1982–83 Lancashire Cup

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1982–83 Lancashire Cup
StructureRegional knockout championship
Teams16
WinnersWarrington
Runners-upSt. Helens
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1982–83 was the seventieth occasion on which the Lancashire Cup completion had been held.

Warrington won the trophy by beating St. Helens by the score of 16-0
The match was played at Central Park, Wigan, (historically in the county of Lancashire). The attendance was 6,462 and receipts were £11,732.00

Background[]

This season saw no new clubs and no withdrawals, leaving the total number of entrants at the 16 level.
With this full sixteen members there was no need for “blank” or “dummy” fixtures or any byes.

Competition and Results[]

[1][2]

Round 1[]

Involved 8 matches (with no byes) and 16 Clubs

Game No Fixture Date Home Team Score Away Team Venue Att Rec Notes Ref
1 Sat 04 Sep 1982 Workington Town 12-20 Barrow Derwent Park 1935
2 Sun 05 Sep 1982 Carlisle 16-8 Whitehaven Brunton Park 3595
3 Sun 05 Sep 1982 Leigh 32-20 Rochdale Hornets Hilton Park 3950
4 Sun 05 Sep 1982 Wigan 18-13 Salford Central Park 7033 [3]
5 Sun 05 Sep 1982 Blackpool Borough 10-27 Oldham Borough Park 2013
6 Sun 05 Sep 1982 Fulham 20-8 Swinton Craven Cottage 2796
7 Sun 05 Sep 1982 Warrington 43-5 Huyton Wilderspool 2042 [4]
8 Sun 05 Sep 1982 Widnes 12-14 St. Helens Naughton Park 6704 [5][6]

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 Wed 15 Sep 1982 Barrow 6-9 St. Helens Craven Park 3282 [6]
2 Wed 15 Sep 1982 Leigh 12-13 Carlisle Hilton Park 3939
3 Wed 15 Sep 1982 Wigan 4-15 Fulham Central Park 6054 [3]
4 Sun 19 Sep 1982 Warrington 16-14 Oldham Wilderspool 4174 [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 Wed 29 Sep 1982 St. Helens 7-7 Carlisle Knowsley Road 4746 [6]
2 Thu 30 Sep 1982 Warrington 17-8 Fulham Wilderspool 3356 [4]

Round 3 – Semi-Finals – Replays[]

Involved 1 matches and 2 Clubs

Game No Fixture Date Home Team Score Away Team Venue Att Rec Notes Ref
1 Wed 06 Oct 1982 Carlisle 5-9 St. Helens Brunton Park 3406 [6]

Final[]

Game No Fixture Date Home Team Score Away Team Venue Att Rec Notes Ref
Saturday 23 October 1982 Warrington 16-0 St. Helens Central Park 6462 11732 1 [4][6][7]

Teams and Scorers[]

[6][4][7]

Warrington № St. Helens
teams
Steve Hesford 1 [1]
[2] 2 Barry Ledger
Ronnie Duane 3 Chris Arkwright
John Bevan 4 Roy Haggerty
[3] 5 [4]
Paul Cullen 6 [5]
Ken Kelly (c) 7 Neil Holding
Neil Courtney 8 Mel James
[6] 9 Graham Liptrot
[7] 10 [8]
Bob Eccles 11 [9]
John Fieldhouse 12 Peter Gorley
Mike Gregory 13 Harry Pinner
?? 14 Johnny Smith[10] (for Brian Parkes)
Dave Chisnall (for Tony Cooke) 15 Roy Mathias (for Gary Bottell)
Kevin Ashcroft Coach Billy Benyon
16 score 0
3 HT 0
Scorers
Tries
Paul Fellows (1) T
Mick Kelly (1) T
Ken Kelly (1) T
Bob Eccles (1) T
Goals
Steve Hesford (2) out of 9 attempts G
Referee J Holdsworth (Leeds)
Man of the match Steve Hesford - Warrington - Fullback
sponsored by Burtonwood Brewery
Competition Sponsor Forshaws (Burtonwood Brewery Co Ltd)

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 43
Huyton 5
Warrington 16
Oldham 14
Blackpool Borough 10
Oldham 27
Warrington 17
Fulham 8
Wigan 18
Salford 13
Wigan 4
Fulham 15
Fulham 20
Swinton 8
Warrington 16
St. Helens 0
Workington Town 12
Barrow 20
Barrow 6
St. Helens 9
Widnes 12
St. Helens 14
St. Helens 7-9
Carlisle 7-5
Leigh 32
Rochdale Hornets 20
Leigh 12
Carlisle 13
Carlisle 16
Whitehaven 8

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

See also[]

References[]

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

External links[]

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