1926 Lancashire Cup

Structure

Regional knockout competition

Number of teams

Champions

Runners-up

< 1925	Seasons	1927 >

The 1926 Lancashire Cup was the nineteenth competition in the history of this regional rugby league contest and another new name was added to the trophy. It was the turn of St Helens, one of the founding members of the Northern Union, to lift the trophy and until this year had never even reached the final of the competition. In a local derby match St Helens beat very near neighbours St Helens Recs by 10-2. The match was played at Wilderspool, Warrington. The attendance was 19,439 and receipts £1192.

For the first time in the competition, both semi-finals resulted in draws and required replays.

Background

The number of teams entering this year’s competition increased by one to 14 which resulted in 2 byes in the first round. The additional team were amateur side Pemberton Rovers.

Competition and results ^[1]

Round 1

Involved 6 matches (with two byes) and 14 Clubs

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

1	Wed 06 October 1926	Wigan Highfield	10-11	Rochdale Hornets	Tunstall Lane
2	Thu 07 October 1926	St Helens	51-8	Pemberton Rovers	Knowsley Road	1	^[2]
3	Sat 09 October 1926	Barrow	24-2	Broughton Rangers	Little Park, Roose
4	Sat 09 October 1926	Oldham	2-3	Salford	Watersheddings
5	Sat 09 October 1926	St Helens Recs	21-3	Leigh	City Road
6	Sat 09 October 1926	Wigan	6-10	Swinton	Central Park		^[3]
7		Warrington		bye			^[4]
8		Widnes		bye			^[5]

Round 2 - Quarter Finals

Game No	Fixture Date	Home Team	Score	Away Team	Venue	Ref

1	Mon 18 October 1926	Warrington	9-16	Widnes	Wilderspool	^[4]^[5]
2	Wed 20 October 1926	St Helens Recs	26-2	Rochdale Hornets	City Road
3	Wed 20 October 1926	Salford	6-5	Barrow	The Willows
4	Thu 21 October 1926	St Helens	29-18	Swinton	Knowsley Road	^[2]

Round 3 – Semi-Finals

Game No	Fixture Date	Home Team	Score	Away Team	Venue	Ref

1	Thu 04 November 1926	Widnes	3-3	St Helens	Lowerhouse Lane	^[2]^[5]
2	Wed 10 November 1926	St Helens Recs	8-8	Salford	City Road
Replays
3	Mon 08 November 1926	St Helens	17-0	Widnes	Knowsley Road	^[2]^[5]
4	Fri 12 November 1926	Salford	0-14	St Helens Recs	The Willows

Final

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

	Saturday 20 November 1926	St Helens		10-2		St Helens Recs	Wilderspool	19439	£1,192	2	^[2]^[6]

Teams and scorers

St Helens^[2]	№	St Helens Recs

	teams
Charlie Crooks	1	team unknown
George Cotton	2
Alf Frodsham	3
George Lewis	4
Alf Ellaby	5
Les Fairclough	6
Walter Groves	7
Bob Atkin	8
Albert Simm	9
Louis Houghton	10
Bill Clarey	11
Fred Roffey	12
Ernie Shaw	13

10	score	2
10	HT	2

	Scorers
	Tries
Alf Ellaby (1)	T
Les Fairclough (1)	T
	Goals
George Lewis (2)	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


Warrington

bye
		Warrington	9

		Widnes	16
Widnes

bye
				Widnes	3(0)

				St Helens	3(17)
St Helens	51

Pemberton Rovers	8
		St Helens	29

		Swinton	18
Wigan	6

Swinton	10
						St Helens	10

						St Helens Recs	2
St Helens Recs	21

Leigh	3
		St Helens Recs	26

		Rochdale Hornets	2
Wigan Highfield	10

Rochdale Hornets	11
				St Helens Recs	8(14)

				Salford	8(0)
Oldham	2

Salford	3
		Salford	6

		Barrow	5
Barrow	24

Broughton Rangers	2

Notes

1 Pemberton Rovers were a Junior (amateur) club from Wigan.
2 Wilderspool was the home ground of Warrington from 1883 to the end of the 2003 Summer season.

References

↑ "Rugby League Project".
1 2 3 4 5 6 "Saints Heritage Society - History - Season 1926–27".
↑ "Wigan "Cherry and White" archived results".
1 2 "Warrington Wolves - Results Archive - 1926".
1 2 3 4 "Widnes Vikings - History - Season In Review - 1926–27".
↑ Raymond Fletcher and David Howes (1991). Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook 1991-100. Queen Anne Press. ISBN 0 35617852 8.

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