| 1922–23 Lancashire Cup | |
| Structure: | Regional knockout competition |
| Season Champs: | Wigan |
| Season Champ Name: | Winners |
| Second Place: | Leigh |
| Prevseason Link: | 1921 Lancashire Cup |
| Prevseason Year: | 1921–22 |
| Nextseason Link: | 1923 Lancashire Cup |
| Nextseason Year: | 1923–24 |
| No Of Teams: | 13 |
The 1922–23 Lancashire Cup was the fifteenth staging of this regional rugby league competition. The trophy was won again by Wigan who beat local rivals Leigh in the final at The Willows, Salford, by a score of 20–2. The attendance at the final was 15,000 and receipts £1,200 (based on increases in average earnings, this would be approximately £232,200 in 2018).[1]
The number of teams entering this year's competition was reduced by one to 13. Wigan Highfield continued to participate, but now as full league members after joining the league. Askam who had played in the previous two tournaments were not invited to take part this year and no other junior/amateur club was invited to take part. With 13 teams, 3 teams were given byes in the first round.
Involved 5 matches (with three byes) and 13 clubs
| 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 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sat 14 October 1922 | Barrow | 5–14 | Swinton | Little Park, Roose | ||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Sat 14 October 1922 | Rochdale Hornets | 2–5 | Wigan | Athletic Grounds | [3] | |||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Sat 14 October 1922 | St. Helens | 25–8 | Salford | Knowsley Road | [4] | |||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Sat 14 October 1922 | Warrington | 8–5 | Broughton Rangers | Wilderspool | [5] | |||||||||||||||||
| 5 | Sat 14 October 1922 | Wigan Highfield | 0–0 | Oldham | Tunstall Lane | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| 6 | St Helens Recs | bye | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 7 | Leigh | bye | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 8 | Widnes | bye | [6] | ||||||||||||||||||||
| colspan-9 | Replay | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 9 | Mon 16 October 1922 | Oldham | 20–5 | Wigan Highfield | Watersheddings |
| 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 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sat 28 October 1922 | Leigh | 13–8 | Oldham | Mather Lane | ||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Sat 28 October 1922 | St. Helens | 4–17 | Warrington | Knowsley Road | ||||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Sat 28 October 1922 | Widnes | 7–0 | Swinton | Lowerhouse Lane | ||||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Sat 28 October 1922 | Wigan | 14–3 | St Helens Recs | Central Park |
| 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 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sat 11 November 1922 | Leigh | 5–2 | Widnes | Mather Lane | ||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Sat 11 November 1922 | Warrington | 2–8 | Wigan | Wilderspool |
| 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 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saturday 25 November 1922 | Wigan | 20–2 | Leigh | The Willows | 15000 | £1,200–0–0 | 2 | [7] |
| width=280 abbr="Wigan" | Wigan | width=60 abbr="Number" | No. | width=280 abbr="Leigh" | Leigh |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Teams | |||||
| Jim Sullivan | 1 | Tommy Clarkson | |||
| Danny Hurcombe | 2 | Abe Johnson | |||
| Jerry Shea | 3 | Wyndham Emery | |||
| Tommy Howley | 4 | Emlyn Thomas | |||
| Johnny Ring | 5 | Reg Taylor | |||
| George Owens | 6 | Bert Ganley | |||
| Syd Jerram | 7 | Walter Mooney (c) | |||
| Wilf Hodder | 8 | Jim Winstanley | |||
| Tom Woods | 9 | Joe Cartwright | |||
| Bert Webster | 10 | Albert Worrall | |||
| Percy Coldrick | 11 | Dai Davies | |||
| Harry Banks | 12 | Jack Armstrong | |||
| Fred Roffey | 13 | Ernie Boardman | |||
| 20 | score | 2 | |||
| 13 | HT | 2 | |||
| Scorers | |||||
| Tries | |||||
| Bert Webster (2) | T | ||||
| Tommy Howley] (1) | T | ||||
| Johnny Ring (1) | T | ||||
| Goals | |||||
| Jim Sullivan(4) | G | Walter Mooney (1) | |||
| Referee | |||||