1987–88 Lancashire Cup

The 1987–88 Lancashire Cup was the seventy-fifth occasion on which the Lancashire Cup competition had been held. It was contested during the 1987–88 Rugby Football League season by clubs in Lancashire. Wigan won the trophy by beating Warrington in the final.

Results
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.

Round 1
Round 1 involved 8 matches (with no byes) and 16 clubs.

Round 2 - Quarter-finals
Round 2 involved 4 matches and 8 clubs.

Round 3 – Semi-finals
Round 3 involved 2 matches and 4 clubs

Final
The final was contested by Wigan and Warrington, with Wigan winning by the score of 28-16. The match was played at Knowsley Road, Eccleston, St Helens, Merseyside, (historically in the county of Lancashire). The attendance was 20,237 and receipts were £67,339. This was Wigan’s fourth appearance in four years and a third victory in what would be a run of four victories and five appearances in five successive years. The attendance was again at a very pleasing level, the fourth of the five year period when it would reach around the 20,000 level, and the receipts reached a new record level exceeding the previous record by almost £7,000.

Teams and scorers
Scoring - Try = four points - Goal = two points - Drop goal = one point