1929 Lancashire Cup

Structure

Regional knockout competitionm

Number of teams

Champions

Runners-up

< 1928	Seasons	1930 >

The 1929 Lancashire Cup was the 22nd occasion on which this regional rugby league competition had been held. Warrington won the trophy by beating Salford in the final by 15-2. The match was played at Central Park, Wigan. The attendance at the final was 21,012 and receipts £1,250.

Background

The number of teams entering this year’s competition remained at 13 which resulted in 3 byes in the first round.

The semi-final clash between Salford and Swinton took two replays to decide. This resulted in Salford playing 5 matches (a semi-final, a league match, two replays and a final) within 11 days.

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 12 October 1929	Barrow	12-0	Widnes	Little Park, Roose	^[2]
2	Sat 12 October 1929	Broughton Rangers	9-10	St Helens	The Cliff	^[3]
3	Sat 12 October 1929	Leigh	3-6	Warrington	Mather Lane	^[4]
4	Sat 12 October 1929	Rochdale Hornets	15-11	Wigan Highfield	Athletic Grounds
5	Sat 12 October 1929	Wigan	5-10	Oldham	Central Park	^[5]
6		St Helens Recs		bye
7		Salford		bye
8		Swinton		bye

Round 2 - quarter-finals

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

1	Mon 21 October 1929	Oldham	8-2	St Helens Recs	Watersheddings
2	Wed 23 October 1929	St Helens	8-8	Salford	Knowsley Road		^[3]
3	Wed 23 October 1929	Swinton	38-3	Rochdale Hornets	Station Road	1
4	Thu 24 October 1929	Barrow	7-9	Warrington	Little Park, Roose		^[4]
Replay
5	Sat 30 October 1929	Salford	13-3	St Helens	The Willows		^[3]

Round 3 – semi-finals

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

1	Mon 11 November 1929	Oldham	5-7	Warrington	Watersheddings		^[4]
2	Wed 13 November 1929	Swinton	3-3	Salford	Station Road	2
1st Replay
3	Mon 18 November 1929	Salford	0-0	Swinton	The Willows	2
2nd Replay
4	Wed 20 November 1929	Swinton	0-8	Salford	The Cliff

Final

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

	Saturday 23 November 1929	Warrington		15-2		Salford	Central Park	21,012	£1,250	2 3	^[4] ^[6]

Teams and scorers

Warrington^[4]	№	Salford

part team	teams	the team probably included
Billy Holding	1
Tommy Blinkhorn	2	Alan Edwards
Thomas "Tubby" Thompson	3	Gus Risman
Billy Dingsdale	4
William "Billy" Kirk	5	Barney Hudson
	6	Emlyn Jenkins
	7	Billy Watkins
team positions may differ	8	Billy Williams
	9
	10	John “Jack” Feetham
	11
	12	team positions may differ
Jesse Meredith	13

15	score	2
7	HT	0

	Scorers
	Tries
William "Billy" Kirk (1)	T
Jesse Meredith (1)	T
Tommy Blinkhorn (1)	T
	Goals
Billy Holding (3)	G
	Drop Goals
	DG
Referee

Scoring - Try = three points; Goal = two points; Drop goal = two points

The road to success

First Round		Second Round		Semi Finals		Final


Wigan	5

Oldham	10
		Oldham	8

		St Helens Recs	2
St Helens Recs

bye
				Oldham	5

				Warrington	7
Barrow	12

Widnes	0
		Barrow	7

		Warrington	9
Leigh	3

Warrington	6
						Warrington	15

						Salford	2
Swinton

bye
		Swinton	38

		Rochdale Hornets	3
Rochdale Hornets	15

Wigan Highfield	11
				Swinton	3(0)(0)

				Salford	3(0)(8)
Broughton Rangers	9

St Helens	10
		St Helens	8(3)

		Salford	8(13)
Salford

bye

Notes

1 This was the first Lancashire Cup match to be played on this new ground.
2 Central Park was the home ground of Wigan.

References

↑ "Rugby League Project".
↑ "Widnes Vikings - History - Season In Review - 1929–30".
1 2 3 "Saints Heritage Society - History - Season 1929–30".
1 2 3 4 5 "Warrington Wolves - Results Archive - 1929".
↑ "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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