1912–13 Lancashire Cup
Appearance
1912–13 Lancashire Cup | |
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Structure | Regional knockout competition |
Teams | 13 |
Winners | Wigan |
Runners-up | Rochdale Hornets |
The 1912 Lancashire Cup was the eighth year of this regional rugby league competition. The cup was won by Wigan who beat the holders Rochdale Hornets in the final at The Willows, Salford by a score of 21-5. The attendance at the final was 6,000 and receipts £200.
Background
As in 1911 the 12 semi-professional clubs and Warwickshire side Coventry. With a total of entrants 13, there were three byes in the first round
Competition and Results [1]
Round 1
Involved 5 matches (with three byes) and 13 Clubs
Game No | Fixture Date | Home Team | Score | Away Team | Venue | Att | Rec | Notes | Ref | ||
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1 | Sat 19 October 1912 | Barrow | 0-18 | Salford | Cavendish Park | ||||||
2 | Sat 19 October 1912 | Runcorn | 7-13 | Oldham | Canal Street | ||||||
3 | Sat 19 October 1912 | Swinton | 0-11 | Broughton Rangers | Chorley Road ground | ||||||
4 | Sat 19 October 1912 | Widnes | 36-0 | Coventry | Lowerhouse Lane | 1 | [2] | ||||
5 | Sat 19 October 1912 | Wigan | 24-6 | Leigh | Central Park | [3] | |||||
6 | Rochdale Hornets | bye | |||||||||
7 | St. Helens | bye | [4] | ||||||||
8 | Warrington | bye | [5] |
Round 2 - Quarter Finals
Game No | Fixture Date | Home Team | Score | Away Team | Venue | Att | Rec | Notes | Ref | ||
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1 | Sat 2 November 1912 | Broughton Rangers | 0-0 | Rochdale Hornets | Wheater's Field | ||||||
2 | Sat 2 November 1912 | St. Helens | 18-10 | Warrington | Knowsley Road | [5][4] | |||||
3 | Sat 2 November 1912 | Salford | 16-3 | Widnes | The Willows | [2] | |||||
4 | Sat 2 November 1912 | Wigan | 24-8 | Oldham | Central Park | [3] | |||||
Replay | |||||||||||
5 | Tue 5 November 1912 | Rochdale Hornets | 18-4 | Broughton Rangers | Athletic Grounds |
Round 3 – Semi-Finals
Game No | Fixture Date | Home Team | Score | Away Team | Venue | Att | Rec | Notes | Ref | ||
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1 | Sat 16 November 1912 | Rochdale Hornets | 10-8 | St. Helens | Athletic Grounds | [4] | |||||
2 | Sat 16 November 1912 | Salford | 5-13 | Wigan | The Willows | [3] |
Final
Game No | Fixture Date | Home Team | Score | Away Team | Venue | Att | Rec | Notes | Ref | ||
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Wednesday 11 December 1912 | Wigan | 21-5 | Rochdale Hornets | The Willows | 6000 | £200 | 2 | [3] |
Teams and scorers
Wigan[3] | № | Rochdale Hornets |
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teams | ||
Jim Sharrock | 1 | team unknown |
Lewis Bradley/Llewellyn Bradley[1] | 2 | |
Bert Jenkins | 3 | |
Lance Todd | 4 | |
Robert Curwen[2] | 5 | |
Fred Gleave | 6 | |
Johnny Thomas | 7 | |
Charlie Seeling | 8 | |
Dick Ramsdale | 9 | |
Arthur Francis | 10 | |
Percy Coldrick | 11 | |
Dick Silcock | 12 | |
Thomas Whittaker | 13 | |
21 | score | 5 |
10 | HT | 5 |
Scorers | ||
Tries | ||
Lew Bradley (2) | T | unknown |
Lance Todd (1) | T | |
Charlie Seeling (1) | T | |
Percy Coldrick (1) | T | |
Goals | ||
Jim Sharrock (2) | G | |
Johnny Thomas (1) | G | |
Drop Goals | ||
DG | ||
Referee | ||
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 | ||||||||||||||||
Barrow | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||
Salford | 18 | ||||||||||||||||||
Salford | 16 | ||||||||||||||||||
Widnes | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||
Widnes | 36 | ||||||||||||||||||
Coventry | 9 | ||||||||||||||||||
Salford | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||
Wigan | 13 | ||||||||||||||||||
Wigan | 24 | ||||||||||||||||||
Leigh | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||
Wigan | 24 | ||||||||||||||||||
Oldham | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||
Runcorn | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||
Oldham | 13 | ||||||||||||||||||
Wigan | 21 | ||||||||||||||||||
Rochdale Hornets | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||
Swinton | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||
Broughton Rangers | 10 | ||||||||||||||||||
Broughton Rangers | 0(4) | ||||||||||||||||||
Rochdale Hornets | 0(18) | ||||||||||||||||||
Rochdale Hornets | |||||||||||||||||||
bye | |||||||||||||||||||
Rochdale Hornets | 10 | ||||||||||||||||||
St. Helens | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||
St. Helens | |||||||||||||||||||
bye | |||||||||||||||||||
St. Helens | 18 | ||||||||||||||||||
Warrington | 10 | ||||||||||||||||||
Warrington | |||||||||||||||||||
bye |
See also
Notes
- 1 According to the Widnes official archives the score was 36-0,[2] but according to "RUGBY LEAGUE project" the score was 36-9[1]
- 2 The Willows was the home ground of Salford