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The 1988 Rugby League Lancashire Cup competition

1988-89 Lancashire Cup
StructureRegional knockout championship
Teams16
WinnersWigan
Runners-upSalford

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
1 Sun 18 Sep 1988 Barrow 10-24 Wigan Craven Park 5528 [3]
2 Sun 18 Sep 1988 Carlisle 17-7 Chorley Borough Gifford Park 645 1 2
3 Sun 18 Sep 1988 Oldham 64-2 Workington Town Watersheddings 3877
4 Sun 18 Sep 1988 Rochdale Hornets 25-14 Fulham Athletic Grounds 645
5 Sun 18 Sep 1988 Runcorn Highfield 4-42 Warrington Canal Street 2017 [4]
6 Sun 18 Sep 1988 Salford 42-8 Whitehaven The Willows 2551
7 Sun 18 Sep 1988 Swinton 24-14 Leigh Station Road 3225
8 Sun 18 Sep 1988 Widnes 32-24 St Helens Naughton Park 10764 [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
1 Wed 28 Sep 1988 Oldham 2-18 Salford Watersheddings 5497
2 Wed 28 Sep 1988 Warrington 34-18 Carlisle Wilderspool 2586 [4]
3 Wed 28 Sep 1988 Widnes 38-4 Swinton Naughton Park 4988 [5]
4 Wed 28 Sep 1988 Wigan 36-4 Rochdale Hornets Central Park 7719 [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
1 Wed 05 Oct 1988 Salford 15-2 Warrington The Willows 7316 [4]>[5][7]
2 Wed 12 Oct 1988 Wigan 14-10 Widnes Central Park 17813 [3][5][8]

Final


Game No Fixture Date Home Team Score Away Team Venue Att Rec Notes Ref
Sunday 23 October 1988 Wigan 22-17 Salford Knowsley Road 19154 71879 3 [3][9]

Teams and Scorers[3][9]

Wigan № Salford
teams
Steve Hampson 1 Peter Williams
Tony Iro 2 xTex Evans
Kevin Iro 3 Keith Bentley
Dean Bell 4 Ken Jones
Joe Lydon 5 Adrian Hadley
Shaun Edwards 6 Paul Shaw
Andy Gregory 7 David Cairns
Ian Lucas 8 Steve Herbert
Martin Dermott 9 Mark Moran
Adrian Shelford 10 Peter Brown
Andy Platt 11 Ian Gormley
Andy Goodway 12 Mick Worrall
Ellery Hanley 13 Mark Horo
Ged Byrne (for Joe Lydon 76min) 14 Ian Blease (for Peter Williams 68min)
Denis Betts (for Ian Lucas 49min) 15 Mick McTigue (for Mark Horo 74min)
Graham Lowe Coach Kevin Ashcroft
22 score 17
8 HT 3
Scorers
Tries
Kevin Iro (2) T Tex Evans (1)
Adrian Shelford (1) T Keith Bentley (1)
Dean Bell (1) T Steve Herbert (1)
Goals
Kevin Iro (3) G Peter Brown (2)
Drop Goals
DG Mick Worrall (1)
Referee Kevin Allatt (Southport)
Man of the match Paul Shaw - Salford - Stand-off/Five-eighth
sponsored by Greenall Whitley
Competition Sponsor Grünhalle 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. ^ a b c d e "Wigan "Cherry and White" archived results".
  4. ^ a b c "Warrington Wolves - Results Archive - 1897".
  5. ^ a b c d "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. ^ a b Raymond Fletcher and David Howes (1991). Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook 1991-100. Queen Anne Press. ISBN 0 35617852 8.
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