Participating teams
Locations of the 1997–98 Allied Dunbar Premiership Two teams
Team | Stadium | Capacity | City/Area |
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Bedford | Goldington Road | 7,000 | Bedford, Bedfordshire |
Blackheath | Rectory Field | 6,000 | Greenwich, London |
Coventry | Coundon Road | 9,000+ | Coventry, West Midlands |
Exeter | County Ground | 5,200 | Exeter, Devon |
Fylde | Woodlands Memorial Ground | 9,000 | Lytham St Annes, Lancashire |
London Scottish | Athletic Ground | 4,500 | Richmond, London |
Moseley | The Reddings | 10,000 (est) | Birmingham, West Midlands |
Orrell | Edge Hall Road | 5,500 | Orrell, Greater Manchester |
Rotherham | Clifton Lane | 2,500 | Rotherham, South Yorkshire |
Wakefield | College Grove | 3,000 | Wakefield, West Yorkshire |
Waterloo | St Anthony's Road | 9,000 | Blundellsands, Merseyside |
West Hartlepool | Victoria Park | 7,856 | Hartlepool, County Durham |
Final table
Source:
moseleyrugby.co.uk at the
Wayback Machine (archived 2016-03-08)
Rules for classification: Points are awarded as follows: two points for a win; one point for a draw; no points for a loss.
If teams are level at any stage, tiebreakers are applied in the following order: (1) difference between points for and against; (2) total number of points for.
There was no relegation this season.
(C) Champions
Notes:
Results
Round 1
London Scottish | 35 – 9 | Fylde |
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West Hartlepool | 19 – 21 | Waterloo |
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Round 2
London Scottish | 34 – 6 | Blackheath |
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- match postponed and rescheduled to 25 April 1998.
West Hartlepool | P – P | Bedford |
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- match postponed and rescheduled to 2 May 1998.
- match postponed and rescheduled to 18 April 1998.
Round 3
Blackheath | 29 – 27 | Wakefield |
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Moseley | 16 – 21 | West Hartlepool |
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Waterloo | 17 – 36 | London Scottish |
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Round 4
Bedford | 45 – 33 | London Scottish |
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Rotherham | 33 – 21 | West Hartlepool |
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Round 5
London Scottish | 20 – 19 | Orrell |
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Waterloo | 51 – 16 | Blackheath |
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West Hartlepool | 31 – 20 | Wakefield |
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Round 6
Blackheath | 28 – 27 | Coventry |
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Exeter | 19 – 20 | West Hartlepool |
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Rotherham | 24 – 3 | London Scottish |
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Round 7
Coventry | 18 – 12 | Rotherham |
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London Scottish | 30 – 13 | Wakefield |
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West Hartlepool | 32 – 21 | Blackheath |
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Round 8
Bedford | 22 – 9 | West Hartlepool |
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Exeter | 16 – 22 | London Scottish |
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Rotherham | 16 – 26 | Waterloo |
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Round 9
Coventry | 24 – 17 | Wakefield |
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London Scottish | 15 – 22 | Bedford |
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West Hartlepool | 22 – 21 | Rotherham |
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Round 10
Blackheath | 14 – 15 | Waterloo |
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Orrell | 13 – 27 | London Scottish |
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Wakefield | 12 – 28 | West Hartlepool |
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Round 11
Coventry | 24 – 22 | Blackheath |
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London Scottish | 35 – 29 | Rotherham |
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West Hartlepool | 34 – 14 | Exeter |
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Round 12
Blackheath | 25 – 22 | West Hartlepool |
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Wakefield | 15 – 10 | London Scottish |
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Round 13
- postponed, match rescheduled to 24 January 1998.
London Scottish | P – P | Exeter |
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- postponed, match rescheduled to 24 January 1998.
- postponed, match rescheduled to 18 April 1998.
Waterloo | P – P | West Hartlepool |
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- postponed, match rescheduled to 11 April 1998.
Rescheduled match
Waterloo | 26 – 32 | Rotherham |
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Round 14
Blackheath | 34 – 25 | London Scottish |
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Orrell | 30 – 35 | West Hartlepool |
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Wakefield | 23 – 20 | Waterloo |
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Round 13 (rescheduled matches)
London Scottish | 22 – 10 | Exeter |
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Round 15
Coventry | 21 – 16 | West Hartlepool |
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Moseley | 18 – 29 | London Scottish |
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Rotherham | 41 – 9 | Wakefield |
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Round 16
Blackheath | 18 – 31 | Rotherham |
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London Scottish | 18 – 18 | Coventry |
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West Hartlepool | 66 – 12 | Fylde |
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Rescheduled match
West Hartlepool | 20 – 11 | Orrell |
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Rescheduled matches
Moseley | 29 – 16 | Blackheath |
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Round 17
Blackheath | 13 – 37 | Bedford |
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- postponed, match rescheduled to 4 April 1998.
London Scottish | 31 – 17 | West Hartlepool |
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Round 18
Coventry | 37 – 10 | London Scottish |
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Fylde | 8 – 34 | West Hartlepool |
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Rotherham | 40 – 10 | Blackheath |
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Round 19
London Scottish | 24 – 18 | Moseley |
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Wakefield | 15 – 14 | Rotherham |
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West Hartlepool | 42 – 31 | Coventry |
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Round 17 (rescheduled match)
Round 20 (including postponed match from round 13)
Fylde | 7 – 22 | London Scottish |
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- postponed, match rescheduled to 22 April 1998.
Waterloo | 6 – 51 | West Hartlepool |
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- match rescheduled from round 13.
Round 21 (including postponed matches from rounds 2 & 13)
London Scottish | 26 – 6 | Waterloo |
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- match rescheduled from round 2.
Wakefield | 21 – 24 | Blackheath |
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- match rescheduled from round 13.
West Hartlepool | 18 – 18 | Moseley |
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Round 20 (rescheduled match)
Round 22
Bedford | 72 – 31 | Blackheath |
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West Hartlepool | 11 – 10 | London Scottish |
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Round 2 (rescheduled match)
West Hartlepool | 48 – 29 | Bedford |
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Individual statistics
- Note that points scorers includes tries as well as conversions, penalties and drop goals.
Season records
See also
References