The 1930–31 Lancashire Cup was the twenty-third occasion on which the Lancashire Cup competition had been held. St Helens Recs won the trophy by beating Wigan in the final by the score of 5–4.
| 1930–31 Lancashire Cup | |
|---|---|
| Structure | Regional knockout championship |
| Teams | 13 |
| Winners | St Helens Recs |
| Runners-up | Wigan |
Competition and results edit
The number of teams entering this year's competition remained at 13 which resulted in 3 byes in the first round.[1]
Round 1 edit
Involved 5 matches (with three byes) and 13 clubs
| Game No | Fixture date | Home team | Score | Away team | Venue | Att | Rec | Notes | Ref | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sat 11 Oct 1930 | Broughton Rangers | 12–7 | Wigan Highfield | The Cliff | ||||||
| 2 | Sat 11 Oct 1930 | Oldham | 7–2 | Salford | Watersheddings | ||||||
| 3 | Sat 11 Oct 1930 | Rochdale Hornets | 21–9 | Barrow | Athletic Grounds | ||||||
| 4 | Sat 11 Oct 1930 | Warrington | 2–10 | Swinton | Wilderspool | [2] | |||||
| 5 | Sat 11 Oct 1930 | Wigan | 24–7 | St. Helens | Central Park | [3][4] | |||||
| 6 | Leigh | bye | |||||||||
| 7 | St Helens Recs | bye | |||||||||
| 8 | Widnes | bye | [5] |
Round 2 – quarterfinals edit
Involved 4 matches and 8 clubs
| Game No | Fixture date | Home team | Score | Away team | Venue | Att | Rec | Notes | Ref | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tue 21 Oct 1930 | Rochdale Hornets | 3–25 | Oldham | Athletic Grounds | ||||||
| 2 | Wed 22 Oct 1930 | Broughton Rangers | 10–0 | Widnes | The Cliff | [5] | |||||
| 3 | Wed 22 Oct 1930 | Wigan | 14–9 | Swinton | Central Park | [3] | |||||
| 4 | Thu 23 October 1930 | St Helens Recs | 24–7 | Leigh | City Road |
Round 3 – semifinals edit
Involved 2 matches and 4 clubs
| Game No | Fixture date | Home team | Score | Away team | Venue | Att | Rec | Notes | Ref | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wed 05 Nov 1930 | Broughton Rangers | 0–9 | Wigan | The Cliff | 1 | [3] | ||||
| 2 | Thu 06 Nov 1930 | St Helens Recs | 6–4 | Oldham | City Road |
Final edit
The final was played at Station Road, Pendlebury, Salford, (historically in the county of Lancashire). The attendance was 16,710 and receipts were £1,030.
| Game No | Fixture date | Home team | Score | Away team | Venue | Att | Rec | Notes | Ref | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saturday 29 November 1930 | St Helens Recs | 18–3 | Wigan | Station Road | 16,710 | £1,030 | 2 | [3][6] |
Teams and scorers edit
| St Helens Recs | No. | Wigan |
|---|---|---|
| teams | ||
| Tommy Dingsdale | 1 | Jim Sullivan |
| J. Wilson | 2 | Johnny Ring |
| W. Bowen | 3 | Gwynne Davies |
| Alf Frodsham | 4 | Tommy Parker |
| Albert Bailey | 5 | Roy Kinnear |
| W. Greenhall | 6 | Frank Jones |
| P. Martin | 7 | Syd Abram |
| Oliver Dolan | 8 | Tom Beetham |
| George Highcock | 9 | Jack Bennett |
| Frank Bowen | 10 | Hal Jones |
| T. Smith | 11 | Wilf Hodder |
| Jennion | 12 | Len Mason |
| Billy Mulvanney | 13 | John Sherrington |
| 18 | score | 3 |
| 10 | HT | 0 |
| Scorers | ||
| Tries | ||
| Dingsdale | T | Johnny Ring |
| Bailey | T | |
| Jennion (2) | T | |
| Mulvanney | T | |
| Goals | ||
| Dingsdale (3) | G | |
| G | ||
| Drop Goals | ||
| DG | ||
| Referee | Bob Robinson (Bradford) | |
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 Recs | |||||||||||||||||||
| bye | |||||||||||||||||||
| St Helens Recs | 24 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Leigh | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Leigh | |||||||||||||||||||
| bye | |||||||||||||||||||
| St Helens Recs | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Oldham | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Rochdale Hornets | 21 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Barrow | 9 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Rochdale Hornets | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Oldham | 25 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Oldham | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Salford | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||
| St Helens Recs | 18 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Wigan | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Wigan | 24 | ||||||||||||||||||
| St. Helens | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Wigan | 14 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Swinton | 9 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Warrington | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Swinton | 10 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Wigan | 9 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Broughton Rangers | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Broughton Rangers | 12 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Wigan Highfield | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Broughton Rangers | 10 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Widnes | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Widnes | |||||||||||||||||||
| bye | |||||||||||||||||||
Notes edit
1 * RUGBYLEAGUEproject[1] shows Broughton Rangers as the home team with the match played at City Road but the official Wigan archives give Wigan as the home team playing at Central Park
2 * Station Road was the home ground of Swinton from 1929 to 1992 and at its peak was one of the finest rugby league grounds in the country and it boasted a capacity of 60,000. The actual record attendance was for the Challenge Cup semi-final on 7 April 1951 when 44,621 watched Wigan beat Warrington 3–2
See also edit
References edit
- ^ a b "Rugby League Project".
- ^ "Warrington Wolves – Results Archive – 1897". Archived from the original on 6 July 2010.
- ^ a b c d e "Wigan "Cherry and White" archived results".
- ^ "Saints Heritage Society – History – Season 1896–97".
- ^ a b "Widnes Vikings – History – Season In Review – 1896–97".
- ^ Raymond Fletcher and David Howes (1991). Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook 1991-100. Queen Anne Press. ISBN 0 35617852 8.