1972 Lancashire Cup

1972-73 Lancashire Cup

Structure

Regional knockout championship

Number of teams

Winners

Runners-up

< 1971	Seasons	1973 >

The 1972 Lancashire Cup was the sixtieth occasion on which the competition was held. Salford won the trophy by beating Swinton by the score of 25-11 in the final. The match was played at Wilderspool, Warrington, now in the County Palatine of Chester but (historically in the county of Lancashire). The attendance was 6,865 and receipts were £3,321.00

Background

The total number of teams entering the competition remained at last season’s total of 14 with 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	Fixture Date

1	Fri 1 September 1972	Salford	41-17	Oldham	The Willows
2	Fri 1 September 1972	Wigan	15-7	Workington Town	Central Park		^[2]
3	Sun 3 September 1972	Huyton	12-18	Barrow	Alt Park, Huyton
4	Sun 3 September 1972	Leigh	6-20	Widnes	Hilton Park		^[3]
5	Sun 3 September 1972	Swinton	28-25	Blackpool Borough	Station Road
6	Sun 3 September 1972	Warrington	16-18	St Helens	Wilderspool	8,500	^[4]^[5]
7	Sun 3 September 1972	Whitehaven	19-24	Rochdale Hornets	Recreation Ground
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	Notes	Ref

1	Wed 13 September 1972	Widnes	11-2	St Helens	Naughton Park	9000	1	^[3]^[5]
2	Fri 15 September 1972	Barrow	4-7	Swinton	Craven Park
3	Fri 15 September 1972	Salford	46-13	Rochdale Hornets	The Willows
4		Wigan		bye				^[2]

Round 3 – Semi-Finals

Involved 2 matches and 4 Clubs

Game No	Fixture Date	Home Team	Score	Away Team	Venue	Ref

1	Thu 5 October 1972	Widnes	4-13	Swinton	Naughton Park	^[3]^[6]
2	Thu 6 October 1972	Wigan	2-14	Salford	Central Park	^[2]

Final

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

	Saturday 21 October 1972	Salford		25-11		Swinton	Wilderspool	6,865	3,321	2	^[7]

Teams and Scorers^[7]^[8]

Salford	№	Swinton

	teams
Paul Charlton	1	Paul Jackson
Eastham	2	Bob Fleay
David Watkins	3	John Cooke
Chris Hesketh	4	Alan Buckley
Maurice Richards	5	John Gomersall
Ken Gill	6	Peter Kenny
Peter Banner	7	Ken Gowers
Mackay	8	Albert Halsall
Walker	9	Graham Evans
Johnny Ward	10	Harold Bate
Whitehead	11	Rod Smith
Colin Dixon	12	Granville Hoyle
Eric Prescott	13	Bill Pattinson
?	14	Mick Philbin (for Peter Kenny)
?	15	Bill Holliday (for Rod Smith)
Cliff Evans	Coach
25	score	11
10	HT	4

	Scorers
	Tries
Peter Banner (1)	T	Bob Fleay (1)
Eastham (1)	T
David Watkins (1)	T
Maurice Richards (1)	T
Paul Charlton (1)	T
	Goals
David Watkins (5)	G	Ken Gowers (3)
	Drop Goals
	DG	Peter Kenny (1)
Referee		W. "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


Wigan	15

Workington Town	7
		Wigan

		bye
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				Wigan	2

				Salford	14
Salford	41

Oldham	17
		Salford	46

		Rochdale Hornets	13
Whitehaven	19

Rochdale Hornets	24
						Salford	25

						Swinton	11
Leigh	6

Widnes	20
		Widnes	11

		St Helens	2
Warrington	16

St Helens	18
				Widnes	4

				Swinton	13
Huyton	12

Barrow	18
		Barrow	4

		Swinton	7
Swinton	28

Blackpool Borough	25

Notes and comments

1 * The score of 13-2 is shows in the official St Helens^[5] archives and also in the official Widnes^[3] archives . RUGBYLEAGUEproject^[1] shows the score as being 11-2
2 * Wilderspool was the home ground of Warrington from 1883 to the end of the 2003 Summer season when they moved into the new purpose built Halliwell Jones Stadium. Wilderspool remained as a sports/Ruugby League ground and is/was used by Woolston Rovers/Warrington Wizards junior club.
The ground had a final capacity of 9,000 although the record attendance was set in a Challenge cup third round match on 13 March 1948 when 34,304 spectators saw Warrington lose to Wigan 10-13.

References

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

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