1966–67 Lancashire Cup Explained

1966–67 Lancashire Cup
Structure:Regional knockout championship
Season Champs:Wigan
Season Champ Name:Winners
Runner-Up Name:Runner-up
Second Place:Oldham
Prevseason Link:1965 Lancashire Cup
Prevseason Year:1965–66
Nextseason Link:1967 Lancashire Cup
Nextseason Year:1967–68
No Of Teams:14

1966–67 was the fifty-fourth occasion on which the Lancashire Cup completion had been held.

Wigan won the trophy by beating Oldham by the score of 16-13

The match was played at Station Road, Swinton. The attendance was 14,193 and receipts were £3,558

Background

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

Competition and results

[1]

Round 1

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

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1Fri 02 Sep 1966Widnes26-13BarrowNaughton Park[2]
2Sat 03 Sep 1966Leigh4-18WiganHilton Park[3]
3Sat 03 Sep 1966Oldham16-13SwintonWatersheddings
4Sat 03 Sep 1966Rochdale Hornets16-18St. HelensAthletic Grounds3,770[4]
5Sat 03 Sep 1966Warrington29-12Liverpool CityWilderspool[5]
6Sat 03 Sep 1966Whitehaven2-5Blackpool BoroughRecreation Ground
7Sat 03 Sep 1966Workington Town9-17SalfordDerwent Park
8blankblank

Round 2 - Quarter-finals

Involved 3 matches (with one bye) and 7 clubs

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1Wed 14 Sep 1966Blackpool Borough19-7WidnesBorough Park
2Wed 14 Sep 1966Wigan11-9St. HelensCentral Park13,141
3Wed 15 Sep 1966Salford'2-7OldhamThe Willows
4Warringtonbye

Round 3 – Semi-finals

Involved 2 matches and 4 clubs

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1Tue 27 Sep 1966Blackpool Borough5-15OldhamBorough Park
2Wed 28 Sep 1966Wigan16-7WarringtonCentral Park

Final

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Saturday 29 October 1966Wigan16-13OldhamStation Road14,193£3,5581[6]

Teams and scorers

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teams
Ray Ashby1Stan McLeodhttps://web.archive.org/web/20150924061748/http://www.orl-heritagetrust.org.uk/HTML%20docs/player_stats_m.htm
Billy Boston2Terry Dollyhttps://web.archive.org/web/20150924061724/http://www.orl-heritagetrust.org.uk/HTML%20docs/player_stats_d.htm
Eric Ashton3Jim McCormackhttps://web.archive.org/web/20150924061748/http://www.orl-heritagetrust.org.uk/HTML%20docs/player_stats_m.htm
Keith Holden4John Donovanhttps://web.archive.org/web/20150924061724/http://www.orl-heritagetrust.org.uk/HTML%20docs/player_stats_d.htm
Trevor Lakehttp://wigan.rlfans.com/readarticle.php?article_id=6335Trevor Simmshttps://web.archive.org/web/20110723015404/http://www.orl-heritagetrust.org.uk/HTML%20docs/player_stats_s.htm
Cliff Hill6Tommy Warburtonhttps://web.archive.org/web/20110723015851/http://www.orl-heritagetrust.org.uk/HTML%20docs/player_stats_v_w.htm
Frank Parrhttp://wigan.rlfans.com/readarticle.php?article_id=7887 /https://web.archive.org/web/20050407064404/http://www.orl-heritagetrust.org.uk/HTML%20docs/player_stats_c.htm
Danny Gardiner8Ken Wilsonhttps://web.archive.org/web/20110723015851/http://www.orl-heritagetrust.org.uk/HTML%20docs/player_stats_v_w.htm
Colin Clarke9Kevin Taylor
John Stephens10Geoff Fletcher
Geoff Lyon11Peter Smethursthttps://web.archive.org/web/20110723015404/http://www.orl-heritagetrust.org.uk/HTML%20docs/player_stats_s.htm
Laurie Gilfedder12Robert Irving
Harry Majorhttp://wigan.rlfans.com/readarticle.php?article_id=673http://wolvesplayers.thisiswarrington.co.uk/martini/results.asp?txtName=Major&ddlAppearances=0&ddlTries=0&ddlGoals=0&ddlPoints=0&code=%25&Search=Search13Mick Mooneyhttps://web.archive.org/web/20150924061748/http://www.orl-heritagetrust.org.uk/HTML%20docs/player_stats_m.htm
14Peter Holroydhttps://web.archive.org/web/20050407063952/http://www.orl-heritagetrust.org.uk/HTML%20docs/player_stats_h.htm
15Alan Ogdenhttps://web.archive.org/web/20110723020539/http://www.orl-heritagetrust.org.uk/HTML%20docs/player_stats_n_o.htm
16score13
11HT4
Scorers
Tries
Eric Ashton (1)TJohn Donovan (1)
Billy Boston (1)T
Colin Clarke (1)T
Laurie Gilfedder (1)T
Goals
Laurie Gilfedder (2)GTommy Warburton (5)
G
Drop Goals
DG
RefereePeter Geraghty (York)
Scoring - Try = three (3) points - Goal = two (2) points - Drop goal = two (2) points

The road to success

Notes and comments

1 * Station Road was the home ground of Swinton from 1929 to 1992 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. Web site: Widnes Vikings - History - Season In Review - 1896-97.
  3. Web site: Wigan "Cherry and White" archived results. 15 February 2014. 21 February 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20140221234707/http://wigan.rlfans.com/news.php?readmore=3199. dead.
  4. Web site: Saints Heritage Society - History - Season 1896-97.
  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. Book: Raymond Fletcher and David Howes. Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook 1991-100. 1991. Queen Anne Press. 0 35617852 8.
  7. Web site: Oldham Heritage Trust.