1933 Lancashire Cup

1933-34 Lancashire Cup

Structure

Regional knockout championship

Number of teams

Winners

Runners-up

< 1932	Seasons	1934 >

1933 was the twenty-sixth occasion on which the Lancashire Cup completion had been held.
Oldham won the trophy by beating St Helens Recs by 12-0.

The match was played at Station Road, Pendlebury, Salford, (historically in the county of Lancashire).
The attendance was 9,085 and receipts £516 (both disappointing after last year’s crowd of 28,500 and gate receipts of £1,675.

Background

The number of teams entering this year’s competition remained at 13 and the same fixture format was retained. There was only one bye in the first round but now also a “blank” or “dummy” fixture. This also resulted in one bye in the second round.

Competition and Results ^[1]

Round 1

Involved 6 matches (with one bye and one “blank” fixture) and 13 clubs

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

1	Sat 23 Sep 1933	St Helens Recs	5-2	Warrington	City Road		^[2]
2	Sat 30 Sep 1933	Oldham	2-0	Widnes	Watersheddings		^[3]
3	Sat 30 Sep 1933	Rochdale Hornets	19-10	London Highfield	Athletic Grounds	1
4	Sat 30 Sep 1933	St Helens	12-8	Salford	Knowsley Road		^[4]
5	Sat 30 Sep 1933	Swinton	9-6	Leigh	Station Road
6	Sat 30 Sep 1933	Wigan	21-2	Barrow	Central Park		^[5]
7		Broughton Rangers		bye
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	Notes	Ref

1	Wed 11 Oct 1933	Broughton Rangers	0-12	Oldham	Belle Vue Stadium	2
2	Mon 16 Oct 1933	St Helens	52-14	Rochdale Hornets	Knowsley Road		^[4]
3	Wed 18 Oct 1933	St Helens Recs	19-5	Swinton	City Road
4		Wigan		bye			^[5]

Round 3 – Semi-Finals

Involved 2 matches and 4 clubs

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

1	Wed 25 Oct 1933	Wigan	15-21	Oldham	Central Park		^[5]
2	Thu 02 Nov 1933	St Helens Recs	9-2	St Helens	City Road	12,000	^[4]

Final

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

	Saturday 18 November 1933	Oldham		12-0		St Helens Recs	Station Road	9,085	£516	3	^[6]

Teams and Scorers

Oldham	№	St Helens Recs

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

12	score	0
0	HT	0

	Scorers
	Tries
	T
	T
	T
	T
	Goals
	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


Wigan	21

Barrow	2
		Wigan

		bye
blank

blank
				Wigan	15

				Oldham	21
Broughton Rangers

bye
		Broughton Rangers	0

		Oldham	12
Oldham	2

Widnes	0
						Oldham	12

						St Helens Recs	0
St Helens Recs	5

Warrington	2
		St Helens Recs	19

		Swinton	5
Swinton	9

Leigh	6
				St Helens Recs	9

				St Helens	2
St Helens	12

Salford	8
		St Helens	52

		Rochdale Hornets	14
Rochdale Hornets	19

London Highfield	10

Notes and comments

1 * The first (and only) Lancashire Cup match to be played by London Highfield

2 * The first Lancashire Cup match at the clubs new stadium

3 * Station Road was the home ground of Swinton from 1929 to 1992 and at its peak was one of the finest rugby league grounds in the country and it boasted a capacity of 60,000. The actual record attendance was for the Challenge Cup semi-final on 7 April 1951 when 44,621 watched Wigan beat Warrington 3-2

References

↑ "Rugby League Project".
↑ "Warrington Wolves - Results Archive - 1897".
↑ "Widnes Vikings - History - Season In Review - 1896-97".
1 2 3 "Saints Heritage Society - History - Season 1896-97".
1 2 3 "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.

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