1912 Lancashire Cup

Structure

Regional knockout competition

Number of teams

Winners

Runners-up

< 1911	Seasons	1913 >

The 1912 Lancashire Cup was the eighth year of this regional rugby league competition. The cup was won by Wigan who beat the holders Rochdale Hornets in the final at The Willows, Salford by a score of 21-5. The attendance at the final was 6,000 and receipts £200.

Background

As in 1911 the 12 semi-professional clubs and Warwickshire side Coventry. With a total of entrants 13, there were three byes in the first round

Competition and Results ^[1]

Round 1

Involved 5 matches (with three byes) and 13 Clubs

Game No	Fixture Date	Home Team	Score	Away Team	Venue	Notes	Ref

1	Sat 19 October 1912	Barrow	0-18	Salford	Cavendish Park
2	Sat 19 October 1912	Runcorn	7-13	Oldham	Canal Street
3	Sat 19 October 1912	Swinton	0-11	Broughton Rangers	Chorley Road ground
4	Sat 19 October 1912	Widnes	36-0	Coventry	Lowerhouse Lane	1	^[2]
5	Sat 19 October 1912	Wigan	24-6	Leigh	Central Park		^[3]
6		Rochdale Hornets		bye
7		St Helens		bye			^[4]
8		Warrington		bye			^[5]

Round 2 - Quarter Finals

Game No	Fixture Date	Home Team	Score	Away Team	Venue	Ref

1	Sat 02 November 1912	Broughton Rangers	0-0	Rochdale Hornets	Wheater's Field
2	Sat 02 November 1912	St Helens	18-10	Warrington	Knowsley Road	^[5] ^[4]
3	Sat 02 November 1912	Salford	16-3	Widnes	The Willows	^[2]
4	Sat 02 November 1912	Wigan	24-8	Oldham	Central Park	^[3]
Replay
5	Tue 05 November 1912	Rochdale Hornets	18-4	Broughton Rangers	Athletic Grounds

Round 3 – Semi-Finals

Game No	Fixture Date	Home Team	Score	Away Team	Venue	Ref

1	Sat 16 November 1912	Rochdale Hornets	10-8	St Helens	Athletic Grounds	^[4]
2	Sat 16 November 1912	Salford	5-13	Wigan	The Willows	^[3]

Final

Game No	Fixture Date	Home Team		Score		Away Team	Venue	Att	Rec	Notes	Ref

	Wednesday 11 December 1912	Wigan		21-5		Rochdale Hornets	The Willows	6000	£200	2	^[3]

Teams and scorers

Wigan^[3]	№	Rochdale Hornets

	teams
Jim Sharrock	1	team unknown
Lewis Bradley/Llewellyn Bradley	2
Bert Jenkins	3
Lance Todd	4
Robert Curwen	5
Fred Gleave	6
Johnny Thomas	7
Charlie Seeling	8
Dick Ramsdale	9
Arthur Francis	10
Percy Coldrick	11
Dick Silcock	12
Thomas Whittaker	13

21	score	5
10	HT	5

	Scorers
	Tries
Lew Bradley (2)	T	unknown
Lance Todd (1)	T
Charlie Seeling (1)	T
Percy Coldrick (1)	T
	Goals
Jim Sharrock (2)	G
Johnny Thomas (1)	G
	Drop Goals
	DG
Referee

Scoring - Try = three (3) points - Goal = two (2) points - Drop goal = two (2) points

The road to success

First Round		Second Round		Semi Finals		Final


Barrow	0

Salford	18
		Salford	16

		Widnes	3
Widnes	36

Coventry	9
				Salford	5

				Wigan	13
Wigan	24

Leigh	6
		Wigan	24

		Oldham	8
Runcorn	7

Oldham	13
						Wigan	21

						Rochdale Hornets	5
Swinton	0

Broughton Rangers	10
		Broughton Rangers	0(4)

		Rochdale Hornets	0(18)
Rochdale Hornets

bye
				Rochdale Hornets	10

				St Helens	8
St Helens

bye
		St Helens	18

		Warrington	10
Warrington

bye

Notes

1 According to the Widnes official archives the score was 36-0,^[2] but according to "RUGBY LEAGUE project" the score was 36-9^[1]
2 The Willows was the home ground of Salford

References

Rugby league County Cup competitions

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