1933–34 Lancashire Cup

1933-34 Lancashire Cup
Structure	Regional knockout championship
Teams	13
Winners	Oldham
Runners-up	St Helens Recs
← 1932–33 1934–35 →

The 1933–34 Lancashire Cup was the twenty-sixth occasion on which the completion had been held. Oldham won the trophy by beating St Helens Recs by 12-0.

Background[]

The number of teams entering this year's competition remained at 13 and the same fixture format was retained. There was only one bye in the first round but now also a “blank” or “dummy” fixture. This also resulted in one bye in the second round.

Competition and Results[]

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Round 1[]

Involved 6 matches (with one bye and one “blank” fixture) and 13 clubs

Game No	Fixture Date	Home Team		Score		Away Team	Venue	Att	Rec	Notes	Ref
1	Sat 23 Sep 1933	St Helens Recs		5-2		Warrington	City Road				[2]
2	Sat 30 Sep 1933	Oldham		2-0		Widnes	Watersheddings				[3]
3	Sat 30 Sep 1933	Rochdale Hornets		19-10		London Highfield	Athletic Grounds			1
4	Sat 30 Sep 1933	St. Helens		12-8		Salford	Knowsley Road				[4]
5	Sat 30 Sep 1933	Swinton		9-6		Leigh	Station Road
6	Sat 30 Sep 1933	Wigan		21-2		Barrow	Central Park				[5]
7		Broughton Rangers				bye
8		blank				blank

Round 2 - Quarter Finals[]

Involved 3 matches (with one bye) and 7 clubs

Game No	Fixture Date	Home Team		Score		Away Team	Venue	Att	Rec	Notes	Ref
1	Wed 11 Oct 1933	Broughton Rangers		0-12		Oldham	Belle Vue Stadium			2
2	Mon 16 Oct 1933	St. Helens		52-14		Rochdale Hornets	Knowsley Road				[4]
3	Wed 18 Oct 1933	St Helens Recs		19-5		Swinton	City Road
4		Wigan				bye					[5]

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 25 Oct 1933	Wigan		15-21		Oldham	Central Park				[5]
2	Thu 02 Nov 1933	St Helens Recs		9-2		St. Helens	City Road	12,000			[4]

Final[]

The match was played at Station Road, Pendlebury, Salford, (historically in the county of Lancashire). The attendance was 9,085 and receipts £516 (both disappointing after last year's crowd of 28,500 and gate receipts of £1,675.

Game No	Fixture Date	Home Team		Score		Away Team	Venue	Att	Rec	Notes	Ref
	Saturday 18 November 1933	Oldham		12-0		St Helens Recs	Station Road	9,085	£516	3	[6]

Teams and Scorers[]

Oldham	No.	St Helens Recs
	teams
team unknown	1	team unknown
	2
	3
	4
	5
	6
	7
	8
	9
	10
	11
	12
	13
12	score	0
0	HT	0
	Scorers
	Tries
	T
	T
	T
	T
	Goals
	G
	G
	Drop Goals
	DG
Referee

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

The road to success[]

	First Round					Second Round					Semi Finals					Final
	Wigan		21
	Barrow		2
						Wigan
						bye
	blank
	blank
											Wigan		15
											Oldham		21
	Broughton Rangers
	bye
						Broughton Rangers		0
						Oldham		12
	Oldham		2
	Widnes		0
																Oldham		12
																St Helens Recs		0
	St Helens Recs		5
	Warrington		2
						St Helens Recs		19
						Swinton		5
	Swinton		9
	Leigh		6
											St Helens Recs		9
											St. Helens		2
	St. Helens		12
	Salford		8
						St. Helens		52
						Rochdale Hornets		14
	Rochdale Hornets		19
	London Highfield		10

Notes and comments[]

1 * The first (and only) Lancashire Cup match to be played by London Highfield

2 * The first Lancashire Cup match at the club's new stadium

3 * 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[]

• 1933–34 Northern Rugby Football League season
• Rugby league county cups

References[]

External links[]

• Saints Heritage Society
• 1896–97 Northern Rugby Football Union season at wigan.rlfans.com
• Hull&Proud Fixtures & Results 1896/1897
• Widnes Vikings - One team, one passion Season In Review - 1896-97
• The Northern Union at warringtonwolves.org