1907–08 Lancashire Cup Explained
1907–08 Lancashire Cup |
Structure: | Regional knockout competition |
Season Champs: | Oldham |
Season Champ Name: | Winners |
Second Place: | Broughton Rangers |
Prevseason Link: | 1906 Lancashire Cup |
Prevseason Year: | 1906–07 |
Nextseason Link: | 1908 Lancashire Cup |
Nextseason Year: | 1908–09 |
No Of Teams: | 12 |
The 1907–08 Lancashire Cup was the third year for this regional rugby league competition and saw its third different winner. The cup was won by Oldham, who beat the previous year's winners, Broughton Rangers, at The Athletic Grounds, Rochdale by a score of 16–9. The attendance for the final was 14,000 and receipts £340.
The venue was the third different venue used in the three years which the competition had run.
Background
For this season's competition, with the loss of Wigan Highfield, there were now only 12 semi-professional clubs, and with no junior team involved, this led to there being four clubs awarded byes in the first round
Competition and results
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Round 1
Involved 4 matches (with four byes) and 12 Clubs
Round 2 - Quarterfinals
width=20 abbr="No" | Game No | width=100 abbr="Date" | Fixture date | width=150 abbr="Home team" | Home team | width=5 abbr="space" | | width=20 abbr="Score" | Score | width=5 abbr="space" | | width=150 abbr="Away team" | Away team | width=150 abbr="Venue" | Venue | width=30 abbr="Att" | Att | width=30 abbr="Rec" | Rec | width=20 abbr="Notes" | Notes | width=30 abbr="Ref" | Ref |
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1 | Sat 26 October 1907 | Leigh | | 13-11 | | Warrington | Mather Lane | | | | |
2 | Sat 26 October 1907 | Oldham | | 13-0 | | Swinton | Watersheddings | | | | |
3 | Sat 26 October 1907 | Salford | | 10-8 | | Wigan | The Willows | | | | |
4 | Sat 26 October 1907 | Widnes | | 0-14 | | Broughton Rangers | Lowerhouse Lane | | | | |
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Round 3 – semifinals
width=20 abbr="No" | Game No | width=100 abbr="Date" | Fixture date | width=150 abbr="Home team" | Home team | width=5 abbr="space" | | width=20 abbr="Score" | Score | width=5 abbr="space" | | width=150 abbr="Away team" | Away team | width=150 abbr="Venue" | Venue | width=30 abbr="Att" | Att | width=30 abbr="Rec" | Rec | width=20 abbr="Notes" | Notes | width=30 abbr="Ref" | Ref |
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1 | Sat 16 November 1907 | Leigh | | 8-26 | | Broughton Rangers | Mather Lane | | | | |
2 | Sat 16 November 1907 | Salford | | 7-8 | | Oldham | The Willows | | | | | |
Final
width=20 abbr="No" | Game No | width=100 abbr="Date" | Fixture date | width=150 abbr="Home team" | Home team | width=5 abbr="space" | | width=20 abbr="Score" | Score | width=5 abbr="space" | | width=150 abbr="Away team" | Away team | width=150 abbr="Venue" | Venue | width=45 abbr="Att" | Att | width=60 abbr="Rec" | Rec | width=20 abbr="Notes" | Notes | width=30 abbr="Ref" | Ref |
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| Saturday 30 November 1907 | Oldham | | 16-9 | | Broughton Rangers | Athletic Grounds | 14000 | £340 | | [6] | |
Teams and scorers
width=280 abbr="Oldham" | Oldham | width=60 abbr="Number" | No. | width=280 abbr="Broughton R" | Broughton Rangers |
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| Teams | |
Dicky Thomas | 1 | Billy Barlow |
George Tyson | 2 | | Billy Harris |
Billy Dixon | 3 | | Andy Hogg |
Tom Llewellyn | 4 | | Bob Wilson |
Arthur Oldershaw | 5 | | Jack Flynn |
Tom White | 6 | | Sam James |
David Benyon | 7 | | Horton |
Joe Ferguson | 8 | | George Ruddick |
Bert Avery | 9 | | Jack Beetham |
Arthur Smith | 10 | | J. Grainey |
Billy Longworth | 11 | | Jim Clampitt |
Harry Topham | 12 | | C.J. Darlison |
Joe Wilkinson | 13 | | Mottram |
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16 | score | 9 |
8 | HT | 3 |
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| Scorers | |
Tom Llewellyn | Tries | |
Arthur Oldershaw | T | Andy Hogg |
Joe Ferguson, Arthur Smith | T | | |
| Goals | |
Joe Ferguson (2) | G | | Billy Barlow (3) |
| Drop Goals | |
| DG | | |
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| Referee | | H. Farrar (Keighley) |
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Scoring - Try = three (3) points - Goal = two (2) points - Drop goal = two (2) points
The road to success
See also
References
- Book: Saxton . Irvin . History of Rugby League: No.13 1907–1908. League Publications . 9.
External links
Notes and References
- Web site: Rugby League Project.
- Web site: Warrington Wolves - Results Archive - 1907.
- Web site: Saints Heritage Society - History - Season 1896-97.
- Web site: Wigan "Cherry and White" archived results.
- Web site: Widnes Vikings - History - Season In Review - 1907–08.
- Book: Raymond Fletcher and David Howes. Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook 1991-1992. 1991. Queen Anne Press. 0 35617852 8.