1910–11 Lancashire Cup Explained

1910–11 Lancashire Cup
Structure:Regional knockout competition
Season Champs:Oldham
Season Champ Name:Winners
Second Place:Swinton
Prevseason Link:1909–10 Lancashire Cup
Prevseason Year:1909–10
Nextseason Link:1911–12 Lancashire Cup
Nextseason Year:1911–12
No Of Teams:12

The 1910 Lancashire Cup was the sixth year of the regional rugby league competition and once again a previous winner captured the trophy. The cup was won by Oldham who beat Swinton in the final at Wheater's Field, Broughton, Salford, by a score of 4–3. The attendance at the final was 14,000 and receipts £418.

Background

For the fourth year in succession the same 12 clubs entered and 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

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1Sat 22 October 1910Barrow17-11LeighCavendish Park
2Sat 22 October 1910Broughton Rangers11-2RuncornWheater's Field
3Sat 22 October 1910St. Helens5-11Rochdale HornetsKnowsley Road[2]
4Sat 22 October 1910Wigan6-10Widnes VikingsCentral Park[3] [4]
5Swintonbye
6Warringtonbye[5]
7Salfordbye
8Oldhambye

Round 2 – quarterfinals

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1Sat 5 November 1910Barrow0-0Rochdale HornetsCavendish Park
2Sat 5 November 1910Broughton Rangers2-10SwintonWheater's Field
3Sat 5 November 1910Warrington14-5SalfordWilderspool
4Sat 5 November 1910Widnes Vikings10-13OldhamNaughton Park
1Tue 8 November 1910Rochdale Hornets14-7BarrowAthletic Grounds

Round 3 – semifinals

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1Sat 19 November 1910Rochdale Hornets6-16OldhamAthletic Grounds
2Sat 19 November 1910Swinton10-0WarringtonChorley Road ground

Final

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Saturday 3 December 1910Oldham4-3SwintonWheater's Field14,000£4181[6]

Teams and scorers

width=280 abbr="Oldham"Oldhamwidth=60 abbr="Number"No.width=280 abbr="Swinton"Swinton
Teams
Alf Wood1Eddie Griffiths
George Smith2Tommy Gartrell
Sid Deane3Albert Valentine
George Cook4Jack Parker
Billy Dixon5Albert Morris
Tom White6Jimmy Fairhurst
EA Anlezark7Dai Davies (c)
Jim Wright8Jim Blears
Joe Ferguson9Dan Davies
Arthur Smith10Bill Preston
Billy Jardine11Jack Bailey
Tom McCabe12David B. Davies
Albert Avery13Tom McVeigh
4score3
4HT3
Scorers
Tries
TTommy Gartrell (1)
T
Goals
Alf WoodG
Joe FergusonG
Drop Goals
Joe FergusonDG
Referee
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Scoring - Try = three (3) points - Goal = two (2) points - Drop goal = two (2) points

The road to success

Notes and comments

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Rugby League Project.
  2. Web site: Saints Heritage Society - History - Season 1910–1911.
  3. Web site: Wigan "Cherry and White" archived results.
  4. Web site: Widnes Vikings - History - Season In Review - 1910–11.
  5. Web site: Warrington Wolves - Results Archive - 1910.
  6. Book: Raymond Fletcher and David Howes. Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook 1991-1992. 1991. Queen Anne Press. 0 35617852 8.