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[[Category:RFL Lancashire Cup]]
[[Category:RFL Lancashire Cup]]

Revision as of 17:29, 15 June 2017

The 1978 Rugby League Lancashire Cup competition

1978–79 Lancashire Cup
StructureRegional knockout championship
Teams14
WinnersWidnes
Runners-upWorkington Town

1978 was the sixty-sixth occasion on which the Lancashire Cup completion had been held.

Widnes won the trophy by beating Workington Town by the score of 15-13
The match was played at Central Park, Wigan, (historically in the county of Lancashire). The attendance was 10,020 and receipts were £6,261.00
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 now runners-up again in 1978. They would go on to be runners-up 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
1 Fri 18 Aug 1978 Salford 30-15 Oldham The Willows
2 Fri 18 Aug 1978 Whitehaven 15-12 Blackpool Borough Recreation Ground
3 Sun 20 Aug 1978 Barrow 13-17 Leigh Craven Park
4 Sun 20 Aug 1978 St. Helens 14-14 Rochdale Hornets Knowsley Road 4000 [3]
5 Sun 20 Aug 1978 Warrington 18-4 Swinton Wilderspool [4]
6 Sun 20 Aug 1978 Widnes 43-6 Huyton Naughton Park [5]
7 Sun 20 Aug 1978 Workington Town 14-2 Wigan Derwent Park 4200 [6]
8 blank blank

Round 1 – First Replays

Involved 1 match and 2 Clubs


Game No Fixture Date Home Team Score Away Team Venue Att Rec Notes Ref
1 Wed 23 Aug 1978 Rochdale Hornets 8-8 St. Helens Athletic Grounds 2384 [3]

Round 1 – Second Replays

Involved 1 match and 2 Clubs


Game No Fixture Date Home Team Score Away Team Venue Att Rec Notes Ref
1 Fri 25 Aug 1978 St. Helens 28-9 Rochdale Hornets unknown neutral ground 2906 [3]

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
1 Sun 27 Aug 1978 Leigh 21-4 St. Helens Hilton Park 5600 [3]
2 Sun 27 Aug 1978 Whitehaven 6-19 Salford Recreation Ground
3 Sun 27 Aug 1978 Widnes 17-10 Warrington Naughton Park [5][4]
4 Workington Town bye

Round 3 – Semi-Finals

Involved 2 matches and 4 Clubs


Game No Fixture Date Home Team Score Away Team Venue Att Rec Notes Ref
1 Wed 13 Sep 1978 Salford 8-9 Workington Town The Willows
2 Wed 13 Sep 1978 Widnes 28-14 Leigh Naughton Park [5]

Final


Game No Fixture Date Home Team Score Away Team Venue Att Rec Notes Ref
Saturday 7 October 1978 Widnes 15-13 Workington Town Central Park 10,020 6,261 1 [5][7]

Teams and Scorers[5][7]

Widnes № Workington Town
teams
David Eckersley 1 Paul Charlton
Stuart Wright 2 David Collister
Mal Aspey 3 John Risman
Mick George[1] 4 Ray Wilkins
Mick Burke 5 Iain McCorquodale[2][3]
Eric Hughes 6 Derek McMillan
Reg Bowden[4] 7 Arnold "Boxer" Walker
Jim Mills 8 Harry Beverley
Keith Elwell 9 Alan Banks
Glyn Shaw 10 Eddie Bowman
Mick Adams 11 Robert Blackwood
Alan Dearden[5] 12 Peter Gorley
Doug Laughton 13 Bill Pattinson
? 14
David Hull (for Alan Dearden) 15 Les Gorley (for William "Bill" Pattinson)
15 score 13
5 HT 11
Scorers
Tries
Stuart Wright (1) T Ray Wilkins (1)
Doug Laughton (2) T Iain McCorquodale (1)
T Les Gorley (1)
Goals
Mick Burke (3) G Iain McCorquodale (2)
Referee W H (Billy) Thompson (Huddersfield)
Man of the match Arnold "Boxer" Walker - Workington Town - Scrum-half/Halfback
sponsored by Burtonwood Brewery
Competition Sponsor Forshaws (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
            
Widnes 43
Huyton 6
Widnes 17
Warrington 10
Warrington 18
Swinton 4
Widnes 17
Leigh 10
Barrow 13
Leigh 17
Leigh 21
St. Helens 4
St. Helens 14-8-9
Rochdale Hornets 14-8-28
Widnes 15
Workington Town 13
Whitehaven 15
Blackpool Borough 12
Whitehaven 6
Salford 19
Salford 30
Oldham 15
Salford 8
Workington Town 9
Workington Town 14
Wigan 2
Workington Town
bye
blank
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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

See also

References

  1. ^ "Rugby League Project".
  2. ^ Jack Winstanley & Malcolm Ryding (1991). John Player Yearbook 1975–76. Queen Anne Press.
  3. ^ a b c d "Saints Heritage Society - History - Season 1896-97".
  4. ^ a b "Warrington Wolves - Results Archive - 1897". Archived from the original on 2014-02-02. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  5. ^ a b c d e "Widnes Vikings - History - Season In Review - 1896-97".
  6. ^ "Wigan "Cherry and White" archived results".
  7. ^ a b Raymond Fletcher and David Howes (1991). Rothmans Rugby Lague Yearbook 1991-100. Queen Anne Press. ISBN 0 35617852 8.
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