1974–75 Lancashire Cup

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1974–75 Lancashire Cup
StructureRegional knockout championship
Teams14
WinnersWidnes
Runners-upSalford

The 1974–75 Lancashire Cup was the sixty-second occasion on which the completion had been held. Widnes won the trophy by beating Salford by the score of 19-9.

Competition and results[]

The total number of teams entering the competition remained at last season’s total of 14 with no junior/amateur clubs taking part. The same fixture format was retained, but due to the decrease in the number of participating clubs, resulted in one “blank” or “dummy” fixtures in the first round, and one bye in the second round.[1][2]

Round 1[]

Involved 7 matches (with one “blank” fixture) and 14 clubs

Game No Fixture Date Home Team Score Away Team Venue Att Rec Notes Ref
1 Fri 30 Aug 1974 Barrow 10-31 Leigh Craven Park 1,500
2 Fri 30 Aug 1974 St. Helens 11-13 Workington Town Knowsley Road 3,000 [3]
3 Fri 30 Aug 1974 Salford 25-8 Blackpool Borough The Willows 4,058
4 Sun 01 Sep 1974 Huyton 22-15 Whitehaven Alt Park, Huyton 250
5 Sun 01 Sep 1974 Oldham 9-14 Widnes Watersheddings 3,288 [4]
6 Sun 01 Sep 1974 Rochdale Hornets 20-12 Warrington Athletic Grounds [5]
7 Sun 01 Sep 1974 Swinton 17-15 Wigan Station Road 3,316 [6]
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 Sun 08 Sep 1974 Salford 17-15 Huyton The Willows 3,076
2 Sun 08 Sep 1974 Workington Town 17-7 Swinton Derwent Park 1,022
3 Tue 10 Sep 1974 Rochdale Hornets 7-7 Widnes Athletic Grounds 2,603 [4]
4 Leigh bye

Round 2 – Replays[]

Involved 1 match and 2 clubs

Game No Fixture Date Home Team Score Away Team Venue Att Rec Notes Ref
1 Fri 13 Sep 1974 Widnes 8-7 Rochdale Hornets Naughton Park 3,800 [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
1 Tue 08 Oct 1974 Leigh 5-8 Widnes Hilton Park 4,500 [4]
2 Fri 11 Oct 1974 Salford 17-10 Workington Town The Willows 8,498

Final[]

The match was played at Central Park, Wigan, (historically in the county of Lancashire). The attendance was 7,403 and receipts were £2,833.

Game No Fixture Date Home Team Score Away Team Venue Att Rec Notes Ref
Saturday 2 November 1974 Widnes 6-2 Salford Central Park 7,403 £2,833 1 2 [2][4][7][8][9]

Teams and Scorers[]

[4][7]

Widnes № Salford
teams
Ray Dutton 1 Paul Charlton
[1] 2 Keith Fielding
Dennis O'Neill 3 Colin Dixon
Mal Aspey 4 Graham
[2] 5 Maurice Richards
Eric Hughes 6
Reg Bowden[3] 7 Peter Banner
Jim Mills 8
Keith Elwell 9
John Stephens 10
Mick Adams 11
[4] 12 Mike Coulman
Doug Laughton 13 Eric Prescott
? 14 ?
? 15 ?
6 score 2
2 HT 0
Scorers
Tries
Mick George (1) T
Goals
Ray Dutton (1) G Keith Fielding (1)
Drop Goals
Eric Hughes (1) DG
DG
Referee G F Lindop (Wakefield)
Man of the match Mike Coulman - Salford - Second-row
sponsored by Rugby Leaguer

Scoring - Try = three (3) points - Goal = two (2) points - Drop goal = one (1) point

The road to success[]

First Round Second Round Semi Finals Final
            
Barrow 10
Leigh 31
Leigh
bye
blank
blank
Leigh 5
Widnes 8
Rochdale Hornets 20
Warrington 12
Rochdale Hornets 7-7
Widnes 7-8
Oldham 9
Widnes 14
Widnes 6
Salford 2
Salford 25
Blackpool Borough 8
Salford 17
Huyton 15
Huyton 22
Whitehaven 15
Salford 17
Workington Town 10
St. Helens 11
Workington Town 13
Workington Town 17
Swinton 7
Swinton 17
Wigan 15

Notes and comments[]

1 * The John Player Yearbook 1975–76[2] gives the attendance as 7,403, as does Rothmans Yearbook of 1991-92[7] - The RUGBYLEAGUEproject [1] gives the attendance as 6,703
2 * Central Park was the home ground of Wigan with a final capacity of 18,000, although the record attendance was 47,747 for Wigan v St Helens 27 March 1959

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ a b "Rugby League Project".
  2. ^ a b c Jack Winstanley & Malcolm Ryding (1991). John Player Yearbook 1975–76. Queen Anne Press.
  3. ^ "Saints Heritage Society - History - Season 1896-97".
  4. ^ a b c d e f "Widnes Vikings - History - Season In Review - 1896-97".
  5. ^ "Warrington Wolves - Results Archive - 1897". Archived from the original on 2014-02-02.
  6. ^ "Wigan "Cherry and White" archived results".
  7. ^ a b c Raymond Fletcher and David Howes (1991). Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook 1991-100. Queen Anne Press. ISBN 0 35617852 8.
  8. ^ Frank Butler and Patrick Collins (1974). News of the World Football Annual 1974–75 - 88th year. News of the World Ltd.
  9. ^ Frank Butler and Patrick Collins (1975). News of the World Football Annual 1975–76 - 89th year. News of the World Ltd.

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