1930–31 Lancashire Cup

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1930-31 Lancashire Cup
StructureRegional knockout championship
Teams13
WinnersSt Helens Recs
Runners-upWigan
← 1929–30
1931–32 →

The 1930–31 Lancashire Cup was the twenty-third occasion on which the Lancashire Cup competition had been held. St Helens Recs won the trophy by beating Wigan in the final by the score of 5-4.

Competition and Results[]

The number of teams entering this year’s competition remained at 13 which resulted in 3 byes in the first round.[1]

Round 1[]

Involved 5 matches (with three byes) and 13 clubs

Game No Fixture Date Home Team Score Away Team Venue Att Rec Notes Ref
1 Sat 11 Oct 1930 Broughton Rangers 12-7 Wigan Highfield The Cliff
2 Sat 11 Oct 1930 Oldham 7-2 Salford Watersheddings
3 Sat 11 Oct 1930 Rochdale Hornets 21-9 Barrow Athletic Grounds
4 Sat 11 Oct 1930 Warrington 2-10 Swinton Wilderspool [2]
5 Sat 11 Oct 1930 Wigan 24-7 St. Helens Central Park [3][4]
6 Leigh bye
7 St Helens Recs bye
8 Widnes bye [5]

Round 2 - Quarter Finals[]

Involved 4 matches and 8 clubs

Game No Fixture Date Home Team Score Away Team Venue Att Rec Notes Ref
1 Tue 21 Oct 1930 Rochdale Hornets 3-25 Oldham Athletic Grounds
2 Wed 22 Oct 1930 Broughton Rangers 10-0 Widnes The Cliff [5]
3 Wed 22 Oct 1930 Wigan 14-9 Swinton Central Park [3]
4 Thu 23 October 1930 St Helens Recs 24-7 Leigh City Road

Round 3 – Semi-Finals[]

Involved 2 matches and 4 clubs

Game No Fixture Date Home Team Score Away Team Venue Att Rec Notes Ref
1 Wed 05 Nov 1930 Broughton Rangers 0-9 Wigan The Cliff 1 [3]
2 Thu 06 Nov 1930 St Helens Recs 6-4 Oldham City Road

Final[]

The final was played at Station Road, Pendlebury, Salford, (historically in the county of Lancashire). The attendance was 16,710 and receipts were £1,030.

Game No Fixture Date Home Team Score Away Team Venue Att Rec Notes Ref
Saturday 29 November 1930 St Helens Recs 18-3 Wigan Station Road 16,710 £1,030 2 [3][6]

Teams and Scorers[]

St Helens Recs № Wigan
teams
Tommy Dingsdale 1 Jim Sullivan
J. Wilson 2 Johnny Ring
W. Bowen 3 Gwynne Davies
A. Frodsham 4 Tommy Parker
F.A. Bailey 5 Roy Kinnear
W. Greenhall 6 Frank Jones
P. Martin 7 Syd Abram
Oliver Dolan 8 Tom Beetham
George Highcock 9 Jack Bennett
Frank Bowen 10 Hal Jones
T. Smith 11 Wilf Hodder
Jennion 12 Len Mason
Billy Mulvanney 13 John Sherrington
18 score 3
10 HT 0
Scorers
Tries
Dingsdale T Johnny Ring
Bailey T
Jennion (2) T
Mulvanney T
Goals
Dingsdale (3) G
G
Drop Goals
DG
Referee Bob Robinson (Bradford)

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

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The road to success[]

First Round Second Round Semi Finals Final
            
St Helens Recs
bye
St Helens Recs 24
Leigh 7
Leigh
bye
St Helens Recs 6
Oldham 4
Rochdale Hornets 21
Barrow 9
Rochdale Hornets 3
Oldham 25
Oldham 7
Salford 2
St Helens Recs 18
Wigan 3
Wigan 24
St. Helens 7
Wigan 14
Swinton 9
Warrington 2
Swinton 10
Wigan 9
Broughton Rangers 0
Broughton Rangers 12
Wigan Highfield 7
Broughton Rangers 10
Widnes 0
Widnes
bye

Notes[]

1 * RUGBYLEAGUEproject[1] shows Broughton Rangers as the home team with the match played at City Road but the official Wigan archives give Wigan as the home team playing at Central Park

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[]

References[]

  1. ^ a b "Rugby League Project".
  2. ^ "Warrington Wolves - Results Archive - 1897". Archived from the original on 2010-07-06.
  3. ^ a b c d e "Wigan "Cherry and White" archived results".
  4. ^ "Saints Heritage Society - History - Season 1896-97".
  5. ^ a b "Widnes Vikings - History - Season In Review - 1896-97".
  6. ^ Raymond Fletcher and David Howes (1991). Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook 1991-100. Queen Anne Press. ISBN 0 35617852 8.

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