| 1974–75 Lancashire Cup | |
| Structure: | Regional knockout championship |
| Season Champs: | Widnes |
| Season Champ Name: | Winners |
| Runner-Up Name: | Runner-up |
| Second Place: | Salford |
| Prevseason Link: | 1973–74 Lancashire Cup |
| Prevseason Year: | 1973–74 |
| Nextseason Link: | 1975–76 Lancashire Cup |
| Nextseason Year: | 1975–76 |
| No Of Teams: | 14 |
The 1974–75 Lancashire Cup was the 62nd occasion on which the Lancashire Cup competition had been held. Widnes won the trophy by beating Salford by the score of 19-9.
The total number of teams entering the competition remained unchanged at 14. The same fixture format was retained, with one team receiving a bye in the second round.[1] [2]
Involved seven matches (with 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=40 abbr="Score" | Score | width=150 abbr="Away team" | Away team | width=150 abbr="Venue" | Venue | width=30 abbr="Att" | Att | width=30 abbr="Ref" | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fri 30 Aug 1974 | Barrow | 10–31 | Leigh | Craven Park | 1,500 | |||||||||
| 2 | Fri 30 Aug 1974 | St. Helens | 11–13 | Workington Town | Knowsley Road | 3,000 | [3] | ||||||||
| 3 | Fri 30 Aug 1974 | Salford | 25–8 | Blackpool Borough | The Willows | 4,058 | |||||||||
| 4 | Sun 01 Sep 1974 | Huyton | 22–15 | Whitehaven | Alt Park, Huyton | 250 | |||||||||
| 5 | Sun 01 Sep 1974 | Oldham | 9–14 | Widnes | Watersheddings | 3,288 | [4] | ||||||||
| 6 | Sun 01 Sep 1974 | Rochdale Hornets | 20–12 | Warrington | Athletic Grounds | [5] | |||||||||
| 7 | Sun 01 Sep 1974 | Swinton | 17–15 | Wigan | Station Road | 3,316 | [6] |
Involved three matches and six clubs. Leigh received a bye into the next round.
| width=20 abbr="No" | Game No | width=100 abbr="Date" | Fixture date | width=150 abbr="Home team" | Home team | width=40 abbr="Score" | Score | width=150 abbr="Away team" | Away team | width=150 abbr="Venue" | Venue | width=30 abbr="Att" | Att | width=30 abbr="Ref" | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sun 08 Sep 1974 | Salford | 17–15 | Huyton | The Willows | 3,076 | |||||||||
| 2 | Sun 08 Sep 1974 | Workington Town | 17–7 | Swinton | Derwent Park | 1,022 | |||||||||
| 3 | Tue 10 Sep 1974 | Rochdale Hornets | 7–7 | Widnes | Athletic Grounds | 2,603 | |||||||||
| Replay | Fri 13 Sep 1974 | Widnes | 8–7 | Rochdale Hornets | Naughton Park | 3,800 |
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=40 abbr="Score" | Score | width=150 abbr="Away team" | Away team | width=150 abbr="Venue" | Venue | width=30 abbr="Att" | Att | width=30 abbr="Ref" | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tue 08 Oct 1974 | Leigh | 5–8 | Widnes | Hilton Park | 4,500 | |||||||||
| 2 | Fri 11 Oct 1974 | Salford | 17–10 | Workington Town | The Willows | 8,498 |
The match was played at Central Park, Wigan. The attendance was 7,403 and receipts were £2,833.[7] [8] [9] [10]
This was the first time Widnes had won the Lancashire Cup since 1945.
| width=280 abbr=winner | Widnes | width=60 abbr="Number" | № | width=280 abbr=runner-up | Salford |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ray Dutton | 1 | Paul Charlton | |||
| Mick George | 2 | Keith Fielding | |||
| Dennis O'Neill | 3 | Colin Dixon | |||
| Mal Aspey | 4 | Gordon Graham | |||
| Alan Prescott | 5 | Maurice Richards | |||
| Eric Hughes | 6 | John Taylor | |||
| Reg Bowden | 7 | Peter Banner | |||
| Jim Mills | 8 | Graham Mackay | |||
| Keith Elwell | 9 | Ellis Devlin | |||
| John Stephens | 10 | Alan Grice | |||
| Mick Adams | 11 | John Knighton | |||
| Bob Blackwood | 12 | Mike Coulman | |||
| Doug Laughton | 13 | Eric Prescott | |||
| ? | 14 | ? | |||
| ? | 15 | ? |