Second Division 1986/87

See also

Championship 1986/87

Stats

Note: * denotes incomplete data.

Premiers: Hunslet
Wooden Spoon: Keighley
Top Tryscorer: Derek Bate (25)
Top Pointscorer: David Noble (222)

No. Of Teams: 18
No. Of Games: 252
No. Of Players: 669
No. Of Tries: 1,495
No. Of Goals: 1,325
No. Of F.Goals: 112

Total Attendance: 197,005 *
Average Crowd: 831 *
Highest Crowd: 5,228 *
Highest Crowd (Reg. Season): 5,228 *
Lowest Crowd: 179 *

Mean Scoreline: 24-11
Median Scoreline: 22-10
Highest Scoreline: 14-68
Lowest Scoreline: 6-0
Highest Team Score: Sheffield (68-14)
Average PPG: 42.23

Ladder

		Home							Away							Overall								Stats
Team		P	W	L	D	F	A	PD	P	W	L	D	F	A	PD	P	W	L	D	F	A	Pts	PD	FPG	APG	Att%	Def%
1.	Hunslet	14	14	-	-	378	113	265	14	11	3	-	344	105	239	28	25	3	-	722	218	50	+504	25.79	7.79
2.	Swinton	14	14	-	-	459	158	301	14	9	4	1	254	165	89	28	23	4	1	713	323	47	+390	25.46	11.54
3.	Whitehaven	14	14	-	-	394	121	273	14	7	6	1	183	183	0	28	21	6	1	577	304	43	+273	20.61	10.86
4.	Doncaster	14	11	2	1	366	171	195	14	9	5	-	220	217	3	28	20	7	1	586	388	41	+198	20.93	13.86
5.	Rochdale Hornets	14	11	3	-	271	130	141	14	8	5	1	248	239	9	28	19	8	1	519	369	39	+150	18.54	13.18
6.	Sheffield Eagles	14	10	4	-	322	178	144	14	7	7	-	303	248	55	28	17	11	-	625	426	34	+199	22.32	15.21
7.	Bramley	14	11	3	-	221	141	80	14	5	9	-	186	299	-113	28	16	12	-	407	440	32	-33	14.54	15.71
8.	Carlisle	14	10	3	1	267	210	57	14	5	9	-	196	236	-40	28	15	12	1	463	446	31	+17	16.54	15.93
9.	Springfield Borough	14	7	7	-	277	241	36	14	7	7	-	253	236	17	28	14	14	-	530	477	28	+53	18.93	17.04
10.	York	14	7	7	-	316	272	44	14	4	10	-	176	265	-89	28	11	17	-	492	537	22	-45	17.57	19.18
11.	Runcorn Highfield	14	8	6	-	246	201	45	14	2	11	1	145	332	-187	28	10	17	1	391	533	21	-142	13.96	19.04
12.	Fulham	14	6	6	2	255	270	-15	14	2	12	-	206	362	-156	28	8	18	2	461	632	18	-171	16.46	22.57
13.	Batley	14	4	10	-	166	196	-30	14	5	9	-	169	332	-163	28	9	19	-	335	528	18	-193	11.96	18.86
14.	Workington Town	14	7	7	-	258	256	2	14	2	12	-	147	396	-249	28	9	19	-	405	652	18	-247	14.46	23.29
15.	Huddersfield Barracudas	14	4	10	-	232	293	-61	14	4	10	-	224	380	-156	28	8	20	-	456	673	16	-217	16.29	24.04
16.	Mansfield Marksman	14	5	9	-	208	293	-85	14	3	11	-	158	299	-141	28	8	20	-	366	592	16	-226	13.07	21.14
17.	Dewsbury	14	5	9	-	179	224	-45	14	3	11	-	149	339	-190	28	8	20	-	328	563	16	-235	11.71	20.11
18.	Keighley	14	6	8	-	211	248	-37	14	1	13	-	155	393	-238	28	7	21	-	366	641	14	-275	13.07	22.89

Team Stats (includes Cup/Tour matches)

Team Name	Position	W	L	D	Pts For	Pts Ag.	Coach(es)	Captain(s)	Top Tryscorer(s)			Top Pointscorer(s)			Home Venue(s)	Home Crowd Avg	Extra Info
Batley	1st	9	22	0	351	604	Lockwood	-	10	-	Wilson	68	-	Wilson	Mount Pleasant	788
Blackpool Borough	3rd	15	17	0	610	582	Gittins	-	15	-	Frodsham	106	-	Price	Springfield (9), Bloomfield Road (6), Borough Park (1)	509
Bramley	3rd	16	16	0	451	552	Agar	-	11	-	Lister	104	-	Kilner	McLaren	792
Carlisle	3rd	17	16	2	517	694	Lester	-	17	-	Pape	74	-	Tunstall	Brunton Park (14), Southend Road (2)	758
Dewsbury	3rd	9	23	0	360	744	Addy, Busfield	-	11	-	Squires	100	-	Vasey	Crown Flatt	778
Doncaster	3rd	21	11	1	670	509	Sheridan	-	14	-	Kemp	222	-	Noble	Tattersfield	1,702
Fulham	3rd	9	21	3	527	794	Goodwin	-	9	-	Mills	126	-	Fenn	Polytechnic	759
Huddersfield Barracudas	3rd	8	23	0	502	773	Forster, Addy	-	11	-	Edwards	72	-	Hirst	Arena 84	546
Hunslet	3rd	29	7	0	889	345	Ward, Jarvis	-	15	-	Bell	188	-	Platt	Elland Road	1,236	League Champions
Keighley	3rd	8	24	0	384	737	Dixon, Coulter	-	8	-	Richardson	103	-	Dixon	Lawkholme Lane	445
Mansfield Marksman	3rd	9	23	0	399	735	Dennison, Crellin	-	6	-	Langton	36	-	Oates	Alfreton (15), Meadow Lane (1)	464
Rochdale Hornets	3rd	20	12	2	593	537	Fitzsimons	-	18	-	Dunn	161	-	Wood	Athletic Ground	876
Runcorn Highfield	2nd	10	20	1	417	642	Wilson, Woods, Daley	-	16	-	Cogger	65	-	Gauchwin	Canal St	* 507
Sheffield Eagles	3rd	19	15	0	708	513	Hetherington	-	15	-	Lidbury	160	-	Rafferty	Owlerton	656
Swinton	3rd	27	7	1	875	427	Holliday, Peers	-	25	-	Bate	170	-	Topping	Station Road	1,712
Whitehaven	18th	25	10	1	767	483	Kitchin	-	19	-	Solarie	106	-	Lofthouse	Recreation Gnd	* 2,640	Wooden Spoon
Workington Town	3rd	11	22	0	477	810	Davies	-	7	-	Hurst, Beck	120	-	Lowden	Derwent Park	928
York	3rd	11	20	0	528	628	Lowe	-	10	-	Willey	112	-	Prendiville	Wigginton Rd	1,520