1911 Lancashire Cup

Structure

Regional knockout competition

Number of teams

Winners

Runners-up

< 1910	Seasons	1912 >

The 1911 Lancashire Cup was the seventh year of this regional rugby league competition. The winners of the trophy, for the first time, were Rochdale Hornets who beat local rivals Oldham in the final at Wheater's Field, Broughton, Salford, by a score of 12-5. The attendance at the final was 20,000 and receipts £630.

Background

The number of teams entering the competition was increased to 13 with the addition of recent newcomers Coventry. Although not a Lancashire club Coventry and were invited to play to increase the number of games played (the previous year they had played in the Yorkshire Cup on the same basis).

With a total of entrants now at 13, there were only three byes in the first round.

Competition and results ^[1]

Round 1

Involved 5 matches (with three byes) and 13 Clubs

Game No	Fixture Date	Home Team	Score	Away Team	Venue	Ref

1	Sat 21 October 1911	Barrow	2-13	Oldham	Canendish Park
2	Sat 21 October 1911	Broughton Rangers	24-2	Runcorn	Wheater's Field
3	Sat 21 October 1911	Rochdale Hornets	13-0	Swinton	Athletic Grounds
4	Sat 21 October 1911	St Helens	18-7	Salford	Knowsley Road	^[2]
5	Sat 21 October 1911	Widnes	9-5	Warrington	Lowerhouse Lane	^[3] ^[4]
6		Leigh		bye
7		Coventry		bye
8		Wigan		bye		^[5]

Round 2 - Quarter Finals

Game No	Fixture Date	Home Team	Score	Away Team	Venue	Ref

1	Sat 04 November 1911	Broughton Rangers	3-18	Rochdale Hornets	Wheater's Field
2	Sat 04 November 1911	Oldham	23-0	Leigh	Watersheddings
3	Sat 04 November 1911	Widnes	22-3	Coventry	Lowerhouse Lane	^[3]
4	Sat 04 November 1911	Wigan	22-8	St Helens	Central Park	^[5]^[2]

Round 3 – Semi-Finals

Game No	Fixture Date	Home Team	Score	Away Team	Venue	Ref

1	Sat 18 November 1911	Rochdale Hornets	8-8	Widnes	Athletic Grounds	^[3]
2	Sat 18 November 1911	Wigan	0-3	Oldham	Central Park	^[5]
Replay
3	Wed 22 November 1911	Widnes	0-11	Rochdale Hornets	Lowerhouse Lane	^[3]

Final

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

	Saturday 2 December 1911	Rochdale Hornets		12-5		Oldham	Wheater's Field	20000	£630-0-0	1	^[6]

Teams and Scorers

Rochdale Hornets	№	Oldham

	teams
team unknown	1	team unknown
	2
	3
	4
	5
	6
	7
	8
	9
	10
	11
	12
	13

12	score	5
4	HT	0

	Scorers
	Tries
unknown	T	unknown
	T
	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	24

Runcorn	2
		Broughton Rangers	3

		Rochdale Hornets	18
Rochdale Hornets	13

Swinton	0
				Rochdale Hornets	8 (11)

				Widnes	8 (0)
Widnes	9

Warrington	5
		Widnes	22

		Coventry	3
Coventry

bye
						Rochdale Hornets	12

						Oldham	5
Wigan

bye
		Wigan	22

		St Helens	8
St Helens	18

Salford	7
				Wigan	0

				Oldham	3
Barrow	2

Oldham	13
		Oldham	23

		Leigh	0
Leigh

bye

Notes and comments

1 Wheater's Field was the home ground of Broughton Rangers with a capacity of 20,000

References

↑ "Rugby League Project".
↑ 2.0 2.1 "Saints Heritage Society - History - Season 1911–12".
↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 "Widnes Vikings - History - Season In Review - 1911–1912".
↑ "Warrington Wolves - Results Archive - 1911".
↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 "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.

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