The 2001–02 National Division Three North was the third season (fifteenth overall) of the fourth division (north) of the English domestic rugby union competition using the name National Division Three North. New teams to the division included West Hartlepool who were relegated from the 2000–01 National Division Two while promoted teams included Scunthorpe who were champions of Midlands Division 1 while Darlington Mowden Park (champions) and Blaydon (playoffs) came up from North Division 1.[1][2][3] The league system was 2 points for a win and 1 point for a draw with the promotion system changing for this season with a playoff system being introduced. The champions of both National Division Three North and National Division Three South would automatically go up but the runners up of these two divisions would meet each other in a one off match (at the home ground of the side with the superior league record) to see who would claim the third and final promotion place to National Division Two for the following season.
After the havoc caused by the previous seasons foot-and-mouth crisis, this year's competition was much more straightforward with all fixtures being fulfilled. Doncaster were easily the top side in the competition, strolling to the league title with almost a perfect record (they lost just the one game) and gaining promotion to the 2002–03 National Division Two.[4] As league runners up, Dudley Kingswinford had a tough playoff game away against 2001–02 National Division Three South runners up Launceston who were ultimately too strong for the Midlands side who lost 26 - 0 and had to spend another season in National Division Three North.[5] Unlike 2000-01 the relegation process was much more straightforward expect that four teams would go down instead of the usual two. West Hartlepool were the first team to be relegated, suffering their fourth relegation in a row (the north-west club were actually a Premiership team at the start of this slide), followed swiftly by Sandal as easily the two worst sides in the league. Morley and Whitchurch were the other teams to be relegated, being much more competitive but not having quite enough to stay safe.[4] West Hartlepool, Sandal and Morley dropped to North Division 1 while Whitchurch went into Midlands Division 1.[6][7]
Participating teams and locations
Locations of the 2001-02 National Division Three North teams
Team |
Stadium |
Capacity |
City/Area |
Bedford Athletic |
Putnoe Woods |
500 |
Bedford, Bedfordshire |
Blaydon |
Crow Trees |
|
Swalwell, Tyne and Wear |
Darlington Mowden Park |
Yiewsley Drive |
|
Darlington, County Durham |
Doncaster |
Castle Park |
3,075 |
Doncaster, South Yorkshire |
Dudley Kingswinford |
Heathbrook |
|
Kingswinford, Dudley, West Midlands |
Liverpool St Helens |
Moss Lane |
|
St Helens, Merseyside |
Morley |
Scatcherd Lane |
|
Morley, Leeds, West Yorkshire |
New Brighton |
Hartsfield |
2,000 |
Wirral, Merseyside |
Nuneaton |
Liberty Way |
4,314 (514 seats) |
Nuneaton, Warwickshire |
Sandal |
Milnthorpe Green |
|
Sandal Magna, Wakefield, West Yorkshire |
Scunthorpe |
Heslam Park |
|
Scunthorpe, Lincolnshire |
Tynedale |
Tynedale Park |
400 seats |
Corbridge, Northumberland |
West Hartlepool |
Brinkburn |
|
Hartlepool, County Durham |
Whitchurch |
Edgeley Park |
|
Whitchurch, Shropshire |
Final league table
Results
Round 1
Bedford Athletic |
16 - 63 |
Dudley Kingswinford |
|
Report |
|
Liverpool St Helens |
23 - 12 |
Whitchurch |
|
Report |
|
Scatcherd Lane
Attendance: 400
Referee: Chris Sharp |
Nuneaton |
36 - 17 |
West Hartlepool |
|
Report |
|
Sandal |
28 - 71 |
Doncaster |
|
Report |
|
Scunthorpe |
32 - 36 |
New Brighton |
|
Report |
|
Heslam Park
Referee: Mike Hamlin |
Tynedale |
3 - 15 |
Darlington Mowden Park |
|
Report |
|
Tynedale Park
Referee: David Helme |
[8]
Round 2
Blaydon |
22 - 42 |
Liverpool St Helens |
|
Report |
|
Crow Trees
Attendance: 280
Referee: S Makinson |
Darlington Mowden Park |
41 - 0 |
Sandal |
|
Report |
|
Yiewsley Drive
Attendance: 300 |
Doncaster |
49 - 13 |
Nuneaton |
|
Report |
|
Castle Park
Referee: Rob Sawyer |
Dudley Kingswinford |
21 - 21 |
New Bright |
|
Report |
|
Heathbrook
Attendance: 450
Referee: Chris Sharp |
Tynedale |
43 - 16 |
Scunthorpe |
|
Report |
|
West Hartlepool |
15 - 50 |
Morley |
|
Report |
|
Whitchurch |
31 - 15 |
Bedford Athletic |
|
Report |
|
Edgeley Park
Attendance: 350 |
[9]
Round 3
Bedford Athletic |
19 - 30 |
Blaydon |
|
Report |
|
Putnoe Woods
Attendance: 150
Referee: Rowan Kitt |
Liverpool St Helens |
45 - 17 |
West Hartlepool |
|
Report |
|
Moss Lane
Attendance: 150
Referee: Alan Hughes |
Morley |
15 - 41 |
Doncaster |
|
Report |
|
Scatcherd Lane
Referee: S Makinson |
New Brighton |
28 - 35 |
Whitchurch |
|
Report |
|
Nuneaton |
12 - 32 |
Darlington Mowden Park |
|
Report |
|
Sandal |
17 - 10 |
Tynedale |
|
Report |
|
Scunthorpe |
23 - 43 |
Dudley Kingswinford |
|
Report |
|
Heslam Park
Attendance: 250 |
[10]
Round 4
Blaydon |
18 - 11 |
New Brighton |
|
Report |
|
Darlington Mowden Park |
19 - 12 |
Morley |
|
Report |
|
Yiewsley Drive
Attendance: 400 |
Doncaster |
49 - 22 |
Liverpool St Helens |
|
Report |
|
Sandal |
8 - 27 |
Scunthorpe |
|
Report |
|
Milnthorpe Green
Attendance: 150
Referee: Alan Hughes |
Tynedale |
26 - 20 |
Nuneaton |
|
Report |
|
Tynedale Park
Attendance: 200
Referee: S Makinson |
West Hartlepool |
18 - 16 |
Bedford Athletic |
|
Report |
|
Brinkburn
Referee: Chris Sharp |
Whitchurch |
24 - 53 |
Dudley Kingswinford |
|
Report |
|
Edgeley Park
Attendance: 300
Referee: Rob Sawyer |
[11]
Round 5
Bedford Athletic |
12 - 20 |
Doncaster |
|
Report |
|
Putnoe Woods
Referee: Paul Dickens |
Dudley Kingswinford |
27 - 13 |
Blaydon |
|
Report |
|
Liverpool St Helens |
30 - 10 |
Darlington Mowden Park |
|
Report |
|
Morley |
25 - 23 |
Tynedale |
|
Report |
|
Scatcherd Lane
Referee: Rob Sawyer |
New Brighton |
69 - 5 |
West Hartlepool |
|
Report |
|
Nuneaton |
51 - 27 |
Sandal |
|
Report |
|
Scunthorpe |
19 - 35 |
Whitchurch |
|
Report |
|
Heslam Park
Attendance: 250
Referee: Tim Wigglesworth |
[12]
Round 6
Blaydon |
42 - 12 |
Whitchurch |
|
Report |
|
Darlington Mowden Park |
29 - 20 |
Bedford Athletic |
|
Report |
|
Yiewsley Drive
Referee: Chris Sharp |
Doncaster |
51 - 10 |
New Brighton |
|
Report |
|
Nuneaton |
26 - 23 |
Scunthorpe |
|
Report |
|
Milnthorpe Green
Attendance: 200 |
Tynedale |
18 - 22 |
Liverpool St Helens |
|
Report |
|
West Hartlepool |
10 - 42 |
Dudley Kingswinford |
|
Report |
|
Brinkburn
Referee: S Makinson |
[13]
Round 7
Bedford Athletic |
26 - 10 |
Tynedale |
|
Report |
|
Putnoe Woods
Attendance: 200
Referee: Paul Dix |
Dudley Kingswinford |
16 - 0 |
Doncaster |
|
Report |
|
Heathbrook
Attendance: 750
Referee: Andrew Canning |
Liverpool St Helens |
55 - 0 |
Sandal |
|
Report |
|
Moss Lane
Referee: Rob Sawyer |
Scunthorpe |
21 - 16 |
Blaydon |
|
Report |
|
Heslam Park
Attendance: 250
Referee: D Edmunds |
Whitchurch |
22 - 5 |
West Hartlepool |
|
Report |
|
Edgeley Park
Attendance: 350
Referee: David Helme |
- Postponed. Game rescheduled to 29 December 2001.
New Brighton |
P - P |
Darlington Mowden Park |
|
|
|
- Postponed. Game rescheduled to 29 December 2001.
[14]
Round 8
Blaydon |
44 - 27 |
West Hartlepool |
|
Report |
|
Darlington Mowden Park |
31 - 43 |
Dudley Kingswinford |
|
Report |
|
Doncaster |
74 - 7 |
Whitchurch |
|
Report |
|
Morley |
11 - 16 |
Scunthorpe |
|
Report |
|
Nuneaton |
34 - 37 |
Liverpool St Helens |
|
Report |
|
Sandal |
13 - 13 |
Bedford Athletic |
|
Report |
|
Milnthorpe Green
Referee: Chris Sharp |
Tynedale |
18 - 6 |
New Brighton |
|
Report |
|
[15]
Round 9
Bedford Athletic |
25 - 14 |
Nuneaton |
|
Report |
|
Blaydon |
10 - 29 |
Doncaster |
|
Report |
|
Crow Trees
Attendance: 300
Referee: David Helme |
Dudley Kingswinford |
38 - 15 |
Tynedale |
|
Report |
|
Liverpool St Helens |
26 - 23 |
Morley |
|
Report |
|
New Brighton |
55 - 10 |
Sandal |
|
Report |
|
Scunthorpe |
45 - 28 |
West Hartlepool |
|
Report |
|
Whitchurch |
6 - 33 |
Darlington Mowden Park |
|
Report |
|
Edgeley Park
Referee: Rob Sawyer |
[16]
Round 10
Darlington Mowden Park |
18 - 12 |
Blaydon |
|
Report |
|
Yiewsley Drive
Referee: Chris Seeley |
Doncaster |
95 - 13 |
West Hartlepool |
|
Report |
|
Castle Park
Referee: Chris Sharp |
Liverpool St Helens |
28 - 34 |
Scunthorpe |
|
Report |
|
Moss Lane
Attendance: 200
Referee: S Makinson |
Morley |
31 - 15 |
Bedford Athletic |
|
Report |
|
Scatcherd Lane
Referee: Andrew Vertigan |
Nuneaton |
3 - 23 |
New Brighton |
|
Report |
|
Liberty Way
Attendance: 150
Referee: Paul Dickens |
Sandal |
0 - 71 |
Dudley Kingswinford |
|
Report |
|
Milnthorpe Green
Attendance: 100
Referee: Stuart Piercy |
Tynedale |
18 - 6 |
Whitchurch |
|
Report |
|
[17]
Round 11
Darlington Mowden Park |
26 - 25 |
Tynedale |
|
Report |
|
Doncaster |
70 - 7 |
Sandal |
|
Report |
|
Dudley Kingswinford |
39 - 17 |
Bedford Athletic |
|
Report |
|
Heathbrook
Attendance: 600
Referee: Nick Williams |
New Brighton |
21 - 49 |
Scunthorpe |
|
Report |
|
Hartsfield
Referee: Rob Sawyer |
West Hartlepool |
12 - 37 |
Nuneaton |
|
Report |
|
Whitchurch |
29 - 43 |
Liverpool St Helens |
|
Report |
|
Edgeley Park
Referee: Guy Steel Bodger |
[18]
Round 12
Bedford Athletic |
41 - 38 |
Scunthorpe |
|
Report |
|
Darlington Mowden Park |
7 - 21 |
Doncaster |
|
Report |
|
Yiewsley Drive
Referee: David Matthews |
Liverpool St Helens |
18 - 16 |
New Brighton |
|
Report |
|
Morley |
8 - 24 |
Dudley Kingswinford |
|
Report |
|
Nuneaton |
37 - 12 |
Whitchurch |
|
Report |
|
Milnthorpe Green
Attendance: 180
Referee: Andrew Canning |
Tynedale |
42 - 27 |
West Hartlepool |
|
Report |
|
Round 13
Blaydon |
3 - 10 |
Nuneaton |
|
Report |
|
Crow Trees
Attendance: 150
Referee: David Helme |
Doncaster |
40 - 13 |
Tynedale |
|
Report |
|
Castle Park
Referee: Rob Sawyer |
Dudley Kingswinford |
46 - 7 |
Liverpool St Helens |
|
Report |
|
Heathbrook
Attendance: 600
Referee: Chris Seeley |
New Brighton |
37 - 17 |
Bedford Athletic |
|
Report |
|
Hartsfield
Referee: Chris Sharp |
Scunthorpe |
48 - 19 |
Darlington Mowden Park |
|
Report |
|
Heslam Park
Attendance: 250
Referee: Mike Hamlin |
West Hartlepool |
21 - 28 |
Sandal |
|
Report |
|
Whitchurch |
13 - 7 |
Morley |
|
Report |
|
Edgeley Park
Attendance: 375 |
[19]
Round 14
Doncaster |
20 - 13 |
Scunthorpe |
|
Report |
|
Castle Park
Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Stuart Piercy |
Darlington Mowden Park |
P - P |
West Hartlepool |
|
|
|
- Postponed. Game rescheduled to 16 February 2002.
Liverpool St Helens |
P - P |
Bedford Athletic |
|
|
|
- Postponed. Game rescheduled to 29 December 2001.
Morley |
P - P |
New Brighton |
|
|
|
- Postponed. Game rescheduled to 16 February 2002.
Nuneaton |
P - P |
Dudley Kingswinford |
|
|
|
- Postponed. Game rescheduled to 16 February 2002.
- Postponed. Game rescheduled to 16 February 2002.
- Postponed. Game rescheduled to 29 December 2001.
[20]
Rounds 7 & 14 (rescheduled games)
New Brighton |
21 - 20 |
Darlington Mowden Park |
|
Report |
|
- Game rescheduled from 3 November 2001.
Liverpool St Helens |
P - P |
Bedford Athletic |
|
|
|
- Game initially rescheduled from 29 December 2001 but postponed again until 16 February 2002.
- Game initially rescheduled from 3 November 2001 but postponed again until 2 March 2002.
- Game initially rescheduled from 29 December 2001 but postponed again until 16 February 2002.
[21]
Round 15
Bedford Athletic |
P - P |
Morley |
|
|
|
- Postponed. Game rescheduled to 23 March 2002.
Blaydon |
P - P |
Darlington Mowden Park |
|
|
|
- Postponed. Game rescheduled to 2 March 2002.
Dudley Kingswinford |
P - P |
Sandal |
|
|
|
- Postponed. Game rescheduled to 2 March 2002.
New Brighton |
P - P |
Nuneaton |
|
|
|
- Postponed. Game rescheduled to 23 March 2002.
Scunthorpe |
P - P |
Liverpool St Helens |
|
|
|
- Postponed. Game rescheduled to 23 March 2002.
West Hartlepool |
P - P |
Doncaster |
|
|
|
- Postponed. Game rescheduled to 23 March 2002.
Whitchurch |
P - P |
Tynedale |
|
|
|
- Postponed. Game rescheduled to 2 March 2002.
[22]
Round 16
Darlington Mowden Park |
58 - 5 |
Whitchurch |
|
Report |
|
Doncaster |
23 - 15 |
Blaydon |
|
Report |
|
Morley |
15 - 55 |
Liverpool St Helens |
|
Report |
|
Nuneaton |
23 - 17 |
Bedford Athletic |
|
Report |
|
Sandal |
11 - 40 |
New Brighton |
|
Report |
|
Milnthorpe Green
Attendance: 150 |
West Hartlepool |
22 - 35 |
Scunthorpe |
|
Report |
|
Tynedale |
P - P |
Dudley Kingswinford |
|
|
|
- Postponed. Game rescheduled to 23 March 2002.
[23]
Round 17
Bedford Athletic |
53 - 0 |
Sandal |
|
Report |
|
Putnoe Woods
Attendance: 150 |
Dudley Kingswinford |
17 - 17 |
Darlington Mowden Park |
|
Report |
|
Heathbrook
Attendance: 550
Referee: David Matthews |
Liverpool St Helens |
29 - 26 |
Nuneaton |
|
Report |
|
Moss Lane
Referee: Nick Williams |
New Brighton |
35 - 5 |
Tynedale |
|
Report |
|
Scunthorpe |
26 - 36 |
Morley |
|
Report |
|
Heslam Park
Attendance: 450
Referee: Chris Sharp |
West Hartlepool |
9 - 29 |
Blaydon |
|
Report |
|
Brinkburn
Attendance: 150
Referee: David Helme |
Whitchurch |
0 - 13 |
Doncaster |
|
Report |
|
[24]
Round 18
Blaydon |
25 - 15 |
Scunthorpe |
|
Report |
|
Darlington Mowden Park |
19 - 39 |
New Brighton |
|
Report |
|
Doncaster |
20 - 8 |
Dudley Kingswinford |
|
Report |
|
Castle Park
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Mike Hamlin |
Tynedale |
20 - 18 |
Bedford Athletic |
|
Report |
|
Tynedale Park
Attendance: 150
Referee: David Helme |
West Hartlepool |
14 - 12 |
Whitchurch |
|
Report |
|
- Postponed. Game rescheduled to 20 April 2002.
Sandal |
P - P |
Liverpool St Helens |
|
|
|
- Postponed. Game rescheduled to 20 April 2002.
[25]
Round 19
Bedford Athletic |
27 - 5 |
Darlington Mowden Park |
|
Report |
|
Putnoe Woods
Attendance: 150
Referee: Andrew Canning |
Dudley Kingswinford |
46 - 5 |
West Hartlepool |
|
Report |
|
Heathbrook
Attendance: 350
Referee: Paul Dickens |
Liverpool St Helens |
35 - 7 |
Tynedale |
|
Report |
|
Scatcherd Lane
Referee: David Helme |
New Brighton |
19 - 20 |
Doncaster |
|
Report |
|
Hartsfield
Referee: Chris Seeley |
Scunthorpe |
5 - 35 |
Nuneaton |
|
Report |
|
Heslam Park
Attendance: 250
Referee: D Edmunds |
Whitchurch |
18 - 16 |
Blaydon |
|
Report |
|
[26]
Round 20
Blaydon |
50 - 21 |
Dudley Kingswinford |
|
Report |
|
Darlington Mowden Park |
24 - 31 |
Liverpool St Helens |
|
Report |
|
Doncaster |
23 - 10 |
Bedford Athletic |
|
Report |
|
Sandal |
18 - 25 |
Nuneaton |
|
Report |
|
Milnthorpe Green
Attendance: 150 |
Tynedale |
16 - 11 |
Morley |
|
Report |
|
West Hartlepool |
19 - 41 |
New Brighton |
|
Report |
|
Whitchurch |
34 - 12 |
Scunthorpe |
|
Report |
|
Rounds 7 & 14 (rescheduled games)
Darlington Mowden Park |
25 - 24 |
West Hartlepool |
|
Report |
|
- Game rescheduled from 22 December 2001.
Liverpool St Helens |
34 - 10 |
Bedford Athletic |
|
Report |
|
Moss Lane
Attendance: 200
Referee: Rob Sawyer |
- Game rescheduled firstly from 22 December 2001 and then from 29 December 2001.
Morley |
16 - 27 |
New Brighton |
|
Report |
|
- Game rescheduled from 22 December 2001.
Nuneaton |
13 - 24 |
Dudley Kingswinford |
|
Report |
|
Liberty Way
Referee: Chris Sharp |
- Game rescheduled from 22 December 2001.
Sandal |
23 - 29 |
Whitchurch |
|
Report |
|
Milnthorpe Green
Attendance: 100 |
- Game rescheduled from 22 December 2001.
Tynedale |
19 - 10 |
Blaydon |
|
Report |
|
Tynedale Park
Attendance: 400 |
- Game initially rescheduled from 3 November 2001 & then 29 December 2001.
[27]
Round 21
Bedford Athletic |
62 - 20 |
West Hartlepool |
|
Report |
|
Putnoe Woods
Attendance: 150
Referee: Guy Steel Bodger |
Dudley Kingswinford |
22 - 19 |
Whitchurch |
|
Report |
|
Heathbrook
Attendance: 475 |
Morley |
16 - 17 |
Darlington Mowden Park |
|
Report |
|
New Brighton |
23 - 21 |
Blaydon |
|
Report |
|
Scunthorpe |
20 - 22 |
Sandal |
|
Report |
|
Liverpool St Helens |
P - P |
Doncaster |
|
|
|
- Postponed. Game rescheduled to 27 April 2002.
- Postponed. Game rescheduled to 27 April 2002.
[28]
Rounds 14, 15 & 22 (rescheduled games)
Blaydon |
29 - 23 |
Darlington Mowden Park |
|
Report |
|
- Game rescheduled from 5 January 2002.
Dudley Kingswinford |
17 - 3 |
Sandal |
|
Report |
|
Heathbrook
Attendance: 300
Referee: Rob Sawyer |
- Game rescheduled from 5 January 2002.
Scatcherd Lane
Referee: Andrew Canning |
- Game rescheduled from 29 December 2002.
West Hartlepool |
11 - 32 |
Liverpool St Helens |
|
Report |
|
- Game brought forward from 9 March 2002.
Whitchurch |
13 - 36 |
Tynedale |
|
Report |
|
- Game rescheduled from 5 January 2002.
[29]
Round 22
Blaydon |
35 - 9 |
Bedford Athletic |
|
Report |
|
Crow Trees
Attendance: 250 |
Darlington Mowden Park |
17 - 9 |
Nuneaton |
|
Report |
|
Doncaster |
27 - 13 |
Morley |
|
Report |
|
Dudley Kingswinford |
43 - 5 |
Scunthorpe |
|
Report |
|
Heathbrook
Attendance: 420 |
Tynedale |
37 - 14 |
Sandal |
|
Report |
|
Whitchurch |
22 - 27 |
New Brighton |
|
Report |
|
West Hartlepool |
P - P |
Liverpool St Helens |
|
|
|
- Game brought forward to 2 March 2002.
Round 23
Bedford Athletic |
18 - 30 |
Whitchurch |
|
Report |
|
Putnoe Woods
Attendance: 125
Referee: Wayne Poulter |
Liverpool St Helens |
23 - 3 |
Blaydon |
|
Report |
|
Moss Lane
Attendance: 250
Referee: A Malpass |
Morley |
48 - 12 |
West Hartlepool |
|
Report |
|
Scatcherd Lane
Referee: S Makinson |
New Brighton |
22 - 22 |
Dudley Kingswinford |
|
Report |
|
Hartsfield
Attendance: 450
Referee: Alan Biggs |
Nuneaton |
32 - 51 |
Doncaster |
|
Report |
|
Liberty Way
Referee: Chris Sharp |
Sandal |
19 - 36 |
Darlington Mowden Park |
|
Report |
|
Scunthorpe |
19 - 16 |
Tynedale |
|
Report |
|
Heslam Park
Attendance: 300
Referee: Andrew Canning |
[30]
Rounds 15 & 16 (rescheduled games)
Bedford Athletic |
23 - 17 |
Morley |
|
Report |
|
Putnoe Woods
Attendance: 150
Referee: Nick Cousins |
- Game rescheduled from 5 January 2002.
New Brighton |
20 - 19 |
Nuneaton |
|
Report |
|
- Game rescheduled from 5 January 2002.
Scunthorpe |
30 - 16 |
Liverpool St Helens |
|
Report |
|
Heslam Park
Referee: Greg Garner |
- Game rescheduled from 5 January 2002.
Tynedale |
19 - 13 |
Dudley Kingswinford |
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Tynedale Park
Attendance: 200
Referee: David Helme |
- Game rescheduled from 12 January 2002.
West Hartlepool |
6 - 43 |
Doncaster |
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Report |
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- Game rescheduled from 5 January 2002.
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Round 24
Bedford Athletic |
42 - 20 |
Liverpool St Helens |
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Report |
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Putnoe Woods
Referee: Craig Pocock |
Blaydon |
21 - 31 |
Tynedale |
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Report |
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Dudley Kingswinford |
34 - 19 |
Nuneaton |
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Report |
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Heathbrook
Attendance: 550
Referee: Nick Williams |
New Brighton |
40 - 19 |
Morley |
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Report |
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Scunthorpe |
33 - 72 |
Doncaster |
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Report |
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Heslam Park
Referee: Graham Hughes |
West Hartlepool |
15 - 27 |
Darlington Mowden Park |
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Whitchurch |
56 - 16 |
Sandal |
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Edgeley Park
Attendance: 275
Referee: Greg Garner |
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Round 25
Bedford Athletic |
28 - 7 |
New Brighton |
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Report |
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Putnoe Woods
Attendance: 150
Referee: Steve Harland |
Darlington Mowden Park |
12 - 17 |
Scunthorpe |
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Report |
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Liverpool St Helens |
10 - 12 |
Dudley Kingswinford |
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Report |
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Moss Lane
Referee: Tim Wigglesworth |
Morley |
19 - 19 |
Whitchurch |
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Report |
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Scatcherd Lane
Referee: Brendan Fitzmaurice |
Nuneaton |
15 - 18 |
Blaydon |
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Report |
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Liberty Way
Referee: Andrew Vertigan |
Sandal |
17 - 31 |
West Hartlepool |
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Report |
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Milnthorpe Green
Referee: Rob Sawyer |
Tynedale |
15 - 33 |
Doncaster |
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Report |
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Tynedale Park
Attendance: 350
Referee: Alan Hughes |
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Round 26
Crow Trees
Referee: Andrew Gardner |
Doncaster |
86 - 3 |
Darlington Mowden Park |
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Report |
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Castle Park
Referee: Chris Seeley |
Dudley Kingswinford |
32 - 30 |
Morley |
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Report |
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Heathbrook
Attendance: 475
Referee: Alan Biggs |
New Brighton |
54 - 8 |
Liverpool St Helens |
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Report |
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Hartsfield
Referee: Chris Sharp |
Scunthorpe |
17 - 30 |
Bedford Athletic |
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Report |
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Heslam Park
Attendance: 400
Referee: John Dunham |
Whitchurch |
23 - 30 |
Nuneaton |
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Report |
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Edgeley Park
Referee: Mick Reid |
West Hartlepool |
9 - 30 |
Tynedale |
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Report |
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Brinkburn
Referee: Marcelo Pilara |
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Round 18 (rescheduled games)
Nuneaton |
28 - 19 |
Morley |
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Report |
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- Game rescheduled from 26 January 2002.
Sandal |
7 - 34 |
Liverpool St Helens |
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Report |
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Milnthorpe Green
Attendance: 150
Referee: S Makinson |
- Game rescheduled from 26 January 2002.
Round 21 (rescheduled games)
Liverpool St Helens |
17 - 33 |
Doncaster |
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Report |
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- Game rescheduled from 23 February 2002.
Nuneaton |
13 - 15 |
Tynedale |
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Report |
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Liberty Way
Attendance: 120
Referee: Mark Rose |
- Game rescheduled from 23 February 2002.
Promotion play-off
The league runners up of National Division Three South and North would meet in a playoff game for promotion to National Division Two. Launceston were runners-up in the south and because they had a better league record than north runners-up, Dudley Kingswinford, they hosted the play-off match.
Launceston |
26 - 0 |
Dudley Kingswinford |
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Polson Bridge
Attendance: 2,500
Referee: Alan Biggs |
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Total season attendances
Club |
Home
Games |
Total |
Average |
Highest |
Lowest |
% Capacity |
Bedford Athletic |
8[a 2] |
1,225 |
153 |
200 |
125 |
31% |
Blaydon |
4[a 3] |
980 |
245 |
300 |
150 |
N/A |
Darlington Mowden Park |
2[a 4] |
700 |
350 |
400 |
300 |
N/A |
Doncaster |
2[a 5] |
3,000 |
1,500 |
2,000 |
1,000 |
49% |
Dudley Kingswinford |
11[a 6] |
5,520 |
502 |
750 |
300 |
N/A |
Liverpool St Helens |
4[a 7] |
800 |
200 |
250 |
150 |
N/A |
Morley |
1[a 8] |
400 |
400 |
400 |
400 |
N/A |
New Brighton |
1[a 9] |
450 |
450 |
450 |
450 |
23% |
Nuneaton |
2[a 10] |
270 |
135 |
150 |
120 |
3% |
Sandal |
8[a 11] |
1,180 |
148 |
200 |
100 |
N/A |
Scunthorpe |
8[a 12] |
2,400 |
300 |
450 |
250 |
N/A |
Tynedale |
5[a 13] |
1,300 |
260 |
400 |
150 |
N/A |
West Hartlepool |
1[a 14] |
150 |
150 |
150 |
150 |
N/A |
Whitchurch |
5[a 15] |
1,650 |
330 |
375 |
275 |
N/A |
- ↑ Note that due to extremely poor record by media and other sources 120 home attendances are missing (see below) so the total attendance will not be 100% accurate. The average attendance has also been taken into account with the missing games not included.
- ↑ Missing home attendances v Dudley Kingswinford on 1 September 2001, Doncaster on 20 October 2001, Nuneaton on 17 November 2001, Scunthorpe on 8 December 2001 and Liverpool St Helens on 30 March 2002.
- ↑ Missing home attendances v New Brighton on 6 October 2001, Whitchurch on 27 October 2001, West Hartlepool on 10 November 2001, Morley on 1 December 2001, Scunthorpe on 26 January 2002, Dudley Kingswinford on 9 February 2002, Darlington Mowden Park on 2 March 2002, Tynedale on 30 March 2002 and Sandal on 13 April 2002.
- ↑ Missing home attendances v Bedford Athletic on 27 October 2001, Dudley Kingswinford on 10 November 2001, Blaydon on 24 November 2001, Tynedale on 1 December 2001, Doncaster on 8 December 2001, Whitchurch on 12 January 2002, New Brighton on 26 January 2002, Liverpool St Helens on 9 February 2002, West Hartlepool on 16 February 2002, Nuneaton on 9 March 2002 and Scunthorpe on 6 April 2002.
- ↑ Missing home attendances v Nuneaton on 8 September 2001, Liverpool St Helens on 6 October 2001, New Brighton on 27 October 2001, Whitchurch on 10 November 2001, West Hartlepool on 24 November 2001, Sandal on 1 December 2001, Tynedale on 15 December 2001, Blaydon on 12 January 2002, Bedford Athletic on 9 February 2002, Morley on 9 March 2002 and Darlington Mowden Park on 13 April 2002.
- ↑ Missing home attendances v Blaydon on 20 October 2001 and Tynedale on 17 November 2001.
- ↑ Missing home attendances v Whitchurch on 1 September 2001, Darlington Mowden Park on 20 October 2001, Sandal on 3 November 2001, Morley on 17 November 2001, New Brighton on 8 December 2001, Nuneaton on 19 January 2002, Tynedale on 2 February 2002, Dudley Kingswinford on 6 April 2002 and Doncaster on 27 April 2002.
- ↑ Missing home attendances v Doncaster on 22 September 2001, Tynedale on 20 October 2001, Scunthorpe on 10 November 2001, Bedford Athletic on 24 November 2001, Dudley Kingswinford on 8 December 2001, Liverpool St Helens on 12 January 2002, Sandal on 2 February 2002, New Brighton on 16 February 2002, Darlington Mowden Park on 23 February 2002, Nuneaton on 2 March 2002, West Hartlepool on 16 March 2002 and Whitchurch on 6 April 2002.
- ↑ Missing home attendances v Whitchurch on 22 September 2001, West Hartlepool on 20 October 2001, Sandal on 17 November 2001, Scunthorpe on 1 December 2001, Bedford Athletic on 15 December 2001, Darlington Mowden Park on 29 December 2001, Tynedale on 19 January 2002, Doncaster on 2 February 2002, Blaydon on 23 February 2002, Nuneaton on 23 March 2002, Morley on 30 March 2002 and Liverpool St Helens on 13 April 2002.
- ↑ Missing home attendances v West Hartlepool on 1 September 2001, Darlington Mowden Park on 22 September 2001, Sandal on 20 October 2001, Scunthorpe on 27 October 2001, Liverpool St Helens on 10 November 2001, Whitchurch on 8 December 2001, Bedford Athletic on 12 January 2002, Dudley Kingswinford on 16 February 2002, Doncaster on 16 March 2002, Blaydon on 6 April 2002 and Morley on 20 April 2002.
- ↑ Missing home attendances v Doncaster on 1 September 2001, Tynedale on 22 September 2001, Bedford Athletic on 10 November 2001, Darlington Mowden Park on 16 March 2002 and West Hartlepool on 6 April 2002.
- ↑ Missing home attendances v New Brighton on 1 September 2001, West Hartlepool on 17 November 2001, Sandal on 23 February 2002, Liverpool St Helens on 23 March 2002 and Doncaster on 30 March 2002.
- ↑ Missing home attendances v New Brighton on 1 September 2001, Scunthorpe on 8 September 2001, Liverpool St Helens on 27 October 2001, New Brighton on 10 November 2001, Whitchurch on 24 November 2001, West Hartlepool on 8 December 2001, Morley on 9 February 2002 and Sandal on 9 March 2002.
- ↑ Missing home attendances v Morley on 8 September 2001, Bedford Athletic on 6 October 2001, Dudley Kingswinford on 27 October 2001, Nuneaton on 1 December 2001, Sandal on 15 December 2001, Scunthorpe on 12 January 2002, Whitchurch on 26 January 2002, New Brighton on 9 February 2002, Liverpool St Helens on 2 March 2002, Doncaster on 23 March 2002, Darlington Mowden Park on 30 March 2002 and Tynedale on 13 April 2002.
- ↑ Missing home attendances v Darlington Mowden Park on 17 November 2001, Liverpool St Helens on 1 December 2001, Doncaster on 19 January 2002, Blaydon on 2 February 2002, Scunthorpe on 9 February 2002, Tynedale on 2 March 2002, New Brighton on 9 March 2002 and Nuneaton on 13 April 2002.
Individual statistics
- Note if players are tied on tries or points the player with the lowest number of appearances will come first. Also note that points scorers includes tries as well as conversions, penalties and drop goals.
Top points scorers
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Top try scorers
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Season records
Team
- Largest home win — 83 pts
86 - 3 Doncaster at home to Darlington Mowden Park on 13 April 2002
- Largest away win — 61 pts
71 - 0 Dudley Kingswinford away to Sandal on 24 November 2001
- Most points scored — 95 pts
95 - 13 Doncaster at home to West Hartlepool on 24 November 2001
- Most tries in a match — 15
Doncaster at home to West Hartlepool on 24 November 2001
- Most conversions in a match — 10
Doncaster at home to West Hartlepool on 24 November 2001
- Most penalties in a match — 6 (x2)
Blaydon at home to New Brighton on 6 October 2001
Scunthorpe at home to Blaydon on 3 November 2001
- Most drop goals in a match — 1 (x8)
N/A (multiple teams)
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Player
- Most points in a match — 35
Matt Donkin for Doncaster at home to Whitchurch on 10 November 2001
- Most tries in a match — 7
Matt Donkin for Doncaster at home to Whitchurch on 10 November 2001
- Most conversions in a match — 10
John Liley for Doncaster at home to West Hartlepool on 24 November 2001
- Most penalties in a match — 6 (x2)
James Lofthouse for Blaydon at home to New Brighton on 6 October 2001
Tim Robinson for Scunthorpe at home to Blaydon on 3 November 2001
- Most drop goals in a match — 1 (x22)
N/A (multiple players)
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Attendances
- Highest — 2,000
Doncaster at home to Dudley Kingswinford on 26 January 2002
- Lowest — 100 (x2)
Sandal at home to Dudley Kingswinford on 24 November 2001 and Whitchurch on 16 February 2002
- Highest Average Attendance — 1,500[b 1]
Doncaster
- ↑ Note that as this figure is from 2 home games only (due to poor attendance tracking) it is highly unlikely that Doncaster's final attendance average was this high.
- Lowest Average Attendance — 150
Nuneaton
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