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.

1987–88 Lancashire Cup
Structure	Regional knockout championship
Teams	16
Winners	Wigan
Runners-up	Warrington
← 1986–87 1988–89 →

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.^[1][2]

Round 1

Round 1 involved 8 matches (with no byes) and 16 clubs.

Game No	Fixture Date	Home Team		Score		Away Team	Venue	Att	Rec	Notes	Ref
1	Sun 13 Sep 1987	Barrow		2-36		Wigan	Craven Park	5950			^[3]
2	Sun 13 Sep 1987	Leigh		27-21		St. Helens	Hilton Park	7747			^[4]
3	Sun 13 Sep 1987	Runcorn Highfield		6-40		Widnes	Canal Street	2679			^[5]
4	Sun 13 Sep 1987	Salford		58-4		Fulham	The Willows	1640
5	Sun 13 Sep 1987	Swinton		38-20		Rochdale Hornets	Station Road	1443
6	Sun 13 Sep 1987	Warrington		42-8		Oldham	Wilderspool	5615			^[6]
7	Sun 13 Sep 1987	Whitehaven		28-12		Carlisle	Recreation Ground	2075
8	Sun 13 Sep 1987	Workington Town		12-10		Springfield Borough	Derwent Park	549		1

Round 2 - Quarter-finals

Round 2 involved 4 matches and 8 clubs.

Game No	Fixture Date	Home Team		Score		Away Team	Venue	Att	Rec	Notes	Ref
1	Wed 23 Sep 1987	Swinton		22-14		Leigh	Station Road	3824
2	Wed 23 Sep 1987	Wigan		42-2		Salford	Central Park	11633			^[3]
3	Wed 23 Sep 1987	Workington Town		10-50		Warrington	Derwent Park	1759			^[6]
4	Thu 24 Sep 1987	Whitehaven		14-20		Widnes	Recreation Ground	3152			^[6]

Round 3 – Semi-finals

Round 3 involved 2 matches and 4 clubs

Game No	Fixture Date	Home Team		Score		Away Team	Venue	Att	Rec	Notes	Ref
1	Wed 30 Sep 1987	Warrington		44-6		Swinton	Wilderspool	5296
2	Wed 30 Sep 1987	Widnes		12-20		Wigan	Naughton Park	7306			^[3]^[5]

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 No	Fixture Date	Home Team		Score		Away Team	Venue	Att	Rec	Notes	Ref
	Sunday 11 October 1987	Wigan		28-16		Warrington	Knowsley Road	20237	67339	2 3	^[3]^[6]^[7]

Teams and scorers

^[3][6][7]

Wigan	№	Warrington
	teams
Steve Hampson	1	Brian Johnson
Richard Russell (see note 4)	2	Des Drummond
David Stephenson	3	Mark Forster
Joe Lydon	4	Barry Peters[1]
Henderson Gill	5	Brian Carbert[2]
Shaun Edwards	6	John Woods
Andy Gregory	7	Keith Holden, Jr.
Brian Case	8	Kevin Tamati
Nicky Kiss	9	Carl Webb[3]
Shaun Wane	10	Tony Humphries[4]
Andy Goodway	11	Gary Sanderson[5]
Ian Potter	12	Mark Roberts[6]
Ellery Hanley	13	Mike Gregory
Dean Bell	14	?
Graeme West (for Shaun Wane 52min)	15	Neil Harmon (for Carl Webb 7min)
Graham Lowe	Coach
28	score	16
14	HT	12
	Scorers
	Tries
Ellery Hanley (2)	T	Mark Forster (2)
Henderson Gill (1)	T	Mike Gregory (1)
Graeme West (1)	T
	Goals
David Stephenson (1)	G	John Woods (2)
Joe Lydon (5)	G
Referee		G F Lindop (Wakefield)
Man of the match		Shaun Edwards - Wigan - stand-off
sponsored by		Greenall Whitley
Competition Sponsor		Grünhalle 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
						Whitehaven		14
						Widnes		20
	Runcorn Highfield		6
	Widnes		40
											Widnes		12
											Wigan		20
	Barrow		2
	Wigan		36
						Wigan		42
						Salford		2
	Salford		58
	Fulham		4
																Wigan		28
																Warrington		16
	Workington Town		12
	Springfield Borough		10
						Workington Town		10
						Warrington		50
	Warrington		42
	Oldham		8
											Warrington		44
											Swinton		6
	Swinton		38
	Rochdale Hornets		20
						Swinton		22
						Leigh		14
	Leigh		27
	St. Helens		21

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 ^[1] data, and as 20,237 in the Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook 1991-1992.^[7] The Wigan^[3] 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^[7] shows the Wigan number 2 position occupied by Richard Russell - The official Wigan archives^[3] show the number 2 position as Richard Marshall

See also

• Rugby league county cups

References

1. "Rugby League Project".
2. Jack Winstanley & Malcolm Ryding (1991). John Player Yearbook 1975-76. Queen Anne Press.
3. . Archived from the original on 21 February 2014. Retrieved 16 February 2014.
4. "Saints Heritage Society - History - Season 1896-97".
5. "Widnes Vikings - History - Season In Review - 1896-97".
6. . Archived from the original on 2 February 2014.
7. Raymond Fletcher and David Howes (1991). Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook 1991-100. Queen Anne Press. ISBN 0 35617852 8.

External links

• Saints Heritage Society
• 1896–97 Northern Rugby Football Union season at wigan.rlfans.com 2 February 2014 at the Wayback Machine
• Widnes Vikings - One team, one passion Season In Review - 1896-97