1984–85 Lancashire Cup

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1984–85 was the seventy-second occasion on which the Lancashire Cup completion had been held.

1984–85 Lancashire Cup
StructureRegional knockout championship
Teams16
WinnersSt. Helens
Runners-upWigan

St. Helens won the trophy by beating Wigan by the score of 26–18.

The match was played at Central Park, Wigan, (historically in the county of Lancashire). The attendance was 26,074 and receipts were £6,2139.00

This was the first time in over twenty years that the attendance exceeded 20,000, and it would continue around this level for the next four seasons. The receipts climbed from last year's near-record £13,160.00 to £62,139.

Background

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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.

Competition and results

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Round 1

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Involved 8 matches (with no byes) and 16 clubs

Game No Fixture Date Home Team Score Away Team Venue Att Rec Notes Ref
1 Fri 14 Sep 1984 St. Helens 58-14 Huyton Knowsley Road 2766 [3]
2 Sun 16 Sep 1984 Barrow 38-4 Carlisle Craven Park 2563
3 Sun 16 Sep 1984 Fulham 18-25 Swinton Station Road 1545 1
4 Sun 16 Sep 1984 Leigh 22-14 Warrington Hilton Park 5500 [4]
5 Sun 16 Sep 1984 Oldham 26-32 Blackpool Borough Watersheddings 3366
6 Sun 16 Sep 1984 Salford 19-14 Whitehaven The Willows 1700
7 Sun 16 Sep 1984 Wigan 28-8 Widnes Central Park 10117 [5][6]
8 Sun 16 Sep 1984 Workington Town 0-11 Rochdale Hornets Derwent Park 659

Round 2 - Quarter-finals

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Involved 4 matches and 8 clubs

Game No Fixture Date Home Team Score Away Team Venue Att Rec Notes Ref
1 Wed 26 Sep 1984 Barrow 10-26 St. Helens Craven Park 5573 [3]
2 Wed 26 Sep 1984 Rochdale Hornets 10-22 Leigh Athletic Grounds 2189
3 Wed 26 Sep 1984 Swinton 6-32 Wigan Station Road 6589 [5]
4 Thu 27 Sep 1984 Salford 15-6 Blackpool Borough The Willows 1917

Round 3 – Semi-finals

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Involved 2 matches and 4 clubs

Game No Fixture Date Home Team Score Away Team Venue Att Rec Notes Ref
1 Wed 10 Oct 1984 St. Helens 31-10 Leigh Knowsley Road 9282
2 Wed 10 Oct 1984 Salford 8-19 Wigan The Willows 7492 [5]

Final

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Game No Fixture Date Home Team Score Away Team Venue Att Rec Notes Ref
Sunday 28 October 1984 St. Helens 26-18 Wigan Central Park 26074 62139 2 3 [5][3][7]

Teams and scorers

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St. Helens No. Wigan
teams
Phil Veivers 1 Shaun Edwards
Barry Ledger 2 John Ferguson
Shaun Allen 3 David Stephenson
Mal Meninga 4 Colin Whitfield
Sean Day[1] 5 Henderson Gill
Chris Arkwright 6 Mark Cannon[2]
Neil Holding 7 Jimmy Fairhurst[3]
Tony Burke[4] 8 Neil Courtney
Graham Liptrot 9 Nicky Kiss
Peter Gorley 10 Brian Case
Andy Platt 11 Graeme West
Paul Round 12 Shaun Wane
Harry Pinner 13 Ian Potter
Johnny Smith[5] (not used) 14 John Pendlebury (for Henderson Gill 64min)
Roy Haggerty (for Phil Veivers 23min) 15 ?
Billy Benyon Coach Colin Clark and Alan McInnes
26 score 18
24 HT 2
Scorers
Tries
Mal Meninga (2) T Henderson Gill (1)
Roy Haggerty (1) T Graeme West (1)
Sean Day (1) T Nicky Kiss (1)
Goals
Sean Day (5) G Colin Whitfield (3)
Referee Ronnie Campbell (Widnes)
Man of the match Mal Meninga - St Helens - Centre
sponsored by Burtonwood Brewery
Competition Sponsor Forshaws (Burtonwood Brewery Co Ltd)

Scoring - Try = four points - Goal = two points - Drop goal = one point

The road to success

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First round Second round Semi-finals Final
            
Barrow 38
Carlisle 4
Barrow 10
St. Helens 26
St. Helens 58
Huyton 14
St. Helens 31
Leigh 10
Workington Town 0
Rochdale Hornets 11
Rochdale Hornets 10
Leigh 22
Leigh 22
Warrington 14
St. Helens 26
Wigan 18
Salford 19
Whitehaven 14
Salford 15
Blackpool Borough 6
Oldham 26
Blackpool Borough 32
Salford 8
Wigan 19
Fulham 18
Swinton 25
Swinton 6
Wigan 32
Wigan 28
Widnes 8

Notes and comments

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1 * Fulham did not have a home ground for this season and were very nomadic. This match played at Station Road
2 * Wigan won the coin toss for the home advantage after neither they nor St. Helens wanted to play at the chosen venue, Wilderspool, due to the low capacity 3 * 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

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Rugby League Project".
  2. ^ Jack Winstanley & Malcolm Ryding (1991). John Player Yearbook 1975-76. Queen Anne Press.
  3. ^ a b c d "Saints Heritage Society - History - Season 1896-97".
  4. ^ "Warrington Wolves - Results Archive - 1897". Archived from the original on 2 February 2014.
  5. ^ a b c d e "Wigan "Cherry and White" archived results". Archived from the original on 21 February 2014. Retrieved 16 February 2014.
  6. ^ "Widnes Vikings - History - Season In Review - 1896-97".
  7. ^ a b Raymond Fletcher and David Howes (1991). Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook 1991-100. Queen Anne Press. ISBN 0 35617852 8.
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