1979 Lancashire Cup

The 1979 Rugby League Lancashire Cup competition

1979-80 Lancashire Cup
Structure Regional knockout championship
Number of teams 14
Winners Widnes
Runners-up Workington Town
< 1978 Seasons 1980 >

1979 was the sixty-seventh occasion on which the Lancashire Cup completion had been held.

Widnes won the trophy by beating Workington Town by the score of 11-0
The match was played at The Willows, Salford, (historically in the county of Lancashire). The attendance was 6887 and receipts were £7100.00

After relatively little success in the competition, Workington Town had reached the semi-final stage in 1973, 1974 and 1975, had been runner-up in 1976, winner in 1977, and runners-up in 1978 and now again in 1979; not a bad eight year record.

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 number of participating clubs, this 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 Rec Notes Ref
1Sun 19 Aug 1979Barrow44-11HuytonCraven Park
2Sun 19 Aug 1979Blackpool Borough20-9WhitehavenBorough Park
3Sun 19 Aug 1979Leigh20-3Rochdale HornetsHilton Park
4Sun 19 Aug 1979St Helens16-28WidnesKnowsley Road8350[3][4]
5Sun 19 Aug 1979Swinton15-22OldhamStation Road
6Sun 19 Aug 1979Warrington17-14WiganWilderspool5038[5][6]
7Sun 19 Aug 1979Workington Town14-8SalfordDerwent Park
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Round 2 - Quarter Finals

Involved 3 matches (with one bye) and 7 Clubs

Game No Fixture Date Home Team Score Away Team Venue Att Rec Notes Ref
1Sun 26 Aug 1979Barrow50-8Blackpool BoroughCraven Park
2Sun 26 Aug 1979Oldham6-34WarringtonWatersheddings[6]
3Sun 26 Aug 1979Widnes33-3LeighNaughton Park[3]
4 Workington Townbye

Round 3 – Semi-Finals

Involved 2 matches and 4 Clubs

Game No Fixture Date Home Team Score Away Team Venue Att Rec Notes Ref
1Wed 26 Sep 1979Barrow4-6Workington TownCraven Park
2Wed 24 Oct 1979Warrington2-13WidnesWilderspool[3][6][7]

Final

Game No Fixture Date Home Team Score Away Team Venue Att Rec Notes Ref
Saturday 8 December 1979Widnes11-0Workington TownThe Willows6,8877,1001[3][8]

Teams and Scorers[3][8]

Widnes № Workington Town
teams
David Eckersley1Paul Charlton
Stuart Wright2Iain McCorquodale
Mal Aspey3Kevin Maughan
Eric Hughes4Ian Thompson
Mick Burke5David Beck
David Moran6Ian Rudd
Reg Bowden7Arnold "Boxer" Walker
Brian Hogan8Harry Beverley
Keith Elwell9Alan Banks
Glyn Shaw10Gary Wallbanks
Les Gorley11Bill Pattinson
Alan Dearden12Ray Lewis
Mick Adams13John Dobie
Mick George (for Eric Hughes)14?
?15Alan Varty (for Gary Wallbanks)
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10HT0
Scorers
Tries
David Moran (1)T
Mick Adams (1)T
Goals
Mick Burke (2)G
Drop Goals
Keith Elwell (1)DG
RefereeW H (Billy) Thompson (Huddersfield)
Man of the matchMick Adams - Widnes - loose forward/lock
sponsored byBurtonwood Brewery
Competition SponsorForshaws (Burtonwood Brewery Co Ltd)

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
            
Swinton 15
Oldham 22
Oldham 6
Warrington 34
Warrington 17
Wigan 14
Warrington 2
Widnes 13
St Helens 16
Widnes 28
Widnes 33
Leigh 3
Leigh 20
Rochdale Hornets 3
Widnes 11
Workington Town 0
Barrow 44
Huyton 11
Barrow 50
Blackpool Borough 8
Blackpool Borough 20
Whitehaven 9
Barrow 4
Workington Town 6
Workington Town 14
Salford 8
Workington Town
bye
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Notes and comments

1 * The Willows was the home ground of Salford with a final capacity of 11,363 which included 2,500 seats. The record attendance was 26,470 on the 13 February 1937 in the Challenge Cup first round match vs Warrington. The final match played on 11 September 2011 at The Willows attracted 10,146 spectators to a Super League match which saw Salford lose 18-44 to Catalans Dragons, a record for a Salford home match in Super League [9]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Rugby League Project".
  2. ↑ Jack Winstanley & Malcolm Ryding (1991). John Player Yearbook 1975-76. Queen Anne Press.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 "Widnes Vikings - History - Season In Review - 1896-97".
  4. ↑ "Saints Heritage Society - History - Season 1896-97".
  5. ↑ "Wigan "Cherry and White" archived results".
  6. 1 2 3 "Warrington Wolves - Results Archive - 1897".
  7. ↑ Club Programme dept. Match Programme. Warrington RLFC.
  8. 1 2 Raymond Fletcher and David Howes (1991). Rothmans Rugby Lague Yearbook 1991-100. Queen Anne Press. ISBN 0 35617852 8.
  9. ↑ "BBC Salford v Catalan Dragons Sept 2011".

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