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 | |
|---|---|
| Structure | Regional knockout championship |
| Teams | 16 |
| Winners | Wigan |
| Runners-up | Oldham |
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
editThis 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
editRound 1
editInvolved 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
editInvolved 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
editInvolved 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
edit| 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
edit| 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
edit| 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
edit1 * 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
editReferences
edit- ^ "Rugby League Project".
- ^ Jack Winstanley & Malcolm Ryding (1991). John Player Yearbook 1975-76. Queen Anne Press.
- ^ a b c "Widnes Vikings - History - Season In Review - 1896-97".
- ^ a b c "Saints Heritage Society - History - Season 1896-97".
- ^ a b c "Warrington Wolves - Results Archive - 1897". Archived from the original on 2 February 2014.
- ^ a b c d e "Wigan "Cherry and White" archived results". Archived from the original on 21 February 2014. Retrieved 16 February 2014.
- ^ a b Raymond Fletcher and David Howes (1991). Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook 1991-100. Queen Anne Press. ISBN 0 35617852 8.
- ^ Club Programme dept. Match Programme. Oldham RLFC.