1923 Lancashire Cup

Structure

Regional knockout competition

Number of teams

Winners

Runners-up

< 1922	Seasons	1924 >

The 1923 Lancashire Cup competition was the sixteenth competition for this regional rugby league tournament. The trophy was won by St Helens Recs who beat Swinton in the final at Central Park, Wigan, by a score of 17-0. The attendance was a new record for the competition final at the time, being 25,656 and receipts £1,450. The triumph by St Helens Recs was the first time the club had won the competition and also the first time that winning club were not one of the original clubs who formed the Northern Union.

Background

The number of teams entering this year’s competition remained at 13, with again no junior/amateur team being admitted. This resulted in 3 byes in the first round.

The quarter-final match between Warrington and Widnes took three matches to finally decide, the second replay being held at Central Park.

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	Ref

1	Sat 13 October 1923	Rochdale Hornets	7-3	Wigan Highfield	Athletic Grounds
2	Sat 13 October 1923	St Helens	5-0	Salford	Knowsley Road	^[2]
3	Sat 13 October 1923	Warrington	15-2	Barrow	Wilderspool	^[3]
4	Sat 13 October 1923	Widnes	5-3	Leigh	Lowerhouse Lane	^[4]
5	Sat 13 October 1923	Wigan	11-6	Broughton Rangers	Central Park	^[5]
6		Oldham		bye
7		St Helens Recs		bye
8		Swinton		bye

Round 2 - Quarter Finals

Game No	Fixture Date	Home Team	Score	Away Team	Venue	Ref

1	Sat 27 October 1923	Oldham	15-5	Wigan	Watersheddings	^[5]
2	Sat 27 October 1923	St Helens Recs	21-0	Rochdale Hornets	City Road
3	Sat 27 October 1923	St Helens	5-5	Swinton	Knowsley Road	^[2]
4	Sat 27 October 1923	Warrington	6-6	Widnes	Wilderspool	^[3]^[4]
1st Replays
5	Wed 31 October 1923	Swinton	21-8	St Helens	Chorley Road ground	^[2]
6	Thu 1 November 1923	Widnes	5-5	Warrington	Lowerhouse Lane	^[3]^[4]
2nd Replay
7	Mon 5 November 1923	Warrington	13-2	Widnes	Central Park	^[3]^[4]

Round 3 – Semi-Finals

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

1	Sat 10 November 1923	St Helens Recs	13-11	Oldham	City Road
2	Sat 10 November 1923	Swinton	19-7	Warrington	Chorley Road ground	14,000	^[3]

Final

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

	Saturday 24 November 1923	St Helens Recs		17-0		Swinton	Central Park	25,656	£1,450	1	^[6]

Teams and scorers

St Helens Recs	№	Swinton

	teams
possible team members	1	Frank Pearson
	2	Frank Evans
	3	Hector Halsall (c)
	4	Jack Evans
Jim Owen	5	Chris Brockbank
Johnny Greenall	6	Albert Jenkins
	7	Bryn Evans
	8	Miller Strong
	9	Henry Blewer
	10	Harold Worsley
Frank Bowen	11	Harry Powell
	12	Tom McCormick
actual team positions may differ	13	Stan Howarth

17	score	0
4	HT	0

	Scorers
	Tries
	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


St Helens Recs

bye
		St Helens Recs	21

		Rochdale Hornets	0
Rochdale Hornets	7

Wigan Highfield	3
				St Helens Recs	13

				Oldham	11
Oldham

bye
		Oldham	15

		Wigan	5
Wigan	11

Broughton Rangers	6
						St Helens Recs	17

						Swinton	0
St Helens	5

Salford	0
		St Helens	5(8)

		Swinton	5(21)
Swinton

bye
				Swinton	19

				Warrington	7
Warrington	15

Barrow	2
		Warrington	6(5)(13)

		Widnes	6(5)(2)
Widnes	5

Leigh	3

Notes

1 Central Park was the home ground of Wigan

References

↑ "Rugby League Project".
1 2 3 "Saints Heritage Society - History - Season 1923–24".
1 2 3 4 5 "Warrington Wolves - Results Archive - 1923".
1 2 3 4 "Widnes Vikings - History - Season In Review - 1923–24".
1 2 "Wigan "Cherry and White" archived results".
↑ Raymond Fletcher and David Howes (1991). Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook 1991-1992. Queen Anne Press. ISBN 0 35617852 8.

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