1971 Lancashire Cup

1971-72 Lancashire Cup

Structure

Regional knockout championship

Number of teams

Winners

Runners-up

< 1970	Seasons	1972 >

The 1971 Lancashire Cup was the fifty-ninth occasion on which the completion had been held. Wigan won the trophy by beating Widnes by the score of 15-8 in the final. The match was played at Knowsley Road, Eccleston, St Helens, Merseyside, (historically in the county of Lancashire). The attendance was 6,970 and receipts were £2,204.00 (the first final after the UK went decimal)

Background

The total number of teams entering the competition decreased by two down to a total of 14, due to no junior/amateur clubs taking part.
The same fixture format was retained, but due to the decrease in the number of participating clubs, resulted in one “blank” or “dummy” fixtures in the first round, and one bye in the second round.

Competition and results^[1]

Round 1

Involved 7 matches (with one “blank” fixture) and 14 clubs

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

1	Thu 05-08-1971	Huyton	6-16		Wigan	Alt Park, Huyton		^[2]
2	Fri 06-08-1971	St Helens	11-10		Leigh	Knowsley Road	7000	^[3]
3	Fri 06-08-1971	Warrington	17-9		Whitehaven	Wilderspool		^[4]
4	Fri 06-08-1971	Widnes	22-4		Blackpool Borough	Naughton Park		^[5]
5	Sat 07-08-1971	Barrow	5-13		Rochdale Hornets	Craven Park
6	Sun 08-08-1971	Salford	46-5		Workington Town	The Willows
7	Sun 08-08-1971	Swinton	10-7		Oldham	Station Road
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	Thu 12-08-1971	St Helens	23-6	Warrington	Knowsley Road	5650	^[3]^[4]
2	Sun 15-08-1971	Swinton	20-11	Salford	Station Road
3	Sun 15-08-1971	Widnes	17-8	Rochdale Hornets	Naughton Park		^[5]
4		Wigan		bye			^[2]

Round 3 – Semi-Finals

Involved 2 matches and 4 clubs

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

1	Tue 17-08-1971	St Helens	10-12	Widnes	Knowsley Road	6000	^[3]^[5]
2	Wed 18-08-1971	Swinton	2-12	Wigan	Station Road		^[2]

Final

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

	Saturday 28 August 1971	Wigan		15-8		Widnes	Knowsley Road	6,970	2,204	1	^[2]^[5]^[6]^[7]

Teams and Scorers^[2]^[5]^[6]

Wigan	№	Widnes

	teams
Colin Tyrer	1	Ray Dutton
Phil Eastham	2	Dennis Brown
Bill Francis	3	Mick McLoughlin
Chris Fuller	4	Mal Aspey
Stuart Wright	5	Johnny Gaydon
David Hill	6	Dennis O'Neill
Warren Ayres	7	Reg Bowden
Dennis Ashcroft	8	John Warlow
Colin Clarke	9	John Foran
Geoff Fletcher	10	Joe Doughty
Bill Ashurst	11	John Kirwan
Kevin O'Loughlin	12	Alan Walsh
Doug Laughton	13	George Nicholls
Dave Gandy (for Stuart Wright)	14	Ged Lowe (for Alan Walsh)
?	15	?
Eric Ashton	Coach	?

15	score	8
5	HT	3

	Scorers
	Tries
Warren Ayres (1)	T	Dennis O'Neill (1)
Bill Francis (1)	T	Johnny Gaydon (1)
Phil Eastham (1)	T
	Goals
Colin Tyrer (3)	G	Mal Aspey (1)
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


Swinton	10

Oldham	7
		Swinton	20

		Salford	11
Salford	46

Workington Town	5
				Swinton	2

				Wigan	12
Huyton	6

Wigan	16
		Wigan

		bye
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						Wigan	15

						Widnes	8
St Helens	11

Leigh	10
		St Helens	23

		Warrington	6
Warrington	17

Whitehaven	9
				St Helens	10

				Widnes	12
Widnes	22

Blackpool Borough	4
		Widnes	17

		Rochdale Hornets	8
Barrow	5

Rochdale Hornets	13

Notes and comments

1 * Knowsley Road was the home ground of St Helens from 1890 to 2010. The final capacity was in the region of 18,000, although the actual record attendance was 35,695 set on December 26, 1949 for a league game between St Helens and Wigan

References

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

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