1986–87 Lancashire Cup

The 1986–87 Lancashire Cup, known as the Grunhalle Lager Lancashire Cup for sponsorship reasons, was the 74th occasion on which the Lancashire Cup competition had been held.

1986–87 Lancashire Cup
StructureRegional knockout championship
Teams16
WinnersWigan
Runners-upOldham

Wigan won the trophy by beating Oldham by the score of 27-6. The match was played at Knowsley Road, Eccleston, St Helens, Merseyside, (historically in the county of Lancashire). The attendance was 20,180 and receipts were £60,329.

This was Wigan’s third appearance in three years and a second victory in what would a run of four victories and five appearances in five successive years.
The attendance was again at a very pleasing level, the third of the five year period when it would reach around the 20,000 level, and the receipts reached a new near record level

Background

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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

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Round 1

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Involved 8 matches (with no byes) and 16 clubs

Game No Fixture Date Home Team Score Away Team Venue Att Rec Notes Ref
1 Sun 14 Sep 1986 Blackpool Borough 6-30 Barrow Borough Park 1112
2 Sun 14 Sep 1986 Oldham 29-22 Leigh Watersheddings 4566
3 Sun 14 Sep 1986 Runcorn Highfield 10-48 Widnes Canal Street 2338 [3]
4 Sun 14 Sep 1986 St. Helens 112-0 Carlisle Knowsley Road 4068 1 [4]
5 Sun 14 Sep 1986 Warrington 28-20 Salford Wilderspool 3617 [5]
6 Sun 14 Sep 1986 Whitehaven 72-6 Fulham Recreation Ground 1602
7 Sun 14 Sep 1986 Wigan 52-0 Rochdale Hornets Central Park 10230 [6]
8 Sun 14 Sep 1986 Workington Town 25-16 Swinton Derwent Park 710

Round 2 - Quarter-finals

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Involved 4 matches and 8 clubs

Game No Fixture Date Home Team Score Away Team Venue Att Rec Notes Ref
1 Wed 24 Sep 1986 Barrow 10-12 Widnes Craven Park 3315 [3]
2 Wed 24 Sep 1986 Oldham 46-13 Workington Town Watersheddings 3412
3 Wed 24 Sep 1986 St. Helens 19-15 Warrington Knowsley Road 9750 [4][5]
4 Wed 24 Sep 1986 Wigan 74-6 Whitehaven Central Park 9099 [6]

Round 3 – Semi-finals

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Involved 2 matches and 4 clubs

Game No Fixture Date Home Team Score Away Team Venue Att Rec Notes Ref
1 Wed 01 Oct 1986 Oldham 16-14 Widnes Watersheddings 5601 [3]
2 Wed 01 Oct 1986 Wigan 22-16 St. Helens Central Park 28252 [4][6]

Final

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Game No Fixture Date Home Team Score Away Team Venue Att Rec Notes Ref
Sunday 19 October 1986 Wigan 27-6 Oldham Knowsley Road 19202 56030 2 [5][6][7]

Teams and scorers

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Wigan Oldham
Teams
Shaun Edwards 1 Hussein M'Barki
Joe Lydon 2 Paul Sherman
David Stephenson 3 Gary Bridge
Dean Bell 4 Gary Warnecke
Henderson Gill 5 Michael Taylor
Ellery Hanley 6 David Topliss
Mike Ford 7 Paddy Kirwan
Graeme West 8 Bruce Clark
Martin Dermott 9 Terry Flanagan
Brian Case 10 David Hobbs
Ian Roberts 11 Tom Naidole
Ian Potter 12 Mick Worrall
Andy Goodway 13 Stuart Raper
Subs
Steve Hampson 14 Neil Clawson
Rob Louw (for Ian Roberts 67min) 15 Colin Hawkyard (for Stuart Raper Half-time)
Graham Lowe Coach Frank Myler
27 score 6
8 HT 6
Scorers
Tries
Shaun Edwards (2) T Gary Bridge (1)
Mike Ford (1) T
Joe Lydon (1) T
Goals
Henderson Gill (5) G David Hobbs (1)
Drop Goals
Joe Lydon (1) DG
Referee J E (Jim) Smith (Halifax)
Man of the match Mike Ford - Wigan - scrum-half
sponsored by Greenall Whitley
Competition Sponsor Grünhalle Lager[8]

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

The road to success

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First round Second round Semi-finals Final
            
Wigan 52
Rochdale Hornets 0
Wigan 74
Whitehaven 6
Whitehaven 72
Fulham 6
Wigan 22
St. Helens 16
St. Helens 112
Carlisle 0
St. Helens 19
Warrington 15
Warrington 28
Salford 20
Wigan 27
Oldham 6
Oldham 29
Leigh 22
Oldham 16
Workington Town 13
Workington Town 25
Swinton 16
Oldham 16
Widnes 14
Blackpool Borough 6
Barrow 30
Barrow 10
Widnes 12
Runcorn Highfield 10
Widnes 48

Notes and comments

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1 * A record score for a match in this competition and a record defeat for Carlisle in any competition
2 * 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

See also

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References

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