It was contested during the 1987–88 Rugby Football League season by clubs in Lancashire.
Wigan won the trophy by beating Warrington in the final.
With this full sixteen members there was no need for “blank” or “dummy” fixtures or any byes.
The match was played at Knowsley Road, Eccleston, St Helens, Merseyside, (historically in the county of Lancashire).
The final capacity was in the region of 18,000, although the actual record attendance was 35,695, set on 26 December 1949, for a league game between St Helens and Wigan 4 * The Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook 1991-1992[7] shows the Wigan number 2 position occupied by Richard Russell - The official Wigan archives[3] show the number 2 position as Richard Marshall