1957 Lancashire Cup

The 1957 Rugby League Lancashire Cup competition

1957-58 Lancashire Cup

Structure

Regional knockout championship

Number of teams

Winners

Oldham

Runners-up

Wigan

< 1956	Seasons	1958 >

1957 was the forty-fifth occasion on which the Lancashire Cup completion had been held.
Oldham won the trophy by beating Wigan by the score of 13-8
The match was played at Station Road, Pendlebury, Salford, (historically in the county of Lancashire). Another excellent attendance, this weason of 42,497 was achieved and the receipts were £6,918
This was the second of Oldham's three consecutive triumphs. 1958 would be the last time they would win the trophy, although they did later appear 4 times as runners-up (in 1966, 1969, 1987 and 1989).

Background

With no invitation to a junior club this season, the total number of teams entering the competition was reduced by one to 14.
The same pre-war 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]^[2]

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	Ref

1	Sat 31 Aug 1957	Blackpool Borough	9-4	Widnes	St Anne's Road Greyhound Stadium		^[3]
2	Sat 31 Aug 1957	Oldham	44-10	Barrow	Watersheddings
3	Sat 31 Aug 1957	Leigh	28-9	Whitehaven	Kirkhall Lane
4	Sat 31 Aug 1957	Salford	6-12	Rochdale Hornets	The Willows
5	Sat 31 Aug 1957	Swinton	10-18	Wigan	Station Road		^[4]
6	Sat 31 Aug 1957	Warrington	50-19	Liverpool City	Wilderspool		^[5]
7	Sat 31 Aug 1957	Workington Town	12-16	St Helens	Derwent Park	6,500	^[6]
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	Ref

1	Tue 10 Sep 1957	Oldham	18-12	Warrington	Watersheddings		^[5]
2	Wed 11 Sep 1957	Leigh	2-12	Wigan	Kirkhall Lane		^[4]
3	Thu 12 Sep 1957	Blackpool Borough	12-28	St Helens	St Anne's Road Greyhound Stadium	4,000	^[6]
4		Rochdale Hornets		bye

Round 3 – Semi-Finals

Involved 2 matches and 4 Clubs

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

1	Tue 01 Oct 1957	Rochdale Hornets	0-52	Wigan	Athletic Grounds		^[4]
2	Wed 02 Oct 1957	St Helens	9-29	Oldham	Knowsley Road	22,000	^[6]

Final

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

	Saturday 19 October 1957	Oldham		13-8		Wigan	Station Road	42,497	£6,918	1	^[2]^[4]^[7]

Teams and Scorers^[4]^[8]

Oldham	№	Wigan

	teams
Bernard Ganley	1	Jack Cunliffe
Dick Cracknell	2	Bob Chisnall
Vince Nestor	3	Eric Ashton
Alan Davies	4	Ernie Ashcroft
John Etty	5	Terry O'Grady
Frank Daley	6	Billy Boston
Frank Pitchford	7	Dave Bolton
Ken Jackson	8	Alan Armstrong
Jack Keith	9	Bill Sayer
Don Vines	10	Brian McTigue
Charlie Winslade	11	Norman Cherrington
Sid Little	12	Bill Bretherton
Derek Turner	13	Bernard McGurrin

13	score	8
8	HT	0

	Scorers
	Tries
Alan Davies (1)	T	Brian McTigue (1)
Bernard Ganley (1)	T	Terry O'Grady (1)
Frank Pitchford (1)	T
	Goals
Bernard Ganley (2)	G	Jack Cunliffe (1)
Referee		M. Coates (Pudsey)

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


Blackpool Borough	9

Widnes	4
		Blackpool Borough	12

		St Helens	28
Workington Town	12

St Helens	16
				St Helens	9

				Oldham	29
Oldham	44

Barrow	10
		Oldham	18

		Warrington	12
Warrington	50

Liverpool City	19
						Oldham	13

						Wigan	8
Salford	6

Rochdale Hornets	12
		Rochdale Hornets

		bye
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				Rochdale Hornets	52

				Wigan	0
Leigh	28

Whitehaven	9
		Leigh	2

		Wigan	12
Swinton	10

Wigan	18

Notes and comments

1 Station Road was the home ground of Swinton from 1929 to 1932 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".
1 2 David Jack (1958). Empire News Football Annual 1958-59 - 72nd year. Empire News and Sunday Chronicle.
↑ "Widnes Vikings - History - Season In Review - 1896-97".
1 2 3 4 5 "Wigan "Cherry and White" archived results".
1 2 "Warrington Wolves - Results Archive - 1897".
1 2 3 "Saints Heritage Society - History - Season 1896-97".
↑ Raymond Fletcher and David Howes (1991). Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook 1991-100. Queen Anne Press. ISBN 0 35617852 8.
↑ "Oldham Heritage Trust".

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