1927–28 Lancashire Cup

1927–28 Lancashire Cup
Structure	Regional knockout competition
Teams	13
Champions	Swinton
Runners-up	Wigan

The 1927–28 Lancashire Cup competition was the 20th competition in the history of this regional rugby league event and the final was a repeat of the 1925–26 Lancashire Cup Final, with Swinton beating Wigan by 5–2. The match was played at Watersheddings, Oldham. The attendance was 22,000 and receipts £1,275.

Background

The number of teams entering this year's competition dropped back to 13 due to no amateur participation. This resulted in the competition running with 3 byes in the first round.

Competition and results

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
1	Sat 8 October 1927	Oldham		20–9		Wigan Highfield	Watersheddings
2	Sat 8 October 1927	St Helens Recs		41–5		Broughton Rangers	City Road
3	Sat 8 October 1927	St. Helens		7–13		Swinton	Knowsley Road	15,000
4	Sat 8 October 1927	Widnes		10–8		Rochdale Hornets	Lowerhouse Lane
5	Sat 8 October 1927	Wigan		21–8		Leigh	Central Park
6		Salford				bye
7		Barrow				bye
8		Warrington				bye

Round 2 – quarterfinals

Game No	Fixture date	Home team		Score		Away team	Venue	Att	Rec	Notes	Ref
1	Mon 17 October 1927	Salford		0–0		Barrow	The Willows
2	Mon 17 October 1927	Warrington		16–2		Widnes	Wilderspool
3	Wed 19 October 1927	St Helens Recs		7–10		Wigan	City Road
4	Wed 19 October 1927	Swinton		18–9		Oldham	Chorley Road ground	8,000
Replay
5	Thu 20 October 1927	Barrow		2–5		Salford	Little Park, Roose

Round 3 – semifinals

Game No	Fixture date	Home team		Score		Away team	Venue	Att	Rec	Notes	Ref
1	Wed 2 November 1927	Swinton		10–3		Salford	Chorley Road ground	7,000
2	Wed 2 November 1927	Wigan		12–5		Warrington	Central Park

Final

Game No	Fixture date	Home team		Score		Away team	Venue	Att	Rec	Notes	Ref
	Saturday 19 November 1927	Swinton		5–2		Wigan	Watersheddings	22,000	£1,275	1

Teams and scorers

Swinton	№	Wigan
	teams
Jack Pearson	1	Jim Sullivan
Frank Evans	2
Hector Halsall (c)	3
Jack Evans	4
Chris Brockbank	5
Billo Rees	6
Bryn Evans	7
Miller Strong	8
Henry Blewer	9
Bert Morris	10
Martin Hodgson	11
Dick Cracknell	12
Fred Beswick	13
5	score	2
5	HT	0
	Scorers
	Tries
Fred Beswick (1)	T
	Goals
Bert Morris (1)	G	Jim Sullivan (1)
	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					Semifinals					Final
	St. Helens		7
	Swinton		13
						Swinton		18
						Oldham		9
	Oldham		20
	Wigan Highfield		9
											Swinton		10
											Salford		3
	Salford
	bye
						Salford		0(5)
						Barrow		0(2)
	Barrow
	bye
																Swinton		5
																Wigan		2
	St Helens Recs		41
	Broughton Rangers		5
						St Helens Recs		7
						Wigan		10
	Wigan		21
	Leigh		8
											Wigan		12
											Warrington		5
	Warrington
	bye
						Warrington		16
						Widnes		2
	Widnes		10
	Rochdale Hornets		8

See also

• 1927–28 Northern Rugby Football League season

Notes

• 1 Watersheddings was the home ground of Oldham from 1889 to 1997. The ground, at one time, also housed a greyhound track.