1927 Lancashire Cup

Structure

Regional knockout competition

Number of teams

Champions

Runners-up

< 1926	Seasons	1928 >

The 1927 Lancashire Cup competition was the 20th competition in the history of this regional rugby league event and the final was a repeat of the 1925 Lancashire Cup final, with Swinton beating Wigan by 5-2. The match was played at Watersheddings, Oldham. The attendance was 22,000 and receipts £1,275.

Background

The number of teams entering this year’s competition dropped back to 13 due to no amateur participation. This resulted in the competition running with 3 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 8 October 1927	Oldham	20-9	Wigan Highfield	Watersheddings
2	Sat 8 October 1927	St Helens Recs	41-5	Broughton Rangers	City Road
3	Sat 8 October 1927	St Helens	7-13	Swinton	Knowsley Road	^[2]
4	Sat 8 October 1927	Widnes	10-8	Rochdale Hornets	Lowerhouse Lane	^[3]
5	Sat 8 October 1927	Wigan	21-8	Leigh	Central Park	^[4]
6		Salford		bye
7		Barrow		bye
8		Warrington		bye		^[5]

Round 2 - Quarter Finals

Game No	Fixture Date	Home Team	Score	Away Team	Venue	Ref

1	Mon 17 October 1927	Salford	0-0	Barrow	The Willows
2	Mon 17 October 1927	Warrington	16-2	Widnes	Wilderspool	^[3]^[5]
3	Wed 19 October 1927	St Helens Recs	7-10	Wigan	City Road	^[4]
4	Wed 19 October 1927	Swinton	18-9	Oldham	Chorley Road ground
Replay
5	Thu 20 October 1927	Barrow	2-5	Salford	Little Park, Roose

Round 3 – Semi-Finals

Game No	Fixture Date	Home Team	Score	Away Team	Venue	Ref

1	Wed 2 November 1927	Swinton	10-3	Salford	Chorley Road ground
2	Wed 2 November 1927	Wigan	12-5	Warrington	Central Park	^[4]^[5]

Final

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

	Saturday 19 November 1927	Swinton		5-2		Wigan	Watersheddings	22000	£1,275	1	^[4]^[6]

Teams and scorers

Swinton	№	Wigan^[4]

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

5	score	2
5	HT	0

	Scorers
	Tries
	Goals
	G	Jim Sullivan (1)
	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


St Helens	7

Swinton	13
		Swinton	18

		Oldham	9
Oldham	20

Wigan Highfield	9
				Swinton	10

				Salford	3
Salford

bye
		Salford	0(5)

		Barrow	0(2)
Barrow

bye
						Swinton	5

						Wigan	2
St Helens Recs	41

Broughton Rangers	5
		St Helens Recs	7

		Wigan	10
Wigan	21

Leigh	8
				Wigan	12

				Warrington	5
Warrington

bye
		Warrington	16

		Widnes	2
Widnes	10

Rochdale Hornets	8

Notes

1 Watersheddings was the home ground of Oldham RLFC from 1889 to 1997. The ground, at one time, also housed a greyhound track.

References

↑ "Rugby League Project".
↑ "Saints Heritage Society - History - Season 1927–28".
↑ 3.0 3.1 "Widnes Vikings - History - Season In Review - 1927–28".
↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 "Wigan "Cherry and White" archived results".
↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 "Warrington Wolves - Results Archive - 1927".
↑ Raymond Fletcher and David Howes (1991). Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook 1991-1992. Queen Anne Press. ISBN 0 35617852 8.

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