1988–89 Lancashire Cup

The 1988–89 Lancashire Cup was the 76th occasion on which the Lancashire Cup competition was held. Wigan won the trophy, beating Salford 22–17 in the final.

1988–89 Lancashire Cup
Structure	Regional knockout championship
Teams	16
Winners	Wigan
Runners-up	Salford
← 1987–88 1989–90 →

This was Wigan’s fifth appearance, and fourth consecutive victory in a run of four victories and five appearances in five successive years. The attendance was the fifth in five years to reach almost 20,000, and the receipts set a new record, exceeding the previous record by approximately £4,500.

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

First round

Involved eight matches 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			[1]
2	Sun 18 Sep 1988	Carlisle		17-7		Chorley Borough	Gifford Park	645
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			[2]
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			[3][4]

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			[2]
3	Wed 28 Sep 1988	Widnes		38-4		Swinton	Naughton Park	4988			[3]
4	Wed 28 Sep 1988	Wigan		36-4		Rochdale Hornets	Central Park	7719			[1]

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			[2]>[3][5]
2	Wed 12 Oct 1988	Wigan		14-10		Widnes	Central Park	17813			[1][3][6]

Final

The match was played at Knowsley Road, St Helens, with an attendance of 19,154 and receipts of £71,879.^[7]

Wigan	22 – 17	Salford
Tries: K. Iro (2), Shelford, Bell Goals: K. Iro (3)	[8]	Tries: Evans, Bentley, Herbert Goals: Brown (2) Drop goals: Worrall

23 October 1988

Knowsley Road, St Helens Attendance: 19,154 Referee: Kevin Allatt (Southport) Player of the Match: Paul Shaw

Teams

Wigan	№	Salford
	Teams
Steve Hampson	1	Peter Williams (c)
Tony Iro	2	Tex 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 (c)	13	Mark Horo
	Subs
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

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

See also

• 1988–89 Rugby Football League season
• Rugby league county cups

Notes

1. "Wigan "Cherry and White" archived results". Archived from the original on 21 February 2014. Retrieved 16 February 2014.
2. "Warrington Wolves - Results Archive - 1897". Archived from the original on 2 February 2014.
3. "Widnes Vikings - History - Season In Review - 1896-97".
4. "Saints Heritage Society - History - Season 1896-97".
5. Club Programme dept. Match Programme. Salford RLFC.
6. Club Programme dept. Match Programme. Wigan RLFC.
7. Fletcher & Howes (1989), p. 167.
8. "Taking shine to Wigan cup". The Guardian. London. 24 October 1988. p. 17. ProQuest 186936945.

References

• Fletcher, Raymond; Howes, David, eds. (1989). Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook 1989-90. London: Queen Anne Press. ISBN 978-0-356-17850-9.

External links

• "Lancashire Cup 1988/89 - Results". Rugby League Project.