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Glasgow Tigers v Hull Vikings
Premier Trophy (Group), 03 April 2005
Ashfield Stadium, Glasgow
| 1 | George Stancl | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2* | 2* | . | . | 12 | 2 |
| 2 | Matthew Wethers | 0 | 1* | 1* | 1 | . | . | . | 3 | 2 |
| 3 | Jamie Birkinshaw | 2 | 1* | 1* | R | . | . | . | 4 | 2 |
| 4 | Paul Bentley | 1* | 2 | 2 | 2 | . | . | . | 7 | 1 |
| 5 | Shane Parker | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | . | . | 15 | 0 |
| 6(g) | Gary Beaton | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | Trent Leverington | 3 | 2* | 2 | 3 | 1* | . | . | 11 | 2 |
| 1 | Paul Thorp | 2 | 3 | 2 | R | . | . | . | 7 | 0 |
| 2 | Emiliano Sanchez | 1* | 0 | 3 | 1* | . | . | . | 5 | 2 |
| 3 | Lee Dicken | 0 | 1* | 0 | Fx | . | . | . | 1 | 1 |
| 4 | Emil Kramer | 3 | 2 | 2 | 6^ | 0 | . | . | 13 | 0 |
| 5 | Garry Stead | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | . | . | 9 | 0 |
| 6 | Craig Branney | 1* | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | . | . | 3 | 1 |
| 7(g) | Robert Ksiezak | 2 | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | . | 2 | 0 |
* = BP. ^ = TR . ! = TS (15m Handicap). # = TR (Points Not Doubled). & = TS (Points Not Doubled, 15m Handicap).
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This was a must win match for Glasgow having failed to win their opening two Premier Trophy matches at Ashfield. Hull were the visitors. Glasgow were missing James Cockle again and had Gary Beaton at number 6 while, similarly, Hull were without the injured Joel Parsons and had Edinburgh’s Robert Ksiezak guesting at number 7. Glasgow won this match with some degree of comfort. Although they were only seven points ahead after heat 12 they had the comfort of knowing that George Stancl and Shane Parker would be out in heats 13 and 15 to see them home. And so it happened. A 5-1 in heat 4 from Shane Parker and Trent Leverington from Garry Stead was the only break in a series of eight 3-3s in the first nine heats! When George Stancl and Matthew Wethers took a 4-2 in heat 10 Glasgow finally got to six ahead.The Stancl/Parker pairing duly obliged with a 5-1 in heat 13 to put the Tigers 44-33 ahead so Hull gave Emil Kramer a TR in heat 14. Mathematically Hull could still have drawn with this manoeuvre with a 1-8, 1-5 finish but that was for dreamworld. Emil Kramer did win heat 14 for the six points but received no support then Stancl/Parker rounded things off with another 5-1 to record the Tigers first home Premier Trophy win. Match Report by Merlin |