1970 Lancashire Cup

The 1970 Rugby League Lancashire Cup competition

1970-71 Lancashire Cup

Structure

Regional knockout championship

Number of teams

Winners

Leigh

Runners-up

St Helens

< 1969	Seasons	1971 >

The 1970 Lancashire Cup was the fifty-eighth staging of the tournament. Leigh won the trophy by beating St Helens by the score of 7-4 in the final. The match was played at Station Road, Pendlebury, Salford, (historically in the county of Lancashire). The attendance was 10,776 and receipts were £3,136.

Background

The total number of teams entering the competition remained the same at a total of 16. Once again two junior (or amateur) clubs were invited St Helens Amateurs and this year, Whitehaven Amateurs.
The same fixture format was retained, and due to the number of participating clubs, resulted in a full fixture list with no byes or “blank” or “dummy” fixtures.

Competition and results^[1]

Round 1

Involved 8 matches (with no bye or “blank” fixture) and 16 clubs

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

1	Fri 28-08-1970	Rochdale Hornets	14-11	Whitehaven	Athletic Grounds
2	Fri 28-08-1970	Warrington	9-21	Leigh	Wilderspool			^[2]
3	Sat 29-08-1970	Blackpool Borough	10-10	Widnes	Borough Park			^[3]
4	Sat 29-08-1970	Huyton	3-30	St Helens	Alt Park, Huyton	2,121		^[4]
5	Sat 29-08-1970	Oldham	12-35	Salford	Watersheddings
6	Sat 29-08-1970	Swinton	51-21	St Helens Amateurs	Station Road		1
7	Sat 29-08-1970	Wigan	32-2	Barrow	Central Park			^[5]
8	Sun 30-08-1970	Workington Town	49-7	Whitehaven Amateurs	Derwent Park		2

Round 1 Replays

Involved 1 match and 2 clubs

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

1	Thu 03-09-1970	Widnes		41-6		Blackpool Borough	Naughton Park				^[3]

Round 2 - Quarter Finals

Involved 4 matches (with no bye) and 8 clubs

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

1	Mon 07-09-1970	Widnes	32-5	Rochdale Hornets	Naughton Park		^[3]
2	Sun 13-09-1970	Salford	12-12	Wigan	The Willows		^[5]
3	Wed 16-09-1970	Leigh	12-8	Workington Town	Hilton Park
4	Thu 17-09-1970	St Helens	20-7	Swinton	Knowsley Road	7,500	^[4]

Round 2 – Replays

Involved 1 match and 2 clubs

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

1	Sun 20-09-1970	Wigan		32-6		Salford	Central Park				^[5]

Round 3 – Semi-Finals

Involved 2 matches and 4 clubs

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

1	Sun 04-10-1970	Widnes	10-13	Leigh	Naughton Park		^[3]^[6]
2	Sat 10-10-1970	Wigan	0-23	St Helens	Central Park	23,508	^[4]^[5]

Final

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

	Saturday 28 November 1970	Leigh		7-4		St Helens	Station Road	10,776	£3,136	HT 0-0	^[4]^[7]

Teams and Scorers^[4]^[7]

Leigh	№	St. Helens

	teams
Stuart Ferguson	1	Frank Barrow^[8]
Rod Tickle	2	Les Jones
Les Chisnall	3	Billy Benyon
Mick Collins	4	Johnny Walsh
Joseph Walsh	5	Frank Wilson
David Eckersley	6	Frank Myler
Alex Murphy	7	Alan Whittle
Dave Chisnall	8	Albert Halsall
Kevin Ashcroft	9	Tony Karalius
Derek Watts	10	Graham Rees
Paul Grimes	11	John Mantle
Geoffrey Clarkson	12	Eric Chisnall
Mooney	13	Kel Coslett
Tommy Canning (for Rod Tickle)	14	Jeff Heaton (not used)
	15	Eric Prescott (for Graham Rees)

7	score	4
0	HT	0

	Scorers
	Tries
David Eckersley (1)	T
	Goals
Stuart Ferguson (2)	G	Kel Coslett (2)
Referee		W H (Billy) 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


Blackpool Borough	10-6

Widnes	10-41
		Widnes	32

		Rochdale Hornets	5
Rochdale Hornets	14

Whitehaven	11
				Widnes	10

				Leigh	13
Warrington	9

Leigh	21
		Leigh	12

		Workington Town	8
Workington Town	49

Whitehaven Amateurs	7
						Leigh	7

						St Helens	4
Oldham	12

Salford	35
		Salford	12-6

		Wigan	12-32
Wigan	32

Barrow	2
				Wigan	0

				St Helens	23
Huyton	3

St Helens	30
		St Helens	20

		Swinton	7
Swinton	51

St Helens Amateurs	21

Notes and comments

1 * St Helens Amateurs were a junior (or amateur) club from St Helens
2 * Whitehaven Amateurs are a junior (or amateur) club from Whitehaven
3 * 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".
↑ "Warrington Wolves - Results Archive - 1897". Archived from the original on February 2, 2014.
1 2 3 4 "Widnes Vikings - History - Season In Review - 1896-97".
1 2 3 4 5 "Saints Heritage Society - History - Season 1896-97".
1 2 3 4 "Wigan "Cherry and White" archived results".
↑ Club Programme dept. Match Programme. Widnes RLFC.
1 2 Raymond Fletcher and David Howes (1991). Rothmans Rugby Lague Yearbook 1991-100. Queen Anne Press. ISBN 0 35617852 8.
↑ http://www.saints.org.uk/saints.org.uk/home/viewpage.php?page_id=10&num=14864

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