The 1927–28 Lancashire Cup competition was the 20th competition in the history of this regional rugby league event and the final was a repeat of the 1925–26 Lancashire Cup Final, with Swinton beating Wigan by 5–2. The match was played at Watersheddings, Oldham. The attendance was 22,000 and receipts £1,275.
| 1927–28 Lancashire Cup | |
|---|---|
| Structure | Regional knockout competition |
| Teams | 13 |
| Champions | Swinton |
| Runners-up | Wigan |
Background
editThe number of teams entering this year's competition dropped back to 13 due to no amateur participation. This resulted in the competition running with 3 byes in the first round.
Competition and results
editRound 1
editInvolved 5 matches (with three byes) and 13 clubs
| Game No | Fixture date | Home team | Score | Away team | Venue | Att | Rec | Notes | Ref | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sat 8 October 1927 | Oldham | 20–9 | Wigan Highfield | Watersheddings | ||||||
| 2 | Sat 8 October 1927 | St Helens Recs | 41–5 | Broughton Rangers | City Road | ||||||
| 3 | Sat 8 October 1927 | St. Helens | 7–13 | Swinton | Knowsley Road | 15,000 | [2] | ||||
| 4 | Sat 8 October 1927 | Widnes | 10–8 | Rochdale Hornets | Lowerhouse Lane | [3] | |||||
| 5 | Sat 8 October 1927 | Wigan | 21–8 | Leigh | Central Park | [4] | |||||
| 6 | Salford | bye | |||||||||
| 7 | Barrow | bye | |||||||||
| 8 | Warrington | bye | [5] |
Round 2 – quarterfinals
edit| Game No | Fixture date | Home team | Score | Away team | Venue | Att | Rec | Notes | Ref | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mon 17 October 1927 | Salford | 0–0 | Barrow | The Willows | ||||||
| 2 | Mon 17 October 1927 | Warrington | 16–2 | Widnes | Wilderspool | [3][5] | |||||
| 3 | Wed 19 October 1927 | St Helens Recs | 7–10 | Wigan | City Road | [4] | |||||
| 4 | Wed 19 October 1927 | Swinton | 18–9 | Oldham | Chorley Road ground | 8,000 | |||||
| Replay | |||||||||||
| 5 | Thu 20 October 1927 | Barrow | 2–5 | Salford | Little Park, Roose | ||||||
Round 3 – semifinals
edit| Game No | Fixture date | Home team | Score | Away team | Venue | Att | Rec | Notes | Ref | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wed 2 November 1927 | Swinton | 10–3 | Salford | Chorley Road ground | 7,000 | |||||
| 2 | Wed 2 November 1927 | Wigan | 12–5 | Warrington | Central Park | [4][5] |
Final
edit| Game No | Fixture date | Home team | Score | Away team | Venue | Att | Rec | Notes | Ref | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saturday 19 November 1927 | Swinton | 5–2 | Wigan | Watersheddings | 22,000 | £1,275 | 1 | [4][6] |
Teams and scorers
edit| Swinton | № | Wigan[4] |
|---|---|---|
| teams | ||
| Jack Pearson | 1 | Jim Sullivan |
| Frank Evans | 2 | |
| Hector Halsall (c) | 3 | |
| Jack Evans | 4 | |
| Chris Brockbank | 5 | |
| Billo Rees | 6 | |
| Bryn Evans | 7 | |
| Miller Strong | 8 | |
| Henry Blewer | 9 | |
| Bert Morris | 10 | |
| Martin Hodgson | 11 | |
| Dick Cracknell | 12 | |
| Fred Beswick | 13 | |
| 5 | score | 2 |
| 5 | HT | 0 |
| Scorers | ||
| Tries | ||
| Fred Beswick (1) | T | |
| Goals | ||
| Bert Morris (1) | G | Jim Sullivan (1) |
| Drop Goals | ||
| DG | ||
| Referee | ||
Scoring – Try = three (3) points – Goal = two (2) points – Drop goal = two (2) points
The road to success
edit| First round | Second round | Semifinals | Final | ||||||||||||||||
| St. Helens | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Swinton | 13 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Swinton | 18 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Oldham | 9 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Oldham | 20 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Wigan Highfield | 9 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Swinton | 10 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Salford | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Salford | |||||||||||||||||||
| bye | |||||||||||||||||||
| Salford | 0(5) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Barrow | 0(2) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Barrow | |||||||||||||||||||
| bye | |||||||||||||||||||
| Swinton | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Wigan | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||
| St Helens Recs | 41 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Broughton Rangers | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||
| St Helens Recs | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Wigan | 10 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Wigan | 21 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Leigh | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Wigan | 12 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Warrington | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Warrington | |||||||||||||||||||
| bye | |||||||||||||||||||
| Warrington | 16 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Widnes | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Widnes | 10 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Rochdale Hornets | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||
See also
editNotes
edit- 1 Watersheddings was the home ground of Oldham from 1889 to 1997. The ground, at one time, also housed a greyhound track.
References
edit- ^ "Rugby League Project".
- ^ "Saints Heritage Society – History – Season 1927–28".
- ^ a b "Widnes Vikings – History – Season In Review – 1927–28".
- ^ a b c d e "Wigan "Cherry and White" archived results".
- ^ a b c "Warrington Wolves – Results Archive – 1927".
- ^ Raymond Fletcher and David Howes (1991). Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook 1991–1992. Queen Anne Press. ISBN 0 35617852 8.