1987–88 John Player Special Trophy

1987–88 John Player Special Trophy National knockout championship St. Helens Winners Leeds 1986–87 John Player Special Trophy 1986–87 1988–89 John Player Special Trophy 1988–89 36 This was the seventeenth season for the League Cup, known as the John Player Special Trophy for sponsorship purposes. St. Helens won the final, beating Leeds by the score of 15-14. The match was played at Central Park, Wigan. The attendance was 16,669 and receipts were £62232. Background This season saw no changes in the entrants, no new members and no withdrawals, the number remaining at thirty-six Blackpool Borough moved to Springfield Park in Wigan and renamed as Springfield Borough Competition and results Rugby League Project http://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/competitions/regal-trophy/results.htmlWigan "Cherry and White" archived results http://wigan.rlfans.com/news.php?readmore=3294 Preliminary round Wigan "Cherry and White" J Player Rd 1 archived results http://wigan.rlfans.com/news.php?readmore=2705 Involved 4 matches and 8 Clubs Game NoFixture DateHome team Score Away teamVenueAttRecNotesRef 1Sat 31 Oct 1987Heworth5-32SwintonClarence Street106312Sun 1 Nov 1987Featherstone Rovers34-16Thatto HeathPost Office Road104523Sun 1 Nov 1987York38-2BramleyClarence Street117434Sun 8 Nov 1987Oldham36-8FulhamWatersheddings3197 Round 1 - First Round Involved 16 matches and 32 Clubs Game NoFixture DateHome team Score Away teamVenueAttRecNotesRef 1Fri 13 Nov 1987Springfield Borough14-2BarrowSpringfield Park629Springfield Borough archives http://wigan.rlfans.com/fusion_pages/index.php?page_id=16682Sat 14 Nov 1987Oldham22-6Bradford NorthernWatersheddings48583Sat 14 Nov 1987St. Helens12-10WidnesKnowsley Road7322Widnes Vikings - History - Season In Review - 1896-97 http://www.rugby.widnes.tv/seasonreview.php?mid=1987&smid=1987-88&mids=1987Saints Heritage Society - History - Season 1896-97 http://www.saints.org.uk/saints.org.uk/home/viewpage.php?page_id=9 2014-07-13 2012-03-02 https://web.archive.org/web/20120302024842/http://www.saints.org.uk/saints.org.uk/home/viewpage.php?page_id=9 dead4Sun 15 Nov 1987Batley18-16HunsletMount Pleasant11175Sun 15 Nov 1987Carlisle16-22WarringtonBrunton Park1055Warrington Wolves - Results Archive - 1897 http://www.warringtonwolves.org/results-archive?y=1897 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20140202093910/http://www.warringtonwolves.org/results-archive?y=1897 2014-02-02 6Sun 15 Nov 1987Dewsbury14-12DoncasterCrown Flatt10817Sun 15 Nov 1987Featherstone Rovers12-34CastlefordPost Office Road33768Sun 15 Nov 1987Keighley6-32HalifaxThrum Hall523649Sun 15 Nov 1987Hull F.C.42-6Workington TownBoulevard2447HULL&PROUD - Stats - Fixtures & Results http://www.hullfc.com/first-team/matches/198710Sun 15 Nov 1987Hull Kingston Rovers30-12Rochdale HornetsCraven Park (1)230811Sun 15 Nov 1987Leigh28-12Huddersfield BarracudasHilton Park2082Huddersfield Rugby League Heritage http://www.huddersfieldrlheritage.co.uk/Documents/Club/Players'%20Records/Huddersfield%201987-88.pdf12Sun 15 Nov 1987Runcorn Highfield4-6Mansfield MarksmanCanal Street51413Sun 15 Nov 1987Swinton12-18SalfordStation Road345914Sun 15 Nov 1987Wakefield Trinity22-22YorkBelle Vue1864Wakefield until I die http://www.wakefieldtrinity-programmes.co.uk/page_2654162.html15Sun 15 Nov 1987Whitehaven14-18LeedsRecreation Ground366316Sun 15 Nov 1987Wigan34-8Sheffield EaglesCentral Park7484 Round 1 - First Round Replays Involved 1 match and 2 Clubs Game NoFixture DateHome team Score Away teamVenueAttRecNotesRef 1Wed 18 Nov 1987York6-30Wakefield TrinityClarence Street1467 Round 2 - Second Round Wigan "Cherry and White" J Player Rd 2 archived results http://wigan.rlfans.com/news.php?readmore=2706 Involved 8 matches and 16 Clubs Game NoFixture DateHome team Score Away teamVenueAttRecNotesRef 1Sat 21 Nov 1987Wigan26-16CastlefordCentral Park96132Sun 22 Nov 1987Batley0-44OldhamMount Pleasant28083Sun 22 Nov 1987Hull F.C.19-7LeighBoulevard39824Sun 22 Nov 1987Leeds20-10HalifaxHeadingley134985Sun 22 Nov 1987St. Helens40-0Mansfield MarksmanKnowsley Road49666Sun 22 Nov 1987Salford14-5DewsburyThe Willows21297Sun 22 Nov 1987Springfield Borough14-8Wakefield TrinitySpringfield Park12658Sun 22 Nov 1987Warrington12-8Hull Kingston RoversWilderspool4550 Round 3 -Quarter Finals Wigan "Cherry and White" J Player Rd 3 archived results http://wigan.rlfans.com/news.php?readmore=2707 Involved 4 matches with 8 clubs Game NoFixture DateHome team Score Away teamVenueAttRecNotesRef 1Sat 28 Nov 1987Warrington10-14OldhamWilderspool51522Sun 29 Nov 1987St. Helens20-16Hull F.C.Knowsley Road74003Sun 29 Nov 1987Salford12-16WiganThe Willows79864Sun 29 Nov 1987Springfield Borough12-22LeedsSpringfield Park3894 Round 4 – Semi-Finals Wigan "Cherry and White" J Player S-F archived results http://wigan.rlfans.com/news.php?readmore=2710 Involved 2 matches and 4 Clubs Game NoFixture DateHome team Score Away teamVenueAttRecNotesRef 1Sat 12 Dec 1987Leeds19-6WiganBurnden Park135382Sat 19 Dec 1987St. Helens18-8OldhamKnowsley Road8136 Final Game NoFixture DateHome team Score Away teamVenueAttRecNotesRef Saturday 9 January 1988St. Helens15-14LeedsCentral Park16669622325Raymond Fletcher and David Howes Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook 1990-1991 1990 Queen Anne Press 0 35617851 XRaymond Fletcher and David Howes Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook 1991-100 1991 Queen Anne Press 0 35617852 8 Teams and scorers St Helens Heritage archived results http://www.saints.org.uk/saints.org.uk/home/viewpage.php?page_id=7&seq=4115&season=1987~88 St. Helens№Leeds teams Phil Veivers1Marty GurrDave Tanner2Steve MorrisPaul Loughlin3Garry SchofieldMark Elia4Peter JacksonLes Quirk5John BasnettShane Cooper6David CreasserNeil Holding7Ray AshtonTony Burke8Peter TunksPaul Groves9Colin MaskillPeter Souto10Kevin RaynePaul Forber11Roy PowellRoy Haggerty12Paul MedleyAndy Platt13David HeronDavid Large (for ?)14Carl Gibson (for John Basnett)Stuart Evans (for Peter Souto)15xJohn Fairbank (for Kevin Rayne)Alex MurphyCoachMaurice Bamford 15score149HT14 Scorers Tries Paul Loughlin (2)TPeter Jackson (1)TDavid Creasser (1) Goals Paul Loughlin (3)GDavid Creasser (3) Drop Goals Neil Holding (1)DG RefereeG. Frederick "Fred" Lindop (Wakefield)Man of the matchPaul Loughlin - St Helens - CECompetition SponsorJohn Player Special Scoring - Try = four points - Goal = two points - Drop goal = one point Prize money As part of the sponsorship deal and funds, the prize money awarded to the competing teams for this season is as follows :- Finish PositionCash prizeNo. receiving prizeTotal cash Winner?1?Runner-up?1?semi-finalist?2?loser in Rd 3?4?loser in Rd 2?8?Loser in Rd 1?16?Loser in Prelim Round???Grand Total Note - the author is unable to trace the award amounts for this season. Can anyone help ? The road to success This tree excludes any preliminary round fixtures First round Second round Third round Semifinals Final St. Helens 12 Widnes 10 Runcorn Highfield 4 Mansfield Marksman 6 Hull F.C. 42 Workington Town 6 Leigh 28 Huddersfield Barracudas 12 Carlisle 16 Warrington 22 Hull Kingston Rovers 30 Rochdale Hornets 12 Batley 18 Hunslet 16 Oldham 22 Bradford Northern 6 Springfield Borough 14 Barrow 2 Wakefield Trinity 22 (30) York 22 (6) Whitehaven 14 Leeds 18 Keighley 6 Halifax 32 Swinton 12 Salford 18 Dewsbury 14 Doncaster 12 Wigan 34 Sheffield Eagles 8 Featherstone Rovers 12 Castleford 34 St. Helens 40 Mansfield Marksman 0 Hull F.C. 19 Leigh 7 Warrington 12 Hull Kingston Rovers 8 Batley 0 Oldham 44 Springfield Borough 14 Wakefield Trinity 8 Leeds 20 Halifax 10 Salford 14 Dewsbury 5 Wigan 26 Castleford 16 St. Helens 20 Hull F.C. 16 Warrington 10 Oldham 14 Springfield Borough 12 Leeds 22 Salford 12 Wigan 16 St. Helens 18 Oldham 8 Leeds 19 Wigan 6 St. Helens 15 Leeds 14 Notes and comments 1 * Heworth are a Junior (amateur) club from YorkHeworth ARLFC http://www.heworth-arlfc.co.uk/frameset.html 2014-07-13 https://web.archive.org/web/20130827220344/http://www.heworth-arlfc.co.uk/frameset.html 2013-08-27 dead 2 * Thatto Heath are a Junior (amateur) club from St HelensThatto Heath http://www.thattoheathcrusaders.org/historyandhonours.html 2014-07-13 https://web.archive.org/web/20140714110345/http://www.thattoheathcrusaders.org/historyandhonours.html 2014-07-14 dead 3 * RUGBYLEAGUEproject give score as 38-2 but Wigan official archives gives it as 37-2 4 * RUGBYLEAGUEproject give Halifax at home but Wigan official archives gives Keighley at home but with a reference that the game was played at Thrum Hall, the home of Halifax 5 * Central Park was the home ground of Wigan with a final capacity of 18,000, although the record attendance was 47,747 for Wigan v St Helens 27 March 1959 See also 1987-88 Rugby Football League season 1987 Lancashire Cup 1987 Yorkshire Cup John Player Special Trophy Rugby league county cups References External links Saints Heritage Society https://web.archive.org/web/20120302024842/http://www.saints.org.uk/saints.org.uk/home/viewpage.php?page_id=9 2012-03-02 1896–97 Northern Rugby Football Union season at wigan.rlfans.com https://web.archive.org/web/20140202123900/http://wigan.rlfans.com/fusion_pages/index.php?page_id=319 2014-02-02 Hull&Proud Fixtures & Results 1896/1897 Widnes Vikings - One team, one passion Season In Review - 1896-97 The Northern Union at warringtonwolves.org Huddersfield R L Heritage Wakefield until I die Category:1987 in English rugby league Category:1988 in English rugby league Category:Regal Trophy