1910 Lancashire Cup
Structure | Regional knockout competition | |||
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Number of teams | 12 | |||
Winners | Oldham | |||
Runners-up | Swinton | |||
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The 1910 Lancashire Cup was the sixth year of the regional rugby league competition and once again a previous winner captured the trophy. The cup was won by Oldham who beat Swinton in the final at Wheater's Field, Broughton, Salford, by a score of 4-3. The attendance at the final was 14,000 and receipts £418.
Background
For the fourth year in succession the same 12 clubs entered and four clubs awarded byes in the first round.
Competition and results [1]
Round 1
Involved 4 matches (with four byes) and 12 Clubs
Game No | Fixture Date | Home Team | Score | Away Team | Venue | Att | Rec | Notes | Ref | ||
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1 | Sat 22 October 1910 | Barrow | 17-11 | Leigh | Canendish Park | ||||||
3 | Sat 22 October 1910 | St Helens | 5-11 | Rochdale Hornets | Knowsley Road | [2] | |||||
4 | Sat 22 October 1910 | Wigan | 6-10 | Widnes Vikings | Central Park | [3] [4] | |||||
5 | Swinton | bye | |||||||||
6 | Warrington | bye | [5] | ||||||||
7 | Salford | bye | |||||||||
8 | Oldham | bye |
Round 2 - Quarter Finals
Game No | Fixture Date | Home Team | Score | Away Team | Venue | Att | Rec | Notes | Ref | ||
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1 | Sat 05 November 1910 | Barrow | 0-0 | Rochdale Hornets | Canendish Park | ||||||
2 | Sat 05 November 1910 | Broughton Rangers | 2-10 | Swinton | Wheater's Field | ||||||
3 | Sat 05 November 1910 | Warrington | 14-5 | Salford | Wilderspool | [5] | |||||
4 | Sat 05 November 1910 | Widnes Vikings | 10-13 | Oldham | Naughton Park | [4] | |||||
1 | Tue 08 November 1910 | Rochdale Hornets | 14-7 | Barrow | Athletic Grounds |
Round 3 – Semi-Finals
Game No | Fixture Date | Home Team | Score | Away Team | Venue | Att | Rec | Notes | Ref | ||
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1 | Sat 19 November 1910 | Rochdale Hornets | 6-16 | Oldham | Athletic Grounds | ||||||
2 | Sat 19 November 1910 | Swinton | 10-0 | Warrington | Chorley Road ground | [5] |
Final
Game No | Fixture Date | Home Team | Score | Away Team | Venue | Att | Rec | Notes | Ref | ||
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Saturday 3 December 1910 | Oldham | 4-3 | Swinton | Wheater's Field | 14000 | £418-0-0 | 1 | [6] |
Teams and scorers
Oldham | № | Swinton |
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teams | ||
teams unknown | 1 | teams unknown |
2 | ||
3 | ||
4 | ||
5 | ||
6 | ||
7 | ||
8 | ||
Joe Ferguson (actual position unknown) | 9 | |
10 | ||
11 | ||
12 | ||
13 | ||
4 | score | 3 |
4 | HT | 3 |
Scorers | ||
Tries | ||
unknown | T | unknown |
T | ||
Goals | ||
G | ||
G | ||
Drop Goals | ||
Joe Ferguson | 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 | ||||||||||||||||
Barrow | 17 | ||||||||||||||||||
Leigh | 11 | ||||||||||||||||||
Barrow | 0 – 7 | ||||||||||||||||||
Rochdale Hornets | 0 – 14 | ||||||||||||||||||
St Helens | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||
Rochdale Hornets | 11 | ||||||||||||||||||
Rochdale Hornets | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||
Oldham | 16 | ||||||||||||||||||
Wigan | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||
Widnes Vikings | 10 | ||||||||||||||||||
Widnes Vikings | 10 | ||||||||||||||||||
Oldham | 13 | ||||||||||||||||||
Oldham | |||||||||||||||||||
bye | |||||||||||||||||||
Oldham | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||
Swinton | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||
Broughton Rangers | 11 | ||||||||||||||||||
Runcorn | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||
Broughton Rangers | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||
Swinton | 10 | ||||||||||||||||||
Swinton | |||||||||||||||||||
bye | |||||||||||||||||||
Swinton | 10 | ||||||||||||||||||
Warrington | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||
Warrington | |||||||||||||||||||
bye | |||||||||||||||||||
Warrington | 14 | ||||||||||||||||||
Salford | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||
Salford | |||||||||||||||||||
bye | |||||||||||||||||||
Notes and comments
- 1 Wheater's Field was the home ground of Broughton Rangers with a capacity of 20,000
See also
References
- ↑ "Rugby League Project".
- ↑ "Saints Heritage Society - History - Season 1910–1911".
- ↑ "Wigan "Cherry and White" archived results".
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 "Widnes Vikings - History - Season In Review - 1910–11".
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 "Warrington Wolves - Results Archive - 1910".
- ↑ Raymond Fletcher and David Howes (1991). Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook 1991-1992. Queen Anne Press. ISBN 0 35617852 8.