1928–29 Lancashire Cup Explained
1928–29 Lancashire Cup |
Structure: | Regional knockout competition |
Season Champs: | Wigan |
Season Champ Name: | Winners |
Second Place: | Widnes |
Prevseason Link: | 1927 Lancashire Cup |
Prevseason Year: | 1927–28 |
Nextseason Link: | 1929 Lancashire Cup |
Nextseason Year: | 1929–30 |
No Of Teams: | 13 |
The 1928–29 Lancashire Cup was the 21st running of this regional rugby league competition. Wigan took the trophy for the 6th time, by beating Widnes by 5–4 in the final played at Wilderspool, Warrington. The attendance was 19,000 and receipts £1,150.
Background
The number of teams entering this year's competition remained at 13 which resulted in 3 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
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 | Mon 22 October 1928 | Rochdale Hornets | | 2–15 | | Widnes | Athletic Grounds | | | | |
2 | Wed 24 October 1928 | Oldham | | 12–2 | | Salford | Watersheddings | | | | |
3 | Wed 24 October 1928 | Swinton | | 3–21 | | Wigan | Chorley Road ground | | | | |
4 | Wed 24 October 1928 | Warrington | | 14–11 | | St. Helens | Wilderspool | | | | | |
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 | Mon 5 November 1928 | Oldham | | 5–5 | | Wigan | Watersheddings | | | | |
2 | Thu 8 November 1928 | Widnes | | 25–5 | | Warrington | Lowerhouse Lane | | | | |
Replay |
1 | Wed 7 November 1928 | Wigan | | 21–0 | | Oldham | Central Park | | | | | |
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 24 November 1928 | Wigan | | 5–4 | | Widnes | Wilderspool | 19000 | £1,150 | 3 | [6] | |
Teams and scorers
Scoring – Try = three (3) points – Goal = two (2) points – Drop goal = two (2) points
The road to success
See also
Notes
- 1 This match was transferred to the neighbouring St Helens stadium due to the better facilities offered
- 2 The official Warrington archives give the score for the replayed match as 13–3 – the details given by "RUGBY LEAGUE projects"[1] show the score as 10–2
- 3 Watersheddings was the home ground of Oldham RLFC from 1889 to 1997
Notes and References
- Web site: Rugby League Project.
- Web site: Saints Heritage Society – History – Season 1928–1929.
- Web site: Warrington Wolves – Results Archive – 1928.
- Web site: Widnes Vikings – History – Season In Review – 1928–29.
- 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.