Английская Википедия:2003–04 National Division Three North

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The 2003–04 National Division Three North was the fourth season (sixteenth 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 Fylde and Kendal who were relegated from the 2002–03 National Division Two while promoted teams included Longton who came up as champions of Midlands Division 1 while Darlington (champions) and Macclesfield (playoffs) came up from North Division 1. 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 two seasons spent in the division Waterloo would pip Halifax to the title by the narrowest of margins finishing dead level on points but going up to the 2004–05 National Division Two by virtue of a massively better for and against record. Halifax would suffer a double disappointment by missing out on their second stab at promotion as they lost narrowly at home to 2003–04 National Division Three South runners up Launceston in the promotion playoff. Relegated teams included newly promoted Longton (who gained only 4 points all season), Liverpool St Helens and Preston Grasshoppers. Longton would drop back down to Midlands Division 1 while Liverpool St Helens and Preston Grasshoppers would fall to North Division 1.

Participating teams and locations

Team	Stadium	Capacity	City/Area
Blaydon	Crow Trees	2,000 (400 seats)	Swalwell, Tyne and Wear
Darlington	Blackwell Meadows	3,000	Darlington, County Durham
Darlington Mowden Park	Yiewsley Drive		Darlington, County Durham
Dudley Kingswinford	Heathbrook		Kingswinford, Dudley, West Midlands
Fylde	Woodlands Memorial Ground	9,000	Lytham St. Annes, Lancashire
Halifax	Ovenden Park		Halifax, West Yorkshire
Kendal	Mint Bridge	3,000 (300 stand)	Kendal, Cumbria
Liverpool St Helens	Moss Lane		St Helens, Merseyside
Longton	Trentham Fields		Trentham, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire
Macclesfield	Priory Park	1,250 (250 seats)	Macclesfield, Cheshire
New Brighton	Hartsfield	2,000	Wirral, Merseyside
Preston Grasshoppers	Lightfoot Green	5,000	Preston, Lancashire
Tynedale	Tynedale Park	2,000 (400 seats)	Corbridge, Northumberland
Waterloo	St Anthony's Road	9,000 (200 seats)	Blundellsands, Merseyside

Final league table

2003–04 National Division Three North Table
	Club	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	Points For	Points Against	Points Difference	Points
1	Waterloo (C)	26	25	0	1	979	343	636	50
2	Halifax	26	25	0	1	755	405	350	50
3	Darlington Mowden Park	26	16	0	10	602	439	163	32
4	Blaydon	26	14	1	11	587	434	153	29
5	New Brighton	26	14	1	11	583	499	84	29
6	Fylde	26	14	0	12	529	531	-2	28
7	Tynedale	25	12	0	13	462	407	55	24
8	Darlington	26	11	1	14	511	569	-58	23
9	Kendal	26	11	1	14	417	681	-264	23
10	Macclesfield	26	10	2	14	507	642	-135	22
11	Dudley Kingswinford	26	10	1	15	482	655	-173	21
12	Preston Grasshoppers (R)	26	7	0	19	443	754	-311	14
13	Liverpool St Helens (R)	26	5	3	18	461	612	-151	13
14	Longton (R)	25	1	2	22	300	647	-347	4
Reference Rugby Statbunker: Updated 08-05-2004

Results

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Round 4

• Postponed. Game rescheduled to 21 February 2004.

• Postponed. Game rescheduled to 21 February 2004.

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Round 6

• Postponed. Game rescheduled to 6 March 2004.

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Round 12

• Postponed. Game rescheduled to 24 April 2004.

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Round 17

• Postponed. Game rescheduled to 21 February 2004.

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Round 18

• Postponed. Game rescheduled to 1 May 2004.

• Postponed. Game rescheduled to 21 February 2004.

• Postponed. Game rescheduled to 21 February 2004.

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Rounds 4, 17 & 18 (rescheduled games)

• Game rescheduled from 31 January 2004.

• Game rescheduled from 18 October 2003.

• Game rescheduled from 31 January 2004.

• Game rescheduled from 24 January 2004.

• Game rescheduled from 18 October 2003.

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Round 21

• Postponed. Game rescheduled to 6 March 2004.

• Postponed. Game rescheduled to 27 March 2004.

• Game would initially be postponed but due to fixture congestion it would ultimately be cancelled.

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Rounds 6 & 21 (rescheduled games)

• Game rescheduled from 28 February 2004.

• Game rescheduled from 1 November 2003.

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Round 21 (rescheduled game)

• Game rescheduled from 28 February 2004.

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Round 26

• Postponed. Game rescheduled to 8 May 2004.

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Round 12 (rescheduled game)

• Game rescheduled from 13 December 2003.

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Round 18 (rescheduled game)

• Game rescheduled from 31 January 2004.

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Round 26 (rescheduled game)

• Game rescheduled from 17 April 2004.

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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. Halifax were the northern divisions runners up and as they had a superior league record than southern runners-up, Launceston, they hosted the play-off match.

Total season attendances

Club	Home Games	Total	Average	Highest	Lowest	% Capacity
Blaydon	3	420	140	150	120	7%
Darlington	1	450	450	450	450	15%
Darlington Mowden Park	0	0	0	0	0
Dudley Kingswinford	0	0	0	0	0
Fylde	1	400	400	400	400	4%
Halifax	1	1,500	1,500	1,500	1,500
Kendal	2	630	315	350	280	11%
Liverpool St Helens	0	0	0	0	0
Longton	0	0	0	0	0
Macclesfield	0	0	0	0	0
New Brighton	1	450	450	450	450	23%
Preston Grasshoppers	0	0	0	0	0	0%
Tynedale	1	150	150	150	150	8%
Waterloo	0	0	0	0	0	0%

Individual statistics

• Note that points scorers includes tries as well as conversions, penalties and drop goals.

Top points scorers

Rank	Player	Team	Appearances	Points
1	Шаблон:Flagicon Anthony Birley	New Brighton	26	316
2	Шаблон:Flagicon Mike Scott	Fylde	26	289
3	Шаблон:Flagicon Tony Handley	Waterloo	25	269
4	Шаблон:Flagicon Douglas Sanft	Halifax	25	266
5	Шаблон:Flagicon Gary Bell	Macclesfield	25	229
6	Шаблон:Flagicon David Dalrymple	Blaydon	17	166
7	Шаблон:Flagicon Phillip Belgian	Tynedale	16	159
	Шаблон:Flagicon Mark Butler	Darlington	24	159
8	Шаблон:Flagicon Simon Worsley	Liverpool St Helens	25	149
9	Шаблон:Flagicon Mark Bedworth	Darlington Mowden Park	21	135

Top try scorers

Rank	Player	Team	Appearances	Tries
1	Шаблон:Flagicon Neil Kerfoot	Waterloo	26	23
2	Шаблон:Flagicon Ian Gowland	Dudley Kingswinford	24	21
	Шаблон:Flagicon Jan Van Deventer	Waterloo	26	21
3	Шаблон:Flagicon Oliver Viney	Preston Grasshoppers	25	16
4	Шаблон:Flagicon Dave Cunliffe	Liverpool St Helens	25	14
5	Шаблон:Flagicon Iain Dixon	Darlington Mowden Park	22	13
	Шаблон:Flagicon Andrew Foreman	Darlington Mowden Park	25	13
	Шаблон:Flagicon Aaron Canning	Halifax	26	13
6	Шаблон:Flagicon Rob Hitchmough	Waterloo	18	12
	Шаблон:Flagicon Jamie Bloem	Halifax	25	12
	Шаблон:Flagicon Robert Afoa-Peterson	Halifax	26	12

Season records

Team

Largest home win — 91 pts

91 - 5 Waterloo at home to Preston Grasshoppers on 28 February 2004

Largest away win — 50 pts

53 - 3 Waterloo away to Fylde on 17 January 2004

Most points scored — 91 pts

91 - 5 Waterloo at home to Preston Grasshoppers on 28 February 2004

Most tries in a match — 14

Waterloo at home to Preston Grasshoppers on 28 February 2004

Most conversions in a match — 9

Waterloo at home to Preston Grasshoppers on 28 February 2004

Most penalties in a match — 7

New Brighton at home to Preston Grasshoppers on 13 September 2003

Most drop goals in a match — 2 (x2)

Longton at home to Fylde on 8 November 2003
Fylde away to Halifax on 24 January 2004

Player

Most points in a match — 29

Шаблон:Flagicon Alistair J Murray for Tynedale at home to Longton on 18 October 2003

Most tries in a match — 4

Шаблон:Flagicon Jamie Bloem for Halifax at home to Darlington on 13 December 2003

Most conversions in a match — 9

Шаблон:Flagicon John Broxson for Waterloo at home to Preston Grasshoppers on 28 February 2004

Most penalties in a match — 7

Шаблон:Flagicon Anthony Birley for New Brighton at home to Preston Grasshoppers on 13 September 2003

Most drop goals in a match — 2

Шаблон:Flagicon Mike Scott for Fylde away to Halifax on 24 January 2004

Attendances

Highest — 1,500

Halifax at home to Waterloo on 10 April 2004

Lowest — 120

Blaydon at home to Darlington on 10 April 2004

Highest Average Attendance — N/A

Lowest Average Attendance — N/A

See also

• English Rugby Union Leagues
• English rugby union system
• Rugby union in England

External links

• NCA Rugby Шаблон:Webarchive