1937 Lancashire Cup
1937 Lancashire Cup
| Structure | Regional knockout championship | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number of teams | 13 | |||
| Winners | Warrington | |||
| Runners-up | Barrow | |||
| ||||
1937 was the thirtieth occasion on which the Lancashire Cup completion had been held.
Warrington won the trophy by beating Barrow by 8-4.
The match was played at Central Park, Wigan, (historically in the county of Lancashire). The attendance was 14,000 and receipts were £800.
Background
The number of teams entering this year’s competition decreased by one with the withdrawal of Streatham & Mitcham, back to the previous total of 13 but the same fixture format was retained.
There was once again a bye in the first round, and there was still a “blank” or “dummy” fixture. The bye in the second round remained.
Competition and Results [1]
Round 1
Involved 6 matches (with one bye and one “blank” fixture) and 13 clubs
| Game No | Fixture Date | Home Team | Score | Away Team | Venue | Att | Rec | Notes | Ref | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sat 11 Sep 1937 | Barrow | 11-2 | St Helens Recs | Craven Park | ||||||
| 2 | Sat 11 Sep 1937 | Leigh | 18-3 | Rochdale Hornets | Mather Lane | ||||||
| 3 | Sat 11 Sep 1937 | Oldham | 2-4 | Warrington | Watersheddings | [2] | |||||
| 4 | Sat 11 Sep 1937 | St Helens | 0-11 | Broughton Rangers | Knowsley Road | [3] | |||||
| 5 | Sat 11 Sep 1937 | Salford | 2-3 | Widnes | The Willows | [4] | |||||
| 6 | Sat 11 Sep 1937 | Swinton | 9-9 | Wigan | Station Road | [5] | |||||
| 7 | Liverpool Stanley | bye | |||||||||
| 8 | blank | blank | |||||||||
Round 1 - Replays
Involved 1 match
| Game No | Fixture Date | Home Team | Score | Away Team | Venue | Att | Rec | Notes | Ref | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wed 15 Sep 1937 | Wigan | 24-5 | Swinton | Central Park | [5] |
Round 2 - Quarter Finals
Involved 3 matches (with one bye) and 7 clubs
| Game No | Fixture Date | Home Team | Score | Away Team | Venue | Att | Rec | Notes | Ref | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wed 22 Sep 1937 | Broughton Rangers | 12-8 | Leigh | Belle Vue Stadium | ||||||
| 2 | Thu 23 Sep 1937 | Barrow | 3-2 | Liverpool Stanley | Craven Park | ||||||
| 3 | Thu 23 Sep 1937 | Widnes | 26-5 | Wigan | Naughton Park | [5] [4] | |||||
| 4 | Warrington | bye | [2] |
Round 3 – Semi-Finals
Involved 2 matches and 4 Clubs
| Game No | Fixture Date | Home Team | Score | Away Team | Venue | Att | Rec | Notes | Ref | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Thu 30 Sep 1937 | Barrow | 5-2 | Broughton Rangers | Craven Park | ||||||
| 2 | Thu 07 Oct 1937 | Widnes | 0-3 | Warrington | Naughton Park | [4] [2] |
Final
| Game No | Fixture Date | Home Team | Score | Away Team | Venue | Att | Rec | Notes | Ref | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saturday 23 October 1937 | Warrington | 8-4 | Barrow | Central Park | 14,000 | £800 | 1 | [2] [6] |
Teams and Scorers[2][7][8][9]
| Warrington | № | Barrow |
|---|---|---|
| part of team | teams | |
| 1 | Freddie French | |
| Bill Shankland (c) | 2 | Val Cumberbatch |
| David Brown | 3 | John Higgin |
| 4 | Thomas "Tommy" Barr | |
| 5 | Buster Harris | |
| 6 | Ian Lloyd | |
| 7 | Billy Little | |
| 8 | George Blackburn | |
| 9 | Dan McKeating | |
| 10 | William "Billy" Skelly | |
| Jack Miller | 11 | Lancelot Alexander 'Alec' Troup (c) |
| 12 | Bob Ayres | |
| 13 | Gordon Askew Rawlings | |
| 8 | score | 4 |
| 0 | HT | 0 |
| Scorers | ||
| Tries | ||
| David Brown (2) | T | |
| Goals | ||
| Bill Shankland (1) | 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 | ||||||||||||||||
| Salford | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Widnes | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Widnes | 26 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Wigan | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Swinton | 9 - 5 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Wigan | 9 - 24 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Widnes | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Warrington | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Oldham | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Warrington | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Warrington | |||||||||||||||||||
| bye | |||||||||||||||||||
| blank | |||||||||||||||||||
| blank | |||||||||||||||||||
| Warrington | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Barrow | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Barrow | 11 | ||||||||||||||||||
| St Helens Recs | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Barrow | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Liverpool Stanley | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Liverpool Stanley | |||||||||||||||||||
| bye | |||||||||||||||||||
| Barrow | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Broughton Rangers | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||
| St Helens | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Broughton Rangers | 11 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Broughton Rangers | 12 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Leigh | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Leigh | 18 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Rochdale Hornets | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||
Notes and comments
1 * Central Park was the home ground of Wigan with a final capacity of 18,000, although the record attendance was 47,747 for Wigan v St Helens 27 March 1959
See also
References
- ↑ "Rugby League Project".
- 1 2 3 4 5 "Warrington Wolves - Results Archive - 1897".
- ↑ "Saints Heritage Society - History - Season 1896-97".
- 1 2 3 "Widnes Vikings - History - Season In Review - 1896-97".
- 1 2 3 "Wigan "Cherry and White" archived results".
- ↑ Raymond Fletcher and David Howes (1991). Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook 1991-100. Queen Anne Press. ISBN 0 35617852 8.
- ↑ "Wire2Wolves Warrington archive".
- ↑ "North West Evening Mail".
- ↑ "News and Star".
External links
- Saints Heritage Society
- 1896–97 Northern Rugby Football Union season at wigan.rlfans.com
- Hull&Proud Fixtures & Results 1896/1897
- Widnes Vikings - One team, one passion Season In Review - 1896-97
- The Northern Union at warringtonwolves.org