1975 Lancashire Cup

The 1975 Rugby League Lancashire Cup competition

1975-76 Lancashire Cup

Structure

Regional knockout championship

Number of teams

Winners

Widnes

Runners-up

Salford

< 1974	Seasons	1976 >

1975 was the sixty-third occasion on which the Lancashire Cup completion had been held.

Widnes won the trophy by beating Salford by the score of 16-7
The match was played at Central Park, Wigan, (historically in the county of Lancashire). The attendance was 7,566 and receipts were £3,880.00

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” fixture in the first round, and one bye in the second round.

Competition and Results^[1]^[2]

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	Sat 30 Aug 1975	Oldham	17-19	St Helens	Watersheddings	3011	^[3]
2	Sun 31 Aug 1975	Barrow	9-14	Swinton	Craven Park
3	Sun 31 Aug 1975	Blackpool Borough	3-11	Leigh	Borough Park
4	Sun 31 Aug 1975	Rochdale Hornets	10-22	Workington Town	Athletic Grounds
5	Sun 31 Aug 1975	Salford	44-17	Huyton	The Willows
6	Sun 31 Aug 1975	Warrington	14-39	Wigan	Wilderspool		^[4]^[5]
7	Sun 31 Aug 1975	Widnes	19-7	Whitehaven	Naughton Park		^[6]
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	Sat 13 Sep 1975	Wigan	21-22	Workington Town	Central Park		^[4]
2	Sun 14 Sep 1975	Leigh	6-23	Salford	Hilton Park
3	Sun 14 Sep 1975	Swinton	2-17	St Helens	Station Road	4029	^[3]
4		Widnes		bye			^[6]

Round 3 – Semi-Finals

Involved 2 matches and 4 Clubs

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

1	Tue 16 Sep 1975	Workington Town	2-16	Widnes	Derwent Park		^[6]
2	Tue 23 Sep 1975	St Helens	8-21	Salford	Knowsley Road	9000	^[3]

Final

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

	Saturday 4 October 1975	Widnes		16-7		Salford	Central Park	7,566	3,880	1	^[6]^[7]^[8]^[9]

Teams and Scorers^[6]^[7]

Widnes	№	Salford

	teams
Ray Dutton	1	David Watkins
Alan Prescott	2	Keith Fielding
Mick George	3	Butler
Mal Aspey	4	Chris Hesketh
David Jenkins	5	Maurice Richards
Eric Hughes	6	Ken Gill
Reg Bowden	7	Steve Nash
Jim Mills	8	Fiddler
Derek Hammond (but see note 2)	9	Roy Hawksley
Nick Nelson	10	Colin Dixon
John Foran	11	Turnbull
Jim Fitzpatrick	12	Knighton
Mick Adams	13	Eric Prescott
	14
Barry Sheridan (for Jim Fitzpatrick)	15	Mackay (for Dixon)

16	score	7
8	HT	5

	Scorers
	Tries
Alan Prescott (1)	T	Maurice Richards (1)
Mick George (1)	T
Mal Aspey (1)	T
	Goals
Ray Dutton (3)	G	David Watkins (2)
	Drop Goals
Ray Dutton (1)	DG
Referee		W H (Billy) Thompson (Huddersfield)
Man of the match		Mick George - Widnes - centre
sponsored by		Rugby Leaguer

Scoring - Try = three (3) points - Goal = two (2) points - Drop goal = one (1) point

The road to success

First Round		Second Round		Semi Finals		Final


Warrington	14

Wigan	39
		Wigan	21

		Workington Town	22
Rochdale Hornets	10

Workington Town	22
				Workington Town	2

				Widnes	16
Widnes	19

blank	7
		Widnes

		bye
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						Widnes	16

						Salford	7
Barrow	9

Swinton	14
		Swinton	2

		St Helens	17
Oldham	17

St Helens	19
				St Helens	8

				Salford	21
Blackpool Borough	3

Leigh	11
		Leigh	6

		Salford	23
Salford	44

Huyton	17

Notes and comments

1 * 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
2 * Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook 1991-1992^[7]Names Keith Elwell as number 9 (hooker) - The Widnes official archives^[6] name the hooker as Derek Hammond

References

↑ "Rugby League Project".
↑ Jack Winstanley & Malcolm Ryding (1991). John Player Yearbook 1975-76. Queen Anne Press.
1 2 3 "Saints Heritage Society - History - Season 1896-97".
1 2 "Wigan "Cherry and White" archived results".
↑ "Warrington Wolves - Results Archive - 1897".
1 2 3 4 5 6 "Widnes Vikings - History - Season In Review - 1896-97".
1 2 3 Raymond Fletcher and David Howes (1991). Rothmans Rugby Lague Yearbook 1991-100. Queen Anne Press. ISBN 0 35617852 8.
↑ Frank Butler and Patrick Collins (1975). News of the World Football Annual 1975-76 - 89th year. News of the World Ltd.
↑ Frank Butler and Patrick Collins (1976). News of the World Football Annual 1976-77 - 90th year. News of the World Ltd.

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