1987–88 John Player Special Trophy

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1987–88 John Player Special Trophy
StructureNational knockout championship
Teams36
Winners St. Helens
Runners-up Leeds

This was the seventeenth season for the League Cup, known as the John Player Special Trophy for sponsorship purposes.

Contents

St. Helens won the final, beating Leeds by the score of 15-14. The match was played at Central Park, Wigan. The attendance was 16,669 and receipts were £62232.

Background

This season saw no changes in the entrants, no new members and no withdrawals, the number remaining at thirty-six
Blackpool Borough moved to Springfield Park in Wigan and renamed as Springfield Borough

Competition and results

[1] [2]

Preliminary round

[3] Involved 4 matches and 8 Clubs

Game NoFixture DateHome TeamScoreAway TeamVenueAttRecNotesRef
1Sat 31 Oct 1987 Heworth 5-32 Swinton Clarence Street10631
2Sun 1 Nov 1987 Featherstone Rovers 34-16 Thatto Heath Post Office Road 10452
3Sun 1 Nov 1987 York 38-2 Bramley Clarence Street11743
4Sun 8 Nov 1987 Oldham 36-8 Fulham Watersheddings 3197

Round 1 - First Round

[3] Involved 16 matches and 32 Clubs

Game NoFixture DateHome TeamScoreAway TeamVenueAttRecNotesRef
1Fri 13 Nov 1987 Springfield Borough 14-2 Barrow Springfield Park 629 [4]
2Sat 14 Nov 1987 Oldham 22-6 Bradford Northern Watersheddings 4858
3Sat 14 Nov 1987 St. Helens 12-10 Widnes Knowsley Road 7322 [5] [6]
4Sun 15 Nov 1987 Batley 18-16 Hunslet Mount Pleasant 1117
5Sun 15 Nov 1987 Carlisle 16-22 Warrington Brunton Park 1055 [7]
6Sun 15 Nov 1987 Dewsbury 14-12 Doncaster Crown Flatt 1081
7Sun 15 Nov 1987 Featherstone Rovers 12-34 Castleford Post Office Road 3376
8Sun 15 Nov 1987 Keighley 6-32 Halifax Thrum Hall 52364
9Sun 15 Nov 1987 Hull F.C. 42-6 Workington Town Boulevard 2447 [8]
10Sun 15 Nov 1987 Hull Kingston Rovers 30-12 Rochdale Hornets Craven Park (1) 2308
11Sun 15 Nov 1987 Leigh 28-12 Huddersfield Barracudas Hilton Park 2082 [9]
12Sun 15 Nov 1987 Runcorn Highfield 4-6 Mansfield Marksman Canal Street 514
13Sun 15 Nov 1987 Swinton 12-18 Salford Station Road 3459
14Sun 15 Nov 1987 Wakefield Trinity 22-22 York Belle Vue 1864 [10]
15Sun 15 Nov 1987 Whitehaven 14-18 Leeds Recreation Ground 3663
16Sun 15 Nov 1987 Wigan 34-8 Sheffield Eagles Central Park 7484 [2]

Round 1 - First Round Replays

Involved 1 match and 2 Clubs

Game NoFixture DateHome TeamScoreAway TeamVenueAttRecNotesRef
1Wed 18 Nov 1987 York 6-30 Wakefield Trinity Clarence Street1467 [10]

Round 2 - Second Round

[11] Involved 8 matches and 16 Clubs

Game NoFixture DateHome TeamScoreAway TeamVenueAttRecNotesRef
1Sat 21 Nov 1987 Wigan 26-16 Castleford Central Park 9613 [2]
2Sun 22 Nov 1987 Batley 0-44 Oldham Mount Pleasant 2808
3Sun 22 Nov 1987 Hull F.C. 19-7 Leigh Boulevard 3982 [8]
4Sun 22 Nov 1987 Leeds 20-10 Halifax Headingley 13498
5Sun 22 Nov 1987 St. Helens 40-0 Mansfield Marksman Knowsley Road 4966 [6]
6Sun 22 Nov 1987 Salford 14-5 Dewsbury The Willows 2129
7Sun 22 Nov 1987 Springfield Borough 14-8 Wakefield Trinity Springfield Park 1265 [4] [10]
8Sun 22 Nov 1987 Warrington 12-8 Hull Kingston Rovers Wilderspool 4550 [7]

Round 3 -Quarter Finals

[12] Involved 4 matches with 8 clubs

Game NoFixture DateHome TeamScoreAway TeamVenueAttRecNotesRef
1Sat 28 Nov 1987 Warrington 10-14 Oldham Wilderspool 5152 [7]
2Sun 29 Nov 1987 St. Helens 20-16 Hull F.C. Knowsley Road 7400 [6] [8]
3Sun 29 Nov 1987 Salford 12-16 Wigan The Willows 7986 [2]
4Sun 29 Nov 1987 Springfield Borough 12-22 Leeds Springfield Park 3894 [4]

Round 4 – Semi-Finals

[13] Involved 2 matches and 4 Clubs

Game NoFixture DateHome TeamScoreAway TeamVenueAttRecNotesRef
1Sat 12 Dec 1987 Leeds 19-6 Wigan Burnden Park13538 [2]
2Sat 19 Dec 1987 St. Helens 18-8 Oldham Knowsley Road 8136 [6]

Final

Game NoFixture DateHome TeamScoreAway TeamVenueAttRecNotesRef
Saturday 9 January 1988 St. Helens 15-14 Leeds Central Park 16669622325 [6] [13] [14] [15]

Teams and scorers

[14] [15] [16]

St. Helens № Leeds
teams
Phil Veivers 1 Marty Gurr
Dave Tanner 2 Steve Morris
Paul Loughlin 3 Garry Schofield
Mark Elia 4 Peter Jackson
Les Quirk 5 John Basnett
Shane Cooper 6 David Creasser
Neil Holding 7 Ray Ashton
Tony Burke 8 Peter Tunks
Paul Groves 9 Colin Maskill
Peter Souto 10 Kevin Rayne
Paul Forber 11 Roy Powell
Roy Haggerty 12 Paul Medley
Andy Platt 13 David Heron
David Large (for ?)14 Carl Gibson (for John Basnett)
Stuart Evans (for Peter Souto)15xJohn Fairbank (for Kevin Rayne)
Alex Murphy Coach Maurice Bamford
15score14
9HT14
Scorers
Tries
Paul Loughlin (2)TPeter Jackson (1)
TDavid Creasser (1)
Goals
Paul Loughlin (3)GDavid Creasser (3)
Drop Goals
Neil Holding (1)DG
Referee G. Frederick "Fred" Lindop (Wakefield)
Man of the match Paul Loughlin - St Helens - Centre
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 Semifinals Final
               
St. Helens 12
Widnes 10
St. Helens 40
Mansfield Marksman 0
Runcorn Highfield 4
Mansfield Marksman 6
St. Helens 20
Hull F.C. 16
Hull F.C. 42
Workington Town 6
Hull F.C. 19
Leigh 7
Leigh 28
Huddersfield Barracudas 12
St. Helens 18
Oldham 8
Carlisle 16
Warrington 22
Warrington 12
Hull Kingston Rovers 8
Hull Kingston Rovers 30
Rochdale Hornets 12
Warrington 10
Oldham 14
Batley 18
Hunslet 16
Batley 0
Oldham 44
Oldham 22
Bradford Northern 6
St. Helens 15
Leeds 14
Springfield Borough 14
Barrow 2
Springfield Borough 14
Wakefield Trinity 8
Wakefield Trinity 22 (30)
York 22 (6)
Springfield Borough 12
Leeds 22
Whitehaven 14
Leeds 18
Leeds 20
Halifax 10
Keighley 6
Halifax 32
Leeds 19
Wigan 6
Swinton 12
Salford 18
Salford 14
Dewsbury 5
Dewsbury 14
Doncaster 12
Salford 12
Wigan 16
Wigan 34
Sheffield Eagles 8
Wigan 26
Castleford 16
Featherstone Rovers 12
Castleford 34

Notes and comments

1 * Heworth are a Junior (amateur) club from York [17]
2 * Thatto Heath are a Junior (amateur) club from St Helens [18]
3 * RUGBYLEAGUEproject [1] give score as 38-2 but Wigan official archives [2] gives it as 37-2
4 * RUGBYLEAGUEproject [1] give Halifax at home but Wigan official archives [2] gives Keighley at home but with a reference that the game was played at Thrum Hall, the home of Halifax
5 * Central Park was the home ground of Wigan with a final capacity of 18,000, although the record attendance was 47,747 for Wigan v St Helens 27 March 1959

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References

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  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "Wigan "Cherry and White" archived results".
  3. 1 2 "Wigan "Cherry and White" J Player Rd 1 archived results".
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  12. ↑ "Wigan "Cherry and White" J Player Rd 3 archived results".
  13. 1 2 "Wigan "Cherry and White" J Player S-F archived results".
  14. 1 2 Raymond Fletcher and David Howes (1990). Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook 1990-1991. Queen Anne Press. ISBN   0 35617851 X.
  15. 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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  17. ↑ "Heworth ARLFC". Archived from the original on 2013-08-27. Retrieved 2014-07-13.
  18. ↑ "Thatto Heath". Archived from the original on 2014-07-14. Retrieved 2014-07-13.
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