1986–87 Lancashire Cup

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
← 1985–86 1987–88 →

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

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

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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 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

Involved 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

Involved 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

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

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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

	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

1 * 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

• 1986–87 Rugby Football League season
• Rugby league county cups