COVENTRY BEARS

Based: Butts Stadium, The Butts, Coventry (also
played at Murcia Sporting Club, Lockhurst Lane, Coventry and Coventry Welsh Rugby Football
Ground at Burbages Lane, Exhall, Coventry in 1986)
Career Record: 17-22-2
Colours: Silver/White/Orange (The
helmets remained white but had a bear's face logo (v.similar to the Chicago Bears design),
the shirts were white with black and gold trim on the sleeves and black numbers., the
leggings were black with white and gold piping.Midway through the season, a black away
shirt was added that had gold numbers.)
Website: http://www.johnprice.name/bears/
Honours: Conference champions 1986
Senior Kitted
1990 NCMMA Central Conference 2-8-0
1989 CGL Crown National Division Central Conference 2-8-0
1988 Budweiser League Premier Division East Midlands Conference 5-3-2
1987 played under the name of the CMK Bucks
1986 BAFL National League Central Conference 8-2-0*

Coventry Bears RB Garret Dickens v Luton Flyers, 1987

QB Radcliffe Phillips

Coventry QB Martin Hadlum vs Luton Flyers

QB Hadlum v Locomotive Derby

LB Kevin Harris

Radcliffe Phillips v Locomotive Derby
National Passball League
1989 NPL Central Conference 2-6-0
Youth Two Touch
1987 JAFL Midlands Conference 7-1-0* (lost 10-6 at Elm Park Eagles
in first round of the playoffs)
Team Notes: In 1986 the Warwickshire Bears changed it's name to the Coventry
Bears. Coincidentally the headcoach changed at the same time. Joe
McCheseny was dismissed and Radcliffe Philips was invited to take over as caretaker.
I think Radcliffe was still acting in a management role for the league at the time, but he
had stepped down from any involvement with the Milton Keynes Bucks. Things
went pear shaped when the merger with Milton Keynes Bucks happened. The actual
merger came about because of several factors, the upheaval of Budweiser league and the
subsequent need as Radcliffe Phillips believed to rescue the name of the Bucks. Merged with the Walsall Titans at the end of 1990 to form the Coventry
Jaguars. Formed a youth side in 1987.
Game notes:
1st July 1990 - Nick Bell ran for 201 yards vs Milton
Keynes
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