1919 (Spring) Lancashire Cup

Spring 1919 Lancashire Cup

Structure

Regional knockout competition

Number of teams

Winners

Runners-up

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The Spring 1919 Lancashire Cup was the eleventh competition for this regional rugby league tournament and the first since 1914. This quickly arranged competition was won by the holders Rochdale Hornets who beat local rivals Oldham in the final at The Willows, Salford by a score of 22-0. The attendance at the final was 18,617 and receipts £1,365.

Background

The shortened Spring 1919 (February–May) season began less than three months after the end of the First World War and the armistice of Compiègne.

A Wartime Emergency League had been operating since September 1918. This was cancelled, and the programme started tailing off in January 1919. A new shortened season was introduced with the traditional Lancashire and Yorkshire leagues, to cut travel costs and minimise the use of precious resources. The return of the Challenge Cup would have to wait until the following 1919–20 season, but the Northern Union did manager to re-introduce both the County Cups.

One pre-war club was lost - Runcorn, one of the founder members after the great schism of 1895, after taking part in the previous Wartime Emergency League, withdrew and folded. They were replaced by St Helens Recs (effectively the works team for Pilkington Glass) who had entered the 1915–16 Wartime Emergency League and took place in this, their first, Lancashire Cup.

The number of teams entering this year’s competition was again 12 with four byes in the first round.

Competition and results ^[1]

Round 1

Involved 4 matches (with four byes) and 12 Clubs

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

1	Sat 05 April 1919	Broughton Rangers	8-23	St Helens Recs	The Cliff	1
2	Sat 05 April 1919	Leigh	5-12	Widnes	Mather Lane		^[2]
3	Sat 05 April 1919	Rochdale Hornets	7-5	Salford	Athletic Grounds
4	Sat 05 April 1919	St Helens	11-5	Warrington	Knowsley Road		^[3]^[4]
5		Barrow		bye
6		Oldham		bye
7		Wigan		bye			^[5]
8		Swinton		bye

Round 2 - Quarter Finals

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

1	Sat 12 April 1919	Barrow	6-0	Widnes	Little Park, Roose		2	^[2]
2	Sat 12 April 1919	Oldham	16-8	St Helens	Watersheddings	3,000		^[4]
3	Sat 12 April 1919	St Helens Recs	2-16	Rochdale Hornets	City Road
4	Sat 12 April 1919	Wigan	18-0	Swinton	Central Park			^[5]

Round 3 – Semi-Finals

Game No	Fixture Date	Home Team	Score	Away Team	Venue	Ref

1	Sat 26 April 1919	Barrow	3-7	Oldham	Little Park, Roose
2	Sat 26 April 1919	Rochdale Hornets	40-0	Wigan	Athletic Grounds	^[5]

Final

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

	Saturday 10 May 1919	Rochdale Hornets		22-0		Oldham	The Willows	18,617	£1,365	3	-

Teams and scorers

Rochdale Hornets	№	Oldham

	teams
team unknown	1	team unknown
	2
	3
	4
	5
	6
	7
	8
	9
	10
	11
	12
	13

22	score	0
8	HT	0

	Scorers
	Tries
unknown	T
	T
	T
	T
	Goals
	G
	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

bye

bye

bye

bye

Notes and comments

1 The first game played in the Lancashire Cup by the “new” club.
2 The first Lancashire Cup match played at Barrow’s “new” ground.
3 The Willows was the home ground of Salford.

References

Rugby league County Cup competitions

Lancashire Cup (1905–1992)	1905–1906 1906–1907 1907–1908 1908–1909 1909–1910 1910–1911 1911–1912 1912–1913 1913–1914 1914–1915 1915–1918: Competition not held 1918–1919 1919–1920 1920–1921 1921–1922 1922–1923 1923–1924 1924–1925 1925–1926 1926–1927 1927–1928 1928–1929 1929–1930 1930–1931 1931–1932 1932–1933 1933–1934 1934–1935 1935–1936 1936–1937 1937–1938 1938–1939 1939–1940 1940–1944: Competition not held 1945–1946 1946–1947 1947–1948 1948–1949 1949–1950 1950–1951 1951–1952 1952–1953 1953–1954 1954–1955 1955–1956 1956–1957 1957–1958 1958–1959 1959–1960 1960–1961 1961–1962 1962–1963 1963–1964 1964–1965 1965–1966 1966–1967 1967–1968 1968–1969 1969–1970 1970–1971 1971–1972 1972–1973 1973–1974 1974–1975 1975–1976 1976–1977 1977–1978 1978–1979 1979–1980 1980–1981 1981–1982 1982–1983 1983–1984 1984–1985 1985–1986 1986–1987 1987–1988 1988–1989 1989–1990 1990–1991 1991–1992 1992–1993

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1919 (Spring) Lancashire Cup

Background

Competition and results [1]

Round 1

Round 2 - Quarter Finals

Round 3 – Semi-Finals

Final

Teams and scorers

The road to success

Notes and comments

See also

References

Competition and results ^[1]