1988–89_John_Player_Special_Trophy

1988–89 John Player Special Trophy

1988–89 John Player Special Trophy

Rugby league season

The 1988–89 John Player Special Trophy was the eighteenth season for the competition (named as such due to sponsorship from John Player & Sons).

Quick Facts Structure, Teams ...

Wigan won the final, beating Widnes by the score of 12-6. The match was played at Burnden Park, Bolton, Greater Manchester. The attendance was 20,709 and receipts were £94874.

Background

This season saw no changes in the entrants, no new members and no withdrawals, the number remaining at thirty-six
Huddersfield dropped the "Barracuda" suffix and the ground reverted to the traditional Fartown name, much to the relief of most of the fans - and - Springfield Borough moved to Chorley after only one season and re-branded themselves Chorley Borough, playing at Victory Park, the home of Chorley FC

Competition and results

[1][2]

Preliminary round

[3] Involved 4 matches and 8 Clubs

More information Game No, Fixture Date ...

Round 1 - First Round

[3] Involved 16 matches and 32 Clubs

More information Game No, Fixture Date ...

Round 2 - Second Round

[10] Involved 8 matches and 16 Clubs

More information Game No, Fixture Date ...

Round 3 -Quarter Finals

[11] Involved 4 matches with 8 clubs

More information Game No, Fixture Date ...

Round 3 -Quarter Finals - Replays

Involved 1 match with 2 clubs

More information Game No, Fixture Date ...

Round 4 – Semi-Finals

[12] Involved 2 matches and 4 Clubs

More information Game No, Fixture Date ...

Final

More information Game No, Fixture Date ...

Teams and scorers

[13][14][15][16]

More information Wigan, № ...

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

Timeline in the final

More information Time, Incident ...

Prize money

As part of the sponsorship deal and funds, the prize money awarded to the competing teams for this season is as follows :-

More information Finish Position, Cash Prize ...

Note - the author is unable to trace the award amounts for this season. Can anyone help ?

The road to success

This tree excludes any preliminary round fixtures

First round Second round Third round Semifinals Final
               
Huddersfield 4
Chorley Borough 22
Chorley Borough 22
Hull Kingston Rovers 36
Hull Kingston Rovers 40
Keighley 0
Hull Kingston Rovers 16(0)
Wigan 16 (30)
Runcorn Highfield 2
Wigan 92
Wigan 20
Halifax 16
Halifax 22
Salford 4
Wigan 16
Bradford Northern 5
Leeds 12
Castleford 21
Castleford 18
Bradford Northern 19
Bradford Northern 34
Dewsbury 18
Bradford Northern 6
Leigh 0
Leigh 42
Barrow 14
Leigh 40
Doncaster 18
Swinton 13
Doncaster 16
Wigan 12
Widnes 6
Sheffield Eagles 80
Wigan St Patricks 8
Sheffield Eagles 9
Widnes 34
Widnes 37
Featherstone Rovers 12
Widnes 16
Warrington 7
Warrington 21
Oldham 14
Warrington 42
Bramley 10
Bramley 32
Mansfield Marksman 6
Widnes 20
St. Helens 15
York 6
St. Helens 14
St. Helens 16
Hull F.C. 13
Hull F.C. 26
Batley 10
St. Helens 34
Wakefield Trinity 18
Wakefield Trinity 34
Carlisle 14
Wakefield Trinity 38
Rochdale Hornets 12
Rochdale Hornets 26
Whitehaven 20

Notes and comments

1 * Wigan St Patricks are a Junior (amateur) club from Wigan[17]
2 * Elland are a Junior (amateur) club from the Halifax area of Yorkshire[18]
3 * Runcorn Highfield forfeited home advantage for a larger gate. Runcorn Players were also in dispute and the club fielded a very reduced strength team comprised a number of trialists and reserves (and coach Bill Ashurst, (an ex Wigan player) who came out of retirement especially to play, and was disappointedly sent off 12 minutes after coming off the subs bench)
4 * A Wigan record victory in this tournament
5 * The highest score, highest score by home team and highest winning margin in the competition, between all clubs to date
6 * RUGBYLEAGUEproject[1] and Widnes official archives[8] give the score as 37-12 but Wigan official archives[2] gives it as 37-2
7 * Burnden Park was the home of English football club Bolton Wanderers from 1895 to 1997. It hosted the 1900-01 FA Cup Final replay in which Tottenham Hotspur beat Sheffield United 3.1. The record attendance was for a 6th round F A Cup match with Stoke City (Stanley Matthews played for Stoke at the time) at which, although the ground capacity was set at 70,000, an estimated 85,000 fans crowded in, and when two crush barriers broke, the result was 33 fans killed and another 400 injured. The capacity at closure was a mere 25,000

See also

References

  1. [1]
    "Rugby League Project".
  2. [2]
    "Wigan "Cherry and White" archived results".
  3. [3]
    "Wigan "Cherry and White" J Player Rd 1 archived results".
  4. [4]
    "Huddersfield Rugby League Heritage" (PDF).
  5. [5]
    "HULL&PROUD - Stats - Fixtures & Results".
  6. [6]
    "Wakefield until I die".
  7. [7]
    "Warrington Wolves - Results Archive - 1897". Archived from the original on 2014-02-02.
  8. [8]
    "Widnes Vikings - History - Season In Review - 1896-97".
  9. [9]
    "Saints Heritage Society - History - Season 1896-97".
  10. [10]
    "Wigan "Cherry and White" J Player Rd 2 archived results".
  11. [11]
    "Wigan "Cherry and White" J Player Rd 3 archived results".
  12. [12]
    "Wigan "Cherry and White" J Player S-F archived results".
  13. [13]
    "Wigan "Cherry and White" J Player Final archived results". Archived from the original on 2015-05-18. Retrieved 2014-07-13.
  14. [14]
    Raymond Fletcher and David Howes (1990). Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook 1990-1991. Queen Anne Press. ISBN 0 35617851 X.
  15. [15]
    Raymond Fletcher and David Howes (1991). Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook 1991-100. Queen Anne Press. ISBN 0 35617852 8.
  16. [16]
    "Widnes Stat Attack archived results".
  17. [17]
    "Wigan St Patricks".
  18. [18]
    "Elland ARLFC".
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