1986–87 Lancashire Cup

Rugby-league championship in north-west England April 2022 1986–87 Lancashire Cup Regional knockout championship Wigan Winners Oldham 1985 Lancashire Cup 1985–86 1987 Lancashire Cup 1987–88 16 The 1986–87 Lancashire Cup, known as the Grunhalle Lager Lancashire Cup for sponsorship reasons, was the 74th occasion on which the Lancashire Cup competition had been held. Wigan won the trophy by beating Oldham by the score of 27-6. The match was played at Knowsley Road, Eccleston, St Helens, Merseyside, (historically in the county of Lancashire). The attendance was 20,180 and receipts were £60,329. This was Wigan’s third appearance in three years and a second victory in what would a run of four victories and five appearances in five successive years. Background 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. Competition and results Rugby League Project http://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 Involved 8 matches (with no byes) and 16 clubs Game NoFixture DateHome team Score Away teamVenueAttRecNotesRef 1Sun 14 Sep 1986Blackpool Borough6-30BarrowBorough Park11122Sun 14 Sep 1986Oldham29-22LeighWatersheddings45663Sun 14 Sep 1986Runcorn Highfield10-48WidnesCanal Street2338Widnes Vikings - History - Season In Review - 1896-97 http://www.rugby.widnes.tv/seasonreview.php?mid=1896&smid=1896-97&mids=18964Sun 14 Sep 1986St. Helens112-0CarlisleKnowsley Road40681 Saints 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 dead5Sun 14 Sep 1986Warrington28-20SalfordWilderspool3617Warrington 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 14 Sep 1986Whitehaven72-6FulhamRecreation Ground16027Sun 14 Sep 1986Wigan52-0Rochdale HornetsCentral Park10230Wigan "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 dead8Sun 14 Sep 1986Workington Town25-16SwintonDerwent Park710 Round 2 - Quarter-finals Involved 4 matches and 8 clubs Game NoFixture DateHome team Score Away teamVenueAttRecNotesRef 1Wed 24 Sep 1986Barrow10-12WidnesCraven Park33152Wed 24 Sep 1986Oldham46-13Workington TownWatersheddings34123Wed 24 Sep 1986St. Helens19-15WarringtonKnowsley Road97504Wed 24 Sep 1986Wigan74-6WhitehavenCentral Park9099 Round 3 – Semi-finals Involved 2 matches and 4 clubs Game NoFixture DateHome team Score Away teamVenueAttRecNotesRef 1Wed 01 Oct 1986Oldham16-14WidnesWatersheddings56012Wed 01 Oct 1986Wigan22-16St. HelensCentral Park28252 Final Game NoFixture DateHome team Score Away teamVenueAttRecNotesRef Sunday 19 October 1986Wigan27-6OldhamKnowsley Road19202560302Raymond Fletcher and David Howes Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook 1991-100 1991 Queen Anne Press 0 35617852 8 Teams and scorers Wigan№Oldham Teams Shaun Edwards1Hussein M'BarkiJoe Lydon2Paul ShermanDavid Stephenson3Gary BridgeDean Bell4Gary WarneckeHenderson Gill5Michael TaylorEllery Hanley6David ToplissMike Ford7Paddy KirwanGraeme West8Bruce ClarkMartin Dermott9Terry FlanaganBrian Case10David HobbsIan Roberts11Tom NaidoleIan Potter12Mick WorrallAndy Goodway13Stuart Raper Subs Steve Hampson14Neil ClawsonRob Louw (for Ian Roberts 67min)15Colin Hawkyard (for Stuart Raper Half-time)Graham LoweCoachFrank Myler 27score68HT6 Scorers Tries Shaun Edwards (2)TGary Bridge (1)Mike Ford (1)TJoe Lydon (1)T Goals Henderson Gill (5)GDavid Hobbs (1) Drop Goals Joe Lydon (1)DGRefereeJ E (Jim) Smith (Halifax)Man of the matchMike Ford - Wigan - shsponsored byGreenall WhitleyCompetition SponsorGrünhalle LagerClub Programme dept Match Programme Oldham RLFC Scoring - Try = four points - Goal = two points - Drop goal = one point The road to success First round Second round Semi-finals Final Wigan 52 Rochdale Hornets 0 Whitehaven 72 Fulham 6 St. Helens 112 Carlisle 0 Warrington 28 Salford 20 Oldham 29 Leigh 22 Workington Town 25 Swinton 16 Blackpool Borough 6 Barrow 30 Runcorn Highfield 10 Widnes 48 Wigan 74 Whitehaven 6 St. Helens 19 Warrington 15 Oldham 16 Workington Town 13 Barrow 10 Widnes 12 Wigan 22 St. Helens 16 Oldham 16 Widnes 14 Wigan 27 Oldham 6 Notes and comments 1 * A record score for a match in this competition and a record defeat for Carlisle in any competition 2 * 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 See also 1986–87 Rugby Football League season 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:1986 in English rugby league Category:RFL Lancashire Cup