1987–88 Lancashire Cup

April 2022 1987–88 Lancashire Cup Regional knockout championship Wigan Winners Warrington 1986 Lancashire Cup 1986–87 1988 Lancashire Cup 1988–89 16 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.Rugby League Project https://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/competitions/lancashire-cup/results.html?page=6 Jack Winstanley & Malcolm Ryding John Player Yearbook 1975-76 1991 Queen Anne Press Round 1 Round 1 involved 8 matches (with no byes) and 16 clubs. Game NoFixture DateHome team Score Away teamVenueAttRecNotesRef 1Sun 13 Sep 1987Barrow2-36WiganCraven Park5950Wigan "Cherry and White" archived results http://wigan.rlfans.com/news.php?readmore=3199 16 February 2014 21 February 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20140221234707/http://wigan.rlfans.com/news.php?readmore=3199 dead2Sun 13 Sep 1987Leigh27-21St. HelensHilton Park7747Saints Heritage Society - History - Season 1896-97 http://www.saints.org.uk/saints.org.uk/home/viewpage.php?page_id=9 16 February 2014 2 March 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20120302024842/http://www.saints.org.uk/saints.org.uk/home/viewpage.php?page_id=9 dead3Sun 13 Sep 1987Runcorn Highfield6-40WidnesCanal Street2679Widnes Vikings - History - Season In Review - 1896-97 http://www.rugby.widnes.tv/seasonreview.php?mid=1896&smid=1896-97&mids=18964Sun 13 Sep 1987Salford58-4FulhamThe Willows16405Sun 13 Sep 1987Swinton38-20Rochdale HornetsStation Road14436Sun 13 Sep 1987Warrington42-8OldhamWilderspool5615Warrington 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 7Sun 13 Sep 1987Whitehaven28-12CarlisleRecreation Ground20758Sun 13 Sep 1987Workington Town12-10Springfield BoroughDerwent Park5491 Round 2 - Quarter-finals Round 2 involved 4 matches and 8 clubs. Game NoFixture DateHome team Score Away teamVenueAttRecNotesRef 1Wed 23 Sep 1987Swinton22-14LeighStation Road38242Wed 23 Sep 1987Wigan42-2SalfordCentral Park116333Wed 23 Sep 1987Workington Town10-50WarringtonDerwent Park17594Thu 24 Sep 1987Whitehaven14-20WidnesRecreation Ground3152 Round 3 – Semi-finals Round 3 involved 2 matches and 4 clubs Game NoFixture DateHome team Score Away teamVenueAttRecNotesRef 1Wed 30 Sep 1987Warrington44-6SwintonWilderspool52962Wed 30 Sep 1987Widnes12-20WiganNaughton Park7306 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 NoFixture DateHome team Score Away teamVenueAttRecNotesRef Sunday 11 October 1987Wigan28-16WarringtonKnowsley Road20237673392 3 Raymond Fletcher and David Howes Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook 1991-100 1991 Queen Anne Press 0 35617852 8 Teams and scorers WiganNo.Warrington teams Steve Hampson1Brian JohnsonRichard Russell (see note 4) 2Des DrummondDavid Stephenson3Mark ForsterJoe Lydon4Barry Peters https://web.archive.org/web/20150224193337/http://wolvesplayers.thisiswarrington.co.uk/martini/results.asp?txtName=Peters&ddlAppearances=0&ddlTries=0&ddlGoals=0&ddlPoints=0&code=%25&Search=Search 24 February 2015 Henderson Gill5Brian CarbertShaun Edwards6John WoodsAndy Gregory7Keith Holden, Jr.Brian Case8Kevin TamatiNicky Kiss9Carl Webb https://web.archive.org/web/20150224181358/http://wolvesplayers.thisiswarrington.co.uk/martini/results.asp?txtName=Webb&ddlAppearances=0&ddlTries=0&ddlGoals=0&ddlPoints=0&code=%25&Search=Search 24 February 2015 Shaun Wane10Tony HumphriesAndy Goodway11Gary Sanderson https://web.archive.org/web/20150224182903/http://wolvesplayers.thisiswarrington.co.uk/martini/results.asp?txtName=Sanderson&ddlAppearances=0&ddlTries=0&ddlGoals=0&ddlPoints=0&code=%25&Search=Search 24 February 2015 Ian Potter12Mark Roberts https://web.archive.org/web/20150224183444/http://wolvesplayers.thisiswarrington.co.uk/martini/results.asp?txtName=Roberts&ddlAppearances=0&ddlTries=0&ddlGoals=0&ddlPoints=0&code=%25&Search=Search 24 February 2015 Ellery Hanley13Mike Gregory Dean Bell14?Graeme West (for Shaun Wane 52min)15Neil Harmon (for Carl Webb 7min)Graham LoweCoach 28score1614HT12 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)GRefereeG F Lindop (Wakefield)Man of the matchShaun Edwards - Wigan - sosponsored byGreenall WhitleyCompetition 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 Runcorn Highfield 6 Widnes 40 Barrow 2 Wigan 36 Salford 58 Fulham 4 Workington Town 12 Springfield Borough 10 Warrington 42 Oldham 8 Swinton 38 Rochdale Hornets 20 Leigh 27 St. Helens 21 Whitehaven 14 Widnes 20 Wigan 42 Salford 2 Workington Town 10 Warrington 50 Swinton 22 Leigh 14 Widnes 12 Wigan 20 Warrington 44 Swinton 6 Wigan 28 Warrington 16 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 data, and as 20,237 in the Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook 1991–1992. The Wigan 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 shows the Wigan number 2 position occupied by Richard Russell - The official Wigan archives show the number 2 position as Richard Marshall See also 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 2 March 2012 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 2 February 2014 Hull&Proud Fixtures & Results 1896/1897 Widnes Vikings - One team, one passion Season In Review - 1896-97 The Northern Union at warringtonwolves.org Category:RFL Lancashire Cup Lancashire Cup