1969 Lancashire Cup

The 1969 Rugby League Lancashire Cup competition

1969–70 Lancashire Cup
Structure	Regional knockout championship
Teams	16
Winners	Swinton
Runners-up	Leigh

1969 was the fifty-seventh occasion on which the Lancashire Cup completion had been held.
Swinton won the trophy by beating Leigh by the score of 11-2
The match was played at Central Park, Wigan, (historically in the county of Lancashire). The attendance was 13,532 and receipts were £3,651-0s-0d

Background

The total number of teams entering the competition increased by two, up to the total of 16. This was as a result of inviting two junior (or amateur) clubs, St Helens Amateurs and Maryport.
The same fixture format was retained, and due to the increase in the number of participating clubs, resulted in a full fixture list with no byes or “blank” or “dummy” fixtures.

Competition and results^[1]

Round 1

Involved 8 matches (with no bye or “blank” fixture) and 16 clubs

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

1	Saturday 15 August 1969	Leigh	15-12	Warrington	Hilton Park		^[2]
2	Saturday 16 August 1969	Oldham	24-28	Swinton	Watersheddings
3	Saturday 16 August 1969	Whitehaven	24-10	Barrow	Recreation Ground
4	Saturday 16 August 1969	Wigan	25-9	Salford	Central Park		^[3]
5	Sunday 17 August 1969	Huyton	13-16	Blackpool Borough	Alt Park, Huyton	1
6	Sunday 17 August 1969	Rochdale Hornets	42-5	St Helens Amateurs	Athletic Grounds	1
7	Sunday 17 August 1969	Widnes	16-15	Workington Town	Naughton Park		^[4]
8	Monday 1 September 1969	St. Helens	58-5	Maryport	Knowsley Road	3	^[5]

Round 2 - Quarter Finals

Involved 4 matches (with no bye) and 8 Clubs

Game No	Fixture Date	Home Team	Score	Away Team	Venue	Ref

1	Wednesday 17 September 1969	Swinton	59-5	Blackpool Borough	Station Road
2	Monday 22 September 1969	Wigan	38-12	Whitehaven	Central Park	^[3]
3	Monday 29 September 1969	Widnes	22-14	St. Helens	Naughton Park	^[4]^[5]
4	Wednesday 1 October 1969	Rochdale Hornets	10-11	Leigh	Athletic Grounds

Round 3 – Semi-Finals

Involved 2 matches and 4 Clubs

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

1	Wednesday 1 October 1969	Leigh	15-4	Widnes	Hilton Park		^[4]
2	Wednesday 8 October 1969	Swinton	9-6	Wigan	Station Road	12,326	^[3]

Final

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

	Saturday 1 November 1969	Swinton		11-2		Leigh	Central Park	13,532	£3,651	4	^[6]

Teams and Scorers ^[6]^[7]

Swinton	№	Leigh

	teams
Ken Gowers	1	Tom Grainey?
John Gomersall	2	Rod Tickle
Bob Fleet (c)	3	Tom Warburton
Alan Buckley	4	Mick Collins
Mick Philbin	5	H Stringer
Billy Davies	6	David Eckersley
Peter Kenny	7	Alex Murphy (c)
Harold Bate	8	Dave Chisnall
Derek Clarke	9	Kevin Ashcroft
Graham Mackay	10	Derek Watts
Bill Holliday	11	R Welding
Rod Smith	12	Geoff Lyon (or №13)
Dave Robinson	13	Jimmy Fiddler (or №12)
Jeff Price (not used)	14	Brown (for H Stringer)
Malcolm Cummings (not used)	15

11	score	2
2	HT	0

	Scorers
	Tries
Mick Philbin (1)	T
	Drop Goals
Peter Kenny (4)	DG	Alex Murphy (1)
Referee		Eric Clay, Leeds

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


Oldham	24

Swinton	28
		Swinton	59

		Blackpool Borough	5
Huyton	13

Blackpool Borough	16
				Swinton	9

				Wigan	6
Wigan	25

Salford	9
		Wigan	38

		Whitehaven	12
Whitehaven	24

Barrow	10
						Swinton	11

						Leigh	2
Rochdale Hornets	42

St Helens Amateurs	5
		Rochdale Hornets	10

		Leigh	11
Leigh	15

Warrington	12
				Leigh	15

				Widnes	14
Widnes	16

Workington Town	15
		Widnes	22

		St. Helens	14
St. Helens	58

Maryport	5

Notes and comments

1 * The first Lancashire Cup match to be played at Huyton's newly completed new stadium
2 * St Helens Amateurs were a junior (or amateur) club
3 * Maryport a junior (or amateur) club from Cumberland^[8]
4 * 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

References

↑ "Rugby League Project".
↑ "Warrington Wolves - Results Archive - 1897". Archived from the original on 2010-07-06.
1 2 3 "Wigan "Cherry and White" archived results".
1 2 3 "Widnes Vikings - History - Season In Review - 1896-97".
1 2 "Saints Heritage Society - History - Season 1896-97".
1 2 Raymond Fletcher and David Howes (1991). Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook 1991-100. Queen Anne Press. ISBN 0 35617852 8.
↑ "Swinton Lions Tales".
↑ "Maryport".

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