Club historian Stephen Hodgson takes us on a trip down memory lane every week of the season. Stephen picks out matches the club played on this week from 5, 10 and 15 years ago. It continues to be a popular read with former and current players. Do you feature in this week’s article?
30 November 2019 – National Two North : Hull 34-16 Scunthorpe
Hull ran in five tries and survived two yellow cards and a red card to defeat Scunthorpe in an entertaining game at the Ferens Ground. An early Scunthorpe penalty was cancelled out immediately by Simon Humberstone kicking Hull level. On the half hour good handling saw Mike Adlard sprint clear to score under the posts with Humberstone adding the conversion.
Four minutes later an almost identical move saw Stephen Johnson score an unconverted try before a Scunthorpe penalty on the stroke of half time made it 15-6 at the interval. Hull soon found their stride in the second half as Tom O’Donnell scored under the posts with Humberstone again adding the conversion although Tipiloma Kivalu was yellow carded for an offence after the try was scored.
The visitors enjoyed a period of territorial advantage and when Johnson was also shown a yellow card they scored an unconverted try to reduce the difference to 11 points. Hull responded with Ali Heard scoring an unconverted try but when Laurence Cowen was sent off the visitors scored again before Tom O’Donnell scored his second try of the afternoon with Humberstone adding the extras to see Hull home.
Team: R Dean, M Adlard, A Heard, S Johnson, L Birch, S Humberstone, R Watts, M Dias, A Thomson, M Jobling, C Curry, L Regardsoe, L Cowen, T O’Donnell, W Hall. Subs: T Kivalu, P Hamber, C Beech, H Harding, T Lee.
Tries: T O’Donnell 2, M Adlard, S Johnson, A Heard.
Cons: S Humberstone 3
Pen: S Humberstone
29 November 2014 – National Two North : Hull 3-67 Ampthill
Hull suffered a then club record league defeat as a rampant promotion chasing Ampthill scored eleven tries to nil in a one sided match at the Ferens Ground. Hull were without five regular first team players and had a torrid first half as the visitors scored five tries to lead 31-3 at half time.
A James Cameron penalty being the only score for the hosts. In the second half the visitors kept up their attacking momentum and scored a further six tries. A yellow card for Joe Stafford only worsened the afternoon on a day to forget for Hull.
Team: T Tanumi, A Piercy, S Hihetah, B Thoy, J Bright, J Cameron, O Hardisty, T Price, M Jobling, A Tamanis, M Alderson, L Brown, R Devonshire, J Gray, J Stafford. Subs: R Holland, W Haddow, J Trail, B Sullivan.
Pen: J Cameron
28 November 2009 – National Division Two North : Hull 29-13 Waterloo
Guy Martinson played his 209th game for the club and in doing so became the club’s record appearance holder beating the previous record of 208 appearances held by Leroy McKenzie as Hull secured an important win over Waterloo. The visitors took an early lead with a long range penalty but had a player yellow carded on 20 minutes which Hull capitalised on when captain Chris Murphy scored an unconverted try before Matt Davies touched down to put Hull 10-3 ahead at half time.
Martinson celebrated his achievement with a try just after the restart following a surging run from man of the match Laurence Pearce. Five minutes later Pearce scored his own try and when Robin Kitching also touched down the game was safe for Hull. James Cameron adding two conversions. Two late unconverted tries from Waterloo finished the scoring as Hull gained a much needed win against the visitors.
Team: G Martinson, R Kitching, S Leaf, M David, T Vaikona, J Cameron, O Hardisty, J Ward, S Plevey, K Fullman, C Murphy, D Cook, D Wigg, M Davies, L Pearce. Subs: A Gravil, K Renwick, A Piercy, B Dorrington, A Campbell.
Tries: C Murphy, M Davies, G Martinson, L Pearce, R Kitching.
Cons: J Cameron 2
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