1964 Lancashire Cup
The 1964 Rugby League Lancashire Cup competition
| Structure | Regional knockout championship | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number of teams | 14 | |||
| Winners | St Helens | |||
| Runners-up | Swinton | |||
| ||||
1964 was the fifty-second occasion on which the Lancashire Cup completion had been held.
St Helens won the trophy by beating Swinton by the score of 12-4
The match was played at Central Park, Wigan, (historically in the county of Lancashire). The attendance was 17,383 and receipts were £3,393
This was the fifth of five consecutive Lancashire Cup final wins for St Helens, and what is more, the fifth of seven victories in a period of nine successive seasons.
It is also the fourth time in the last five years that Swinton have been defeated finalists.
Background
With again no invitation to a junior club this season, the total number of teams entering the competition remained the same at 14.
The same fixture format was retained, and due to the number of clubs this resulted in no bye but one “blank” or “dummy” fixture in the first round, and one bye in the second round
Competition and Results[1]
Round 1
Involved 7 matches (with no bye but one “blank” fixture) and 14 Clubs
| Game No | Fixture Date | Home Team | Score | Away Team | Venue | Att | Rec | Notes | Ref | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fri 04 Sep 1964 | Whitehaven | 10-31 | Oldham | Recreation Ground | |||||||
| 2 | Sat 05 Sep 1964 | Barrow | 10-5 | Blackpool Borough | Craven Park | |||||||
| 3 | Sat 05 Sep 1964 | Leigh | 10-13 | Warrington | Hilton Park | [2] | ||||||
| 4 | Sat 05 Sep 1964 | Liverpool City | 11-41 | St Helens | Mill Yard, Knotty Ash | 3500 | [3] | |||||
| 5 | Sat 05 Sep 1964 | Widnes | 33-0 | Rochdale Hornets | Naughton Park | [4] | ||||||
| 6 | Sat 05 Sep 1964 | Wigan | 36-6 | Salford | Central Park | [5] | ||||||
| 7 | Sat 05 Sep 1964 | Workington Town | 2-6 | Swinton | Derwent Park | |||||||
| 8 | blank | blank |
Round 2 - Quarter Finals
Involved 3 matches (with one bye) and 7 Clubs
| Game No | Fixture Date | Home Team | Score | Away Team | Venue | Att | Rec | Notes | Ref | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mon 14 Sep 1964 | Barrow | 11-22 | St Helens | Craven Park | 8125 | [3] | ||||
| 2 | Mon 14 Sep 1964 | Swinton | 11-5 | Wigan | Station Road | [5] | |||||
| 3 | Mon 21 Sep 1964 | Warrington | 19-4 | Oldham | Wilderspool | [2] | |||||
| 4 | Widnes | bye | [4] |
Round 3 – Semi-Finals
Involved 2 matches and 4 Clubs
| Game No | Fixture Date | Home Team | Score | Away Team | Venue | Att | Rec | Notes | Ref | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tue 29 Sep 1964 | Warrington | 8-10 | St Helens | Wilderspool | 19258 | [2][3] | ||||
| 2 | Wed 30 Sep 1964 | Swinton | 11-7 | Widnes | Station Road | [4] |
Final
| Game No | Fixture Date | Home Team | Score | Away Team | Venue | Att | Rec | Notes | Ref | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saturday 24 October 1964 | St Helens | 12-4 | Swinton | Central Park | 17,383 | £3,393 | 1 | [3][6] |
Teams and Scorers[3]
| St Helens | № | Swinton |
|---|---|---|
| teams | ||
| Frank Barrow | 1 | |
| Tom Pimblett | 2 | |
| Keith Northey | 3 | |
| Billy Benyon | 4 | |
| Len Killeen | 5 | |
| Peter Harvey | 6 | |
| Alex Murphy | 7 | |
| John Tenby | 8 | |
| Bob Dagnall | 9 | |
| John Warlow | 10 | |
| Ray French | 11 | |
| Mervyn Hicks | 12 | |
| Doug Laughton | 13 | |
| Tony Barrow | 14 | |
| Cliff Watson | 15 | |
| 12 | score | 4 |
| 5 | HT | 0 |
| Scorers | ||
| Tries | ||
| Billy Benyon (1) | T | |
| Mervyn Hicks (1) | T | |
| T | ||
| Goals | ||
| Len Kileen (3) | G | |
| 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 | ||||||||||||||||
| Leigh | 10 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Warrington | 13 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Warrington | 19 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Oldham | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Whitehaven | 10 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Oldham | 31 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Warrington | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||
| St Helens | 10 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Barrow | 10 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Blackpool Borough | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Barrow | 11 | ||||||||||||||||||
| St Helens | 22 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Liverpool City | 11 | ||||||||||||||||||
| St Helens | 41 | ||||||||||||||||||
| St Helens | 12 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Swinton | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Workington Town | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Swinton | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Swinton | 11 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Wigan | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Wigan | 36 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Salford | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Swinton | 11 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Widnes | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Widnes | 33 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Rochdale Hornets | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Widnes | |||||||||||||||||||
| bye | |||||||||||||||||||
| blank | |||||||||||||||||||
| blank | |||||||||||||||||||
Notes and comments
1 * 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
See also
- 1964-65 Northern Rugby Football League season
- Rugby league county cups
References
- ↑ "Rugby League Project".
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 [-http://www.warringtonwolves.org/results-archive?y=1897 "Warrington Wolves - Results Archive - 1897"].
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 "Saints Heritage Society - History - Season 1896-97".
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 "Widnes Vikings - History - Season In Review - 1896-97".
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 "Wigan "Cherry and White" archived results".
- ↑ Raymond Fletcher and David Howes (1991). Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook 1991-100. Queen Anne Press. ISBN 0 35617852 8.