1911–12 Lancashire Cup Explained
1911 Lancashire Cup |
Structure: | Regional knockout competition |
Season Champs: | Rochdale Hornets |
Season Champ Name: | Winners |
Second Place: | Oldham |
Prevseason Link: | 1910 Lancashire Cup |
Prevseason Year: | 1910 |
Nextseason Link: | 1912 Lancashire Cup |
Nextseason Year: | 1912 |
No Of Teams: | 13 |
The 1911 Lancashire Cup was the seventh year of this regional rugby league competition. The winners of the trophy, for the first time, were Rochdale Hornets who beat local rivals Oldham in the final at Wheater's Field, Broughton, Salford, by a score of 12–5. The attendance at the final was 20,000 and receipts £630.
Background
The number of teams entering the competition was increased to 13 with the addition of recent newcomers Coventry. Although not a Lancashire club Coventry and were invited to play to increase the number of games played (the previous year they had played in the Yorkshire Cup on the same basis).
With a total of entrants now at 13, there were only three byes in the first round.
Competition and results
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Round 1
Involved 5 matches (with three byes) and 13 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 18 November 1911 | Rochdale Hornets | | 8–8 | | Widnes | Athletic Grounds | | | | |
2 | Sat 18 November 1911 | Wigan | | 0–3 | | Oldham | Central Park | | | | |
Replay |
3 | Wed 22 November 1911 | Widnes | | 0–11 | | Rochdale Hornets | Lowerhouse Lane | | | | | |
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 2 December 1911 | Rochdale Hornets | | 12–5 | | Oldham | Wheater's Field | 20000 | £630–0–0 | 1 | [6] | |
Teams and scorers
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 1911–12.
- Web site: Widnes Vikings – History – Season In Review – 1911–1912.
- Web site: Warrington Wolves – Results Archive – 1911.
- Web site: Wigan "Cherry and White" archived results.
- Book: Raymond Fletcher and David Howes. Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook 1991–1992. 1991. Queen Anne Press. 0 35617852 8.