1934–35 Lancashire Cup
1934–35 Lancashire Cup | |
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Structure | Regional knockout championship |
Teams | 13 |
Winners | Salford |
Runners-up | Wigan |
The 1934–35 Lancashire Cup was the 27th occasion on which the Lancashire Cup completion had been held. Salford won the trophy by beating Wigan by 21-12 in the final.
Competition and Results[]
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.[1]
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 | ||
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1 | Sat 08 Sep 1934 | Oldham | 8-7 | Widnes | Watersheddings | [2] | |||||
2 | Sat 08 Sep 1934 | St Helens Recs | 8-20 | Wigan | City Road | [3] | |||||
3 | Sat 08 Sep 1934 | Liverpool Stanley | 9-3 | Broughton Rangers | Stanley Greyhound Stadium | 1 | |||||
4 | Sat 08 Sep 1934 | Salford | 34-0 | Leigh | The Willows | ||||||
5 | Sat 08 Sep 1934 | Swinton | 16-8 | Barrow | Station Road | ||||||
6 | Mon 10 Sep 1934 | St. Helens | 24-18 | Rochdale Hornets | Knowsley Road | [4] | |||||
7 | Warrington | bye | [5] | ||||||||
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 | ||
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1 | Wed 19 Sep 1934 | Warrington | 5-23 | Salford | Wilderspool | [5] | |||||
2 | Mon 24 Sep 1934 | St. Helens | 9-9 | Liverpool Stanley | Knowsley Road | [4] | |||||
3 | Tue 25 Sep 1934 | Oldham | 8-12 | Wigan | Watersheddings | [3] | |||||
4 | Swinton | bye | Station Road |
Round 2 - Quarter Finals - First Replays[]
Involved 1 match
Game No | Fixture Date | Home Team | Score | Away Team | Venue | Att | Rec | Notes | Ref | ||
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1 | Wed 26 Sep 1934 | Liverpool Stanley | 3-3 | St. Helens | Stanley Greyhound Sadium | [4]- |
Round 2 - Quarter Finals - Second Replays[]
Involved 1 match
Game No | Fixture Date | Home Team | Score | Away Team | Venue | Att | Rec | Notes | Ref | ||
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1 | Fri 28 Sep 1934 | St. Helens | 9-12 | Liverpool Stanley | ?? | 2 | [4]- |
Round 3 – Semi-Finals[]
Involved 2 matches and 4 Clubs
Game No | Fixture Date | Home Team | Score | Away Team | Venue | Att | Rec | Notes | Ref | ||
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1 | Wed 03 Oct 1934 | Swinton | 5-12 | Salford | Station Road | ||||||
2 | Wed 03 Oct 1934 | Wigan | 13-10 | Liverpool Stanley | Central Park | [3] |
Final[]
The match was played at Station Road, Pendlebury, Salford, (historically in the county of Lancashire). he attendance of 33,544 was a new record and more than 5,000 more than the previous best recorded in 1931, and receipts were also a record £2,191. This would turn out to be only the first of three consecutive Lancashire Cup finals in which Salford would beat Wigan.
Game No | Fixture Date | Home Team | Score | Away Team | Venue | Att | Rec | Notes | Ref | ||
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Saturday 20 October 1934 | Salford | 21-12 | Wigan | Station Road | 33,544 | £2,191 | 3 4 | [3][6] |
Teams and Scorers[]
Salford | № | Wigan |
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teams | ||
team unknown | 1 | Jim Sullivan |
2 | ||
3 | Gordon Innes | |
4 | George Bennett | |
5 | ||
6 | ||
7 | Hector Gee | |
8 | ||
9 | ||
10 | ||
11 | ||
12 | ||
13 | ||
21 | score | 12 |
4 | HT | 7 |
Scorers | ||
Tries | ||
T | George Bennett | |
T | Gordon Innes | |
T | ||
T | ||
Goals | ||
G | Jim Sullivan (2) | |
G | Hector Gee (1) maybe drop ? | |
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 | ||||||||||||||||
Swinton | 16 | ||||||||||||||||||
Barrow | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||
Swinton | |||||||||||||||||||
bye | |||||||||||||||||||
blank | |||||||||||||||||||
blank | |||||||||||||||||||
Swinton | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||
Salford | 12 | ||||||||||||||||||
Warrington | |||||||||||||||||||
bye | |||||||||||||||||||
Warrington | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||
Salford | 23 | ||||||||||||||||||
Salford | 34 | ||||||||||||||||||
Leigh | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||
Salford | 21 | ||||||||||||||||||
Wigan | 12 | ||||||||||||||||||
Oldham | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||
Widnes | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||
Oldham | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||
Wigan | 12 | ||||||||||||||||||
St Helens Recs | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||
Wigan | 20 | ||||||||||||||||||
Wigan | 13 | ||||||||||||||||||
Liverpool Stanley | 10 | ||||||||||||||||||
St. Helens | 24 | ||||||||||||||||||
Rochdale Hornets | 18 | ||||||||||||||||||
St. Helens | 9-3-9 | ||||||||||||||||||
Liverpool Stanley | 9-3-12 | ||||||||||||||||||
Liverpool Stanley | 9 | ||||||||||||||||||
Broughton Rangers | 3 |
Notes and comments[]
1 * The first Lancashire Cup match to be played at this stadium and also by this (newly formed/named) club
2 *This second replay was played at a Neutral Ground according to St. Helens[4] official archives, but no ground is named.
3 * The attendance of 33,544 was a new record and more than 5,000 more than the previous best, and receipts were also a record £2191/=/=.
4 * 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[]
- ^ "Rugby League Project".
- ^ "Widnes Vikings - History - Season In Review - 1896-97".
- ^ a b c d e "Wigan "Cherry and White" archived results".
- ^ a b c d e "Saints Heritage Society - History - Season 1896-97".
- ^ a b "Warrington Wolves - Results Archive - 1897". Archived from the original on 2010-07-06.
- ^ Raymond Fletcher and David Howes (1991). Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook 1991-100. Queen Anne Press. ISBN 0 35617852 8.
External links[]
- RFL Lancashire Cup
- 1934 in English rugby league