1933–34 Lancashire Cup Explained

1933–34 Lancashire Cup
Structure:Regional knockout championship
Season Champs:Oldham
Season Champ Name:Winners
Runner-Up Name:Runner-up
Second Place:St Helens Recs
Prevseason Link:1932 Lancashire Cup
Prevseason Year:1932–33
Nextseason Link:1934 Lancashire Cup
Nextseason Year:1934–35
No Of Teams:13

The 1933–34 Lancashire Cup was the twenty-sixth occasion on which the completion had been held. Oldham won the trophy by beating St Helens Recs by 12–0.

Background

The number of teams entering this year's competition remained at 13 and the same fixture format was retained. There was only one bye in the first round but now also a "blank" or "dummy" fixture. This also resulted in one bye in the second round.

Competition and results

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Round 1

Involved 6 matches (with one bye and one "blank" fixture) and 13 clubs

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1Sat 23 Sep 1933St Helens Recs5–2WarringtonCity Road[2]
2Sat 30 Sep 1933Oldham2–0WidnesWatersheddings[3]
3Sat 30 Sep 1933Rochdale Hornets19–10London HighfieldAthletic Grounds1
4Sat 30 Sep 1933St. Helens12–8SalfordKnowsley Road[4]
5Sat 30 Sep 1933Swinton9–6LeighStation Road
6Sat 30 Sep 1933Wigan21–2BarrowCentral Park[5]
7Broughton Rangersbye
8blankblank

Round 2 – quarterfinals

Involved 3 matches (with one bye) and 7 clubs

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1Wed 11 Oct 1933Broughton Rangers0–12OldhamBelle Vue Stadium2
2Mon 16 Oct 1933St. Helens52–14Rochdale HornetsKnowsley Road
3Wed 18 Oct 1933St Helens Recs19–5SwintonCity Road
4Wiganbye

Round 3 – semifinals

Involved 2 matches and 4 clubs

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1Wed 25 Oct 1933Wigan15–21OldhamCentral Park
2Thu 02 Nov 1933St Helens Recs9–2St. HelensCity Road12,000

Final

The match was played at Station Road, Pendlebury, Salford, (historically in the county of Lancashire). The attendance was 9,085 and receipts £516 (both disappointing after last year's crowd of 28,500 and gate receipts of £1,675.

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Saturday 18 November 1933Oldham12–0St Helens RecsStation Road9,085£5163[6]

Teams and scorers

width=280 abbr="Oldham"Oldhamwidth=60 abbr="Number"No.width=280 abbr="St H Recs"St Helens Recs
teams
Tommy Rees1Alf Frodsham
Albert Taylor2Laithwaite
Sam Bardsley3Albert Bailey
Jack Stephens4Heaton
Les Lewis5J. Turton
Tom Egan6W. Bowen
Jack Reynolds7W. Greenall
Jack Read8G. Highcock
Jack Scaife9Oliver Dolan
Ted Hodgson10W. Liptrot
Trevor Thomas11Mason
Abe Clayton12J. Green
Fred Ashworth13W. Grundy
12score0
0HT0
Scorers
Tries
Sam BardsleyT
Jack StephensT
T
T
Goals
Tommy Rees (3)G
G
Drop Goals
DG
Referee
Scoring – Try = three (3) points – Goal = two (2) points – Drop goal = two (2) points

The road to success

See also

References

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Rugby League Project.
  2. Web site: Warrington Wolves – Results Archive – 1897 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20100706043029/http://www.warringtonwolves.org/results-archive?y=1897 . 2010-07-06 .
  3. Web site: Widnes Vikings – History – Season In Review – 1896–97.
  4. Web site: Saints Heritage Society – History – Season 1896–97.
  5. Web site: Wigan "Cherry and White" archived results.
  6. Book: Raymond Fletcher and David Howes. Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook 1991-100. 1991. Queen Anne Press. 0 35617852 8.