1986 Lancashire Cup

The 1986 Rugby League Lancashire Cup competition

1986-87 Lancashire Cup

Structure

Regional knockout championship

Number of teams

Winners

Wigan

Runners-up

Oldham

< 1985	Seasons	1987 >

1986 was the seventy-fourth occasion on which the Lancashire Cup completion had been held.
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 £60,329.00
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^[1]^[2]

Round 1

Involved 8 matches (with no byes) and 16 Clubs

Game No	Fixture Date	Home Team	Score	Away Team	Venue	Att	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	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	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^[6]^[7]

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
?	14	?
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/halfback
sponsored by		Greenall Whitley
Competition Sponsor		Grünhalle Lager^[8]

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


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 December 26, 1949, for a league game between St Helens and Wigan

References

↑ "Rugby League Project".
↑ Jack Winstanley & Malcolm Ryding (1991). John Player Yearbook 1975-76. Queen Anne Press.
1 2 3 "Widnes Vikings - History - Season In Review - 1896-97".
1 2 3 "Saints Heritage Society - History - Season 1896-97".
1 2 3 "Warrington Wolves - Results Archive - 1897".
1 2 3 4 5 "Wigan "Cherry and White" archived results".
1 2 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.

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