1967–68 Lancashire Cup Explained

1967–68 Lancashire Cup
Structure:Regional knockout championship
Season Champs:St. Helens
Season Champ Name:Winners
Runner-Up Name:Runner-up
Second Place:Warrington
Prevseason Link:1966 Lancashire Cup
Prevseason Year:1966–67
Nextseason Link:1968 Lancashire Cup
Nextseason Year:1968–69
No Of Teams:14

1967–68 was the fifty-fifth occasion on which the Lancashire Cup completion had been held.
In the final, held on Saturday 7 October at Central Park, Wigan, (historically in the county of Lancashire), St. Helens drew 2–2 with Warrington. At half-time Warrington were leading St Helens by 2–0.
The attendance at this match was 16,897, receipts were £3,886, and the half time score 0–2.

In the replay held eight weeks later on 2 December, St. Helens won the trophy by beating Warrington by the score of 13–10.
The replay was held at Station Road, Pendlebury, Lancashire) and the halftime score was 3–3.
The attendance at the replay was only 7,577 and receipts were £2,485-0-0.
This was the first of two consecutive Lancashire Cup final wins for St. Helens, and what is more, the sixth of the seven occasions on which the club will win the trophy in the successive nine years.

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 18 Aug 1967St. Helens7-4Rochdale HornetsKnowsley Road6,000[2]
2Fri 18 Aug 1967Widnes9-12SwintonNaughton Park[3]
3Sat 19 Aug 1967Oldham17-11LeighWatersheddings
4Sat 19 Aug 1967Warrington17-10Blackpool BoroughWilderspool[4]
5Sat 19 Aug 1967Whitehaven10-13Liverpool CityRecreation Ground
6Sat 19 Aug 1967Wigan14-18SalfordCentral Park[5]
7Sat 19 Aug 1967Workington Town35-6BarrowDerwent Park
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Round 2 - Quarter-finals

Involved 3 matches (with one bye) and 7 clubs

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1Mon 04 Sep 1967Workington Town33-0SalfordDerwent Park
2Wed 06 Sep 1967Warrington14-5Liverpool CityWilderspool
3Thu 07 Sep 1967Swinton11-8OldhamStation Road
4St. Helensbye

Round 3 – Semi-finals

Involved 2 matches and 4 clubs

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1Sat 16 Sep 1967Workington Town13-23WarringtonDerwent Park
2Tue 19 Sep 1967Swinton8-12St. HelensStation Road10,733

Final

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Saturday 7 October 1967St. Helens2-2WarringtonCentral Park16,897£3,8861[6]

Final – Replay

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Saturday 2 December 1967St. Helens13-10WarringtonStation Road7,577£2485-0-02

Teams and scorers

width=280 abbr="St Helens"St. Helenswidth=60 abbr="Number"No.width=280 abbr="Warrington"Warrington
teams
Frank Barrowhttp://www.saints.org.uk/saints.org.uk/home/viewpage.php?page_id=10&num=148641Keith Affleckhttp://wolvesplayers.thisiswarrington.co.uk/martini/results.asp?txtName=Affleck&ddlAppearances=0&ddlTries=0&ddlGoals=0&ddlPoints=0&code=%25&Search=Search
Tom van Vollenhoven2John Coupehttp://wolvesplayers.thisiswarrington.co.uk/martini/results.asp?txtName=Coupe&ddlAppearances=0&ddlTries=0&ddlGoals=0&ddlPoints=0&code=%25&Search=Search
Billy Benyon3Jackie Mellinghttp://wolvesplayers.thisiswarrington.co.uk/martini/results.asp?txtName=Melling&ddlAppearances=0&ddlTries=0&ddlGoals=0&ddlPoints=0&code=%25&Search=Search
Alan Whittle4Peter Harveyhttp://wolvesplayers.thisiswarrington.co.uk/martini/results.asp?txtName=Harvey&ddlAppearances=0&ddlTries=0&ddlGoals=0&ddlPoints=0&code=%25&Search=Search
Tony Barrowhttp://www.saints.org.uk/saints.org.uk/home/viewpage.php?page_id=10&num=148635Brian Gloverhttp://wolvesplayers.thisiswarrington.co.uk/martini/results.asp?txtName=Glover&ddlAppearances=0&ddlTries=0&ddlGoals=0&ddlPoints=0&code=%25&Search=Search
Peter Douglashttp://www.saints.org.uk/saints.org.uk/home/viewpage.php?page_id=10&num=152276Willie Aspinall
Tommy Bishop7Parry Gordon
John Warlow8Keith Ashcroft
Bill Sayer9Dave Harrisonhttp://wolvesplayers.thisiswarrington.co.uk/martini/results.asp?txtName=Harrison&ddlAppearances=0&ddlTries=0&ddlGoals=0&ddlPoints=0&code=%25&Search=Search
Cliff Watson10Brian Bradyhttp://wolvesplayers.thisiswarrington.co.uk/martini/results.asp?txtName=Brady&ddlAppearances=0&ddlTries=0&ddlGoals=0&ddlPoints=0&code=%25&Search=Search
Brian Hogan11Ken Parr
John Mantle12Barry Briggshttp://wolvesplayers.thisiswarrington.co.uk/martini/results.asp?txtName=Briggs&ddlAppearances=0&ddlTries=0&ddlGoals=0&ddlPoints=0&code=%25&Search=Search
Kel Coslett13Ray Clarkehttp://wolvesplayers.thisiswarrington.co.uk/martini/results.asp?txtName=Clarke&ddlAppearances=0&ddlTries=0&ddlGoals=0&ddlPoints=0&code=%25&Search=Search
Peter Gartlandhttp://www.saints.org.uk/saints.org.uk/home/viewpage.php?page_id=10&num=1537214Joe Pickavancehttp://wolvesplayers.thisiswarrington.co.uk/martini/results.asp?txtName=Pickavance&ddlAppearances=0&ddlTries=0&ddlGoals=0&ddlPoints=0&code=%25&Search=Search (for Peter Harvey)
Tony Karalius15?
2score2
0HT2
Scorers
Goals
Kel Coslett (1)G
Drop Goals
DGWillie Aspinall (1)
RefereeG. Fred Lindop (Wakefield)
ReplayReplay Replay
Frank Barrowhttp://www.saints.org.uk/saints.org.uk/home/viewpage.php?page_id=10&num=148641Tommy Conroyhttp://wolvesplayers.thisiswarrington.co.uk/martini/results.asp?txtName=Conroy&ddlAppearances=0&ddlTries=0&ddlGoals=0&ddlPoints=0&code=%25&Search=Search
Tom van Vollenhoven2John Coupehttp://wolvesplayers.thisiswarrington.co.uk/martini/results.asp?txtName=Coupe&ddlAppearances=0&ddlTries=0&ddlGoals=0&ddlPoints=0&code=%25&Search=Search
Wilf Smithhttp://www.saints.org.uk/saints.org.uk/home/viewpage.php?page_id=10&num=163573Jackie Mellinghttp://wolvesplayers.thisiswarrington.co.uk/martini/results.asp?txtName=Melling&ddlAppearances=0&ddlTries=0&ddlGoals=0&ddlPoints=0&code=%25&Search=Search
Billy Benyon4Bill Allenhttp://wolvesplayers.thisiswarrington.co.uk/martini/results.asp?txtName=Allen&ddlAppearances=0&ddlTries=0&ddlGoals=0&ddlPoints=0&code=%25&Search=Search
Les Jones5Brian Gloverhttp://wolvesplayers.thisiswarrington.co.uk/martini/results.asp?txtName=Glover&ddlAppearances=0&ddlTries=0&ddlGoals=0&ddlPoints=0&code=%25&Search=Search
Peter Douglashttp://www.saints.org.uk/saints.org.uk/home/viewpage.php?page_id=10&num=152276Tony Scahillhttp://wolvesplayers.thisiswarrington.co.uk/martini/results.asp?txtName=Scahill&ddlAppearances=0&ddlTries=0&ddlGoals=0&ddlPoints=0&code=%25&Search=Search
Tommy Bishop7Parry Gordon
John Warlow8Keith Ashcroft
Bill Sayer9Dave Harrisonhttp://wolvesplayers.thisiswarrington.co.uk/martini/results.asp?txtName=Harrison&ddlAppearances=0&ddlTries=0&ddlGoals=0&ddlPoints=0&code=%25&Search=Search
Cliff Watson10Joe Pricehttp://wolvesplayers.thisiswarrington.co.uk/martini/results.asp?txtName=Price&ddlAppearances=0&ddlTries=0&ddlGoals=0&ddlPoints=0&code=%25&Search=Search
Eric Chisnall11Barry Briggshttp://wolvesplayers.thisiswarrington.co.uk/martini/results.asp?txtName=Briggs&ddlAppearances=0&ddlTries=0&ddlGoals=0&ddlPoints=0&code=%25&Search=Search
Kel Coslett12Ken Parr
John Houghtonhttp://www.saints.org.uk/saints.org.uk/home/viewpage.php?page_id=10&num=15635 (for Peter Douglas)13Ray Clarkehttp://wolvesplayers.thisiswarrington.co.uk/martini/results.asp?txtName=Clarke&ddlAppearances=0&ddlTries=0&ddlGoals=0&ddlPoints=0&code=%25&Search=Search
14
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Cliff EvansCoachJoe Egan
13score10
3HT3
Scorers
Tries
Les Jones (1)TJackie Melling (1)
John Warlow (1)TParry Gordon (1)
Eric Chisnall (1)T
Goals
John Houghton (2)TBill Allen (2)
RefereeG. Fred Lindop (Wakefield)

- Try = three (3) points - Goal = two (2) points - Drop goal = two (2) points

[2] [6]

The road to success

Notes and comments

1 * 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
2 * 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: Saints Heritage Society - History - Season 1896-97.
  3. Web site: Widnes Vikings - History - Season In Review - 1896-97.
  4. 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 .
  5. 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.
  6. Book: Raymond Fletcher and David Howes. Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook 1991-100. 1991. Queen Anne Press. 0 35617852 8.