| 1959–60 Lancashire Cup | |
| Structure: | Regional knockout championship |
| Season Champs: | Warrington |
| Season Champ Name: | Winners |
| Runner-Up Name: | Runner-up |
| Second Place: | St. Helens |
| Prevseason Link: | 1958 Lancashire Cup |
| Prevseason Year: | 1958–59 |
| Nextseason Link: | 1960 Lancashire Cup |
| Nextseason Year: | 1960–61 |
| No Of Teams: | 14 |
The 1959–60 Lancashire Cup was the forty-seventh occasion on which the competition had been held. Warrington won the trophy by beating St. Helens by the score of 5-4.
With again no invitation to a junior club this season, the total number of teams entering the competition remained the same at 14.
The same 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
Involved 7 matches (with no bye but one “blank” fixture) and 14 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 29 Aug 1959 | Widnes | 21-15 | Barrow | Naughton Park | [3] | |||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Sat 29 Aug 1959 | Leigh | 12-12 | Blackpool Borough | Hilton Park | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Sat 29 Aug 1959 | Salford | 45-8 | Liverpool City | The Willows | ||||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Sat 29 Aug 1959 | Whitehaven | 23-5 | Oldham | Recreation Ground | ||||||||||||||||||
| 5 | Sat 29 Aug 1959 | Wigan | 39-20 | Rochdale Hornets | Central Park | [4] | |||||||||||||||||
| 6 | Sat 29 Aug 1959 | Swinton | 9-17 | St. Helens | Station Road | 14,000 | [5] | ||||||||||||||||
| 7 | Sat 29 Aug 1959 | Workington Town | 12-33 | Warrington | Derwent Park | [6] | |||||||||||||||||
| 8 | blank | blank |
Involved 1 match
| 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 | Thu 03 Sep 1959 | Blackpool Borough | 7-13 | Leigh | St Anne's Road Greyhound Stadium |
Involved 3 matches (with one bye) and 7 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 | Mon 07 Sep 1959 | Wigan | 39-15 | Salford | Central Park | ||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Wed 09 Sep 1959 | Leigh | 2-27 | Warrington | Kirkhall Lane | ||||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Wed 09 Sep 1959 | Widnes | 9-24 | St. Helens | Naughton Park | 16,630 | |||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Whitehaven | bye |
Involved 2 matches and 4 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 | Tue 15 Sep 1959 | Wigan | 13-15 | Warrington | Central Park | ||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Tue 29 Sep 1959 | Whitehaven | 2-18 | St. Helens | Recreation Ground | 12,500 | 2 |
The match was played at Central Park, Wigan, (historically in the county of Lancashire). The attendance was 39,237 and receipts were £6,424. This is the last time the attendance at a Lancashire Cup final would approach 40,000.
| 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 31 October 1959 | Warrington | 5-4 | St. Helens | Central Park | 39,237 | £6,424 | 1 | [7] |
| width=280 abbr=”Warrington” | Warrington | width=60 abbr="Number" | № | width=280 abbr= “Oldham” | St. Helens |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| teams | |||||
| Eric Fraser | 1 | Austin Rhodes | |||
| Brian Bevan | 2 | Tom van Vollenhoven | |||
| 3 | Doug Greenall | ||||
| Lawrence Gilfedder | 4 | Brian McGinnhttp://www.saints.org.uk/saints.org.uk/home/viewpage.php?page_id=10&num=15953 | |||
| Terence O'Grady | 5 | Jan Prinsloo | |||
| Bobby Greenough | 6 | Wilf Smithhttp://www.saints.org.uk/saints.org.uk/home/viewpage.php?page_id=10&num=16357 | |||
| Jack Edwards | 7 | Alex Murphy | |||
| Douglas Silcock | 8 | Abe Terry | |||
| Patrick Lannon | 9 | Tom McKinney | |||
| Alistair Brindle | 10 | Alan Prescott | |||
| John Arkwright | 11 | Brian Briggs | |||
| Harry Major | 12 | Dick Huddart | |||
| A Naughton | 13 | Fred Terryhttp://www.saints.org.uk/saints.org.uk/home/viewpage.php?page_id=10&num=16417 | |||
| 5 | score | 4 | |||
| 5 | HT | 4 | |||
| Scorers | |||||
| Tries | |||||
| Brian Bevan (1) | T | ||||
| Goals | |||||
| Eric Fraser (1) | G | Austin Rhodes (2) | |||
| RefereeMr M Coates of Pudsey | Touch-JudgesTangerine Flag - A Shaw of Leigh Pink Flag - J W Ellis of Widnes | ||||
Scoring - Try = three (3) points - Goal = two (2) points - Drop goal = two (2) points
1 * The first Lancashie Cup match to be played since the stadium was renamed after the former chairman James Hilton
2 * The fixture date was given in the official St. Helens archives[5] as Wednesday 30 September - but RUGBY LEAGUE review[1] gives the date as Tuesday 29 September
3 * Central Park was the home ground of Wigan with a final capacity of 18,000, although the record attendance was 47,747 for Wigan v St Helens 27 March 1959