1957–58 Lancashire Cup Explained

1957–58 Lancashire Cup
Structure:Regional knockout championship
Season Champs:Oldham
Season Champ Name:Winners
Runner-Up Name:Runner-up
Second Place:Wigan
Prevseason Link:1956 Lancashire Cup
Prevseason Year:1956–57
Nextseason Link:1958 Lancashire Cup
Nextseason Year:1958–59
No Of Teams:14

1957–58 was the forty-fifth occasion on which the Lancashire Cup completion had been held.
Oldham won the trophy by beating Wigan by the score of 13-8
The match was played at Station Road, Pendlebury, (historically in the county of Lancashire). Another excellent attendance, this season of 42,497 was achieved and the receipts were £6,918
This was the second of Oldham's three consecutive triumphs. 1958 would be the last time they would win the trophy, although they did later appear 4 times as runners-up (in 1966, 1969, 1987 and 1989).

Background

With no invitation to a junior club this season, the total number of teams entering the competition was reduced by one to 14.
The same pre-war fixture format was retained, and due to the number of clubs this resulted in no bye but one “blank” or “dummy” fixture in the first round, and one bye in the second round

Competition and results

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Round 1

Involved 7 matches (with no bye but one “blank” fixture) and 14 clubs

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1Sat 31 Aug 1957Blackpool Borough9-4WidnesSt Anne's Road Greyhound Stadium [3]
2Sat 31 Aug 1957Oldham44-10BarrowWatersheddings
3Sat 31 Aug 1957Leigh28-9WhitehavenKirkhall Lane
4Sat 31 Aug 1957Salford6-12Rochdale HornetsThe Willows
5Sat 31 Aug 1957Swinton10-18WiganStation Road[4]
6Sat 31 Aug 1957Warrington50-19Liverpool CityWilderspool[5]
7Sat 31 Aug 1957Workington Town12-16St. HelensDerwent Park6,500[6]
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Round 2 - quarterfinals

Involved 3 matches (with one bye) and 7 clubs

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1Tue 10 Sep 1957Oldham18-12WarringtonWatersheddings
2Wed 11 Sep 1957Leigh2-12WiganKirkhall Lane
3Thu 12 Sep 1957Blackpool Borough12-28St. HelensSt Anne's Road Greyhound Stadium 4,000
4Rochdale Hornetsbye

Round 3 – semifinals

Involved 2 matches and 4 clubs

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1Tue 01 Oct 1957Rochdale Hornets0-52WiganAthletic Grounds
2Wed 02 Oct 1957St. Helens9-29OldhamKnowsley Road22,000

Final

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Saturday 19 October 1957Oldham13-8WiganStation Road42,497£6,9181[7]

Teams and scorers

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teams
Bernard Ganley1Jack Cunliffe
Dick Cracknell2Bob Chisnall http://wigan.rlfans.com/readarticle.php?article_id=261
Vince Nestor https://web.archive.org/web/20110723020539/http://www.orl-heritagetrust.org.uk/HTML%20docs/player_stats_n_o.htm3Eric Ashton
Alan Davies4Ernie Ashcroft
John Etty5Terry O'Grady
Frank Daley https://web.archive.org/web/20150924061724/http://www.orl-heritagetrust.org.uk/HTML%20docs/player_stats_d.htm6Billy Boston
Frank Pitchford7Dave Bolton
Ken Jackson8Alan Armstrong http://wigan.rlfans.com/readarticle.php?article_id=108
Jack Keith https://web.archive.org/web/20120303103143/http://www.orl-heritagetrust.org.uk/HTML%20docs/player_stats_k_l.htm9Bill Sayer
Don Vines10Brian McTigue
Charlie Winslade11Norman Cherrington
Sid Little12Bill Bretherton http://www.saints.org.uk/saints.org.uk/home/viewpage.php?page_id=10&num=14958http://wigan.rlfans.com/readarticle.php?article_id=213
Derek Turner13Bernard McGurrin http://wigan.rlfans.com/readarticle.php?article_id=697
13score8
8HT0
Scorers
Tries
Alan Davies (1)TBrian McTigue (1)
Bernard Ganley (1)TTerry O'Grady (1)
Frank Pitchford (1)T
Goals
Bernard Ganley (2)GJack Cunliffe (1)
RefereeM. Coates (Pudsey)
Scoring - Try = three (3) points - Goal = two (2) points - Drop goal = two (2) points

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The road to success

Notes and comments

1 Station Road was the home ground of Swinton from 1929 to 1932 and at its peak was one of the finest rugby league grounds in the country and it boasted a capacity of 60,000. The actual record attendance was for the Challenge Cup semi-final on 7 April 1951 when 44,621 watched Wigan beat Warrington 3-2

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Rugby League Project.
  2. Book: David Jack. Empire News Football Annual 1958–59 - 72nd year. 1958. Empire News and Sunday Chronicle.
  3. Web site: Widnes Vikings - History - Season In Review - 1896-97.
  4. Web site: Wigan "Cherry and White" archived results.
  5. 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 .
  6. Web site: Saints Heritage Society - History - Season 1896-97.
  7. Book: Raymond Fletcher and David Howes. Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook 1991-100. 1991. Queen Anne Press. 0 35617852 8.
  8. Web site: Oldham Heritage Trust.