1992–93 Lancashire Cup Explained

1992 Lancashire Cup
Structure:Regional knockout championship
Season Champs:Wigan
Season Champ Name:Winners
Runner-Up Name:Runner-up
Second Place:St Helens
Prevseason Link:1991 Lancashire Cup
Prevseason Year:1991–92
No Of Teams:16

The 1992–93 Lancashire Cup was the 80th and last occasion on which the Lancashire Cup competition was held. Wigan won the trophy by beating St Helens by the score of 5-4 in the final.

Background

The failure of London Crusaders to enter, due primarily to financial pressures, resulted in the number of entrants this year decreasing by one to 16.
This resulted in a full fixture list, with no requirement for a preliminary round, nor any “blank” or “dummy” fixtures or any byes.

Competition and results

First round

Involved eight matches and 16 clubs.[1]

width=20 abbr="No" Game Nowidth=120 abbr="Date"Fixture Datewidth=140 abbr="Home Team"Home Teamwidth=40 abbr="Score" Scorewidth=140 abbr="Away Team" Away Teamwidth=140 abbr="Venue" Venuewidth=40 abbr="Att" Attwidth=30 abbr="Ref" Ref
1Fri 11 Sep 1992Rochdale Hornets8–36WiganSpotland2,936[2]
2Sun 13 Sep 1992Barrow2–36St HelensCraven Park2,317[3]
3Sun 13 Sep 1992Blackpool Gladiators8–22Workington TownJepson Way, Blackpool736
4Sun 13 Sep 1992Leigh50–9Chorley BoroughHilton Park1,332
5Sun 13 Sep 1992Oldham33–20WarringtonWatersheddings4,041[4]
6Sun 13 Sep 1992Salford60–8WhitehavenThe Willows1,985
7Sun 13 Sep 1992Swinton40–10HighfieldStation Road616
8Sun 13 Sep 1992Widnes52–8CarlisleNaughton Park3,733 [5]

Second round

Involved four matches and eight clubs. In Wigan's match against Swinton, Shaun Edwards scored ten tries, equalling the club record for most tries in a match set by Martin Offiah a few months earlier.[6]

width=20 abbr="No" Game Nowidth=120 abbr="Date"Fixture Datewidth=140 abbr="Home Team"Home Teamwidth=40 abbr="Score" Scorewidth=140 abbr="Away Team" Away Teamwidth=140 abbr="Venue" Venuewidth=40 abbr="Att" Attwidth=30 abbr="Ref" Ref
1Wed 23 Sep 1992Leigh14–26OldhamHilton Park3,395
2Wed 23 Sep 1992Salford42–20Workington TownThe Willows2,143
3Tue 29 Sep 1992Swinton0–78WiganGigg Lane3,501
4Wed 30 Sep 1992St. Helens10–8WidnesKnowsley Road12,573

Semi-finals

Involved two matches and four clubs.

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1Tue 06 Oct 1992Wigan48–8OldhamCentral Park8,954
2Wed 07 Oct 1992St Helens18–5SalfordKnowsley Road9,289

Final

St Helens won a coin toss for the home advantage, and the match was played at Knowsley Road, St Helens, with an attendance of 20,534.

Teams

width=280 abbr=winnerWiganwidth=60 abbr="Number"width=280 abbr=runner-upSt. Helens
Steve Hampson1Phil Veivers
Jason Robinson2Alan Hunte
Joe Lydon3Gary Connolly
Andrew Farrar4Jarrod McCracken
Martin Offiah5Anthony Sullivan
Frano Botica6Tea Ropati
Shaun Edwards7Jonathan Griffiths
Kelvin Skerrett8John Harrison
Martin Dermott9Bernard Dwyer
Andy Platt10Kevin Ward
Denis Betts11Chris Joynt
Billy McGinty12Sonny Nickle
Dean Bell13Shane Cooper
Subs
Neil Cowie (for Steve Hampson 24 min)14Gus O'Donnell (for Phil Veivers 50 min)
Martin Crompton (for Martin Offiah Half Time)15Paul Forber (for John Harrison 65 min)
John MonieCoachMike McClennan

The road to success

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Rugby League Project.
  2. 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.
  3. Web site: Saints Heritage Society - History - Season 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: Widnes Vikings - History - Season In Review - 1896–97.
  6. Web site: Rugby League: Edwards' tries inspire rout . The Independent . 16 February 2024 . 29 September 1992.