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1987/88 Championship

See also

1987/88 Second Division

Stats

Champions: Widnes
Wooden Spoon: Hunslet
Top Tryscorer: Martin Offiah (33)
Top Pointscorer: John Woods (218)

No. Of Teams: 14
No. Of Games: 182
No. Of Players: 450
No. Of Tries: 1,171
No. Of Goals: 1,068
No. Of F.Goals: 75

Total Attendance: 1,060,233
Average Crowd: 5,825
Average Crowd (Reg. Season)
Highest Crowd: 23,809
Highest Crowd (Reg. Season)
Lowest Crowd: 688

Mean Scoreline: 27-11
Median Scoreline: 25-10
Highest Scoreline: 76-16
Lowest Scoreline: 2-5
Highest Team Score: Castleford (76-16)
Average PPG: 41.54

Ladder

		Home							Away							Overall
Team		P	W	L	D	F	A	PD	P	W	L	D	F	A	PD	P	W	L	D	F	A	Pts	F/A%	FPG	APG
1.	Widnes	13	11	2	-	309	138	171	13	9	4	-	332	173	159	26	20	6	-	641	311	40	206%	24.65	11.96
2.	St Helens	13	11	2	-	406	124	282	13	7	6	-	266	213	53	26	18	8	-	672	337	36	199%	25.85	12.96
3.	Wigan	13	9	4	-	396	179	217	13	8	3	2	225	148	77	26	17	7	2	621	327	36	190%	23.88	12.58
4.	Bradford N.	13	9	4	-	294	121	173	13	9	4	-	234	183	51	26	18	8	-	528	304	36	174%	20.31	11.69
5.	Leeds	13	11	1	1	383	173	210	13	4	7	2	194	277	-83	26	15	8	3	577	450	33	128%	22.19	17.31
6.	Warrington	13	9	2	2	324	160	164	13	5	8	-	207	256	-49	26	14	10	2	531	416	30	128%	20.42	16.00
7.	Castleford	13	9	4	-	314	230	84	13	4	9	-	191	329	-138	26	13	13	-	505	559	26	90%	19.42	21.50
8.	Halifax	13	7	6	-	283	199	84	13	5	8	-	216	238	-22	26	12	14	-	499	437	24	114%	19.19	16.81
9.	Hull KR	13	9	3	1	238	175	63	13	2	11	-	182	305	-123	26	11	14	1	420	480	23	88%	16.15	18.46
10.	Hull	13	7	6	-	230	257	-27	13	4	9	-	134	338	-204	26	11	15	-	364	595	22	61%	14.00	22.88
11.	Salford	13	7	6	-	241	235	6	13	3	10	-	127	326	-199	26	10	16	-	368	561	20	66%	14.15	21.58
12.	Leigh	13	8	5	-	223	223	0	13	1	12	-	193	336	-143	26	9	17	-	416	559	18	74%	16.00	21.50
13.	Swinton	13	2	10	1	208	301	-93	13	2	10	1	182	479	-297	26	4	20	2	390	780	10	50%	15.00	30.00
14.	Hunslet	13	4	8	1	219	312	-93	13	-	12	1	144	467	-323	26	4	20	2	363	779	10	47%	13.96	29.96

Team Stats (includes Cup/Tour matches)

Team Name	Position	W	L	D	Pts For	Pts Ag.	Coach(es)	Top Tryscorer(s)			Top Pointscorer(s)			Home Venue(s)	Home Crowd Avg	Extra Info
Bradford Northern	4th	23	11	1	664	407	Barry SEABOURNE	13	-	Gary MERCER Phil FORD	153	-	David HOBBS	Odsal	4,650	Yorkshire Cup
Castleford	7th	17	17	1	669	702	Malcolm REILLY	9	-	David ROOCKLEY David PLANGE	141	-	Robert BEARDMORE	Wheldon Road	4,537
Halifax	8th	18	18	1	733	570	Chris ANDERSON	11	-	Wilf GEORGE	129	-	Colin WHITFIELD	Thrum	6,403
Hull	10th	18	18	1	628	720	Len CASEY Keith HEPWORTH Tony DEAN	13	-	Gary DIVORTY	142	-	Gary PEARCE	Boulevard	4,652
Hull Kingston Rovers	9th	14	17	1	523	581	Roger MILLWARD	11	-	Garry CLARK	154	-	Mike FLETCHER	Craven Park	4,282
Hunslet	14th	5	23	2	424	860	David WARD Peter JARVIS	6	-	Warren WILSON Jimmy IRVINE	119	-	Alan PLATT	Elland Road	2,622	Wooden Spoon
Leeds	5th	23	13	3	846	660	Maurice BAMFORD	14	-	Garry SCHOFIELD Carl GIBSON	98	-	David CREASSER	Headingley	* 10,087
Leigh	12th	11	20	0	504	655	Billy BENYON	8	-	John KERR Shane HORO	85	-	Chris JOHNSON	Hilton Park	4,835
St Helens	2nd	28	11	0	992	548	Alex MURPHY	13	-	Mark ELIA	166	-	Paul LOUGHLIN	Knowsley	* 8,158	John Player Special Trophy
Salford	11th	16	19	0	526	708	Kevin ASHCROFT	9	-	Steve GIBSON	138	-	Ken JONES	The Willows	3,906
Swinton	13th	8	23	2	519	903	Bill HOLLIDAY Mike PEERS Frank BARROW	10	-	Scott RANSON Tex EVANS	108	-	Paul TOPPING	Station Road	2,923
Warrington	6th	22	15	2	862	600	Tony BARROW	13	-	Des DRUMMOND	218	-	John WOODS	Wilderspool	* 5,064
Widnes	1st	27	9	0	872	435	Doug LAUGHTON	33	-	Martin OFFIAH	132	-	Martin OFFIAH	Naughton	6,671	League Champions, Premiership Trophy
Wigan	3rd	30	10	2	963	481	Graham LOWE	22	-	Ellery HANLEY	88	-	Ellery HANLEY	Central Park	* 14,459	World Club Challenge, Challenge Cup, Lancashire Cup