1961 Lancashire Cup

The 1961 Rugby League Lancashire Cup competition

1961-62 Lancashire Cup
Structure Regional knockout championship
Number of teams 14
Winners St Helens
Runners-up Swinton
< 1960 Seasons 1962 >

1961 was the forty-ninth occasion on which the Lancashire Cup completion had been held.
St Helens won the trophy by beating Swinton by the score of 25-9
The match was played at Central Park, Wigan, (historically in the county of Lancashire). The attendance was 30,000, the last time the attendance at a Lancashire Cup final would reach 30,000, and receipts were £4,850.
This was the second of five consecutive Lancashire Cup final wins for St Helens, and what is more, the second of the seven victories in a period of nine successive seasons.
It was also the second of Swinton’s three successive Lancashire Cup final runner-up positions.

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
1Saturday 2 September 1961Barrow3-10OldhamCraven Park
2Saturday 2 September 1961Liverpool City14-16SalfordMill Yard, Knotty Ash
3Saturday 2 September 1961Rochdale Hornets3-22Blackpool BoroughAthletic Grounds
4Saturday 2 September 1961St Helens43-8LeighKnowsley Road21,800[2]
5Saturday 2 September 1961Swinton18-7WarringtonStation Road[3]
6Saturday 2 September 1961Widnes54-2WhitehavenNaughton Park[4]
7Saturday 2 September 1961Workington Town18-30WiganDerwent Park[5]
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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
1Monday 18 September 1961Salford22-10Blackpool BoroughThe Willows
2Thursday 21 September 1961Widnes9-5WiganNaughton Park[4][5]
3Monday 2 October 1961St Helens30-7OldhamKnowsley Road18,500[2]
4. Swintonbye

Round 3 – Semi-Finals

Involved 2 matches and 4 clubs

Game No Fixture Date Home Team Score Away Team Venue Att Rec Notes Ref
1Wednesday 4 October 1961Swinton10-5WidnesStation Road13,250[4]
2Tuesday 10 October 1961St Helens21-2SalfordKnowsley Road18,000[2]

Final

Game No Fixture Date Home Team Score Away Team Venue Att Rec Notes Ref
Saturday 11 November 1961St Helens25-9SwintonCentral Park30,000£4,8501[2][6]

Teams and scorers[2][7]

St Helens № Swinton
teams
Austin Rhodes1Ken Gowers
Tom van Vollenhoven2Bernard McMahon
Ken Large3Malcolm Cummings
Brian McGinn4Bob Fleet
Mick Sullivan5John Speed
Wilf Smith6George Parkinson
Alex Murphy7Albert Cartwright
Fred Leyland8Arnold Thompson
Bob Dagnall9Trevor Roberts
Cliff Watson10Bill Bretherton
Ray French11Ken Roberts
Dick Huddart12Peter Norburn
Vince Karalius (c) 13Albert Blan (c)
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Scorers
Tries
Austin Rhodes (1)TBill Bretherton (1)
Tom van Vollenhoven (1)T
Ken Large (1)T
Mick Sullivan (1)T
Alex Murphy (1)T
Goals
Austin Rhodes (5)GAlbert Blan (3)
G
Drop Goals
DG
Referee R. Gelder (Wilmslow)

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 43
Leigh 8
St Helens 30
Oldham 7
Barrow 3
Oldham 10
St Helens 21
Salford 2
Liverpool City 14
Salford 16
Salford 22
Blackpool Borough 10
Rochdale Hornets 3
Blackpool Borough 22
St Helens 25
Swinton 9
Swinton 18
Warrington 7
Swinton
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Swinton 10
Widnes 5
Widnes 54
Whitehaven 2
Widnes 9
Wigan 5
Workington Town 18
Wigan 30

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

References

  1. ↑ "Rugby League Project".
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 "Saints Heritage Society - History - Season 1896-97".
  3. ↑ "Warrington Wolves - Results Archive - 1897".
  4. 1 2 3 "Widnes Vikings - History - Season In Review - 1896-97".
  5. 1 2 "Wigan "Cherry and White" archived results".
  6. ↑ Raymond Fletcher and David Howes (1991). Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook 1991-100. Queen Anne Press. ISBN 0 35617852 8.
  7. ↑ "Swinton Lions Tales".

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