| Time | Team | Team |
| 08:00 | Roy Nevin (11.4) & Les Brennan (16.1) | Paul Purnell (8.2) & Alan Major (12.8) |
| 08:10 | | |
| 08:20 | | |
| 08:30 | Terry O'Connor (8.5) & Malcolm Hughes | Geoff Bagnall (13.2) & D G Walsh |
| 08:40 | Stephen Booth (5.4) & Mark G. Ryall (6.2) | Mark Holland (4.4) & Richard Sim (15.1) |
| 08:50 | John Caldwell (17.9) & Paul Eaton (25.6) | Ken Tym (13.2) & Steve Sass (13.9) |
| 09:00 | Philip Evans (11.5) & Barry Holmes (16.4) | Dominic Stapleton (15.1) & Gary Rimmer (18.6) |
| 09:10 | Gordon Will (11.3) & John Ellson (12.9) | Gareth Buttery (10.0) & Bob Edwards (17.9) |
| 09:20 | John Burgess (13.4) & Stephen Swarbrick (19.6) | Norman Foulger (15.8) & Robert Lowde (21.0) |
| 09:30 | Andrew Smith (16.2) & David Fann (22.5) | Paul Hurst (13.8) & Ian Floyd (18.5) |
| 09:40 | Howard Jackson (25.8) & Martin wilson (26.4) | Alan Bolton (14.4) & Robert Thompson (33.8) |
| 09:50 | Richard Taylor (21.0) & Philip Walsh (22.4) | Tony Williams (17.0) & Dave Fazakerley (20.9) |
| 10:00 | Steven Wilson (12.0) & Nick Parker (14.6) | Fran Kirk (13.6) & Howard Kennerley (20.4) |
| 10:10 | R Carvell (22.2) & P Sheppard (28.8) | Peter Cooper (12.5) & J O'Callaghan (13.9) |
| 10:20 | David Harwood (22.1) & Bernard Barnes (26.4) | Keith Ramsay (21.5) & Robert Mather (23.6) |
| 10:30 | Steve McNiven (20.4) & Peter Lawrence (24.5) | Steve Mayor (10.6) & Derek Dedman (18.5) |
| 10:40 | Paul Hurst (15.5) & Charles Hewitt (17.0) | Gary Neiles (8.9) & Gavin Connor (11.4) |
| 10:50 | David Garnett (8.8) & Brian Evans (14.3) | Tony Archer (10.1) & Bill Telford (15.9) |
| 11:00 | Owen Gerard McCann (18.0) & Steve Williams (19.8) | Anthony Fagan (16.0) & Graham Greene (17.4) |
| 11:10 | Tony Bracken (19.5) & Eddy Badrock (23.3) | Vin Tunnicliffe (18.3) & Allan Bracken (24.1) |
| 11:20 | Richie Spencer (9.5) & Frankie Lee (18.1) | John Rowlands (16.0) & Eddie Williams (19.9) |
| 11:30 | Philip Crook (10.2) & Terry Yates (17.3) | Paul Carter (10.7) & gordon bolton (13.9) |
| 11:40 | Neil Challinor (18.5) & Michael Sanders (24.1) | Jason McKenna (4.5) & David Taylor (5.9) |
| 11:50 | Frank Wrigley (13.4) & Ian Murray (19.5) | Peter Ingham (12.5) & Richard Farr (15.3) |
| 12:00 | Mike Smith (8.0) & Robert Poynton (15.2) | Doug Mills (7.9) & David Oldham (9.0) |
| 12:10 | Harry Nixon (7.9) & Stephen William Walsh (13.3) | Patrick Rosney (5.5) & Robert Parkinson (5.8) |
| 12:20 | Mark Harris (7.0) & Tony Betteridge (11.2) | Derrick Butler (10.9) & Derek Watters (12.5) |
| 12:30 | Donald Mullinex (25.1) & Ivan Corlett (1832) (34.5) | Dewi Owen (1611) (20.6) & Andrew James (1559) (23.8) |
| 12:40 | Wynn Hughes (1656) (25.6) | Ian Harrison (1537) (21.4) & Peter Davies (0123) (23.5) |
| 12:50 | William Carr (13.0) & John Wright (17.4) | Colin Whitby (13.9) & Christopher Wright (15.2) |
| 13:00 | Christian Givvons (11.0) & John Cowperthwaite (11.9) | Vic Grainger (16.0) & Neil Thomas (24.3) |
| 13:10 | Brian J Gee (26.9) & Alan A Barker (27.6) | Peter Keown (18.2) & Nigel C J Holden (23.2) |
| 13:20 | Chris Marsden (17.9) & Dave Openshaw (26.4) | Mike Lewis (35.4) & Peter. T. Ellis (38.6) |
| 13:30 | Roger Michael Smith (12.2) & Anthony Crusham (13.5) | Andrew Gerrard Blackledge (2.3) & David Calland (11.1) |
| 13:40 | Joseph Rennox (13.3) & Carl Lydiate (17.5) | Barry Anthony Beesley (16.8) & Peter Stevenson (21.7) |
| 13:50 | John Priestley (11.1) & David Rodney Marsh (12.3) | Nick Dodd (13.5) & Robert Woolley (14.3) |
| 14:00 | Ken Heyes (8.4) & Dave Heyes (26.1) | Raymond Phillips (13.1) & David W Jones (13.4) |
| 14:10 | John Lever (14.4) & Alan Meadowcroft (24.3) | Colin Hulme (14.9) & Shaun Worsley (15.1) |
| 14:20 | Michael Brougham (8.9) & Michael Mahoney (14.6) | Reserved |
| 14:30 | Rob Fong (Vice Captain) (16.6) & Stuart Rogers | Roderick (Todd) Miller (8.6) & Michael Perry (12.5) |