1960 Lancashire Cup

The 1960 Rugby League Lancashire Cup competition

1960-61 Lancashire Cup
Structure Regional knockout championship
Number of teams 14
Winners St Helens
Runners-up Swinton
< 1959 Seasons 1961 >

1960 was the forty-eighth occasion on which the Lancashire Cup completion had been held.
St Helens won the trophy by beating Swinton by the score of 15-9
The match was played at Central Park, Wigan, (historically in the county of Lancashire). The attendance was 31,755 and receipts were £5,337.
This was the first of what, unknown to St Helens, were to be five consecutive Lancashire Cup final triumphs, and what is more, the first of seven victories in a period of nine successive seasons.
It was also to be the first of three successive Lancashire Cup final runner-up spots for Swinton

Background

With again no invitation to a junior club this season, the total number of teams entering the competition remained the same at 14.
The same fixture format was retained, and due to the number of clubs this resulted in no bye but one “blank” or “dummy” fixture in the first round, and one bye in the second round

Competition and results[1][2]

Round 1

Involved 7 matches (with no bye but one “blank” fixture) and 14 clubs

Game No Fixture Date Home Team Score Away Team Venue Att Rec Notes Ref
1Saturday 27 August 1960Barrow6-10SwintonCraven Park
2Saturday 27 August 1960Widnes17-19St HelensNaughton Park9,500[3][4]
3Saturday 27 August 1960Wigan19-5OldhamCentral Park[5]
4Saturday 27 August 1960Salford11-3Rochdale HornetsThe Willows
5Saturday 27 August 1960Leigh37-15Workington TownHilton Park
6Saturday 27 August 1960Liverpool City10-29WarringtonMill Yard, Knotty Ash[6]
7Saturday 27 August 1960Blackpool Borough15-5WhitehavenSt Anne's Road Greyhound Stadium
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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
1Tuesday 6 September 1960Warrington8-9LeighWilderspool[6]
2Wednesday 7 September 1960St Helens7-4WiganKnowsley Road27,000[4][5]
3Wednesday 7 September 1960Salford6-9SwintonThe Willows8,000
4 Blackpool Boroughbye

Round 3 – Semi-Finals

Involved 2 matches and 4 clubs

Game No Fixture Date Home Team Score Away Team Venue Att Rec Notes Ref
1Wednesday 5 October 1960Blackpool Borough0-10SwintonSt Anne's Road Greyhound Stadium
2Monday 17 October 1960Leigh2-15St HelensKnowsley Road14,500[4]

Final

Game No Fixture Date Home Team Score Away Team Venue Att Rec Notes Ref
Saturday 29 October 1960St Helens15-9SwintonCentral Park31,755£5,3371[4][7]

Teams and scorers[4]

St Helens № Swinton
teams
Percy Landsberg1 Ken Gowers
Tom van Vollenhoven2 John Speed
Ken Large3 Peter Smethurst
Brian McGinn4 Alan Buckley
Jan Prinsloo5 Ken McGregor
Austin Rhodes6 George Parkinson
Alex Murphy7 Tony Dyson
Abe Terry8 Bill Bretherton
Bob Dagnall9 Trevor Roberts
Fred Leyland10 Dai Moses
Don Vines11 Ken Roberts
Dick Huddart12 Peter Norburn
Vince Karalius (c)13 Albert Blan (c)
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8HT2
Scorers
Tries
Austin Rhodes (1)T Ken McGregor (1)
Tom van Vollenhoven (1)T
Ken Large (1)T
Goals
Austin Rhodes (3)G Albert Blan (3)
G
Drop Goals
DG
Referee E. Clay (Leeds)

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
            
Liverpool City 10
Warrington 29
Warrington 8
Leigh 9
Leigh 37
Workington Town 15
Leigh 2
St Helens 15
Widnes 17
St Helens 19
St Helens 7
Wigan 4
Wigan 19
Oldham 5
St Helens 15
Swinton 9
Blackpool Borough 15
Whitehaven 5
Blackpool Borough
bye
blank
blank
Blackpool Borough 0
Swinton 10
Salford 11
Rochdale Hornets 3
Salford 6
Swinton 9
Barrow 6
Swinton 10

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

  1. ↑ "Rugby League Project".
  2. ↑ David Jack and Malcolm Gunn (1959). Empire News Football Annual 19560-61 - 74th year. Empire News and Sunday Chronicle.
  3. ↑ "Widnes Vikings - History - Season In Review - 1896-97".
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 "Saints Heritage Society - History - Season 1896-97".
  5. 1 2 "Wigan "Cherry and White" archived results".
  6. 1 2 "Warrington Wolves - Results Archive - 1897".
  7. ↑ Raymond Fletcher and David Howes (1991). Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook 1991-100. Queen Anne Press. ISBN 0 35617852 8.

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