1987–88 Yorkshire Cup
Game No Fixture Date Home Team Score Away Team Venue Att
1 Sun 13 Sep 1987 Bramley 39-12 Doncaster McLaren Field 828
2 Sun 13 Sep 1987 Castleford 32-12 Hunslet Wheldon Road 4748
3 Sun 13 Sep 1987 Featherstone Rovers 28-6 Batley Post Office Road 1433
4 Sun 13 Sep 1987 Hull Kingston Rovers 12-19 Bradford Northern Craven Park ( 1 ) 3852
5 Sun 13 Sep 1987 Keighley 12-34 Halifax Lawkholme Lane 4086
6 Sun 13 Sep 1987 Leeds 28-24 Hull F.C Headingley 7704
7 Sun 13 Sep 1987 Mansfield Marksman 18-23 York Lowmoor Road 256
8 Sun 13 Sep 1987 Wakefield Trinity 32-18 Sheffield Eagles Belle Vue 2111
Competition and Results -- Round 1
Involved 8 matches ( with no byes ) and 16 Clubs
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.