1955 Lancashire Cup

The 1955 Rugby League Lancashire Cup competition

1955-56 Lancashire Cup

Structure

Regional knockout championship

Number of teams

Winners

Leigh

Runners-up

Widnes

< 1954	Seasons	1956 >

1955 was the forty-third occasion on which the Lancashire Cup completion had been held.
Leigh won the trophy by beating Widnes by the score of 26-9.
The match was played at Central Park, Wigan, (historically in the county of Lancashire). The attendance was 26,504 and receipts were £4,090.

Background

The end of last season saw the demise of Belle Vue Rangers. With this and the retention of the invitation to juniors, Lancashire Amateurs the number of clubs was reduced by one to a total of 15.
The same pre-war fixture format was retained, and due to reduction in the number of clubs this resulted in one bye in the first round.
The whole tournament was again played on a knock-out basis, and there would be no return to the two legged fixtures during the life of the competition.

Competition and results^[1]

Round 1

Involved 7 matches (with one bye but no “blank” fixture) and 15 clubs

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

1	Sat 27 Aug 1955	Barrow	18-12	St Helens	Craven Park	9,732	^[2]
2	Sat 27 Aug 1955	Blackpool Borough	8-18	Oldham	St Anne's Road Greyhound Stadium
3	Sat 27 Aug 1955	Leigh	71-14	County Amateurs	Kirkhall Lane
4	Sat 27 Aug 1955	Rochdale Hornets	26-17	Whitehaven	Athletic Grounds
5	Sat 27 Aug 1955	Salford	8-33	Widnes	The Willows		^[3]
6	Sat 27 Aug 1955	Wigan	15-16	Warrington	Central Park		^[4]^[5]
7	Sat 27 Aug 1955	Workington Town	24-10	Liverpool City	Borough Park
8		Swinton		bye

Round 2 - Quarter Finals

Involved 4 matches (with no bye) and 8 clubs

Game No	Fixture Date	Home Team	Score	Away Team	Venue	Ref

1	Tue 06 Sep 1955	Barrow	24-10	Workington Town	Craven Park
2	Tue 06 Sep 1955	Rochdale Hornets	12-26	Warrington	Athletic Grounds	^[5]
3	Wed 07 Sep 1955	Oldham	11-13	Leigh	Watersheddings
4	Thu 08 Sep 1955	Widnes	9-3	Swinton	Naughton Park	^[3]

Round 3 – Semi-Finals

Involved 2 matches and 4 clubs

Game No	Fixture Date	Home Team	Score	Away Team	Venue width=30 abbr="Att" \|Att	Ref

1	Thu 22 Sep 1955	Barrow	7-11	Leigh	Craven Park
2	Thu 22 Sep 1955	Widnes	11-6	Warrington	Naughton Park	^[3]^[5]

Final

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

	Saturday 15 October 1955	Leigh		26-9		Widnes	Central Park	26,504	£4,090	1	^[3]^[6]

Teams and scorers^[3]

Leigh	№	Widnes

	teams
	1	John Sale
	2	Gordon Williamson]
	3	Harold 'Lal' Kinsey
	4	Tommy Galligan
	5	Peter Ratcliffe
	6	Roy Butler
	7	Percy Davies
Bill Robinson (position uncertain)	8	Ron Rowbottom
	9	Jack Hayes/J. J. Hayes
	10	Harold Tomlinson
	11	Derek Smith/Tom Smith/Vin Smith
	12	Gordon Murray
	13	George Kemel

26	score	9
8	HT	4

	Scorers
	Tries
	T	Gordon Williamson (1)
	T
	T
	T
	T
	Goals
	G	John Sale (3)
	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


Barrow	18

St Helens	12
		Barrow	24

		Workington Town	10
Workington Town	24

Liverpool City	10
				Barrow	7

				Leigh	11
Blackpool Borough	8

Oldham	18
		Oldham	11

		Leigh	13
Leigh	71

County Amateurs	14
						Leigh	26

						Widnes	9
Salford	8

Widnes	33
		Widnes	9

		Swinton	3
Swinton

bye
				Widnes	11

				Warrington	6
Rochdale Hornets	26

Whitehaven	17
		Rochdale Hornets	12

		Warrington	26
Wigan	15

Warrington	16

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

References

↑ "Rugby League Project".
↑ "Saints Heritage Society - History - Season 1896-97".
1 2 3 4 5 "Widnes Vikings - History - Season In Review - 1896-97".
↑ "Wigan "Cherry and White" archived results".
1 2 3 "Warrington Wolves - Results Archive - 1897".
↑ Raymond Fletcher and David Howes (1991). Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook 1991-100. Queen Anne Press. ISBN 0 35617852 8.

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