1930–31 Lancashire Cup

The 1930–31 Lancashire Cup was the twenty-third occasion on which the Lancashire Cup competition had been held. St Helens Recs won the trophy by beating Wigan in the final by the score of 5-4.

1930-31 Lancashire Cup
StructureRegional knockout championship
Teams13
WinnersSt Helens Recs
Runners-upWigan

Competition and Results

The number of teams entering this year’s competition remained at 13 which resulted in 3 byes in the first round.[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
1Sat 11 Oct 1930Broughton Rangers12-7Wigan HighfieldThe Cliff
2Sat 11 Oct 1930Oldham7-2SalfordWatersheddings
3Sat 11 Oct 1930Rochdale Hornets21-9BarrowAthletic Grounds
4Sat 11 Oct 1930Warrington2-10SwintonWilderspool[2]
5Sat 11 Oct 1930Wigan24-7St. HelensCentral Park[3][4]
6Leighbye
7St Helens Recsbye
8Widnesbye[5]

Round 2 - Quarter Finals

Involved 4 matches and 8 clubs

Game No Fixture Date Home Team Score Away Team Venue Att Rec Notes Ref
1Tue 21 Oct 1930Rochdale Hornets3-25OldhamAthletic Grounds
2Wed 22 Oct 1930Broughton Rangers10-0WidnesThe Cliff[5]
3Wed 22 Oct 1930Wigan14-9SwintonCentral Park[3]
4Thu 23 October 1930St Helens Recs24-7LeighCity Road

Round 3 – Semi-Finals

Involved 2 matches and 4 clubs

Game No Fixture Date Home Team Score Away Team Venue Att Rec Notes Ref
1Wed 05 Nov 1930Broughton Rangers0-9WiganThe Cliff1[3]
2Thu 06 Nov 1930St Helens Recs6-4OldhamCity Road

Final

The final was played at Station Road, Pendlebury, Salford, (historically in the county of Lancashire). The attendance was 16,710 and receipts were £1,030.

Game No Fixture Date Home Team Score Away Team Venue Att Rec Notes Ref
Saturday 29 November 1930St Helens Recs18-3WiganStation Road16,710£1,0302[3][6]

Teams and Scorers
St Helens Recs № Wigan
teams
possible team member1remainder unknown
2
3
4
5Johnny Ring
6
7
8
9
10
Frank Bowen11
12
13
18score3
10HT0
Scorers
Tries
unknownTJohnny Ring (1)
T
T
T
Goals
G
G
Drop Goals
DG
Referee

Scoring - Try = three (3) points - Goal = two (2) points - Drop goal = two (2) points

[3]

The road to success
First Round Second Round Semi Finals Final
            
St Helens Recs
bye
St Helens Recs 24
Leigh 7
Leigh
bye
St Helens Recs 6
Oldham 4
Rochdale Hornets 21
Barrow 9
Rochdale Hornets 3
Oldham 25
Oldham 7
Salford 2
St Helens Recs 18
Wigan 3
Wigan 24
St. Helens 7
Wigan 14
Swinton 9
Warrington 2
Swinton 10
Wigan 9
Broughton Rangers 0
Broughton Rangers 12
Wigan Highfield 7
Broughton Rangers 10
Widnes 0
Widnes
bye

Notes

1 * RUGBYLEAGUEproject[1] shows Broughton Rangers as the home team with the match played at City Road but the official Wigan archives give Wigan as the home team playing at Central Park

2 * Station Road was the home ground of Swinton from 1929 to 1992 and at its peak was one of the finest rugby league grounds in the country and it boasted a capacity of 60,000. The actual record attendance was for the Challenge Cup semi-final on 7 April 1951 when 44,621 watched Wigan beat Warrington 3-2

See also

References
  1. "Rugby League Project".
  2. "Warrington Wolves - Results Archive - 1897". Archived from the original on 2010-07-06.
  3. "Wigan "Cherry and White" archived results".
  4. "Saints Heritage Society - History - Season 1896-97".
  5. "Widnes Vikings - History - Season In Review - 1896-97".
  6. Raymond Fletcher and David Howes (1991). Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook 1991-100. Queen Anne Press. ISBN 0 35617852 8.
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