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 and 16 Clubs.
Game NoFixture DateHome TeamScoreAway TeamVenueAttRecNotesRef
1Sun 13 Sep 1987Barrow2-36WiganCraven Park5950
2Sun 13 Sep 1987Leigh27-21St. HelensHilton Park7747
3Sun 13 Sep 1987Runcorn Highfield6-40WidnesCanal Street2679
4Sun 13 Sep 1987Salford58-4FulhamThe Willows1640
5Sun 13 Sep 1987Swinton38-20Rochdale HornetsStation Road1443
6Sun 13 Sep 1987Warrington42-8OldhamWilderspool5615
7Sun 13 Sep 1987Whitehaven28-12CarlisleRecreation Ground2075
8Sun 13 Sep 1987Workington Town12-10Springfield BoroughDerwent Park5491

Round 2 - Quarter Finals

Round 2 involved 4 matches and 8 Clubs.
Game NoFixture DateHome TeamScoreAway TeamVenueAttRecNotesRef
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1Wed 23 Sep 1987Swinton22-14LeighStation Road3824
2Wed 23 Sep 1987Wigan42-2SalfordCentral Park11633
3Wed 23 Sep 1987Workington Town10-50WarringtonDerwent Park1759
4Thu 24 Sep 1987Whitehaven14-20WidnesRecreation Ground3152

Round 3 – Semi-Finals

Round 3 involved 2 matches and 4 Clubs
Game NoFixture DateHome TeamScoreAway TeamVenueAttRecNotesRef
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1Wed 30 Sep 1987Warrington44-6SwintonWilderspool5296
2Wed 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,. 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 TeamScoreAway TeamVenueAttRecNotesRef
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Sunday 11 October 1987Wigan28-16WarringtonKnowsley Road20237673392 3-

Teams and Scorers

WiganWarrington
teams
Steve Hampson1Brian Johnson
Richard Russell 2Des Drummond
David Stephenson3Mark Forster
Joe Lydon4Barry Peters
Henderson Gill5Brian Carbert
Shaun Edwards6John Woods
Andy Gregory7Keith Holden, Jr.
Brian Case8Kevin Tamati
Nicky Kiss9Carl Webb
Shaun Wane10Tony Humphries
Andy Goodway11Gary Sanderson
Ian Potter12Mark Roberts
Ellery Hanley13Mike Gregory
Dean Bell14?
Graeme West 15Neil Harmon
Graham LoweCoach
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28score16
14HT12
Scorers
Tries
Ellery Hanley TMark Forster
Henderson Gilll TMike Gregory
Graeme West T
Goals
David Stephenson GJohn Woods
Joe Lydon G
RefereeG F Lindop
Man of the matchShaun Edwards - Wigan -
sponsored byGreenall Whitley
Competition SponsorGrünhalle Lager

Scoring - Try = four points - Goal = two points - Drop goal = one point

Pathway to the final