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 Date Team One Team Two Score17 Jan Castleford Blackbrook 74-618 Jan Hunslet York 13-018 Jan Workington Wigan 0-6821 Jan Elland Heworth 6-1021 Jan St Helens Swinton 18-1622 Jan Kells Fulham 4-427 Jan-replay Fulham Kells 22-14
First round Date Team One Team Two Score31 Jan Castleford Widnes 16-2401 Feb Fulham Halifax 10-3801 Feb Salford Leeds 0-401 Feb Warrington Bradford Northern 17-2103 Feb Barrow Batley 54-204 Feb Hull Kingston Rovers Doncaster 29-1404 Feb Bramley Hull FC 2-1004 Feb Featherstone Rovers Hunslet 12-2604 Feb Oldham Wigan 10-804 Feb Rochdale Hornets Carlisle 4-404 Feb Runcorn Leigh 6-2505 Feb Dewsbury St Helens 12-4805 Feb Mansfield Heworth 14-705 Feb Sheffield Eagles Keighley 6-808 FebHuddersfield Whitehaven 10-3210 FebBlackpool Wakefield Trinity 10-1511 Feb - replay Carlisle Rochdale Hornets 30-22
Second round Date Team One Team Two Score14 Feb Oldham St Helens 14-2415 Feb Bradford Northern Widnes 6-615 Feb Halifax Hunslet 29-1015 Feb Hull Kingston Rovers Keighley 42-415 Feb Leeds Barrow 26-715 Feb Leigh Carlisle 18-615 Feb Mansfield Hull FC 7-3815 Feb Wakefield Trinity Whitehaven 2-2518 Feb - replay Widnes Bradford Northern 29-12
Quarter-finals Date Team One Team Two Score28 Feb Halifax Hull Kingston Rovers 35-701 Mar Hull FC Leigh 8-1201 Mar Leeds Widnes 7-1401 Mar St Helens Whitehaven 41-12
Semi final
Final
FB 1 Graham EadieRW 2 Scott WilsonRC 3 Colin WhitfieldLC 4 Grant RixLW 5 Wilf GeorgeSO 6 Chris Anderson (c)SH 7 Gary StephensPR 8 Ben BeeversHK 9 Seamus McCallion PR 10 Keith NellerSR 11 Paul DixonSR 12 Mick ScottLF 13 John PendleburySubstitutions:IC 14 Brian JuliffIC 15 Neil JamesCoach: Chris AndersonPhysio: Martha Mason FB 1 Phil VeiversRW 2 Barry LedgerRC 3 Paul LoughlinLC 4 Mark EliaLW 5 Kevin McCormackSO 6 Brett ClarkSH 7 Neil HoldingPR 8 Tony Burke HK 9 Graham LiptrotPR 10 John FieldhouseSR 11 Andy PlattSR 12 Roy HaggertyLF 13 Chris Arkwright (c)Substitutions:IC 14 Paul RoundIC 15 Paul ForberCoach: Alex Murphy
References
External links Challenge Cup official website Challenge Cup 1986/87 results at Rugby League Project