The 1989 Challenge Cup was the 88th 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 St. Helens at Wembley. Wigan won the match 27–0.
^Fitzpatrick, Paul (1 May 1989). "A mess for Murphy to stew in". The Guardian. London. p. 18.
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Challenge Cup official website 2014-01-22 at the Wayback Machine
Challenge Cup 1988/89 results at Rugby League Project
January 01, 1970
1988, challenge, 1989, challenge, 88th, staging, rugby, league, oldest, knockout, competition, challenge, known, silk, challenge, sponsorship, reasons, final, contested, wigan, helens, wembley, wigan, match, 1989, silk, challenge, cupduration6, roundswinnerswi. The 1989 Challenge Cup was the 88th 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 St Helens at Wembley Wigan won the match 27 0 1989 Silk Cut Challenge CupDuration6 RoundsWinnersWiganRunners upSt HelensLance Todd TrophyEllery Hanley 1988 1990 Contents 1 Preliminary round 2 First round 3 Second round 4 Quarter finals 5 Semi finals 6 Final 7 References 8 External linksPreliminary round editDate Team One Team Two Score 15 Jan Barrow Island Thatto Heath 11 18 15 Jan Leeds Hunslet 32 6 15 Jan Milford Amateurs Swinton 0 36 15 Jan Wakefield Trinity Bramley 18 10 15 Jan West Hull Doncaster 2 48 15 Jan York Workington Town 35 8First round editDate Team One Team Two Score 28 Jan Hull FC Castleford 4 7 29 Jan Barrow Huddersfield 38 16 29 Jan Carlisle Mansfield 58 1 29 Jan Chorley Thatto Heath 8 4 29 Jan Dewsbury Oldham 9 40 29 Jan Doncaster Wigan 6 38 29 Jan Fulham Bradford Northern 10 28 29 Jan Rochdale Hornets Hull Kingston Rovers 24 28 29 Jan Runcorn Keighley 10 28 29 Jan Salford Widnes 14 18 29 Jan Sheffield Eagles Leigh 23 17 29 Jan Swinton St Helens 5 16 29 Jan Wakefield Trinity Batley 34 4 29 Jan Warrington Halifax 25 8 29 Jan Whitehaven Featherstone Rovers 0 32 29 Jan York Leeds 9 28Second round editDate Team One Team Two Score 11 Feb Castleford Widnes 18 32 12 Feb Bradford Northern Wigan 4 17 12 Feb Hull Kingston Rovers Chorley 28 4 12 Feb Leeds Carlisle 24 4 12 Feb St Helens Barrow 28 6 12 Feb Sheffield Eagles Oldham 20 32 12 Feb Wakefield Trinity Featherstone Rovers 4 10 12 Feb Warrington Keighley 56 7Quarter finals editDate Team One Team Two Score 25 Feb Oldham Wigan 4 12 26 Feb Hull Kingston Rovers Warrington 4 30 26 Feb Leeds Widnes 4 24 26 Feb St Helens Featherstone Rovers 32 3Semi finals edit11 March 1989 St Helens 16 14 Widnes Try Quirk 2 Bloor Goal Loughlin 2 Report Try Wright D Hulme Goal Currier 3 Central Park WiganAttendance 17 119 25 March 1989 Wigan 13 6 Warrington Try Lydon Edwards Goal Lydon 2 Drop goal Lydon Report Goal Woods 3 Maine Road ManchesterAttendance 26 529Final editThis was the first time since 1951 that a team had been held scoreless in a Challenge Cup Final at Wembley Saturday 29 April 1989 Wigan nbsp 27 0 nbsp St Helens Tries Kevin Iro 2 Ellery Hanley Andy Gregory Steve Hampson Goals Joe Lydon 3 5 Drop Goals Andy Gregory 1 Report Tries Goals Wembley Stadium LondonAttendance 78 000Referee Ray TennantPlayer of the Match Ellery Hanley nbsp 1 FB 1 Steve Hampson RW 2 Tony Iro RC 3 Kevin Iro LC 4 Dean Bell LW 5 Joe Lydon SO 6 Shaun Edwards SH 7 Andy Gregory PR 8 Ian Lucas HK 9 Nicky Kiss PR 10 Adrian Shelford SR 11 Andy Platt SR 12 Ian Potter LF 13 Ellery Hanley c Substitutions IC 14 Denis Betts IC 15 Andy Goodway Coach Graham Lowe FB 1 Gary Connolly RW 2 Mike O Connor RC 3 Phil Veivers LC 4 Paul Loughlin LW 5 Les Quirk SO 6 Shane Cooper SH 7 Neil Holding PR 8 Tony Burke HK 9 Paul Groves PR 10 Paul Forber SR 11 Bernard Dwyer SR 12 Roy Haggerty LF 13 Paul Vautin c Substitutions IC 14 Darren Bloor IC 15 Stuart Evans Coach Alex MurphyReferences edit Fitzpatrick Paul 1 May 1989 A mess for Murphy to stew in The Guardian London p 18 External links editChallenge Cup official website Archived 2014 01 22 at the Wayback Machine Challenge Cup 1988 89 results at Rugby League Project Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 1988 89 Challenge Cup amp oldid 1140392175, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,