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
Round 2 – quarterfinals
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 19 November 1910 | Rochdale Hornets | | 6-16 | | Oldham | Athletic Grounds | | | | |
2 | Sat 19 November 1910 | Swinton | | 10-0 | | Warrington | Chorley Road ground | | | | | |
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 3 December 1910 | Oldham | | 4-3 | | Swinton | Wheater's Field | 14,000 | £418 | 1 | [6] | |
Teams and scorers
width=280 abbr="Oldham" | Oldham | width=60 abbr="Number" | No. | width=280 abbr="Swinton" | Swinton |
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| Teams | |
Alf Wood | 1 | Eddie Griffiths |
George Smith | 2 | Tommy Gartrell |
Sid Deane | 3 | Albert Valentine |
George Cook | 4 | Jack Parker |
Billy Dixon | 5 | Albert Morris |
Tom White | 6 | Jimmy Fairhurst |
EA Anlezark | 7 | Dai Davies (c) |
Jim Wright | 8 | Jim Blears |
Joe Ferguson | 9 | Dan Davies |
Arthur Smith | 10 | Bill Preston |
Billy Jardine | 11 | Jack Bailey |
Tom McCabe | 12 | David B. Davies |
Albert Avery | 13 | Tom McVeigh |
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4 | score | 3 |
4 | HT | 3 |
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| Scorers | |
| Tries | |
| T | Tommy Gartrell (1) |
| T | | |
| Goals | |
Alf Wood | G | | |
Joe Ferguson | G | | |
| Drop Goals | |
Joe Ferguson | DG | | |
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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
- Web site: Rugby League Project.
- Web site: Saints Heritage Society - History - Season 1910–1911.
- Web site: Wigan "Cherry and White" archived results.
- Web site: Widnes Vikings - History - Season In Review - 1910–11.
- Web site: Warrington Wolves - Results Archive - 1910.
- Book: Raymond Fletcher and David Howes. Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook 1991-1992. 1991. Queen Anne Press. 0 35617852 8.