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1965–66 Lancashire Cup
1965–66 Lancashire Cup
Structure	Regional knockout championship
Teams	14
Winners	Warrington
Runners-up	Rochdale Hornets
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The 1965 Rugby League Lancashire Cup competition

1965 was the fifty-third occasion on which the Lancashire Cup completion had been held.
Warrington won the trophy by beating Rochdale Hornets by the score of 16-5
The match was played at Knowsley Road, Eccleston, St Helens, Merseyside, (historically in the county of Lancashire). The attendance was 21,360 and receipts were £3,800
It would be almost another 20 years before the attendance would again exceed 20,000

Background

The total number of teams entering the competition remained the same at 14.
The same fixture format was retained, and due to the number of clubs this resulted in no bye but one “blank” or “dummy” fixture in the first round, and one bye in the second round

Competition and Results^[1]

Round 1

Involved 7 matches (with no bye but one “blank” fixture) and 14 Clubs

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

1	Fri 10 Sep 1965	St. Helens	7-8	Swinton	Knowsley Road	14500	^[2]
2	Sat 11 Sep 1965	Blackpool Borough	9-14	Rochdale Hornets	Borough Park
3	Sat 11 Sep 1965	Leigh	21-7	Liverpool City	Hilton Park
4	Sat 11 Sep 1965	Oldham	21-14	Barrow	Watersheddings
5	Sat 11 Sep 1965	Salford	14-5	Workington Town	The Willows
6	Sat 11 Sep 1965	Widnes	9-12	Warrington	Naughton Park		^[3]^[4]
7	Sat 11 Sep 1965	Wigan	25-23	Whitehaven	Central Park		^[5]
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	Ref

1	Wed 15 Sep 1965	Rochdale Hornets	4-0	Swinton	Athletic Grounds
2	Wed 15 Sep 1965	Salford	5-8	Leigh	The Willows
3	Thu '16 Sep 1965	Oldham	28-13	Wigan	Watersheddings	^[5]
4		Warrington		bye	Athletic Grounds	^[4]

Round 3 – Semi-Finals

Involved 2 matches and 4 Clubs

Game No	Fixture Date	Home Team	Score	Away Team	Venue	Ref

1	Thu 23 Sep 1965	Rochdale Hornets	19-0	Leigh	Athletic Grounds
2	Wed 06 Oct 1965	Warrington	21-10	Oldham	Wilderspool	^[4]

Final

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

	Friday 29 October 1965	Warrington		16-5		Rochdale Hornets	Knowsley Road	21,360	£3,800	1	^[4]^[6]

Teams and Scorers^[4]

Warrington	№	Rochdale Hornets

	teams
Geoff Bootle [1]	1	R Pritchard
Ray Fisher [2]	2	Anthony/Antony "Tony" Pratt
Joe Pickavance [3]	3	Graham Starkey
Jackie Melling [4]	4	J Chamberlain
Brian Glover [5]	5	G Unsworth
Willie Aspinall	6	M Garforth
John Smith [6]	7	J Fishwick
William "Bill" Payne [7]	8	Peter Birchall
Geoffrey Oakes	9	Kevin Ashcroft
Charlie Winslade	10	Stan Owen
Geoff Robinson	11	Ken Parr
Malcolm "Mal" Thomas [8]	12	Apisai Toga
William "Bill" Hayes [9]	13	M Baxter
	14	D Drui (Voate Drui?) (for Parr)
	15

16	score	5
10	HT	5

	Scorers
	Tries
Jackie Melling (2)	T	Graham Starkey
Brian Glover (1)	T
Ray Fisher (1)	T
	Goals
Geoff Bootle (2)	G	Graham Starkey (2)
	Drop Goals
	DG
Referee		Eric Clay (Rothwell)

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

Widnes	9

Warrington	12
		Warrington

		bye
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				Warrington	21

				Oldham	10
Oldham	21

Barrow	14
		Oldham	28

		Wigan	13
Wigan	25

Whitehaven	23
						Warrington	16

						Rochdale Hornets	5
Blackpool Borough	9

Rochdale Hornets	14
		Rochdale Hornets	4

		Swinton	0
St. Helens	7

Swinton	8
				Rochdale Hornets	19

				Leigh	0
Salford	14

Workington Town	5
		Salford	5

		Leigh	8
Leigh	21

Liverpool City	7

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".
^ "Saints Heritage Society - History - Season 1896-97".
^ "Widnes Vikings - History - Season In Review - 1896-97".
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e "Warrington Wolves - Results Archive - 1897". Archived from the original on 2010-07-06. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
^ ^a ^b "Wigan "Cherry and White" archived results".
^ Raymond Fletcher and David Howes (1991). Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook 1991-100. Queen Anne Press. ISBN 0 35617852 8.

External links

[RLP.orgMisc-1] "Rugby League Project".

[SaintsMisc-2] "Saints Heritage Society - History - Season 1896-97".

[ChemicsMisc-3] "Widnes Vikings - History - Season In Review - 1896-97".

[WiresMisc-4] "Warrington Wolves - Results Archive - 1897". Archived from the original on 2010-07-06. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)

[CherryMisc-5] "Wigan "Cherry and White" archived results".

[Roth1991-92Misc-6] Raymond Fletcher and David Howes (1991). Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook 1991-100. Queen Anne Press. ISBN 0 35617852 8.

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