1986–87 Challenge Cup
Appearance
(Redirected from 1986-87 Challenge Cup)
Duration | 6 Rounds |
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Number of teams | 38 |
Broadcast partners | BBC |
Winners | ![]() |
Runners-up | ![]() |
Lance Todd Trophy | ![]() |
The 1987 Challenge Cup was the 86th staging of rugby league's oldest knockout competition, the Challenge Cup. Known as the Silk Cut Challenge Cup for due to sponsorship from Silk Cut, the tournament featured clubs from the 1986-87 Rugby Football League season. It culminated in the final contested by Halifax and St. Helens at Wembley. Halifax won the match 19–18.
Preliminary round
[edit]Date | Team One | Team Two | Score |
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17 Jan | Castleford | Blackbrook | 74-6 |
18 Jan | Hunslet | York | 13-0 |
18 Jan | Workington | Wigan | 0-68 |
21 Jan | Elland | Heworth | 6-10 |
21 Jan | St Helens | Swinton | 18-16 |
22 Jan | Kells | Fulham | 4-4 |
27 Jan-replay | Fulham | Kells | 22-14 |
First round
[edit]Date | Team One | Team Two | Score |
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31 Jan | Castleford | Widnes | 16-24 |
01 Feb | Fulham | Halifax | 10-38 |
01 Feb | Salford | Leeds | 0-4 |
01 Feb | Warrington | Bradford Northern | 17-21 |
03 Feb | Barrow | Batley | 54-2 |
04 Feb | Hull Kingston Rovers | Doncaster | 29-14 |
04 Feb | Bramley | Hull FC | 2-10 |
04 Feb | Featherstone Rovers | Hunslet | 12-26 |
04 Feb | Oldham | Wigan | 10-8 |
04 Feb | Rochdale Hornets | Carlisle | 4-4 |
04 Feb | Runcorn | Leigh | 6-25 |
05 Feb | Dewsbury | St Helens | 12-48 |
05 Feb | Mansfield | Heworth | 14-7 |
05 Feb | Sheffield Eagles | Keighley | 6-8 |
08 Feb | Huddersfield | Whitehaven | 10-32 |
10 Feb | Blackpool | Wakefield Trinity | 10-15 |
11 Feb - replay | Carlisle | Rochdale Hornets | 30-22 |
Second round
[edit]Date | Team One | Team Two | Score |
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14 Feb | Oldham | St Helens | 14-24 |
15 Feb | Bradford Northern | Widnes | 6-6 |
15 Feb | Halifax | Hunslet | 29-10 |
15 Feb | Hull Kingston Rovers | Keighley | 42-4 |
15 Feb | Leeds | Barrow | 26-7 |
15 Feb | Leigh | Carlisle | 18-6 |
15 Feb | Mansfield | Hull FC | 7-38 |
15 Feb | Wakefield Trinity | Whitehaven | 2-25 |
18 Feb - replay | Widnes | Bradford Northern | 29-12 |
Quarter-finals
[edit]Date | Team One | Team Two | Score |
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28 Feb | Halifax | Hull Kingston Rovers | 35-7 |
01 Mar | Hull FC | Leigh | 8-12 |
01 Mar | Leeds | Widnes | 7-14 |
01 Mar | St Helens | Whitehaven | 41-12 |
Semi final
[edit]14 March 1987
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St. Helens | 14 – 8 | Leigh |
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Try: McCormack, Arkwright. Platt Goal: Loughlin |
Report |
Try: McCulloch Goal: C. Johnson (2) |
28 March 1987
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Halifax | 12 – 8 | Widnes |
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Try: Pendlebury, Rix Goal: Whitfield (2) |
Report |
Try: McKenzie Goal: Platt (2) |
Final
[edit]Saturday 2 May 1987
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Halifax | 19 – 18 | St. Helens |
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Try: George, McCallion, Eadie Goal: Whitfield (3) Drop goal: Pendlebury |
Try: Elia, Loughlin, Round Goal: Loughlin (3) |
Wembley, London
Attendance: 91,267 Referee: John Holdsworth (Kippax)[1] Player of the Match: Graham Eadie |
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References
[edit]External links
[edit]- Challenge Cup official website Archived 2014-01-22 at the Wayback Machine
- Challenge Cup 1986/87 results at Rugby League Project