1986–87 John Player Special Trophy

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1986–87 John Player Special Trophy
StructureNational knockout championship
Teams36
Winners Wigan
Runners-up Warrington

This was the sixteenth season of the rugby league League Cup, again known as the John Player Special Trophy for sponsorship purposes.

Contents

Wigan won the trophy, beating Warrington 18–4 in the final. The match was played at Burnden Park, Bolton, Greater Manchester. The attendance was 22,144 and receipts were £86041.

Background

This season saw no changes in the entrants, no new members and no withdrawals, the number remaining at thirty-six.

There were no drawn matches in this seasons tournament

Competition and results

[1] [2]

Preliminary round

[3] Involved 4 matches and 8 clubs

Game NoFixture DateHome TeamScoreAway TeamVenueAttRecNotesRef
1Wed 12 Nov 1986 Halifax 38-23 York Thrum Hall 2962
2Sat 15 Nov 1986 Millom 4-18 Wakefield Trinity Coronation Field, Millom20001 [4]
3Sun 16 Nov 1986 Batley 2-8Myson (Hull) Mount Pleasant 6872
4Sun 16 Nov 1986 Workington Town 16-6 Huddersfield Barracudas Derwent Park 420 [5]

Round 1 - First Round

[3] Involved 16 matches and 32 clubs

Game NoFixture DateHome TeamScoreAway TeamVenueAttRecNotesRef
1Sat 29 Nov 1986 Wigan 32-10 Leeds Central Park 9112 [2]
2Sun 30 Nov 1986 Barrow 36-10 Runcorn Highfield Craven Park 17713
3Sun 30 Nov 1986 Blackpool Borough 42-12 Mansfield Marksman Borough Park 376
4Sun 30 Nov 1986 Doncaster 18-14 Hull Kingston Rovers Bentley Road Stadium/Tattersfield3084
5Sun 30 Nov 1986 Featherstone Rovers 22-18 Workington Town Post Office Road 1521
6Sun 30 Nov 1986 Fulham 24-34 Castleford Chiswick Poly Sports Grd 1374
7Sun 30 Nov 1986 Halifax 36-22 Wakefield Trinity Thrum Hall 4076 [4]
8Sun 30 Nov 1986 Leigh 32-10 Rochdale Hornets Hilton Park 2754
9Sun 30 Nov 1986Myson (Hull)11-18 Swinton Craven Park (1) 16482
10Sun 30 Nov 1986 Oldham 12-22 Bradford Northern Watersheddings 5642
11Sun 30 Nov 1986 Salford 12-27 Hull F.C. The Willows 2100 [6]
12Sun 30 Nov 1986 Sheffield Eagles 14-6 Bramley Owlerton Stadium 415
13Sun 30 Nov 1986 Warrington 11-10 Hunslet Wilderspool 3680 [7]
14Sun 30 Nov 1986 Whitehaven 8-10 St. Helens Recreation Ground 3678 [8]
15Sun 30 Nov 1986 Widnes 82-0 Dewsbury Naughton Park 21384 [9]
16Thu 04 Dec 1986 Carlisle 8-2 Keighley Penrith FC300

Round 2 - Second Round

[10] Involved 8 matches and 16 clubs

Game NoFixture DateHome TeamScoreAway TeamVenueAttRecNotesRef
1Sat 6 Dec 1986 Castleford 22-26 St. Helens Wheldon Road 4808 [8]
2Sun 7 Dec 1986 Blackpool Borough 22-48 Hull F.C. Borough Park 37235 [6]
3Sun 7 Dec 1986 Featherstone Rovers 12-19 Bradford Northern Post Office Road 3907
4Sun 7 Dec 1986 Leigh 26-14 Doncaster Hilton Park 3363
5Sun 7 Dec 1986 Sheffield Eagles 8-14 Barrow Owlerton Stadium 5136
6Sun 7 Dec 1986 Warrington 44-10 Halifax Wilderspool 5804 [7]
7Sun 7 Dec 1986 Wigan 20-14 Swinton Central Park 9874 [2]
8Mon 8 Dec 1986 Widnes 36-6 Carlisle Naughton Park 2016 [9]

Round 3 -Quarter-finals

[11] Involved 4 matches with 8 clubs

Game NoFixture DateHome TeamScoreAway TeamVenueAttRecNotesRef
1Sat 13 Dec 1986 Bradford Northern 8-20 Hull F.C. Odsal 3545 [6]
2Sun 14 Dec 1986 Barrow 6-16 Widnes Craven Park 3199 [9]
3Sun 14 Dec 1986 St. Helens 20-22 Warrington Knowsley Road 11571 [7] [8]
4Sun 14 Dec 1986 Wigan 6-2 Leigh Central Park 11573 [2]

Round 4 – Semi-finals

[12] Involved 2 matches and 4 clubs

Game NoFixture DateHome TeamScoreAway TeamVenueAttRecNotesRef
1Sat 20 Dec 1986 Wigan 12-11 Hull F.C. Headingley 5245 [2] [6]
2Sat 27 Dec 1986 Warrington 35-4 Widnes Central Park 6409 [7] [9]

Final

Game NoFixture DateHome TeamScoreAway TeamVenueAttRecNotesRef
Saturday 10 January 1987 Wigan 18-4 Warrington Burnden Park Bolton22144860417, 8 [7] [13] [14] [15]

Teams and scorers

[14] [15] [16]

Wigan No. Warrington
teams
Steve Hampson 1 Brian Johnson
David Stephenson 2 Kevin Meadows
Joe Lydon 3 Paul Cullen
Dean Bell 4 Joe Ropati
Henderson Gill 5 Mark Forster
Ellery Hanley 6 Ken Kelly
Shaun Edwards 7 Steve Peters
Graeme West 8 Les Boyd
Martin Dermott 9 Kevin Tamati
Brian Case 10 Bob Jackson
Ian Roberts 11 Gary Sanderson
Ian Potter 12 Mark Roberts
Andy Goodway 13 Mike Gregory
? Not used14 Ronnie Duane (for Steve Peters 63-minutes)
? Not used15 Alan Rathbone (for Kevin Tamati half-time)
Graham Lowe CoachTony Barrow
18score4
4HT4
Scorers
Tries
Dean Bell (1)TMark Forster (1)
Henderson Gill (2)T
Andy Goodway (1)T
Goals
Henderson Gill (1)G
Referee John Holdsworth (Kippax)
Man of the match Andy Goodway - Wigan - loose forward
Competition Sponsor John Player Special

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

Prize money

As part of the sponsorship deal and funds, the prize money awarded to the competing teams for this season is as follows :-

Finish PositionCash PrizeNo. receiving prizeTotal Cash
Winner?1?
Runner-up?1?
semi-finalist?2?
loser in Rd 3?4?
loser in Rd 2?8?
Loser in Rd 1?16?
Loser in Prelim Round???
Grand Total

Note - the author is unable to trace the award amounts for this season. Can anyone help ?

The road to success

This tree excludes any preliminary round fixtures

First round Second round Third round Semi-finals Final
               
Wigan 32
Leeds 10
Wigan 20
Swinton 14
Myson (Hull) 11
Swinton 18
Wigan 6
Leigh 2
Leigh 32
Rochdale Hornets 10
Leigh 26
Doncaster 14
Doncaster 18
Hull Kingston Rovers 14
Wigan 12
Hull F.C. 11
Featherstone Rovers 22
Workington Town 18
Featherstone Rovers 12
Bradford Northern 19
Oldham 12
Bradford Northern 22
Bradford Northern 8
Hull F.C. 20
Blackpool Borough 42
Mansfield Marksman 12
Blackpool Borough 22
Hull F.C. 48
Salford 12
Hull F.C. 27
Wigan 18
Warrington 4
Fulham 24
Castleford 34
Castleford 22
St. Helens 26
Whitehaven 8
St. Helens 10
St. Helens 20
Warrington 22
Warrington 11
Hunslet 11
Warrington 44
Halifax 10
Halifax 36
Wakefield Trinity 22
Warrington 35
Widnes 4
Sheffield Eagles 14
Bramley 6
Sheffield Eagles 8
Barrow 14
Barrow 36
Runcorn Highfield 10
Barrow 6
Widnes 16
Widnes 62
Dewsbury 0
Widnes 36
Carlisle 6
Carlisle 8
Keighley 2

Notes and comments

1 * Millom are a Junior (amateur) club from Cumbria, current home ground is the Coronation Field ground.
2 * Myson are a Junior (amateur) club from Hull
3 * RUGBYLEAGUEproject [1] gives score as 36-10 but Wigan official archives [2] gives it as 3-10 (which must be incorrect as Barrow progressed to Round 1)
4 * The highest score, highest score by home team, and highest winning margin between professional clubs, to date
5 * RUGBYLEAGUEproject [1] and Wigan official archives [2] gives the venue as Borough Park, the home of Blackpool Borough but Hull F.C. official archives [6] give the venue as Boulevard, home of Hull F.C.
6 * RUGBYLEAGUEproject [1] gives the score as 8-14 but Wigan official archives [2] gives it as 6-14
7 * The Rugby League Authorities were very unhappy with the television coverage of this final offered by the BBC. The broadcaster missed the first six minutes of the second half televising a horse race from Ireland. They also ignored the trophy presentation entirely and disrupted the pre match entertainment to interview Great Britain coach Malcolm Reilly, yet didn't show that interview anyway!
8 * Burnden Park was the home of English football club Bolton Wanderers from 1895 to 1997. It hosted the 1900-01 FA Cup final replay in which Tottenham Hotspur beat Sheffield United 3.1. The record attendance was for a 6th round F A Cup match with Stoke City (Stanley Matthews played for Stoke at the time) at which, although the ground capacity was set at 70,000, an estimated 85,000 fans crowded in, and when two crush barriers broke, the result was 33 fans killed and another 400 injured. The capacity at closure was a mere 25,000

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