1985 Lancashire Cup

Structure

Regional knockout championship

Number of teams

Winners

Runners-up

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The 1985 Lancashire Cup competition was the seventy-third occasion on which the tournament had been held. Wigan won the trophy by beating Warrington in the final by the score of 34-8.

Competition and Results

This season the total number of entrants remained at the 16 level. With this full sixteen members there was no need for “blank” or “dummy” fixtures or any byes.^[1]^[2]

Round 1

Involved 8 matches (with no byes) and 16 Clubs

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

1	Sun 15 Sep 1985	Barrow	8-12	Whitehaven	Craven Park	2011
2	Sun 15 Sep 1985	Leigh	40-12	Oldham	Hilton Park	3500
3	Sun 15 Sep 1985	Rochdale Hornets	6-17	Widnes	Athletic Grounds	1269	^[3]
4	Sun 15 Sep 1985	Runcorn Highfield	16-38	Workington Town	Canal Street	1000
5	Sun 15 Sep 1985	St Helens	72-8	Carlisle	Knowsley Road	3630	^[4]
6	Sun 15 Sep 1985	Salford	18-14	Swinton	The Willows	3482
7	Sun 15 Sep 1985	Warrington	30-3	Blackpool Borough	Wilderspool	2234	^[5]
8	Sun 15 Sep 1985	Wigan	24-13	Fulham	Central Park	8943	^[6]

Round 2 - Quarter Finals

Involved 4 matches and 8 Clubs

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

1	Wed 25 Sep 1985	Leigh	14-18	Widnes	Hilton Park	4000	^[3]
2	Wed 25 Sep 1985	St Helens	26-8	Whitehaven	Knowsley Road	3853	^[4]
3	Wed 25 Sep 1985	Warrington	38-4	Workington Town	Wilderspool	2518	^[5]
4	Wed 25 Sep 1985	Wigan	22-20	Salford	Central Park	11188	^[6]

Round 3 – Semi-Finals

Involved 2 matches and 4 Clubs

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

1	Wed 02 Oct 1985	Warrington	11-4	Widnes	Wilderspool	5633	^[3]^[5]^[7]
2	Wed 02 Oct 1985	Wigan	30-2	St Helens	Central Park	18544	^[6]^[4]

Final

The match was played at Knowsley Road, Eccleston, St Helens, Merseyside, (historically in the county of Lancashire). The attendance was 19,202 and receipts were £56,030. The attendance was again at a very pleasing level, the second of the five year period when it would reach around the 20,000 level.

This was Wigan's second appearance in two years and a first victory in what would become a run of four victories and five appearances in five successive years.

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

	Sunday 13 October 1985	Wigan		34-8		Warrington	Knowsley Road	19202	56030	1	^[6]^[5]^[8]

Teams and Scorers^[8]^[6]^[5]

Wigan	№	Warrington

	teams
Shaun Edwards	1	Brian Johnson
Gary Henley-Smith	2	Brian Carbert
David Stephenson	3	Paul Cullen
Ellery Hanley	4	Phil Blake
Colin Whitfield	5	Rick Thackray
Steve Ella	6	Ken Kelly
Mike Ford	7	Andy Gregory
Greg Dowling	8	Bob Eccles
Nicky Kiss	9	Carl Webb
Shaun Wane	10	Robert Jackson
Nick Du Toit	11	Les Boyd
Andy Goodway	12	Mike Gregory
Ian Potter	13	Alan Rathbone
Steve Hampson (for Gary Henley-Smith 58min)	14	Mark Forster (for Phil Blake 27min)
Brian Case (for Shaun Edwards 27min)	15	Kevin Tamati (for Les Boyd 49min)
	coach

34	score	8
12	HT	8

	Scorers
	Tries
Steve Ella (2)	T	Brian Johnson (1)
Nicky Kiss (1)	T
Ellery Hanley (1)	T
Shaun Edwards (1)	T
	Goals
David Stephenson (7)	G	Brian Carbert (2)

	Discipline	Alan Rathbone - Sent Off -52 Min - Late Hit on Ian Potter
	Discipline	Andy Gregory - Sent Off - 71min - Stamping on Nick Du Toit
Referee		John Holdsworth (Kippax)
Man of the match		Steve Ella - Wigan - stand-off/five-eighth
sponsored by		Burtonwood Brewery
Competition Sponsor		Forshaws (Burtonwood Brewery Co Ltd)

Scoring - Try = four (4) points - Goal = two (2) points - Drop goal = one (1) point

The road to success

First Round		Second Round		Semi Finals		Final


Wigan	24

Fulham	13
		Wigan	22

		Salford	20
Salford	18

Swinton	14
				Wigan	30

				St Helens	2
St Helens	72

Carlisle	8
		St Helens	26

		Whitehaven	8
Barrow	8

Whitehaven	12
						Wigan	34

						Warrington	8
Warrington	30

Blackpool Borough	3
		Warrington	38

		Workington Town	4
Runcorn Highfield	16

Workington Town	38
				Warrington	11

				Widnes	4
Leigh	40

Oldham	12
		Leigh	14

		Widnes	18
Rochdale Hornets	6

Widnes	17

Notes

1 * 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

↑ "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 "Saints Heritage Society - History - Season 1896-97".
1 2 3 4 5 "Warrington Wolves - Results Archive - 1897".
1 2 3 4 5 "Wigan "Cherry and White" archived results".
↑ Club Programme dept. Match Programme. Warrington RLFC.
1 2 Raymond Fletcher and David Howes (1991). Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook 1991-100. Queen Anne Press. ISBN 0 35617852 8.

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