1987–88 Lancashire Cup

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.

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 Park59502Sun 13 Sep 1987Leigh27-21St. HelensHilton Park77473Sun 13 Sep 1987Runcorn Highfield6-40WidnesCanal Street26794Sun 13 Sep 1987Salford58-4FulhamThe Willows16405Sun 13 Sep 1987Swinton38-20Rochdale HornetsStation Road14436Sun 13 Sep 1987Warrington42-8OldhamWilderspool56157Sun 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

Teams and scorers

WiganNo.Warrington teams Steve Hampson1Brian JohnsonRichard Russell (see note 4) 2Des DrummondDavid Stephenson3Mark ForsterJoe Lydon4Barry Peters Henderson Gill5Brian CarbertShaun Edwards6John WoodsAndy Gregory7Keith Holden, Jr.Brian Case8Kevin TamatiNicky Kiss9Carl Webb Shaun Wane10Tony HumphriesAndy Goodway11Gary Sanderson Ian Potter12Mark Roberts 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 - sponsored byGreenall WhitleyCompetition SponsorGrünhalle Lager Scoring - Try = four points - Goal = two points - Drop goal = one point

Pathway to the final

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

1987–88 Lancashire Cup

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