1987–88 Challenge Cup

Rugby league competition 1988 Silk Cut Challenge Cup 6 Rounds BBC wigan 16px Wigan Winners halifax 16px Halifax wigan 16px Andy Gregory Lance Todd Trophy 1987 Challenge Cup 1987 1989 Challenge Cup 1989 The 1988 Challenge Cup was the 87th staging of rugby league's oldest knockout competition, the Challenge Cup. Known as the Silk Cut Challenge Cup for sponsorship reasons, the final was contested by Wigan and Halifax at Wembley. Wigan won the match 32–12. Preliminary round Date Team One Team Two Score13 Jan Kells Leeds 0-2815 Jan Bramley Sheffield Eagles 6-1415 Jan Leigh Miners Hunslet 4-2316 Jan Heworth West Hull 11-417 Jan Carlisle Whitehaven 8-817 Jan Warrington Huddersfield48-1020 Jan-replay Whitehaven Carlisle 8-22 First round Date Team One Team Two Score30 Jan Wigan Bradford Northern 2-031 Jan Dewsbury Widnes 10-3831 Jan Doncaster Batley 18-1031 Jan Featherstone Rovers York 32-2131 Jan Fulham Mansfield 4-1631 Jan Heworth Halifax 4-6031 Jan Hull Kingston Rovers Carlisle 14-631 Jan Hunslet Hull FC 10-2731 Jan Keighley Workington Town 30-431 Jan Leeds Castleford 22-1431 Jan Leigh St Helens 12-2231 Jan Rochdale Hornets Barrow 6-431 Jan Runcorn Springfield 6-831 Jan Salford Swinton 16-631 Jan Wakefield Trinity Sheffield Eagles 10-1431 Jan Warrington Oldham 17-6 Second round Date Team One Team Two Score13 Feb Warrington St Helens 20-2414 Feb Doncaster Mansfield 16-814 Feb Halifax Rochdale Hornets 30-614 Feb Hull FC Sheffield Eagles 26-614 Feb Hull Kingston Rovers Featherstone Rovers 35-2614 Feb Keighley Widnes 2-1614 Feb Salford Springfield 12-1014 Feb Wigan Leeds 30-14 Quarter-finals Date Team One Team Two Score27 Feb Wigan Widnes 10-128 Feb Hull FC Doncaster 27-1228 Feb Hull Kingston Rovers Halifax 4-2628 Feb Salford St Helens 22-18 Semi finals 12 March 1988 Wigan 34 – 4 Report Salford Try: Edwards (2), T. Iro, Kiss, K. Iro, Hanley Goal: K. Iro (5) Try: Blease Burnden Park, Bolton 20,783 26 March 1988 Halifax 0 – 0 Report Hull Headingley, Leeds 20,534 Replay 30 March 1988 Halifax 4 – 3 Report Hull Try: Anderson Goal: Pearce Drop goal: Pearce Elland Road, Leeds 25,117 Final 30 April 1988 Wigan 32 – 12 Halifax Try: K. Iro (2), Gill, Lydon, T. Iro, Hanley, Bell, Goal: Gregory, Lydon Try: Anderson, James Goal: Whitfield Wembley, London 94,273 Andy GregoryFitzpatrick Paul Wembley proves Wigan peerless The Guardian 2 May 1988 London 18 186926606 Report FB 1 Joe LydonRW 2 Tony IroRC 3 Kevin IroLC 4 Dean BellLW 5 Henderson GillSO 6 Shaun Edwards (c)SH 7 Andy Gregory PR 8 Brian CaseHK 9 Nicky Kiss PR 10 Adrian ShelfordSR 11 Andy GoodwaySR 12 Ian PotterLF 13 Ellery Hanley Substitutions:IC 14 Ged ByrneIC 15 Shaun WaneCoach: Graham Lowe FB 1 Graham Eadie (c)RW 2 Martin MeredithRC 3 Tony AndersonLC 4 Ian WilkinsonLW 5 Colin WhitfieldSO 6 Robert GroganSH 7 Steve RobinsonPR 8 Neil JamesHK 9 Seamus McCallion PR 10 Keith NellerSR 11 Les HollidaySR 12 Paul DixonLF 13 John PendleburySubstitutions:IC 14 Dick FairbankIC 15 Mick ScottCoach: Chris Anderson References External links Challenge Cup official website https://web.archive.org/web/20140122043124/http://www.thechallengecup.com/ 2014-01-22 Challenge Cup 1987/88 results at Rugby League Project Category:Challenge Cup Challenge Cup