1924 Lancashire Cup

Structure

Regional knockout competition

Number of teams

Winners

Runners-up

< 1923	Seasons	1925 >

The 1924 Lancashire Cup competition was the seventeenth in the history of this regional rugby league competition and the cup was won by Oldham who beat the holders and last year’s winners St Helens Recs in the final at The Willows, Salford, by a score of 10-0. The attendance at the final was 15,000 and receipts £1,116.

Background

The number of teams entering the competition remained at 13 which resulted in 3 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	Ref

1	Sat 11 October 1924	Leigh	0-8	Warrington	Mather Lane	^[2]
2	Sat 11 October 1924	St Helens Recs	17-2	Wigan	City Road	^[3]
3	Sat 11 October 1924	Rochdale Hornets	8-0	Swinton	Athletic Grounds
4	Sat 11 October 1924	Salford	5-3	Wigan Highfield	The Willows
5	Sat 11 October 1924	Widnes	7-7	St Helens	Lowerhouse Lane	^[4] ^[5]
6		Barrow		bye
7		Broughton Rangers		bye
8		Oldham		bye
Replay
9	Wed 15 October 1924	St Helens	19-5	Widnes	Knowsley Road	^[4]^[5]

Round 2 - Quarter Finals

Game No	Fixture Date	Home Team	Score	Away Team	Venue	Ref

1	Sat 25 October 1924	Barrow	11-2	Broughton Rangers	Little Park, Roose
2	Sat 25 October 1924	Oldham	11-5	Rochdale Hornets	Watersheddings
3	Sat 25 October 1924	St Helens Recs	36-5	Salford	City Road
4	Sat 25 October 1924	St Helens	15-5	Warrington	Knowsley Road	^[2]^[5]

Round 3 – Semi-Finals

Game No	Fixture Date	Home Team	Score	Away Team	Venue	Ref

1	Sat 08 November 1924	Barrow	5-7	St Helens Recs	Little Park, Roose
2	Sat 08 November 1924	St Helens	9-16	Oldham	Knowsley Road	^[5]

Final

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

	Saturday 22 November 1924	Oldham		10-0		St Helens Recs	The Willows	15000	£1,116	1	^[6]

Teams and Scorers

Oldham	№	St Helens Recs

	teams
Ernie Knapman	1
	2
Evan Davies	3
Sid Rix	4
Joe Corsi	5
	6
	7
Herman Hilton	8
	9
Bob Sloman	10
Rothwell Marlor	11	Frank Bowen
Albert Brough	12
George Hesketh	13

10	score	0
5	HT	0

	Scorers
	Tries
	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


Widnes	7(5)

St Helens	7(19)
		St Helens	15

		Warrington	5
Leigh	0

Warrington	8
				St Helens	9

				Oldham	16
Oldham

bye
		Oldham	11

		Rochdale Hornets	5
Rochdale Hornets	8

Swinton	0
						Oldham	10

						St Helens Recs	0
Barrow

bye
		Barrow	11

		Broughton Rangers	2
Broughton Rangers

bye
				Barrow	5

				St Helens Recs	7
St Helens Recs	17

Wigan	2
		St Helens Recs	36

		Salford	5
Salford	5

Wigan Highfield	3

Notes

1 The Willows was the home ground of Salford.

References

↑ "Rugby League Project".
1 2 "Warrington Wolves - Results Archive - 1924".
↑ "Wigan "Cherry and White" archived results".
1 2 "Widnes Vikings - History - Season In Review - 1924–25".
1 2 3 4 "Saints Heritage Society - History - Season 1924–25".
↑ Raymond Fletcher and David Howes (1991). Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook 1991-1992. Queen Anne Press. ISBN 0 35617852 8.

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