1987–88 John Player Cup
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1987–88 John Player Special Cup | |
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Champions | Harlequins |
Runners-up | Bristol |
Highest attendance | 37,000 Harlequins v Bristol at Twickenham |
← 1986–87
1988–89 →
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The 1987–88 John Player Special Cup was the seventeenth edition of England's premier rugby union cup competition. Harlequins won the competition, for the first time, defeating Bristol in the final at Twickenham Stadium.[1] The competition was sponsored by John Player cigarettes.[2]
Contents
First round
Home | Away | Score |
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Askeans | London Irish | 10-12 |
Bedford | Barkers Butts | 35-4 |
Berry Hill | Salisbury | 12-0 |
Devonport Services | Maidenhead | 11-12 |
Dixonians | Droitwich | 21-6 |
Ealing | Southend | 10-9 |
Gordon League | Chiltern | 44-7 |
Fylde | Hartlepool Rovers | 30-9 |
Leighton Buzzard | Derby | 10-7 |
Letchworth | Blackheath | 0-26 |
Lewes | Havant | 15-13 |
Lichfield | Vipers | 31-3 |
London Scottish | Sudbury | 9-3 |
Nuneaton | Aspatria | 4-43 |
Old Alleynians | Maidstone | 12-0 |
Oxford | Camborne | 14-0 |
Redruth | Old Culverhaysians | 26-9 |
Tynedale | Vale of Lune | 16-15 |
Wakefield | Morley | 22-0 |
Widnes | Birkenhead Park | 4-3 |
Second round
Home | Away | Score |
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Berry Hill | Lewe | 35-9 |
Dixonians | Asptatria | 3-53 |
Gordon League | Oxford | 18-16 |
Leighton Buzzard | Bedford | 6-24 |
Lichfield | Widnes | 31-3 |
London Irish | Ealing | 13-10 |
Maidenhead | Old Alleynians | 13-3 |
Redruth | Blackheath | 9-13 |
Tynedale | London Scottish | 11-9 |
Wakefield | Fylde | 24-21 |
Third round
Home | Away | Score |
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Aspatria | Wasps | 6-13 |
Bedford | Bristol | 4-21 |
Coventry | Tynedale | 7-6 |
Gloucester | Orrell | 19-9 |
Gordon League | Headingley | 10-0 |
Harlequins | Maidenhead | 40-0 |
Lichfield | Bath | 3-43 |
London Irish | Sale | 3-16 |
London Welsh | Berry Hill | 10-13 |
Plymouth Albion | Northampton | 14-7 |
Richmond | Liverpool St Helens | 10-6 |
Rosslyn Park | Leicester | 0-15 |
Ruislip | Gosforth | 10-13 |
Saracens | Blackheath | 15-3 |
Waterloo | Nottingham | 19-6 |
Wakefield | Moseley | 4-14 |
Fourth round
Home | Away | Score |
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Berry Hill | Harlequins | 4-17 |
Bristol | Richmond | 34-0 |
Coventry | Sale | 0-13 |
Gloucester | Wasps | 13-24 |
Gordon League | Waterloo | 9-11 |
Leicester | Bath | 6-13 |
Moseley | Gosforth | 33-9 |
Plymouth Albion | Saracens | 14-6 |
Quarter-finals
Home | Away | Score |
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Plymouth Albion | Wasps | 4-26 |
Harlequins | Waterloo | 37-4 |
Moseley | Bath | 4-3 |
Sale | Bristol | 15-19 |
Semi-finals
Moseley | 6 – 34 | Bristol |
The Reddings |
Wasps | 16 – 20 | Harlequins |
Sudbury |
Final
30 April 1988 |
Harlequins | 28 – 22 | Bristol |
Try: Will Carling 2 ![]() Andrew Harriman ![]() Con: Stuart Thresher Jamie Salmon Pen: Stuart Thresher Jamie Salmon 3 |
Try: Huw Duggan ![]() Penalty Try ![]() Con: Jonathan Webb Pen: Jonathan Webb 3 Drop: Ralph Knibbs |
Twickenham Stadium, London Attendance: 37,000 (record for competition) Referee: Fred Howard (Liverpool) |
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Records
- The attendance for the final of 37,000 was highest in the competitions history
- Bath's unbeaten sequence of 22 matches ended when Moseley beat them in a quarter-final at The Reddings
Sponsorship
The competition was sponsored, for the last time, by John Player and the prize money was £125,000 (an increase of £15,000). Both finalists received £3,750 each and in thirteen years of sponsorship over £1 million has been provided.[1]