Eccles A 16 Vine 6 VINE went out of the North West Counties Challenge Cup in a game they could easily have won.

A poor first-half display by the visitors saw them trail 6-0 at the interval and they slipped further behind in the second period when Eccles added two further touchdowns, plus a goal.

Vine belatedly stirred themselves and replied with a try by Fredericks and a goal by Swift, but it was too little too late.

Mark Pickering was voted man of the match for Vine.

Converted for the new archive on 14 July 2000. Some images and formatting may have been lost in the conversion.