1928–29 Lancashire Cup
| 1928–29 Lancashire Cup | |
|---|---|
| Structure | Regional knockout competition |
| Teams | 13 |
| Winners | Wigan |
| Runners-up | Widnes |
The 1928–29 Lancashire Cup was the 21st running of this regional rugby league competition. Wigan took the trophy for the 6th time, by beating Widnes by 5-4 in the final played at Wilderspool, Warrington. The attendance was 19,000 and receipts £1,150.
Background
The number of teams entering this year’s competition remained at 13 which resulted in 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 13 October 1928 | Broughton Rangers | 10-15 | St. Helens | The Cliff | [2] | |||||
| 2 | Sat 13 October 1928 | St Helens Recs | 7-7 | Warrington | Knowsley Road | 1 | [3] | ||||
| 3 | Sat 13 October 1928 | Swinton | 7-3 | Leigh | Chorley Road ground | ||||||
| 4 | Sat 13 October 1928 | Widnes | 4-0 | Wigan Highfield | Lowerhouse Lane | [4] | |||||
| 5 | Sat 13 October 1928 | Wigan | 37-13 | Barrow | Central Park | [5] | |||||
| 6 | Rochdale Hornets | bye | |||||||||
| 7 | Oldham | bye | |||||||||
| 8 | Salford | bye | |||||||||
| Replay | |||||||||||
| 9 | Wed 17 October 1928 | Warrington | 10-2 | St Helens Recs | Wilderspool | 2 | [3] | ||||
Round 2 - Quarter Finals
| Game No | Fixture Date | Home Team | Score | Away Team | Venue | Att | Rec | Notes | Ref | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mon 22 October 1928 | Rochdale Hornets | 2-15 | Widnes | Athletic Grounds | [4] | |||||
| 2 | Wed 24 October 1928 | Oldham | 12-2 | Salford | Watersheddings | ||||||
| 3 | Wed 24 October 1928 | Swinton | 3-21 | Wigan | Chorley Road ground | [5] | |||||
| 4 | Wed 24 October 1928 | Warrington | 14-11 | St. Helens | Wilderspool | [3][2] |
Round 3 – Semi-Finals
| Game No | Fixture Date | Home Team | Score | Away Team | Venue | Att | Rec | Notes | Ref | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mon 5 November 1928 | Oldham | 5-5 | Wigan | Watersheddings | [5] | |||||
| 2 | Thu 8 November 1928 | Widnes | 25-5 | Warrington | Lowerhouse Lane | [4][3] | |||||
| Replay | |||||||||||
| 1 | Wed 7 November 1928 | Wigan | 21-0 | Oldham | Central Park | [5] | |||||
Final
| Game No | Fixture Date | Home Team | Score | Away Team | Venue | Att | Rec | Notes | Ref | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saturday 24 November 1928 | Wigan | 5-4 | Widnes | Wilderspool | 19000 | £1,150 | 3 | [5][4][6] |
Teams and scorers
| Wigan[5] | № | Widnes[4] |
|---|---|---|
| teams | ||
| Jim Sullivan | 1 | Bob Fraser[1] |
| Lou Brown | 2 | Jack Dennett[2] |
| Roy Kinnear | 3 | Peter Topping[3] |
| Tommy Parker | 4 | Alec Higgins |
| Johnny Ring | 5 | Joe Stanley[4] |
| Arthur Binks | 6 | Paddy Douglas[5] |
| Syd Abram | 7 | Jerry Laughton[6] (probably Captain) |
| Tom Beetham | 8 | Frederick Kelsall |
| Jack Bennett | 9 | George Stevens[7] |
| Wilf Hodder | 10 | Nat Silcock |
| Len Mason | 11 | Jack Higgins[8] |
| Frank Stephens | 12 | Jack Gregory[9] |
| John Sherrington | 13 | Jimmy Hoey |
| 5 | score | 4 |
| 0 | HT | 0 |
| Scorers | ||
| Tries | ||
| Lou Brown (1) | T | nil |
| Goals | ||
| Jim Sullivan (1) | G | Jimmy Hoey (1) |
| Drop Goals | ||
| nil | DG | Paddy Douglas (1) |
| 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 | ||||||||||||||||
| Oldham | |||||||||||||||||||
| bye | |||||||||||||||||||
| Oldham | 12 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Salford | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Salford | |||||||||||||||||||
| bye | |||||||||||||||||||
| Oldham | 5(0) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Wigan | 5(21) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Swinton | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Leigh | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Swinton | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Wigan | 21 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Wigan | 37 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Barrow | 13 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Wigan | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Widnes | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Rochdale Hornets | |||||||||||||||||||
| bye | |||||||||||||||||||
| Rochdale Hornets | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Widnes | 15 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Widnes | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Wigan Highfield | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Widnes | 25 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Warrington | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||
| St Helens Recs | 7(2) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Warrington | 7(10) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Warrington | 14 | ||||||||||||||||||
| St. Helens | 11 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Broughton Rangers | 10 | ||||||||||||||||||
| St. Helens | 15 | ||||||||||||||||||
See also
Notes
- 1 This match was transferred to the neighbouring St Helens stadium due to the better facilities offered
- 2 The official Warrington archives give the score for the replayed match as 13-3 - the details given by "RUGBY LEAGUE projects"[1] show the score as 10-2
- 3 Watersheddings was the home ground of Oldham RLFC from 1889 to 1997
References
- ^ a b "Rugby League Project".
- ^ a b "Saints Heritage Society - History - Season 1928–1929".
- ^ a b c d "Warrington Wolves - Results Archive - 1928".
- ^ a b c d e "Widnes Vikings - History - Season In Review - 1928–29".
- ^ a b c d e f "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.