1975–76 Lancashire Cup
1975–76 Lancashire Cup | |
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Structure | Regional knockout championship |
Teams | 14 |
Winners | Widnes |
Runners-up | Salford |
1975–76 was the sixty-third occasion on which the Lancashire Cup completion had been held.
Widnes won the trophy by beating Salford by the score of 16-7
The match was played at Central Park, Wigan, (historically in the county of Lancashire). The attendance was 7,566 and receipts were £3,880.00
Background[]
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” fixture in the first round, and one bye in the second round.
Competition and Results[]
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 | ||
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1 | Sat 30 Aug 1975 | Oldham | 17-19 | St. Helens | Watersheddings | 3011 | [3] | ||||
2 | Sun 31 Aug 1975 | Barrow | 9-14 | Swinton | Craven Park | ||||||
3 | Sun 31 Aug 1975 | Blackpool Borough | 3-11 | Leigh | Borough Park | ||||||
4 | Sun 31 Aug 1975 | Rochdale Hornets | 10-22 | Workington Town | Athletic Grounds | ||||||
5 | Sun 31 Aug 1975 | Salford | 44-17 | Huyton | The Willows | ||||||
6 | Sun 31 Aug 1975 | Warrington | 14-39 | Wigan | Wilderspool | [4][5] | |||||
7 | Sun 31 Aug 1975 | Widnes | 19-7 | Whitehaven | Naughton Park | [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 | ||
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1 | Sat 13 Sep 1975 | Wigan | 21-22 | Workington Town | Central Park | [4] | |||||
2 | Sun 14 Sep 1975 | Leigh | 6-23 | Salford | Hilton Park | ||||||
3 | Sun 14 Sep 1975 | Swinton | 2-17 | St. Helens | Station Road | 4029 | [3] | ||||
4 | Widnes | bye | [6] |
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 | Tue 16 Sep 1975 | Workington Town | 2-16 | Widnes | Derwent Park | [6] | |||||
2 | Tue 23 Sep 1975 | St. Helens | 8-21 | Salford | Knowsley Road | 9000 | [3] |
Final[]
Game No | Fixture Date | Home Team | Score | Away Team | Venue | Att | Rec | Notes | Ref | ||
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Saturday 4 October 1975 | Widnes | 16-7 | Salford | Central Park | 7,566 | 3,880 | 1 | [6][7][8][9] |
Teams and Scorers[]
Widnes | № | Salford |
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teams | ||
Ray Dutton | 1 | David Watkins |
[1] | 2 | Keith Fielding |
[2] | 3 | Butler |
Mal Aspey | 4 | Chris Hesketh |
[3] | 5 | Maurice Richards |
Eric Hughes | 6 | Ken Gill |
Reg Bowden[4] | 7 | Steve Nash |
Jim Mills | 8 | Fiddler |
[5] (but see note 2) | 9 | Roy Hawksley |
[6] | 10 | Colin Dixon |
[7] | 11 | Turnbull |
[8] | 12 | Knighton |
Mick Adams | 13 | Eric Prescott |
14 | ||
[9] (for Jim Fitzpatrick) | 15 | Mackay (for Dixon) |
16 | score | 7 |
8 | HT | 5 |
Scorers | ||
Tries | ||
Alan Prescott (1) | T | Maurice Richards (1) |
Mick George (1) | T | |
Mal Aspey (1) | T | |
Goals | ||
Ray Dutton (3) | G | David Watkins (2) |
Drop Goals | ||
Ray Dutton (1) | DG | |
Referee | W H (Billy) Thompson (Huddersfield) | |
Man of the match | Mick George - Widnes - Centre | |
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 | ||||||||||||||||
Warrington | 14 | ||||||||||||||||||
Wigan | 39 | ||||||||||||||||||
Wigan | 21 | ||||||||||||||||||
Workington Town | 22 | ||||||||||||||||||
Rochdale Hornets | 10 | ||||||||||||||||||
Workington Town | 22 | ||||||||||||||||||
Workington Town | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||
Widnes | 16 | ||||||||||||||||||
Widnes | 19 | ||||||||||||||||||
blank | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||
Widnes | |||||||||||||||||||
bye | |||||||||||||||||||
blank | |||||||||||||||||||
blank | |||||||||||||||||||
Widnes | 16 | ||||||||||||||||||
Salford | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||
Barrow | 9 | ||||||||||||||||||
Swinton | 14 | ||||||||||||||||||
Swinton | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||
St. Helens | 17 | ||||||||||||||||||
Oldham | 17 | ||||||||||||||||||
St. Helens | 19 | ||||||||||||||||||
St. Helens | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||
Salford | 21 | ||||||||||||||||||
Blackpool Borough | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||
Leigh | 11 | ||||||||||||||||||
Leigh | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||
Salford | 23 | ||||||||||||||||||
Salford | 44 | ||||||||||||||||||
Huyton | 17 |
Notes and comments[]
1 * 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
2 * Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook 1991-1992[7] Names Keith Elwell as number 9 (hooker) - The Widnes official archives[6] name the hooker as Derek Hammond
See also[]
References[]
- ^ "Rugby League Project".
- ^ Jack Winstanley & Malcolm Ryding (1991). John Player Yearbook 1975–76. Queen Anne Press.
- ^ a b c "Saints Heritage Society - History - Season 1896-97".
- ^ a b "Wigan "Cherry and White" archived results".
- ^ "Warrington Wolves - Results Archive - 1897". Archived from the original on 2014-02-02.
- ^ a b c d e f "Widnes Vikings - History - Season In Review - 1896-97".
- ^ a b c Raymond Fletcher and David Howes (1991). Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook 1991-100. Queen Anne Press. ISBN 0 35617852 8.
- ^ Frank Butler and Patrick Collins (1975). News of the World Football Annual 1975–76 - 89th year. News of the World Ltd.
- ^ Frank Butler and Patrick Collins (1976). News of the World Football Annual 1976–77 - 90th year. News of the World Ltd.
External links[]
- 1975 in English rugby league
- RFL Lancashire Cup