1987–88 Yorkshire Cup
Bradford Northern № Castleford
Gary Mercer 1 David Roockley
Phil Ford 2 David Plange
Steve McGowan 3 Tony Marchant
Roger Simpson 4 Michael Beattie
Richard Francis 5 Gary Hyde
Keith Mumby 6 John Joyner
Paul Harkin 7 Roy Southernwood
Jeff Grayshon 8 Alan Shillito
Brian Noble 9 Kevin Beardmore
Brendan Hill 10 Kevin Ward
Kelvin Skerrett 11 Martin Ketteridge
Karl Fairbank 12 John Fifita
Terry Holmes 13 Bob Lindner
Neil Roebuck ( for Terry Holmes ) 14 Robert Bob Beardmore ( for Alan Shillito )
David Hobbs ( for Jeff Grayshon ) 15 Dean Sampson ( for Kevin Beardmore )
Barry Seabourne Coach David Sampson
12 score 12
4 HT 2
Competition and Results -- Final - Replay
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The 1987-88 Yorkshire Cup was the 80th occasion on which the Yorkshire Cup competition was held. Bradford Northern won the trophy by beating Castleford by the score of 11-2 in a replay after drawing the first match 12-12
The initial match was played at Headingley, Leeds, now in West Yorkshire. The score was 12-12, the attendance was 10,947 and receipts were £40,283
The replay was at Elland Road, Leeds. The score was 11-2, the attendance was 8,175 and receipts were £30,732
This was the fifth time in the incredible eleven-year period in which Castleford. previously only once winners in 1977, will make eight appearances in the Yorkshire Cup final, winning on four and ending as runner-up on four occasions. This season there were no junior/amateur clubs taking part, no new entrants and no leavers and so the total of entries remained the same at eighteen. This in turn resulted in the necessity to continue with a preliminary round to reduce the number of clubs entering the first round to sixteen.