1973 Lancashire Cup

1973–74 Lancashire Cup

Structure

Regional knockout championship

Number of teams

Winners

Runners-up

< 1972	Seasons	1974 >

The 1973 Lancashire Cup was the sixty-first occasion on which the completion was held. Wigan won the trophy by beating Salford by the score of 19–9 in the final. The match was played at Wilderspool, Warrington. The attendance was 8,012 and receipts were £2,750.

Background

The total number of teams entering the competition remained at last season’s total of 14 with no junior/amateur clubs taking part.
The same fixture format was retained, but due to the decrease in the number of participating clubs, resulted in one "blank" or "dummy" fixtures in the first round, and one bye in the second round.

Competition and results^[1]^[2]

Round 1

Involved 7 matches (with one "blank" fixture) and 14 clubs

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

1	Fri 31 August 1973	Barrow	4-24	Swinton	Craven Park	1200
2	Fri 31 September 1973	Salford	12-11	Widnes	The Willows	5399		^[3]
3	Sat 1 September 1973	Huyton	12-29	Rochdale Hornets	Alt Park, Huyton	350
4	Sat 1 September 1973	Oldham	12-20	Wigan	Watersheddings	2410		^[4]
5	Sun 2 September 1973	Blackpool Borough	8-15	Whitehaven	Borough Park	850	1
6	Sun 2 September 1973	Warrington	20-15	Leigh	Wilderspool	7984		^[5]
7	Sun 2 September 1973	Workington Town	11-5	St Helens	Derwent Park	1800		^[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	Sat 8 September 1973	Workington Town	11-7	Swinton	Derwent Park	1664
2	Tue 11 September 1973	Whitehaven	19-8	Warrington	Recreation Ground	3309	^[5]
3	Fri 4 September 1973	Salford	24-3	Rochdale Hornets	The Willows	6365
4		Wigan		bye			^[4]

Round 3 – Semi-Finals

Involved 2 matches and 4 clubs

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

1	Thu 20 September 1973	Workington Town	4-20	Wigan	Derwent Park	3040	^[4]
2	Tue 25 September 1973	Whitehaven	9-23	Salford	Recreation Ground	5000

Final

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

	Saturday 13 October 1973	Wigan		19-9		Salford	Wilderspool	8,012	2,750	2 3	^[4]^[2]^[7]^[8]

Teams and Scorers^[4]^[2]^[7]^[8]

Wigan	№	Salford

	teams
Bill Francis	1	Paul Charlton
Green Vigo	2	Keith Fielding
David Hill	3	David Watkins
Keiron O'Loughlin	4	Chris Hesketh
Stuart Wright	5	Holland
Terry Cassidy	6	Ken Gill
Warren Ayres	7	Peter Banner
Peter Smethurst	8	Mackay
Colin Clarke	9	Walker
John Gray	10	Davies
Bob Irving	11	Colin Dixon
Dave Robinson	12	Kear
Eddie Cunningham	13	Eric Prescott
?	14	Knighton (for Kear 47min)
?	15	Grice (for Davies 65min)

19	score	9
7	HT	4

	Scorers
	Tries
Keiron O'Loughlin (2)	T	David Watkins (1)
Stuart Wright (1)	T
	Goals
Warren Ayres (1)	G	David Watkins (3)
John Gray (4)	G
Referee		W H (Billy) Thompson (Huddersfield)

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


Workington Town	11

St Helens	5
		Workington Town	11

		Swinton	7
Barrow	4

Swinton	24
				Workington Town	4

				Wigan	20
Oldham	12

Wigan	20
		Wigan

		bye
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						Wigan	19

						Salford	9
Blackpool Borough	8

Whitehaven	15
		Whitehaven	19

		Warrington	8
Warrington	20

Leigh	15
				Whitehaven	9

				Salford	23
Salford	12

Widnes	11
		Salford	24

		Rochdale Hornets	3
Huyton	12

Rochdale Hornets	29

Notes and comments

1 * The John Player Yearbook 1974-75^[2] gives the score as 8-15 (4 goals to 3 converted tries) - The RUGBYLEAGUEproject ^[1] gives the score as 2-15
2 * The John Player Yearbook 1974-75^[2] gives the attendance as 8,522 (HT 7-4) - The RUGBYLEAGUEproject ^[1] gives the attendanmce as 8,556 - Other sources including the Rothmans Yearbook of 1991-92^[8] show it as 8,012
3 * Wilderspool was the home ground of Warrington from 1883 to the end of the 2003 Summer season when they moved into the new purpose built Halliwell Jones Stadium. Wilderspool remained as a sports/Ruugby League ground and is/was used by Woolston Rovers/Warrington Wizards junior club.
The ground had a final capacity of 9,000 although the record attendance was set in a Challenge cup third round match on 13 March 1948 when 34,304 spectators saw Warrington lose to Wigan 10-13.

References

1 2 3 "Rugby League Project".
1 2 3 4 5 Jack Winstanley & Malcolm Ryding (1991). John Player Yearbook 1974-75. Queen Anne Press. ISBN 0362001774.
↑ "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".
↑ "Saints Heritage Society - History - Season 1896-97".
1 2 Frank Butler and Patrick Collins (1974). News of the World Football Annual 1974-75 - 88th year. News of the World Ltd.
1 2 3 Raymond Fletcher and David Howes (1991). Rothmans Rugby Lague Yearbook 1991-100. Queen Anne Press. ISBN 0 35617852 8.

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