1987–88 Lancashire Cup
StructureRegional knockout championship
Teams16
WinnersWigan
Runners-upWarrington

The 1987–88 Lancashire Cup was the seventy-fifth occasion on which the Lancashire Cup competition had been held. It was contested during the 1987–88 Rugby Football League season by clubs in Lancashire. Wigan won the trophy by beating Warrington in the final.

Results

This season the total number of entrants remained at the 16 level. With this full sixteen members there was no need for “blank” or “dummy” fixtures or any byes.[1][2]

Round 1

Round 1 involved 8 matches (with no byes) and 16 clubs.

Game No Fixture Date Home Team Score Away Team Venue Att Rec Notes Ref
1Sun 13 Sep 1987Barrow2-36WiganCraven Park5950[3]
2Sun 13 Sep 1987Leigh27-21St. HelensHilton Park7747[4]
3Sun 13 Sep 1987Runcorn Highfield6-40WidnesCanal Street2679[5]
4Sun 13 Sep 1987Salford58-4FulhamThe Willows1640
5Sun 13 Sep 1987Swinton38-20Rochdale HornetsStation Road1443
6Sun 13 Sep 1987Warrington42-8OldhamWilderspool5615[6]
7Sun 13 Sep 1987Whitehaven28-12CarlisleRecreation Ground2075
8Sun 13 Sep 1987Workington Town12-10Springfield BoroughDerwent Park5491

Round 2 - Quarter-finals

Round 2 involved 4 matches and 8 clubs.

Game No Fixture Date Home Team Score Away Team Venue Att Rec Notes Ref
1Wed 23 Sep 1987Swinton22-14LeighStation Road3824
2Wed 23 Sep 1987Wigan42-2SalfordCentral Park11633[3]
3Wed 23 Sep 1987Workington Town10-50WarringtonDerwent Park1759[6]
4Thu 24 Sep 1987Whitehaven14-20WidnesRecreation Ground3152[6]

Round 3 – Semi-finals

Round 3 involved 2 matches and 4 clubs

Game No Fixture Date Home Team Score Away Team Venue Att Rec Notes Ref
1Wed 30 Sep 1987Warrington44-6SwintonWilderspool5296
2Wed 30 Sep 1987Widnes12-20WiganNaughton Park7306[3][5]

Final

The final was contested by Wigan and Warrington, with Wigan winning by the score of 28-16. The match was played at Knowsley Road, Eccleston, St Helens, Merseyside, (historically in the county of Lancashire). The attendance was 20,237 and receipts were £67,339. This was Wigan’s fourth appearance in four years and a third victory in what would be a run of four victories and five appearances in five successive years. The attendance was again at a very pleasing level, the fourth of the five year period when it would reach around the 20,000 level, and the receipts reached a new record level exceeding the previous record by almost £7,000.

Game No Fixture Date Home Team Score Away Team Venue Att Rec Notes Ref
Sunday 11 October 1987Wigan28-16WarringtonKnowsley Road20237673392 3[3][6][7]

Teams and scorers

[3][6][7]

Wigan № Warrington
teams
Steve Hampson1Brian Johnson
Richard Russell (see note 4)2Des Drummond
David Stephenson3Mark Forster
Joe Lydon4Barry Peters
Henderson Gill5Brian Carbert
Shaun Edwards6John Woods
Andy Gregory7Keith Holden, Jr.
Brian Case8Kevin Tamati
Nicky Kiss9Carl Webb
Shaun Wane10Tony Humphries
Andy Goodway11Gary Sanderson
Ian Potter12Mark Roberts
Ellery Hanley13Mike Gregory
Dean Bell14?
Graeme West (for Shaun Wane 52min)15Neil Harmon (for Carl Webb 7min)
Graham LoweCoach
28score16
14HT12
Scorers
Tries
Ellery Hanley (2)TMark Forster (2)
Henderson Gill (1)TMike Gregory (1)
Graeme West (1)T
Goals
David Stephenson (1)GJohn Woods (2)
Joe Lydon (5)G
RefereeG F Lindop (Wakefield)
Man of the matchShaun Edwards - Wigan - stand-off
sponsored byGreenall Whitley
Competition SponsorGrünhalle Lager

Scoring - Try = four points - Goal = two points - Drop goal = one point

Pathway to the final

First round Second round Semi-finals Final
            
Whitehaven 28
Carlisle 12
Whitehaven 14
Widnes 20
Runcorn Highfield 6
Widnes 40
Widnes 12
Wigan 20
Barrow 2
Wigan 36
Wigan 42
Salford 2
Salford 58
Fulham 4
Wigan 28
Warrington 16
Workington Town 12
Springfield Borough 10
Workington Town 10
Warrington 50
Warrington 42
Oldham 8
Warrington 44
Swinton 6
Swinton 38
Rochdale Hornets 20
Swinton 22
Leigh 14
Leigh 27
St. Helens 21

Notes

1 * The first Lancashire Cup match played by the newly named/formed club, Springfield Borough
2 * The attendance is given as 20,234 in the RUGBYLEAGUEproject [1] data, and as 20,237 in the Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook 1991-1992.[7] The Wigan[3] official archives give 20,234 in the results details, and 20,237 in the game details
3 * Knowsley Road was the home ground of St. Helens from 1890 to 2010. The final capacity was in the region of 18,000, although the actual record attendance was 35,695, set on 26 December 1949, for a league game between St Helens and Wigan
4 * The Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook 1991-1992[7] shows the Wigan number 2 position occupied by Richard Russell - The official Wigan archives[3] show the number 2 position as Richard Marshall

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "Rugby League Project".
  2. ↑ Jack Winstanley & Malcolm Ryding (1991). John Player Yearbook 1975-76. Queen Anne Press.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "Wigan "Cherry and White" archived results". Archived from the original on 21 February 2014. Retrieved 16 February 2014.
  4. ↑ "Saints Heritage Society - History - Season 1896-97".
  5. 1 2 "Widnes Vikings - History - Season In Review - 1896-97".
  6. 1 2 3 4 5 "Warrington Wolves - Results Archive - 1897". Archived from the original on 2 February 2014.
  7. 1 2 3 4 Raymond Fletcher and David Howes (1991). Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook 1991-100. Queen Anne Press. ISBN 0 35617852 8.
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