1929–30 Lancashire Cup
| 1929 Lancashire Cup | |
|---|---|
| Structure | Regional knockout competitionm |
| Teams | 13 |
| Champions | Warrington |
| Runners-up | Salford |
The 1929 Lancashire Cup was the 22nd occasion on which this regional rugby league competition had been held. Warrington won the trophy by beating Salford in the final by 15-2. The match was played at Central Park, Wigan. The attendance at the final was 21,012 and receipts £1,250.
Background
The number of teams entering this year’s competition remained at 13 which resulted in 3 byes in the first round.
The semi-final clash between Salford and Swinton took two replays to decide. This resulted in Salford playing 5 matches (a semi-final, a league match, two replays and a final) within 11 days.
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 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sat 12 October 1929 | Barrow | 12-0 | Widnes | Little Park, Roose | [2] | |||||
| 2 | Sat 12 October 1929 | Broughton Rangers | 9-10 | St Helens | The Cliff | [3] | |||||
| 3 | Sat 12 October 1929 | Leigh | 3-6 | Warrington | Mather Lane | [4] | |||||
| 4 | Sat 12 October 1929 | Rochdale Hornets | 15-11 | Wigan Highfield | Athletic Grounds | ||||||
| 5 | Sat 12 October 1929 | Wigan | 5-10 | Oldham | Central Park | [5] | |||||
| 6 | St Helens Recs | bye | |||||||||
| 7 | Salford | bye | |||||||||
| 8 | Swinton | bye |
Round 2 - quarter-finals
| Game No | Fixture Date | Home Team | Score | Away Team | Venue | Att | Rec | Notes | Ref | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mon 21 October 1929 | Oldham | 8-2 | St Helens Recs | Watersheddings | ||||||
| 2 | Wed 23 October 1929 | St Helens | 8-8 | Salford | Knowsley Road | [3] | |||||
| 3 | Wed 23 October 1929 | Swinton | 38-3 | Rochdale Hornets | Station Road | 1 | |||||
| 4 | Thu 24 October 1929 | Barrow | 7-9 | Warrington | Little Park, Roose | [4] | |||||
| Replay | |||||||||||
| 5 | Sat 30 October 1929 | Salford | 13-3 | St Helens | The Willows | [3] | |||||
Round 3 – semi-finals
| Game No | Fixture Date | Home Team | Score | Away Team | Venue | Att | Rec | Notes | Ref | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mon 11 November 1929 | Oldham | 5-7 | Warrington | Watersheddings | [4] | |||||
| 2 | Wed 13 November 1929 | Swinton | 3-3 | Salford | Station Road | 2 | |||||
| 1st Replay | |||||||||||
| 3 | Mon 18 November 1929 | Salford | 0-0 | Swinton | The Willows | 2 | |||||
| 2nd Replay | |||||||||||
| 4 | Wed 20 November 1929 | Swinton | 0-8 | Salford | The Cliff | ||||||
Final
| Game No | Fixture Date | Home Team | Score | Away Team | Venue | Att | Rec | Notes | Ref | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saturday 23 November 1929 | Warrington | 15-2 | Salford | Central Park | 21,012 | £1,250 | 2 3 | [4] [6] |
Teams and scorers
| Warrington[4] | № | Salford |
|---|---|---|
| part team | teams | the team probably included |
| Billy Holding | 1 | |
| Tommy Blinkhorn | 2 | Alan Edwards |
| Thomas "Tubby" Thompson | 3 | Gus Risman |
| Billy Dingsdale | 4 | |
| William "Billy" Kirk | 5 | Barney Hudson |
| 6 | Emlyn Jenkins | |
| 7 | Billy Watkins | |
| team positions may differ | 8 | Billy Williams |
| 9 | ||
| 10 | John “Jack” Feetham | |
| 11 | ||
| 12 | team positions may differ | |
| Jesse Meredith | 13 | |
| 15 | score | 2 |
| 7 | HT | 0 |
| Scorers | ||
| Tries | ||
| William "Billy" Kirk (1) | T | |
| Jesse Meredith (1) | T | |
| Tommy Blinkhorn (1) | T | |
| Goals | ||
| Billy Holding (3) | G | |
| Drop Goals | ||
| DG | ||
| Referee | ||
Scoring - Try = three points; Goal = two points; Drop goal = two points
The road to success
| First Round | Second Round | Semi Finals | Final | ||||||||||||||||
| Wigan | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Oldham | 10 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Oldham | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||
| St Helens Recs | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||
| St Helens Recs | |||||||||||||||||||
| bye | |||||||||||||||||||
| Oldham | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Warrington | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Barrow | 12 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Widnes | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Barrow | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Warrington | 9 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Leigh | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Warrington | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Warrington | 15 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Salford | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Swinton | |||||||||||||||||||
| bye | |||||||||||||||||||
| Swinton | 38 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Rochdale Hornets | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Rochdale Hornets | 15 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Wigan Highfield | 11 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Swinton | 3(0)(0) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Salford | 3(0)(8) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Broughton Rangers | 9 | ||||||||||||||||||
| St Helens | 10 | ||||||||||||||||||
| St Helens | 8(3) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Salford | 8(13) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Salford | |||||||||||||||||||
| bye | |||||||||||||||||||
Notes
- 1 This was the first Lancashire Cup match to be played on this new ground.
- 2 Central Park was the home ground of Wigan.
See also
References
- ^ "Rugby League Project".
- ^ "Widnes Vikings - History - Season In Review - 1929–30".
- ^ a b c "Saints Heritage Society - History - Season 1929–30".
- ^ a b c d e "Warrington Wolves - Results Archive - 1929".
- ^ "Wigan "Cherry and White" archived results".
- ^ Raymond Fletcher and David Howes (1991). Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook 1991-1992. Queen Anne Press. ISBN 0 35617852 8.