1989 Lancashire Cup
| Structure | Regional knockout championship | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number of teams | 17 | |||
| Winners | Warrington | |||
| Runners-up | Oldham | |||
| ||||
The 1989 Lancashire Cup was the 77th occasion on which the completion had been held. Warrington won the trophy by beating Oldham by the score of 24-16 in the final. The match was played at Knowsley Road, Eccleston, St Helens, Merseyside, (historically in the county of Lancashire). The attendance was 9.990 and receipts were £41,804.
Background
This season, Chorley Borough (see note 1) joined the league, bringing the total number of entrants up to 17.
This necessitated the need for a preliminary round (consisting of just 1 game. The first round (proper) then involved 16 clubs, thus removing the need of any “blank” or “dummy” fixtures or any byes.
Competition and Results[1][2]
Preliminary Round
Involved 1 match and 2 Clubs
| Game No | Fixture Date | Home Team | Score | Away Team | Venue | Att | Rec | Notes | Ref | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wed 30 Aug 1989 | Chorley Borough (2) | 12-6 | Trafford Borough | Victory Park | 628 | 1 2 |
Round 1
Involved 8 matches (with no byes) and 16 Clubs
| Game No | Fixture Date | Home Team | Score | Away Team | Venue | Att | Rec | Notes | Ref | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fri 15 Sep 1989 | Chorley Borough (2) | 4-50 | Wigan | Hilton Park | 5026 | 3 | [3] | ||||
| 2 | Sun 17 Sep 1989 | Barrow | 2-46 | Oldham | Craven Park | 2253 | ||||||
| 3 | Sun 17 Sep 1989 | Carlisle | 6-46 | Widnes | Brunton Park | 4329 | 4 | [4] | ||||
| 4 | Sun 17 Sep 1989 | Leigh | 26-8 | Whitehaven | Hilton Park | 2039 | ||||||
| 5 | Sun 17 Sep 1989 | St Helens | 78-10 | Runcorn Highfield | Knowsley Road | 5498 | 5 | [5] | ||||
| 6 | Sun 17 Sep 1989 | Salford | 52-12 | Rochdale Hornets | The Willows | 3094 | ||||||
| 7 | Sun 17 Sep 1989 | Warrington | 16-6 | Swinton | Wilderspool | 4055 | [6] | |||||
| 8 | Sun 17 Sep 1989 | Workington Town | 24-30 | Fulham | Derwent Park | 702 |
Round 2 - Quarter Finals
Involved 4 matches and 8 Clubs
| Game No | Fixture Date | Home Team | Score | Away Team | Venue | Att | Rec | Notes | Ref | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wed 27 Sep 1989 | Fulham | 4-34 | Wigan | Hendon F.C. | 3204 | 6 7 | [3] | |||
| 2 | Wed 27 Sep 1989 | Leigh | 12-34 | Widnes | Hilton Park | 6748 | [4] | ||||
| 3 | Wed 27 Sep 1989 | St Helens | 6-36 | Oldham | Knowsley Road | 7834 | [5] | ||||
| 4 | Wed 27 Sep 1989 | Salford | 4-27 | Warrington | The Willows | 4994 | [6] |
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 | Thu 05 Oct 1989 | Oldham | 19-18 | Wigan | Watersheddings | 8603 | [3] | ||||
| 2 | Tue 10 Sep Oct 1989 | Warrington | 28-6 | Widnes | Wilderspool | 10240 | [4][6] |
Final
| Game No | Fixture Date | Home Team | Score | Away Team | Venue | Att | Rec | Notes | Ref | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saturday 14 October 1989 | Warrington | 24-16 | Oldham | Knowsley Road | 9990 | £41,804.00 | 8 | [6][7] |
Teams and Scorers[6][7]
| Warrington | № | Oldham |
|---|---|---|
| teams | ||
| David Lyon | 1 | Duncan Platt |
| Des Drummond | 2 | Steve Robinson |
| Joe Ropati | 3 | Gary Hyde |
| Tony Thorniley | 4 | Richard Irving |
| Mark Forster | 5 | Paul Lord |
| Robert Turner | 6 | Brett Clarke |
| Greg Mackey | 7 | Mike Ford |
| Tony Burke | 8 | Leo Casey |
| Mark Roskell | 9 | Andy Ruane |
| Steve Molloy | 10 | John Fieldhouse |
| Bob Jackson | 11 | Shaun Allen |
| Gary Sanderson | 12 | Keith Newton |
| Mike Gregory (c) | 13 | John Cogger (c) |
| Paul Darbyshire (for David Lyon 34mins) | 14 | Richard Russell (for Duncan Platt 34mins) |
| Ronnie Duane (for Gary Sanderson 65mins) | 15 | xJohn Fairbank (for Leo Casey 58mins) |
| 24 | score | 16 |
| 14 | HT | 12 |
| Scorers | ||
| Tries | ||
| Joe Ropati (1) | T | Steve Robinson (1) |
| Mark Forster (1) | T | Richard Irving (1) |
| Bob Jackson (2) | T | Paul Lord (1) |
| Goals | ||
| Robert Turner (4) | G | Duncan Platt (1) |
| G | Gary Hyde (1) | |
| Referee | R Tennant (Castleford) | |
| Man of the match | Bob Jackson - Warrington - Second-row | |
| sponsored by | Greenall Whitley | |
| Competition Sponsor | Greenalls |
Scoring - Try = four (4) points - Goal = two (2) points - Drop goal = one (1) point
The road to success
| First Round | Second Round | Semi Finals | Final | ||||||||||||||||
| Salford | 52 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Rochdale Hornets | 12 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Salford | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Warrington | 27 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Warrington | 16 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Swinton | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Warrington | 28 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Widnes | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Leigh | 26 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Whitehaven | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Leigh | 12 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Widnes | 34 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Carlisle | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Widnes | 46 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Warrington | 24 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Oldham | 16 | ||||||||||||||||||
| St Helens | 78 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Runcorn Highfield | 10 | ||||||||||||||||||
| St Helens | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Oldham | 36 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Barrow | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Oldham | 46 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Oldham | 19 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Wigan | 18 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Workington Town | 24 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Fulham | 30 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Fulham | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Wigan | 34 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Chorley Borough (2) | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Wigan | 50 | ||||||||||||||||||
Notes
1 * Chorley Borough (2) were elected to the league during the close season after the previous team of the same name moved out and to Altrincham as Trafford Borough. This was the first Lancashire Cup match played by the newly formed and elected club and also to be played at the new venue, home of Chorley F.C.
2 * The first Lancashire Cup match played by the reformed and newly named Trafford Borough The half time score was 2-6 in favour of Trafford Borough
3 * Match played at Leigh's Hilton Park
4 * Match played at Carlisle United's Brunton Park
5 * This was the 25th successive defeat for Runcorn Highfield
6 * The venue is given by RUGBYLEAGUEprojects[1] as Chiswick Poly Sports Grd - Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook 1990-91[7] gives the vunue as Claremont Road stadium which, at that date, was the home ground of Hendon F.C.
7 * The first Lancashire Cup match to be played on this ground, one of many used by Fulham during the nomadic period between 1985-1993
8 * Knowsley Road was the home ground of St Helens from 1890 to 2010. The final capacity was in the region of 18,000, although the actual record attendance was 35,695 set on December 26, 1949 for a league game between St Helens and Wigan
See also
- 1989-90 Rugby Football League season
- Rugby league county cups
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Rugby League Project".
- ↑ Jack Winstanley & Malcolm Ryding (1991). John Player Yearbook 1975-76. Queen Anne Press.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 "Wigan "Cherry and White" archived results".
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 "Widnes Vikings - History - Season In Review - 1896-97".
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 "Saints Heritage Society - History - Season 1896-97".
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4 [-http://www.warringtonwolves.org/results-archive?y=1897 "Warrington Wolves - Results Archive - 1897"].
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 Raymond Fletcher and David Howes (1990). Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook 1990-91. Queen Anne Press. ISBN 0 35617851 X.