1927–28 Lancashire Cup
Appearance
1927–28 Lancashire Cup | |
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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 | ||
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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 | [2] | ||||
4 | Sat 8 October 1927 | Widnes | 10-8 | Rochdale Hornets | Lowerhouse Lane | [3] | |||||
5 | Sat 8 October 1927 | Wigan | 21-8 | Leigh | Central Park | [4] | |||||
6 | Salford | bye | |||||||||
7 | Barrow | bye | |||||||||
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 | Mon 17 October 1927 | Salford | 0-0 | Barrow | The Willows | ||||||
2 | Mon 17 October 1927 | Warrington | 16-2 | Widnes | Wilderspool | [3][5] | |||||
3 | Wed 19 October 1927 | St Helens Recs | 7-10 | Wigan | City Road | [4] | |||||
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 – Semi-Finals
Game No | Fixture Date | Home Team | Score | Away Team | Venue | Att | Rec | Notes | Ref | ||
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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 | [4][5] |
Final
Game No | Fixture Date | Home Team | Score | Away Team | Venue | Att | Rec | Notes | Ref | ||
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Saturday 19 November 1927 | Swinton | 5-2 | Wigan | Watersheddings | 22,000 | £1,275 | 1 | [4][6] |
Teams and scorers
Swinton | № | Wigan[4] |
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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 | Semi Finals | 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
Notes
- 1 Watersheddings was the home ground of Oldham from 1889 to 1997. The ground, at one time, also housed a greyhound track.
References
- ^ "Rugby League Project".
- ^ "Saints Heritage Society - History - Season 1927–28".
- ^ a b "Widnes Vikings - History - Season In Review - 1927–28".
- ^ a b c d e "Wigan "Cherry and White" archived results".
- ^ a b c "Warrington Wolves - Results Archive - 1927".
- ^ Raymond Fletcher and David Howes (1991). Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook 1991-1992. Queen Anne Press. ISBN 0 35617852 8.