1987–88 John Player Special Trophy Explained

1987–88 John Player Special Trophy
Structure:National knockout championship
Season Champs:St. Helens
Season Champ Name:Winners
Runner-Up Name:Runner-up
Second Place:Leeds
Prevseason Link:1986–87 John Player Special Trophy
Prevseason Year:1986–87
Nextseason Link:1988–89 John Player Special Trophy
Nextseason Year:1988–89
No Of Teams:36

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

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

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1Sat 31 Oct 1987Heworth5-32SwintonClarence Street10631
2Sun 1 Nov 1987Featherstone Rovers34-16Thatto HeathPost Office Road10452
3Sun 1 Nov 1987York38-2BramleyClarence Street11743
4Sun 8 Nov 1987Oldham36-8FulhamWatersheddings3197

Round 1 - First Round

[3] Involved 16 matches and 32 Clubs

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1Fri 13 Nov 1987Springfield Borough14-2BarrowSpringfield Park629[4]
2Sat 14 Nov 1987Oldham22-6Bradford NorthernWatersheddings4858
3Sat 14 Nov 1987St. Helens12-10WidnesKnowsley Road7322[5] [6]
4Sun 15 Nov 1987Batley18-16HunsletMount Pleasant1117
5Sun 15 Nov 1987Carlisle16-22WarringtonBrunton Park1055[7]
6Sun 15 Nov 1987Dewsbury14-12DoncasterCrown Flatt1081
7Sun 15 Nov 1987Featherstone Rovers12-34CastlefordPost Office Road3376
8Sun 15 Nov 1987Keighley6-32HalifaxThrum Hall52364
9Sun 15 Nov 1987Hull F.C.42-6Workington TownBoulevard2447[8]
10Sun 15 Nov 1987Hull Kingston Rovers30-12Rochdale HornetsCraven Park (1)2308
11Sun 15 Nov 1987Leigh28-12Huddersfield BarracudasHilton Park2082[9]
12Sun 15 Nov 1987Runcorn Highfield4-6Mansfield MarksmanCanal Street514
13Sun 15 Nov 1987Swinton12-18SalfordStation Road3459
14Sun 15 Nov 1987Wakefield Trinity22-22YorkBelle Vue1864[10]
15Sun 15 Nov 1987Whitehaven14-18LeedsRecreation Ground3663
16Sun 15 Nov 1987Wigan34-8Sheffield EaglesCentral Park7484

Round 1 - First Round Replays

Involved 1 match and 2 Clubs

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1Wed 18 Nov 1987York6-30Wakefield TrinityClarence Street1467

Round 2 - Second Round

[11] Involved 8 matches and 16 Clubs

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1Sat 21 Nov 1987Wigan26-16CastlefordCentral Park9613
2Sun 22 Nov 1987Batley0-44OldhamMount Pleasant2808
3Sun 22 Nov 1987Hull F.C.19-7LeighBoulevard3982
4Sun 22 Nov 1987Leeds20-10HalifaxHeadingley13498
5Sun 22 Nov 1987St. Helens40-0Mansfield MarksmanKnowsley Road4966
6Sun 22 Nov 1987Salford14-5DewsburyThe Willows2129
7Sun 22 Nov 1987Springfield Borough14-8Wakefield TrinitySpringfield Park1265
8Sun 22 Nov 1987Warrington12-8Hull Kingston RoversWilderspool4550

Round 3 -Quarter Finals

[12] Involved 4 matches with 8 clubs

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1Sat 28 Nov 1987Warrington10-14OldhamWilderspool5152
2Sun 29 Nov 1987St. Helens20-16Hull F.C.Knowsley Road7400
3Sun 29 Nov 1987Salford12-16WiganThe Willows7986
4Sun 29 Nov 1987Springfield Borough12-22LeedsSpringfield Park3894

Round 4 – Semi-Finals

[13] Involved 2 matches and 4 Clubs

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1Sat 12 Dec 1987Leeds19-6WiganBurnden Park13538
2Sat 19 Dec 1987St. Helens18-8OldhamKnowsley Road8136

Final

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Saturday 9 January 1988St. Helens15-14LeedsCentral Park16669622325[14] [15]

Teams and scorers

[14] [15] [16]

width=280 abbr=winnerSt. Helenswidth=60 abbr="Number"№width=280 abbr=runner-upLeeds
teams
Phil Veivers1Marty Gurr
Dave Tanner2Steve Morris
Paul Loughlin3Garry Schofield
Mark Elia4Peter Jackson
Les Quirk5John Basnett
Shane Cooper6David Creasser
Neil Holding7Ray Ashton
Tony Burke8Peter Tunks
Paul Groves9Colin Maskill
Peter Souto10Kevin Rayne
Paul Forber11Roy Powell
Roy Haggerty12Paul Medley
Andy Platt13David Heron
David Large (for ?)14Carl Gibson (for John Basnett)
Stuart Evans (for Peter Souto)15xJohn Fairbank (for Kevin Rayne)
Alex MurphyCoachMaurice 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
RefereeG. Frederick "Fred" Lindop (Wakefield)
Man of the matchPaul Loughlin - St Helens -
Competition SponsorJohn 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 :-

width=100 abbr="Finish Position" Finish Positionwidth=110 abbr="Cash Prize"Cash Prizewidth=50 abbr="No. receiving prize"No. receiving prizewidth=100 abbr="Total Cash"Total 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

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

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Rugby League Project.
  2. Web site: Wigan "Cherry and White" archived results.
  3. Web site: Wigan "Cherry and White" J Player Rd 1 archived results.
  4. Web site: Springfield Borough archives.
  5. Web site: Widnes Vikings - History - Season In Review - 1896-97.
  6. Web site: Saints Heritage Society - History - Season 1896-97.
  7. Web site: Warrington Wolves - Results Archive - 1897 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140202093910/http://www.warringtonwolves.org/results-archive?y=1897 . 2014-02-02 .
  8. Web site: HULL&PROUD - Stats - Fixtures & Results.
  9. Web site: Huddersfield Rugby League Heritage.
  10. Web site: Wakefield until I die.
  11. Web site: Wigan "Cherry and White" J Player Rd 2 archived results.
  12. Web site: Wigan "Cherry and White" J Player Rd 3 archived results.
  13. Web site: Wigan "Cherry and White" J Player S-F archived results.
  14. Book: Raymond Fletcher and David Howes. Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook 1990-1991. 1990. Queen Anne Press. 0 35617851 X.
  15. Book: Raymond Fletcher and David Howes. Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook 1991-100. 1991. Queen Anne Press. 0 35617852 8.
  16. Web site: St Helens Heritage archived results.
  17. Web site: Heworth ARLFC. 2014-07-13. https://web.archive.org/web/20130827220344/http://www.heworth-arlfc.co.uk/frameset.html. 2013-08-27. dead.
  18. Web site: Thatto Heath. 2014-07-13. https://web.archive.org/web/20140714110345/http://www.thattoheathcrusaders.org/historyandhonours.html. 2014-07-14. dead.

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