1980 Lancashire Cup

The 1980 Rugby League Lancashire Cup competition

1980-81 Lancashire Cup

Structure

Regional knockout championship

Number of teams

Winners

Warrington

Runners-up

Wigan

< 1979	Seasons	1981 >

1980 was the sixty-eighth occasion on which the Lancashire Cup completion had been held.

Warrington won the trophy by beating Wigan by the score of 26-10
The match was played at Knowsley Road, Eccleston, St Helens, Merseyside, (historically in the county of Lancashire). The attendance was 6,279 and receipts were £8,629.00

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 fixture format was revised to remove the “blank” or “dummy” fixture. This resulted in two byes in the first round, and no byes in the second round.

Competition and Results^[1]^[2]

Round 1

Involved 6 matches (with two byes) and 14 Clubs

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

1	Friday 15 August 1980	Swinton	5-11	Oldham	Station Road	2026
2	Sunday 17 August 1980	Blackpool Borough	2-31	Widnes	Borough Park	2200		^[3]
3	Sunday 17 August 1980	Huyton	2-31	Warrington	Wilderspool	1937	1	^[4]
4	Sunday 17 August 1980	Salford	23-12	Leigh	The Willows	3579
5	Sunday 17 August 1980	Wigan	25-10	Rochdale Hornets	Central Park	3562		^[5]
6	Sunday 17 August 1980	Workington Town	5-15	St Helens	Derwent Park	2957		^[6]
7		Barrow		bye
8		Whitehaven		bye

Round 2 - Quarter Finals

Involved 4 matches and 8 Clubs

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

1	Sunday 24 August 1980	Barrow	9-16	Warrington	Craven Park	3328	^[4]
2	Sunday 24 August 1980	Oldham	15-13	Salford	Watersheddings	3445
3	Sunday 24 August 1980	Whitehaven	10-13	Wigan	Recreation Ground	3910	^[5]
4	Sunday 24 August 1980	Widnes	22-20	St Helens	Naughton Park	8427	^[3]^[6]

Round 3 – Semi-Finals

Involved 2 matches and 4 Clubs

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

1	Wednesday 10 September 1980	Oldham	2-11	Warrington	Watersheddings	3963	^[4]
2	Wednesday 10 September 1980	Widnes	10-14	Wigan	Naughton Park	6563	^[3]^[5]

Final

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

	Saturday 4 October 1980	Warrington		26-10		Wigan	Knowsley Road	6279	8629	2 3	^[4]^[5]^[7]

Teams and Scorers^[4]^[5]^[7]

Warrington	№	Wigan

	teams
Derek Finnegan/Finnigan	1	George Fairbairn
Richard Thackray	2	Dennis Ramsdale
Ian Duane	3	Dave Willicombe
John Bevan	4	Steve Davies
Steve Hesford	5	Jimmy Hornby
Ken Kelly (c)	6	Martin Foy
Alan Gwilliam	7	Les Bolton
Neil Courtney	8	Steve Breheny
Tony Waller	9	John Pendlebury
Brian Case	10	Steve O'Neill
Tommy Martyn	11	Bill Melling
Bob Eccles	12	John Clough
Edwin Hunter	13	Terry Hollingsworth
?	14	Bernard Coyle (for Les Bolton)
Ian Potter (for Bob Eccles)	15	Malcolm Smith (for John Pendlebury)
Billy Benyon	Coach	Maurice Bamford

26	score	10
19	HT	5

	Scorers
	Tries
Richard Thackray (1)	T	George Fairbairn (1)
John Bevan (1)	T	Dennis Ramsdale (1)
Steve Hesford (1)	T
Tommy Martyn (1)	T
	Goals
Steve Hesford (7)	G	George Fairbairn (2)
Referee		D G (Gerry) Kershaw (York)
Man of the match		Tony Waller - Warrington - hooker
sponsored by		Burtonwood Brewery
Competition Sponsor		Forshaws (Burtonwood Brewery Co Ltd)^[8]

Scoring - Try = three (3) points - Goal = two (2) points - Drop goal = one (1) point

The road to success

First Round		Second Round		Semi Finals		Final


Swinton	5

Oldham	11
		Oldham	15

		Salford	13
Salford	23

Leigh	12
				Oldham	2

				Warrington	11
Barrow

bye
		Barrow	9

		Warrington	16
Huyton	2

Warrington	31
						Warrington	26

						Wigan	10
Blackpool Borough	2

Widnes	31
		Widnes	22

		St Helens	20
Workington Town	5

St Helens	15
				Widnes	10

				Wigan	14
Whitehaven

bye
		Whitehaven	10

		Wigan	13
Wigan	25

Rochdale Hornets	10

Notes and comments

1 * This match played at nearby Warrington's Wilderspool because of the better facilities etc. (and in the hope of a bigger attendance )
2 * The attendance is given as 6,279 in Wigan^[5]'s official archives, in RUGBYLEAGUEproject^[1] files, and other articles - The attendance is given as 6,442 in Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook 1991-1992^[7] 3 * 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

References

1 2 "Rugby League Project".
↑ Jack Winstanley & Malcolm Ryding (1991). John Player Yearbook 1975-76. Queen Anne Press.
1 2 3 "Widnes Vikings - History - Season In Review - 1896-97".
1 2 3 4 5 "Warrington Wolves - Results Archive - 1897".
1 2 3 4 5 6 "Wigan "Cherry and White" archived results".
1 2 "Saints Heritage Society - History - Season 1896-97".
1 2 3 Raymond Fletcher and David Howes (1991). Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook 1991-100. Queen Anne Press. ISBN 0 35617852 8.
↑ Club Programme dept. Match Programme. Warrington RLFC.

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