1987–88 Rugby League Divisional Premiership

The 1987–88 Rugby League Divisional Premiership was the 2nd end-of-season Rugby League Divisional Premiership competition.

1987–88 Divisional Premiership Trophy
Structure	National knockout championship
Teams	8
Winners	Oldham
Runners-up	Featherstone Rovers
← 1986–87 1988–89 →

The competition was contested by the top eight teams in the second Division. The winners were Oldham.

First round

Date	Team one	Score	Team two
24 April 1988	Featherstone Rovers	42–1	Mansfield Marksman
24 April 1988	Oldham	34–24	Keighley
24 April 1988	Springfield Borough	11–10	Sheffield Eagles
24 April 1988	Wakefield Trinity	44–23	York

Semi-finals

Date	Team one	Score	Team two
8 May 1988	Featherstone Rovers	20–16	Wakefield Trinity
8 May 1988	Oldham	18–10	Springfield Borough

Final

15 May 1988

Oldham	28 – 26	Featherstone Rovers
Tries: Foy (2), Flanagan, Walsh, Meadows Goals: McAlister (4)	^[1]	Tries: Steadman (2), Bannister, Sykes Goals: Quinn (5)

Old Trafford, Manchester Referee: Robin Whitfield (Widnes) Player of the Match: Des Foy

1 Mick Burke 2 Paul Round 3 Des Foy 4 Charlie McAlister 5 Kevin Meadows 6 Peter Walsh 7 Mike Ford 8 Ian Sherratt 9 Ian Sanderson 10 Hugh Waddell 11 Colin Hawkyard 12 Mal Graham (c) 13 Terry Flanagan Substitutes: 14 Richard Irving 15 Gary Warnecke Coach: Eric Fitzsimons

1 Steve Quinn 2 Andy Bannister 3 David Sykes 4 Alan Banks 5 Richard Marsh 6 Graham Steadman 7 Deryck Fox (c) 8 Gary Siddall 9 Keith Bell 10 Karl Harrison 11 Paul Hughes 12 Peter Smith 13 Paul Lyman Substitutes: 14 John Crossley 15 John Bastian Coach: Peter Fox

See also

• 1987–88 Rugby Football League season

Notes

1. Fletcher & Howes (1988), p. 161.

References

• Fletcher, Raymond; Howes, David, eds. (1988). Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook 1988-89. London: Queen Anne Press. ISBN 978-0-356-15882-2.