1928 Lancashire Cup

Structure

Regional knockout competition

Number of teams

Winners

Runners-up

< 1927	Seasons	1929 >

The 1928 Lancashire Cup was the 21st running of this regional rugby league competition. Wigan took the trophy for the 6th time, by beating Widnes by 5-4 in the final played at Wilderspool, Warrington. The attendance was 19,000 and receipts £1,150.

Background

The number of teams entering this year’s 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	Notes	Ref

1	Sat 13 October 1928	Broughton Rangers	10-15	St Helens	The Cliff		^[2]
2	Sat 13 October 1928	St Helens Recs	7-7	Warrington	Knowsley Road	1	^[3]
3	Sat 13 October 1928	Swinton	7-3	Leigh	Chorley Road ground
4	Sat 13 October 1928	Widnes	4-0	Wigan Highfield	Lowerhouse Lane		^[4]
5	Sat 13 October 1928	Wigan	37-13	Barrow	Central Park		^[5]
6		Rochdale Hornets		bye
7		Oldham		bye
8		Salford		bye
Replay
9	Wed 17 October 1928	Warrington	10-2	St Helens Recs	Wilderspool	2	^[3]

Round 2 - Quarter Finals

Game No	Fixture Date	Home Team	Score	Away Team	Venue	Ref

1	Mon 22 October 1928	Rochdale Hornets	2-15	Widnes	Athletic Grounds	^[4]
2	Wed 24 October 1928	Oldham	12-2	Salford	Watersheddings
3	Wed 24 October 1928	Swinton	3-21	Wigan	Chorley Road ground	^[5]
4	Wed 24 October 1928	Warrington	14-11	St Helens	Wilderspool	^[3] ^[2]

Round 3 – Semi-Finals

Game No	Fixture Date	Home Team	Score	Away Team	Venue	Ref

1	Mon 5 November 1928	Oldham	5-5	Wigan	Watersheddings	^[5]
2	Thu 8 November 1928	Widnes	25-5	Warrington	Lowerhouse Lane	^[4] ^[3]
Replay
1	Wed 7 November 1928	Wigan	21-0	Oldham	Central Park	^[5]

Final

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

	Saturday 24 November 1928	Wigan		5-4		Widnes	Wilderspool	19000	£1,150	3	^[5]^[4] ^[6]

Teams and scorers

Wigan^[5]	№	Widnes^[4]

	teams
Jim Sullivan	1	Bob Fraser
Lou Brown	2	Jack Dennett
Roy Kinnear	3	Peter Topping
Tommy Parker	4	Alec Higgins
Johnny Ring	5	Joe Stanley
Arthur Binks	6	Paddy Douglas
Syd Abram	7	Jerry Laughton (probably Captain)
Tom Beetham	8	Frederick Kelsall
Jack Bennett	9	George Stevens
Wilf Hodder	10	Nat Silcock
Len Mason	11	Jack Higgins
Frank Stephens	12	Jack Gregory
John Sherrington	13	Jimmy Hoey

5	score	4
0	HT	0

	Scorers
	Tries
Lou Brown (1)	T	nil
	Goals
Jim Sullivan (1)	G	Jimmy Hoey (1)
	Drop Goals
nil	DG	Paddy Douglas (1)
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


Oldham

bye
		Oldham	12

		Salford	2
Salford

bye
				Oldham	5(0)

				Wigan	5(21)
Swinton	7

Leigh	3
		Swinton	3

		Wigan	21
Wigan	37

Barrow	13
						Wigan	5

						Widnes	4
Rochdale Hornets

bye
		Rochdale Hornets	2

		Widnes	15
Widnes	4

Wigan Highfield	0
				Widnes	25

				Warrington	5
St Helens Recs	7(2)

Warrington	7(10)
		Warrington	14

		St Helens	11
Broughton Rangers	10

St Helens	15

Notes

1 This match was transferred to the neighbouring St Helens stadium due to the better facilities offered
2 The official Warrington archives give the score for the replayed match as 13-3 - the details given by "RUGBY LEAGUE projects"^[1] show the score as 10-2
3 Watersheddings was the home ground of Oldham RLFC from 1889 to 1997

References

1 2 "Rugby League Project".
1 2 "Saints Heritage Society - History - Season 1928–1929".
1 2 3 4 "Warrington Wolves - Results Archive - 1928".
1 2 3 4 5 "Widnes Vikings - History - Season In Review - 1928–29".
1 2 3 4 5 6 "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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