location | Manchester, England | ||||||||||||
| Man of the Match | David Hulme File:Widnes colours.svg | ||||||||||||
| Referee | Francois Desplas  |
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| Attendance | 30,786 | ||||||||||||
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| Broadcasters | BBC  Network Ten  |
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| Commentators | Ray French, Alex Murphy | ||||||||||||
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The 1989 World Club Challenge (also known as the Foster's World Club Challenge due to sponsorship by brewers, Foster's) was the third ever and first official World Club Challenge match. 1989's NSWRL season premiers, the Canberra Raiders travelled to England to play 1988–89 RFL champions, Widnes.
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Wednesday, 4 October
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| Widnes File:Widnes colours.svg | 30 – 18 |  Canberra |
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| Tries: Martin Offiah (2) Jonathan Davies Richard Eyres David Hulme Darren Wright Goals: Jonathan Davies (3) |
[1] | Tries: Mal Meninga Chris O'Sullivan Steve Walters Goals: Matthew Wood (2) Chris O'Sullivan (1) |
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Old Trafford, Manchester
Attendance: 30,786 Referee/s: Francois Desplas Man of the Match: David Hulme File:Widnes colours.svg |
The match was played on Wednesday, 4 October at Old Trafford, Manchester. A crowd of 30,786[1] saw the Raiders go down 18-30 after a spirited comeback from Widnes after a 12-0 deficit only eleven minutes into the match.[2] David Hulme was named man-of-the-match.
References
- ↑ http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P1-40337011.html
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