| 1923–24 Lancashire Cup | |
| Structure: | Regional knockout competition |
| Season Champs: | St Helens Recs |
| Season Champ Name: | Winners |
| Second Place: | Swinton |
| Prevseason Link: | 1922 Lancashire Cup |
| Prevseason Year: | 1922–23 |
| Nextseason Link: | 1924 Lancashire Cup |
| Nextseason Year: | 1924–25 |
| No Of Teams: | 13 |
The 1923–24 Lancashire Cup competition was the sixteenth competition in the regional Lancashire Cup tournament. The trophy was won by St Helens Recs who beat Swinton in the final at Central Park, Wigan, by a score of 17–0. The attendance was a new record for the competition final at the time, being 25,656 and receipts £1,450. The triumph by St Helens Recs was the first time the club had won the competition and also the first time that winning club were not one of the original clubs who formed the Northern Union.
The number of teams entering this year's competition remained at 13, with again no junior/amateur team being admitted. This resulted in 3 byes in the first round.
The quarter-final match between Warrington and Widnes took three matches to finally decide, the second replay being held at Central Park.
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 | ||
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| 1 | Sat 13 October 1923 | Rochdale Hornets | 7–3 | Wigan Highfield | Athletic Grounds | ||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Sat 13 October 1923 | St. Helens | 5–0 | Salford | Knowsley Road | [2] | |||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Sat 13 October 1923 | Warrington | 15–2 | Barrow | Wilderspool | [3] | |||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Sat 13 October 1923 | Widnes | 5–3 | Leigh | Lowerhouse Lane | [4] | |||||||||||||||||
| 5 | Sat 13 October 1923 | Wigan | 11–6 | Broughton Rangers | Central Park | [5] | |||||||||||||||||
| 6 | Oldham | bye | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 7 | St Helens Recs | bye | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 8 | Swinton | bye |
| 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 27 October 1923 | Oldham | 15–5 | Wigan | Watersheddings | ||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Sat 27 October 1923 | St Helens Recs | 21–0 | Rochdale Hornets | City Road | ||||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Sat 27 October 1923 | St. Helens | 5–5 | Swinton | Knowsley Road | ||||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Sat 27 October 1923 | Warrington | 6–6 | Widnes | Wilderspool | ||||||||||||||||||
| 1st Replays | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 5 | Wed 31 October 1923 | Swinton | 21–8 | St. Helens | Chorley Road ground | ||||||||||||||||||
| 6 | Thu 1 November 1923 | Widnes | 5–5 | Warrington | Lowerhouse Lane | ||||||||||||||||||
| 2nd Replay | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 7 | Mon 5 November 1923 | Warrington | 13–2 | Widnes | 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 10 November 1923 | St Helens Recs | 13–11 | Oldham | City Road | ||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Sat 10 November 1923 | Swinton | 19–7 | Warrington | Chorley Road ground | 14,000 |
| 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 24 November 1923 | St Helens Recs | 17–0 | Swinton | Central Park | 25,656 | £1,450 | 1 | [6] |
| width=280 abbr="St H Recs" | St Helens Recs | width=60 abbr="Number" | № | width=280 abbr="Swinton" | Swinton |
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| teams | |||||
| Tommy Dingsdale | 1 | Frank Pearson | |||
| J. Gormley | 2 | Frank Evans (rugby) | Frank Evans | ||
| Jim Owen | 3 | Hector Halsall (c) | |||
| J. Pyke | 4 | Jack Evans | |||
| Joe Mc Comas | 5 | Chris Brockbank | |||
| Fred Halton | 6 | Albert Jenkins | |||
| Johnny Greenall (c) | 7 | Bryn Evans | |||
| R. Ramsdale | 8 | Miller Strong | |||
| J. Hughes | 9 | Henry Blewer | |||
| Harry Grundy | 10 | Harold Worsley | |||
| Tommy Smith | 11 | Harry Powell | |||
| Albert Fildes | 12 | Tom McCormick | |||
| Billy Mulvanney | 13 | Stan Howarth | |||
| J. Bate (reserve to travel) | 14 | ||||
| F. Leyland (reserve to travel) | 15 | ||||
| 17 | score | 0 | |||
| 4 | HT | 0 | |||
| Scorers | |||||
| Tries | |||||
| Owen, Pyke, Greenall | T | ||||
| T | |||||
| T | |||||
| T | |||||
| Goals | |||||
| Pyke (2), Dingsdale (1) | G | ||||
| G | |||||
| Drop Goals | |||||
| DG | |||||
| Referee | |||||