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1967–68 Lancashire Cup

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1967–68 was the fifty-fifth occasion on which the Lancashire Cup completion had been held.
In the final, held on Saturday 7 October at Central Park, Wigan, (historically in the county of Lancashire), St. Helens drew 2–2 with Warrington. At half-time Warrington were leading St Helens by 2–0.
The attendance at this match was 16,897, receipts were £3,886, and the half time score 0–2.

1967–68 Lancashire Cup
StructureRegional knockout championship
Teams14
WinnersSt. Helens
Runners-upWarrington

In the replay held eight weeks later on 2 December, St. Helens won the trophy by beating Warrington by the score of 13–10.
The replay was held at Station Road, Pendlebury, Lancashire) and the halftime score was 3–3.
The attendance at the replay was only 7,577 and receipts were £2,485-0-0.
This was the first of two consecutive Lancashire Cup final wins for St. Helens, and what is more, the sixth of the seven occasions on which the club will win the trophy in the successive nine years.

Background edit

The total number of teams entering the competition remained the same at 14.
The same fixture format was retained, and due to the number of clubs this resulted in no bye but one "blank" or "dummy" fixture in the first round, and one bye in the second round

Competition and results edit

[1]

Round 1 edit

Involved 7 matches (with no bye but one "blank" fixture) and 14 clubs

Game No Fixture date Home team Score Away team Venue Att Rec Notes Ref
1 Fri 18 Aug 1967 St. Helens 7-4 Rochdale Hornets Knowsley Road 6,000 [2]
2 Fri 18 Aug 1967 Widnes 9-12 Swinton Naughton Park [3]
3 Sat 19 Aug 1967 Oldham 17-11 Leigh Watersheddings
4 Sat 19 Aug 1967 Warrington 17-10 Blackpool Borough Wilderspool [4]
5 Sat 19 Aug 1967 Whitehaven 10-13 Liverpool City Recreation Ground
6 Sat 19 Aug 1967 Wigan 14-18 Salford Central Park [5]
7 Sat 19 Aug 1967 Workington Town 35-6 Barrow Derwent Park
8 blank blank

Round 2 - Quarter-finals edit

Involved 3 matches (with one bye) and 7 clubs

Game No Fixture date Home team Score Away team Venue Att Rec Notes Ref
1 Mon 04 Sep 1967 Workington Town 33-0 Salford Derwent Park
2 Wed 06 Sep 1967 Warrington 14-5 Liverpool City Wilderspool [4]
3 Thu 07 Sep 1967 Swinton 11-8 Oldham Station Road
4 St. Helens bye [2]

Round 3 – Semi-finals edit

Involved 2 matches and 4 clubs

Game No Fixture date Home team Score Away team Venue Att Rec Notes Ref
1 Sat 16 Sep 1967 Workington Town 13-23 Warrington Derwent Park [4]
2 Tue 19 Sep 1967 Swinton 8-12 St. Helens Station Road 10,733 [2]

Final edit

Game No Fixture date Home team Score Away team Venue Att Rec Notes Ref
Saturday 7 October 1967 St. Helens 2-2 Warrington Central Park 16,897 £3,886 1 [2][4][6]

Final – Replay edit

Game No Fixture date Home team Score Away team Venue Att Rec Notes Ref
Saturday 2 December 1967 St. Helens 13-10 Warrington Station Road 7,577 £2485-0-0 2 [2][4][6]

Teams and scorers edit

St. Helens No. Warrington
teams
Frank Barrow[1] 1 Keith Affleck[2] Archived 23 February 2015 at the Wayback Machine
Tom van Vollenhoven 2 John Coupe[3] Archived 23 February 2015 at the Wayback Machine
Billy Benyon 3 Jackie Melling[4]
Alan Whittle 4 Peter Harvey[5] Archived 23 February 2015 at the Wayback Machine
Tony Barrow[6] 5 Brian Glover[7]
Peter Douglas[8] 6 Willie Aspinall
Tommy Bishop 7 Parry Gordon
John Warlow 8 Keith Ashcroft
Bill Sayer 9 Dave Harrison[9] Archived 23 February 2015 at the Wayback Machine
Cliff Watson 10 Brian Brady[10] Archived 23 February 2015 at the Wayback Machine
Brian Hogan 11 Ken Parr
John Mantle 12 Barry Briggs[11] Archived 23 February 2015 at the Wayback Machine
Kel Coslett 13 Ray Clarke[12] Archived 23 February 2015 at the Wayback Machine
Peter Gartland[13] 14 Joe Pickavance[14] (for Peter Harvey)
Tony Karalius 15 ?
2 score 2
0 HT 2
Scorers
Goals
Kel Coslett (1) G
Drop Goals
DG Willie Aspinall (1)
Referee G. Fred Lindop (Wakefield)
Replay Replay Replay
Frank Barrow[15] 1 Tommy Conroy[16] Archived 23 February 2015 at the Wayback Machine
Tom van Vollenhoven 2 John Coupe[17] Archived 23 February 2015 at the Wayback Machine
Wilf Smith[18] 3 Jackie Melling[19]
Billy Benyon 4 Bill Allen[20] Archived 23 February 2015 at the Wayback Machine
Les Jones 5 Brian Glover[21]
Peter Douglas[22] 6 Tony Scahill[23] Archived 23 February 2015 at the Wayback Machine
Tommy Bishop 7 Parry Gordon
John Warlow 8 Keith Ashcroft
Bill Sayer 9 Dave Harrison[24] Archived 23 February 2015 at the Wayback Machine
Cliff Watson 10 Joe Price[25] Archived 23 February 2015 at the Wayback Machine
Eric Chisnall 11 Barry Briggs[26] Archived 23 February 2015 at the Wayback Machine
Kel Coslett 12 Ken Parr
John Houghton[27] (for Peter Douglas) 13 Ray Clarke[28] Archived 23 February 2015 at the Wayback Machine
14
15
Cliff Evans Coach Joe Egan
13 score 10
3 HT 3
Scorers
Tries
Les Jones (1) T Jackie Melling (1)
John Warlow (1) T Parry Gordon (1)
Eric Chisnall (1) T
Goals
John Houghton (2) T Bill Allen (2)
Referee G. Fred Lindop (Wakefield) 
- Try = three (3) points - Goal = two (2) points - Drop goal = two (2) points

[2][6]

The road to success edit

First round Second round Semi-finals Final
            
Widnes 9
Swinton 12
Swinton 11
Oldham 8
Oldham 17
Leigh 11
Swinton 8
St. Helens 12
St. Helens 7
Rochdale Hornets 4
St. Helens
bye
blank
blank
St. Helens 2-13
Warrington 2-10
Workington Town 35
Barrow 6
Workington Town 33
Salford 0
Wigan 14
Salford 18
Workington Town 13
Warrington 23
Warrington 17
Blackpool Borough 10
Warrington 14
Liverpool City 5
Whitehaven 10
Liverpool City 13

Notes and comments edit

1 * 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
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

  1. ^ "Rugby League Project".
  2. ^ a b c d e f "Saints Heritage Society - History - Season 1896-97".
  3. ^ "Widnes Vikings - History - Season In Review - 1896-97".
  4. ^ a b c d e "Warrington Wolves - Results Archive - 1897". Archived from the original on 6 July 2010.
  5. ^ "Wigan "Cherry and White" archived results". Archived from the original on 21 February 2014. Retrieved 15 February 2014.
  6. ^ a b c Raymond Fletcher and David Howes (1991). Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook 1991-100. Queen Anne Press. ISBN 0 35617852 8.

External links edit

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