1988 Lancashire Cup

The 1988 Rugby League Lancashire Cup competition

1988–89 Lancashire Cup
Structure Regional knockout championship
Teams 16
Winners Wigan
Runners-up Salford

1988 was the seventy-sixth occasion on which the Lancashire Cup completion had been held.
Wigan won the trophy by beating Salford by the score of 22-17
The match was played at Knowsley Road, Eccleston, St Helens, Merseyside, (historically in the county of Lancashire). The attendance was 19,154 and receipts were £71,879.00

This was Wigan’s fifth appearance and fourth consecutive victory in what was a run of four victories and five appearances in five successive years.
The attendance was again at a very pleasing level, the fifth 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 approximately £4,500.00; a record which would never be beaten in a Lancashire Cup Final

Background

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.

Competition and Results[1][2]

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
1Sun 18 Sep 1988Barrow10-24WiganCraven Park5528[3]
2Sun 18 Sep 1988Carlisle17-7Chorley BoroughGifford Park6451 2
3Sun 18 Sep 1988Oldham64-2Workington TownWatersheddings3877
4Sun 18 Sep 1988Rochdale Hornets25-14FulhamAthletic Grounds645
5Sun 18 Sep 1988Runcorn Highfield4-42WarringtonCanal Street2017[4]
6Sun 18 Sep 1988Salford42-8WhitehavenThe Willows2551
7Sun 18 Sep 1988Swinton24-14LeighStation Road3225
8Sun 18 Sep 1988Widnes32-24St. HelensNaughton Park10764[5][6]

Round 2 - Quarter Finals

Involved 4 matches and 8 Clubs


Game No Fixture Date Home Team Score Away Team Venue Att Rec Notes Ref
1Wed 28 Sep 1988Oldham2-18SalfordWatersheddings5497
2Wed 28 Sep 1988Warrington34-18CarlisleWilderspool2586[4]
3Wed 28 Sep 1988Widnes38-4SwintonNaughton Park4988[5]
4Wed 28 Sep 1988Wigan36-4Rochdale HornetsCentral Park7719[3]

Round 3 – Semi-Finals

Involved 2 matches and 4 Clubs


Game No Fixture Date Home Team Score Away Team Venue Att Rec Notes Ref
1Wed 05 Oct 1988Salford15-2WarringtonThe Willows7316[4]>[5][7]
2Wed 12 Oct 1988Wigan14-10WidnesCentral Park17813[3][5][8]

Final


Game No Fixture Date Home Team Score Away Team Venue Att Rec Notes Ref
Sunday 23 October 1988Wigan22-17SalfordKnowsley Road19154718793[3][9]

Teams and Scorers[3][9]

Wigan Salford
teams
Steve Hampson1Peter Williams
Tony Iro2xTex Evans
Kevin Iro3Keith Bentley
Dean Bell4Ken Jones
Joe Lydon5Adrian Hadley
Shaun Edwards6Paul Shaw
Andy Gregory7David Cairns
Ian Lucas8Steve Herbert
Martin Dermott9Mark Moran
Adrian Shelford10Peter Brown
Andy Platt11Ian Gormley
Andy Goodway12Mick Worrall
Ellery Hanley13Mark Horo
Ged Byrne (for Joe Lydon 76min)14Ian Blease (for Peter Williams 68min)
Denis Betts (for Ian Lucas 49min)15Mick McTigue (for Mark Horo 74min)
Graham LoweCoach Kevin Ashcroft
22score17
8HT3
Scorers
Tries
Kevin Iro (2)TTex Evans (1)
Adrian Shelford (1)TKeith Bentley (1)
Dean Bell (1)TSteve Herbert (1)
Goals
Kevin Iro (3)GPeter Brown (2)
Drop Goals
DGMick Worrall (1)
RefereeKevin Allatt (Southport)
Man of the matchPaul Shaw - Salford - Stand-off/Five-eighth
sponsored byGreenall Whitley
Competition SponsorGrünhalle Lager

Scoring - Try = four (4) points - Goal = two (2) points - Drop goal = one (1) point

The road to success

First Round Second Round Semi Finals Final
            
Barrow 10
Wigan 14
Wigan 36
Rochdale Hornets 4
Rochdale Hornets 25
Fulham 14
Wigan 14
Widnes 10
Widnes 32
St. Helens 24
Widnes 38
Swinton 4
Swinton 24
Leigh 14
Wigan 22
Salford 17
Oldham 64
Workington Town 2
Oldham 2
Salford 18
Salford 42
Whitehaven 8
Salford 15
Warrington 2
Runcorn Highfield 4
Warrington 42
Warrington 34
Carlisle 18
Carlisle 17
Chorley Borough 7

Notes and comments

1 * The first Lancashire Cup match to be played by the newly renamed club Chorley Borough
2 * The first Lancashire Cup match to be played at Carlisle's new stadium
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 December 26, 1949, for a league game between St Helens and Wigan

See also

References

  1. "Rugby League Project".
  2. Jack Winstanley & Malcolm Ryding (1991). John Player Yearbook 1975-76. Queen Anne Press.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 "Wigan "Cherry and White" archived results".
  4. 1 2 3 "Warrington Wolves - Results Archive - 1897". Archived from the original on 2014-02-02.
  5. 1 2 3 4 "Widnes Vikings - History - Season In Review - 1896-97".
  6. "Saints Heritage Society - History - Season 1896-97".
  7. Club Programme dept. Match Programme. Salford RLFC.
  8. Club Programme dept. Match Programme. Wigan RLFC.
  9. 1 2 Raymond Fletcher and David Howes (1991). Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook 1991-100. Queen Anne Press. ISBN 0 35617852 8.
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