1922 Lancashire Cup

Structure

Regional knockout competition

Number of teams

Winners

Runners-up

< 1921	Seasons	1923 >

The 1922 Lancashire Cup was the fifteenth staging of this regional rugby league competition. The trophy was won again by Wigan who beat local rivals Leigh in the final at The Willows, Salford, by a score of 20-2. The attendance at the final was 15,000 and receipts £1,200 (based on increases in average earnings, this would be approximately £212,800 in 2013).^[1]

Background

The number of teams entering this year’s competition was reduced by one to 13. Wigan Highfield continued to participate, but now as full league members after joining the league. Askam who had played in the previous two tournaments were not invited to take part this year and no other junior/amateur club was invited to take part. With 13 teams, 3 teams were given byes in the first round.

Competition and results ^[2]

Round 1

Involved 5 matches (with three byes) and 13 Clubs

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

1	Sat 14 October 1922	Barrow	5-14	Swinton	Little Park, Roose
2	Sat 14 October 1922	Rochdale Hornets	2-5	Wigan	Athletic Grounds		^[3]
3	Sat 14 October 1922	St Helens	25-8	Salford	Knowsley Road		^[4]
4	Sat 14 October 1922	Warrington	8-5	Broughton Rangers	Wilderspool		^[5]
5	Sat 14 October 1922	Wigan Highfield	0-0	Oldham	Tunstall Lane	1
6		St Helens Recs		bye
7		Leigh		bye
8		Widnes		bye			^[6]
Replay
9	Mon 16 October 1922	Oldham	20-5	Wigan Highfield	Watersheddings

Round 2 - Quarter Finals

Game No	Fixture Date	Home Team	Score	Away Team	Venue	Ref

1	Sat 28 October 1922	Leigh	13-8	Oldham	Mather Lane
2	Sat 28 October 1922	St Helens	4-17	Warrington	Knowsley Road	^[5] ^[4]
3	Sat 28 October 1922	Widnes	7-0	Swinton	Lowerhouse Lane	^[6]
4	Sat 28 October 1922	Wigan	14-3	St Helens Recs	Central Park	^[3]

Round 3 – Semi-Finals

Game No	Fixture Date	Home Team	Score	Away Team	Venue	Ref

1	Sat 11 November 1922	Leigh	5-2	Widnes	Mather Lane	^[6]
2	Sat 11 November 1922	Warrington	2-8	Wigan	Wilderspool	^[5] ^[3]

Final

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

	Saturday 25 November 1922	Wigan		20-2		Leigh	The Willows	15000	£1,200-0-0	2	^[3] ^[7]

Teams and scorers

Wigan^[3]	№	Leigh

	teams
Jim Sullivan	1	Walter Mooney (position unknown)
Danny Hurcombe	2
Jerry Shea	3
Tommy Howley	4
Johnny Ring	5
George Owens	6
Syd Jerram	7
Wilf Hodder	8
Tom Woods	9
Bert Webster	10
Percy Coldrick	11
Harry Banks	12
Fred Roffey	13
20	score	2
13	HT	2

	Scorers
	Tries
Bert Webster (2)	T
Tommy Howley] (1)	T
Johnny Ring (1)	T
	Goals
Jim Sullivan(4)	G	Walter Mooney (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


St Helens	25

Salford	8
		St Helens	4

		Warrington	17
Warrington	8

Broughton Rangers	5
				Warrington	2

				Wigan	8
Rochdale Hornets	2

Wigan	5
		Wigan	14

		St Helens Recs	3
St Helens Recs

bye
						Wigan	20

						Leigh	2
Leigh

bye
		Leigh	13

		Oldham	8
Wigan Highfield	0(5)

Oldham	0(20)
				Leigh	5

				Widnes	2
Widnes

bye
		Widnes	7

		Swinton	0
Barrow	5

Swinton	14

Notes

1 This was also the first game in the competition to be played at Tunstall Lane
2 The Willows was the home ground of Salford w

References

↑ "Measuring Worth - Relative Value of UK Pounds". Measuring Worth. 31 December 2014. Retrieved 1 January 2015.
↑ "Rugby League Project".
↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 "Wigan "Cherry and White" archived results".
↑ 4.0 4.1 "Saints Heritage Society - History - Season 1922–23".
↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 "Warrington Wolves - Results Archive - 1922".
↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 "Widnes Vikings - History - Season In Review - 1922–23".
↑ Raymond Fletcher and David Howes (1991). Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook 1991-100. Queen Anne Press. ISBN 0 35617852 8.

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