1906 Lancashire Cup

Structure

Regional knockout competition

Number of teams

Winners

Runners-up

< 1905	Seasons	1907 >

The 1906 Lancashire Cup was the second year that the competition was conducted and saw two different clubs fight it out for the right to hold the trophy. This year, the cup was won by Broughton Rangers who beat Warrington at Central Park, Wigan, (historically in the county of Lancashire), by a score of 15-6. The attendance for the final was 14,048 and receipts £392.

Background

For this season’s competition, Morecambe had left the league and no junior/amateur club were included, but in their place were new league entrants, Wigan Highfield. This resulted in there being 13 teams in the competition (one less than the preceding year) which resulted in three clubs awarded byes in the first round.

Fixtures and results^[1]

Round 1

Involved 5 matches (with three byes) and 16 Clubs

Game No	Fixture Date	Home Team	Score	Away Team	Venue	Notes	Ref

1	Sat 13 October 1906	Broughton Rangers	56-3	Wigan Highfield	Wheater's Field	1
2	Sat 13 October 1906	St Helens	14-17	Oldham	Knowsley Road		^[2]
3	Sat 13 October 1906	Salford	12-3	Wigan	The Willows		^[3]
4	Sat 13 October 1906	Warrington	31-18	Leigh	Wilderspool		^[4]
5	Sat 13 October 1906	Widnes	5-14	Runcorn	Lowerhouse Lane		^[5]
6		Swinton		bye
7		Rochdale Hornets		bye
8		Barrow		bye

Round 2 - Quarter Finals

Game No	Fixture Date	Home Team	Score	Away Team	Venue	Ref

1	Sat 27 October 1906	Broughton Rangers	25-2	Swinton	Wheater's Field
2	Sat 27 October 1906	Oldham	20-2	Rochdale Hornets	Watersheddings
3	Sat 27 October 1906	Salford	2-3	Runcorn	The Willows
4	Sat 27 October 1906	Warrington	47-14	Barrow	Wilderspool	^[4]

Round 3 – Semi-Finals

Game No	Fixture Date	Home Team	Score	Away Team	Venue	Ref

1	Sat 17 November 1906	Broughton Rangers	5-0	Runcorn	Wheater's Field
2	Sat 17 November 1906	Warrington	10-2	Oldham	Wilderspool	^[4]

Final

Game No	Fixture Date	Home Team		Score		Away Team	Venue	Att	Rec	Notes	Ref

	Saturday 1 December 1906	Broughton Rangers		15-6		Warrington	Central Park	14048	£392-0-0	2	^[4]^[6]

Teams and scorers^[4]

Broughton Rangers	№	Warrington

	teams
generally unknown	1	generally unknown
	2
	3
	4
	5
	6
	7
George Ruddick	8
at 8 or 10	9
	10
	11
	12
	13

15	score	6
5	HT	0

	Scorers
	Tries
unknown	T	Ernest Brooks (1)
	T	George Dickenson (1)
	Goals
	G
	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


Broughton Rangers	56

Wigan Highfield	3
		Broughton Rangers	25

		Swinton	2
Swinton

bye
				Broughton Rangers	5

				Runcorn	0
Salford	12

Wigan	3
		Salford	2

		Runcorn	3
Widnes	5

Runcorn	14
						Broughton Rangers	15

						Warrington	6
Warrington	31

Leigh	18
		Warrington	47

		Barrow	14
Barrow

bye
				Warrington	10

				Oldham	2
St Helens	14

Oldham	17
		Oldham	20

		Rochdale Hornets	2
Rochdale Hornets

bye

Notes

1 * Wigan Highfield were a new entrant to the league (having replaced Morecambe) – and lost all their league games. They were from the Pemberton area of Wigan. They left the league and folded after just one season.

2 * Central Park was the home ground of Wigan with a final capacity of 18,000, although the record attendance was 47,747 for Wigan v St Helens 27 March 1959

References

↑ "Rugby League Project - Lancashire Cup".
↑ "Saints Heritage Society - History - Season 1906–07".
↑ "Wigan "Cherry and White" archived results".
↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 "Warrington Wolves - Results Archive - 1906".
↑ "Widnes Vikings - History - Season In Review - 1906–07".
↑ Raymond Fletcher and David Howes (1991). Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook 1991-1992. Queen Anne Press. ISBN 0 35617852 8.

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