1983–84 Lancashire Cup Explained

1983–84 Lancashire Cup
Structure:Regional knockout championship
Season Champs:Barrow
Season Champ Name:Winners
Runner-Up Name:Runner-up
Second Place:Widnes
Prevseason Link:1982 Lancashire Cup
Prevseason Year:1982–83
Nextseason Link:1984 Lancashire Cup
Nextseason Year:1984–85
No Of Teams:16

The 1983–84 Lancashire Cup, known as the Burtonwood Brewery Lancashire Cup for sponsorship reasons, was the 71st occasion on which the Lancashire Cup competition had been held.

It was won by Barrow, who beat Widnes 12–8 in the final at Central Park, Wigan.

Background

This season saw no new clubs and no withdrawals, leaving the total number of entrants at the 16 level. With this full sixteen members there was no need for "blank" or "dummy" fixtures or any byes.

Competition and results

First round

Involved 8 matches (with no byes) and 16 clubs

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1Sat 03 Sep 1983Rochdale Hornets4-28St. HelensAthletic Grounds720[1]
2Sun 04 Sep 1983Barrow13-6WhitehavenCraven Park2707
3Sun 04 Sep 1983Blackpool Borough4-30WarringtonBorough Park1756[2]
4Sun 04 Sep 1983Huyton12-13SwintonAlt Park, Huyton306
5Sun 04 Sep 1983Leigh52-10CarlisleHilton Park4000
6Sun 04 Sep 1983Oldham26-20Workington TownWatersheddings2567
7Sun 04 Sep 1983Salford16-15FulhamThe Willows1986
8Sun 04 Sep 1983Widnes36-20WiganNaughton Park7016[3] [4]

Second round

Involved 4 matches and 8 clubs

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1Wed 14 Sep 1983Leigh10-27WidnesHilton Park6500
2Wed 14 Sep 1983St. Helens26-30WarringtonKnowsley Road5047
3Wed 14 Sep 1983Salford2-13BarrowThe Willows
4Wed 14 Sep 1983Swinton8-6OldhamStation Road1881

Semi-finals

Involved 2 matches and 4 clubs

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1Wed 21 Sep 1983Swinton8-22WidnesStation Road2614
2Wed 21 Sep 1983Warrington18-19BarrowWilderspool3349

Final

width=280 abbr=winnerBarrowwidth=60 abbr="Number"width=280 abbr=runner-upWidnes
Teams
Steve Tickle1Mick Burke
Terry Moore2Joe Lydon
Andy Whittle3Eric Hughes (c)
Ian Ball4Keiron O'Loughlin
Dave Milby5John Basnett
Ralph McConnell6Tony Myler
David Cairns7Andy Gregory
Alan Hodkinson (c)8Steve O'Neill
Les Wall9Keith Elwell
Mark McJennett10Kevin Tamati
Steve Herbert11Fred Whitfield
Eddie Szymala12Eric Prescott
Steve Mossop13Mick Adams
Dave Elliott14Tony Garrity
Dave Tyson15Paul Houghton
Tommy DawesCoachVince Karalius & Harry Dawson

The road to success

See also

Sources

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Saints Heritage Society - History - Season 1896–97.
  2. Web site: Warrington Wolves - Results Archive - 1897 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140202093910/http://www.warringtonwolves.org/results-archive?y=1897 . 2014-02-02 .
  3. Web site: Wigan "Cherry and White" archived results. 16 February 2014. 21 February 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20140221234707/http://wigan.rlfans.com/news.php?readmore=3199. dead.
  4. Web site: Widnes Vikings - History - Season In Review - 1896-97.