1968 Lancashire Cup

1968-69 Lancashire Cup

Structure

Regional knockout championship

Number of teams

Winners

Runners-up

< 1967	Seasons	1969 >

The 1968 Rugby League Lancashire Cup competition was the fifty-sixth occasion on which the Lancashire Cup completion had been held. St Helens won the trophy by beating Oldham by the score of 30-2. The match was played at Central Park, Wigan, (historically in the county of Lancashire). The attendance was 17,008 and receipts were £4644. This was the second of two consecutive Lancashire Cup final wins for St Helens, and what is more, the seventh of the seven occasions on which the club will win the trophy in nine successive seasons.

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	Notes	Ref

1	Fri 06 Sep 1968	Rochdale Hornets	5-17	Oldham	Athletic Grounds
2	Fri 06 Sep 1968	Salford	14-3	Warrington	The Willows			^[2]
3	Fri 06 Sep 1968	Widnes	16-15	Huyton	Naughton Park		1	^[3]
4	Sat 07 Sep 1968	Leigh	15-15	Blackpool Borough	Hilton Park
5	Sat 07 Sep 1968	St Helens	19-16	Wigan	Knowsley Road	13500		^[4]^[5]
6	Sat 07 Sep 1968	Swinton	11-14	Workington Town	Station Road
7	Sat 0704 Sep 1968	Whitehaven	19-9	Barrow	Recreation Ground
8		blank		blank

Round 1 - Replay

Involved 1 match

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

1	Wed 11 Sep 1968	Blackpool Borough		15-32		Leigh	Borough Park

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	Mon 16 Sep 1968	Oldham	7-5	Workington Town	Watersheddings
2	Tue 18 Sep 1968	Widnes	17-20	St Helens	Naughton Park	10300	^[3]^[5]
3	Sat 22 Sep 1968	Whitehaven	4-17	Salford	Recreation Ground
4		Leigh		bye

Round 3 – Semi-Finals

Involved 2 matches and 4 Clubs

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

1	Mon 07 Oct 1968	Leigh	6-17	St Helens	Hilton Park	12750	^[5]
2	Wed 09 Oct 1968	Salford	9-12	Oldham	The Willows

Final

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

	Friday 25 October 1968	St Helens		30-2		Oldham	Central Park	17,008	£4,644	2	^[5]^[6]

Teams and Scorers^[5]^[6]^[7]

St Helens	№	Oldham

	teams
Austin Rhodes	1	Martin Murphy
Frank Wilson	2	Mike Elliott
Billy Benyon	3	Phil Larder
Frank Myler	4	Jim McCormack
Cennyd Williams	5	Derek Whitehead
Alan Whittle	6	Wilf Briggs
Tommy Bishop	7	Tom Canning
John Warlow	8	Ken Wilson
Bill Sayer	9	Kevin Taylor
Cliff Watson	10	Geoff Fletcher
Graham Rees	11	Bob Irving
Eric Chisnall	12	Charlie McCourt
Kel Coslett	13	Arthur Hughes
John Houghton	14	Trevor Buckley
Brian Hogan	15	Dennis Maders (for Geoff Fletcher)
Cliff Evans	Coach

30	score	2
0	HT	2

	Scorers
	Tries
Frank Wilson (2)	T
Cen Williams (1)	T
Tommy Bishop (1)	T
Graham Rees (1)	T
Eric Chisnall (1)	T
	Goals
Kel Coslett (6)	G	Wilf Briggs (1)
Referee		William "Billy" H. Thompson (Huddersfield)

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	15-32

Blackpool Borough	15-15
		Leigh

		bye
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				Leigh	6

				St Helens	17
Widnes	16

Huyton	15
		Widnes	17

		St Helens	20
St Helens	19

Wigan	16
						St Helens	30

						Oldham	2
Whitehaven	19

Barrow	9
		Whitehaven	4

		Salford	17
Salford	14

Warrington	3
				Salford	9

				Oldham	12
Rochdale Hornets	5

Oldham	17
		Oldham	7

		Workington Town	5
Swinton	11

Workington Town	14

Notes and comments

1 * This was the first Lancashire Cup match played by new/newly renamed club Huyton (who were "homeless" for this their first season)
2 * 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".
↑ "Warrington Wolves - Results Archive - 1897".
1 2 "Widnes Vikings - History - Season In Review - 1896-97".
↑ "Wigan "Cherry and White" archived results".
1 2 3 4 5 "Saints Heritage Society - History - Season 1896-97".
1 2 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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