1966 Lancashire Cup

The 1966 Rugby League Lancashire Cup competition

1966-67 Lancashire Cup

Structure

Regional knockout championship

Number of teams

Winners

Wigan

Runners-up

Oldham

< 1965	Seasons	1967 >

1966 was the fifty-fourth occasion on which the Lancashire Cup completion had been held.
Wigan won the trophy by beating Oldham by the score of 16-13
The match was played at Station Road, Pendlebury, Salford, (historically in the county of Lancashire). The attendance was 14,193 and receipts were £3,558

Background

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]

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	Ref

1	Fri 02 Sep 1966	Widnes	26-13	Barrow	Naughton Park		^[2]
2	Sat 03 Sep 1966	Leigh	4-18	Wigan	Hilton Park		^[3]
3	Sat 03 Sep 1966	Oldham	16-13	Swinton	Watersheddings
4	Sat 03 Sep 1966	Rochdale Hornets	16-18	St Helens	Athletic Grounds	3770	^[4]
5	Sat 03 Sep 1966	Warrington	29-12	Liverpool City	Wilderspool		^[5]
6	Sat 03 Sep 1966	Whitehaven	2-5	Blackpool Borough	Recreation Ground
7	Sat 03 Sep 1966	Workington Town	9-17	Salford	Derwent Park
8		blank		blank

Round 2 - Quarter Finals

Involved 3 matches (with one bye) and 7 Clubs

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

1	Wed 14 Sep 1966	Blackpool Borough	19-7	Widnes	Borough Park		^[2]
2	Wed 14 Sep 1966	Wigan	11-9	St Helens	Central Park	13141	^[3]^[4]
3	Wed 15 Sep 1966	Salford	'2-7	Oldham	The Willows
4		Warrington		bye			^[5]

Round 3 – Semi-Finals

Involved 2 matches and 4 Clubs

Game No	Fixture Date	Home Team	Score	Away Team	Venue	Ref

1	Tue 27 Sep 1966	Blackpool Borough	5-15	Oldham	Borough Park
2	Wed 28 Sep 1966	Wigan	16-7	Warrington	Central Park	^[3]^[5]

Final

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

	Saturday 29 October 1966	Wigan		16-13		Oldham	Station Road	14,193	£3,558	1	^[3]^[6]

Teams and Scorers^[3]^[7]

Wigan	№	Oldham

	teams
Ray Ashby	1	Stan McLeod
Billy Boston	2	Terry Dolly
Eric Ashton	3	Jim McCormack
Keith Holden	4	John Donovan
Trevor Lake	5	Trevor Simms
Cliff Hill	6	Tommy Warburton
Frank Parr	7	Tom Canning
Danny Gardiner	8	Ken Wilson
Colin Clarke	9	Kevin Taylor
John Stephens	10	Geoff Fletcher
Geoff Lyon	11	Peter Smethurst
Laurie Gilfedder	12	Robert "Bob" A. Irving
Harry Major	13	Mick Mooney
	14	Peter Holroyd
	15	Alan Ogden

16	score	13
11	HT	4

	Scorers
	Tries
Eric Ashton (1)	T	John Donovan (1)
Billy Boston (1)	T
Colin Clarke (1)	T
Laurie Gilfedder (1)	T
	Goals
Laurie Gilfedder (2)	G	Tommy Warburton (5)
	G
	Drop Goals
	DG
Referee		Peter Geraghty (York)

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


Leigh	4

Wigan	18
		Wigan	11

		St Helens	9
Rochdale Hornets	16

St Helens	18
				Wigan	16

				Warrington	7
Warrington	29

Liverpool City	12
		Warrington

		bye
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						Wigan	16

						Oldham	13
Whitehaven	2

Blackpool Borough	5
		Blackpool Borough	19

		Widnes	7
Widnes	26

Barrow	13
				Blackpool Borough	5

				Oldham	15
Workington Town	9

Salford	17
		Salford	2

		Oldham	7
Oldham	16

Swinton	13

Notes and comments

1 * Station Road was the home ground of Swinton from 1929 to 1932 and at its peak was one of the finest rugby league grounds in the country and it boasted a capacity of 60,000. The actual record attendance was for the Challenge Cup semi-final on 7 April 1951 when 44,621 watched Wigan beat Warrington 3-2

References

↑ "Rugby League Project".
1 2 "Widnes Vikings - History - Season In Review - 1896-97".
1 2 3 4 5 "Wigan "Cherry and White" archived results".
1 2 "Saints Heritage Society - History - Season 1896-97".
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.
↑ "Oldham Heritage Trust".

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