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1987–88 Lancashire Cup

1987–88 Lancashire Cup

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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.

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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.

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Round 2 - Quarter-finals

Round 2 involved 4 matches and 8 clubs.

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Round 3 – Semi-finals

Round 3 involved 2 matches and 4 clubs

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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.

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Teams and scorers

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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

References

  1. [1]
    "Rugby League Project".
  2. [2]
    Jack Winstanley & Malcolm Ryding (1991). John Player Yearbook 1975-76. Queen Anne Press.
  3. [3]
    "Wigan "Cherry and White" archived results". Archived from the original on 21 February 2014. Retrieved 16 February 2014.
  4. [4]
    "Saints Heritage Society - History - Season 1896-97".
  5. [5]
    "Widnes Vikings - History - Season In Review - 1896-97".
  6. [6]
    "Warrington Wolves - Results Archive - 1897". Archived from the original on 2 February 2014.
  7. [7]
    Raymond Fletcher and David Howes (1991). Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook 1991-100. Queen Anne Press. ISBN 0 35617852 8.
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