1985–86 Lancashire Cup

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1985 Lancashire Cup
StructureRegional knockout championship
Teams16
WinnersWigan
Runners-upWarrington
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The 1985–86 Lancashire Cup competition was the seventy-third occasion on which the tournament had been held. Wigan won the trophy by beating Warrington in the final by the score of 34-8.

Competition and Results[]

This season the total number of entrants remained at the 16 level. With this full sixteen members there was no need for “blank” or “dummy” fixtures or any byes.[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 Sun 15 Sep 1985 Barrow 8-12 Whitehaven Craven Park 2011
2 Sun 15 Sep 1985 Leigh 40-12 Oldham Hilton Park 3500
3 Sun 15 Sep 1985 Rochdale Hornets 6-17 Widnes Athletic Grounds 1269 [3]
4 Sun 15 Sep 1985 Runcorn Highfield 16-38 Workington Town Canal Street 1000
5 Sun 15 Sep 1985 St. Helens 72-8 Carlisle Knowsley Road 3630 [4]
6 Sun 15 Sep 1985 Salford 18-14 Swinton The Willows 3482
7 Sun 15 Sep 1985 Warrington 30-3 Blackpool Borough Wilderspool 2234 [5]
8 Sun 15 Sep 1985 Wigan 24-13 Fulham Central Park 8943 [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 25 Sep 1985 Leigh 14-18 Widnes Hilton Park 4000 [3]
2 Wed 25 Sep 1985 St. Helens 26-8 Whitehaven Knowsley Road 3853 [4]
3 Wed 25 Sep 1985 Warrington 38-4 Workington Town Wilderspool 2518 [5]
4 Wed 25 Sep 1985 Wigan 22-20 Salford Central Park 11188 [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
1 Wed 02 Oct 1985 Warrington 11-4 Widnes Wilderspool 5633 [3][5][7]
2 Wed 02 Oct 1985 Wigan 30-2 St. Helens Central Park 18544 [4][6]

Final[]

The match was played at Knowsley Road, Eccleston, St Helens, Merseyside, (historically in the county of Lancashire). The attendance was 19,202 and receipts were £56,030. The attendance was again at a very pleasing level, the second of the five-year period when it would reach around the 20,000 level.

This was Wigan's second appearance in two years and a first victory in what would become a run of four victories and five appearances in five successive years.

Game No Fixture Date Home Team Score Away Team Venue Att Rec Notes Ref
Sunday 13 October 1985 Wigan 34-8 Warrington Knowsley Road 19202 56030 1 [5][6][8]

Teams and Scorers[]

[5][6][8]

Wigan № Warrington
teams
Shaun Edwards 1 Brian Johnson
Gary Henley-Smith 2 [1]
David Stephenson 3 Paul Cullen
Ellery Hanley 4 Phil Blake
Colin Whitfield 5 [2]
Steve Ella 6 Ken Kelly
Mike Ford 7 Andy Gregory
Greg Dowling 8 Bob Eccles
Nicky Kiss 9 [3]
Shaun Wane 10 [4]
[5] 11 Les Boyd
Andy Goodway 12 Mike Gregory
Ian Potter 13 Alan Rathbone
Steve Hampson (for Gary Henley-Smith 58min) 14 Mark Forster (for Phil Blake 27min)
Brian Case (for Shaun Edwards 27min) 15 Kevin Tamati (for Les Boyd 49min)
coach
34 score 8
12 HT 8
Scorers
Tries
Steve Ella (2) T Brian Johnson (1)
Nicky Kiss (1) T
Ellery Hanley (1) T
Shaun Edwards (1) T
Goals
David Stephenson (7) G Brian Carbert (2)
Discipline Alan Rathbone - Sent Off -52 Min - Late Hit on Ian Potter
Discipline Andy Gregory - Sent Off - 71min - Stamping on Nick Du Toit
Referee John Holdsworth (Kippax)
Man of the match Steve Ella - Wigan - stand-off
sponsored by Burtonwood Brewery
Competition Sponsor Forshaws (Burtonwood Brewery Co Ltd)

Scoring - Try = four (4) points - Goal = two (2) points - Drop goal = one (1) point

The road to success[]

First Round Second Round Semi Finals Final
            
Wigan 24
Fulham 13
Wigan 22
Salford 20
Salford 18
Swinton 14
Wigan 30
St. Helens 2
St. Helens 72
Carlisle 8
St. Helens 26
Whitehaven 8
Barrow 8
Whitehaven 12
Wigan 34
Warrington 8
Warrington 30
Blackpool Borough 3
Warrington 38
Workington Town 4
Runcorn Highfield 16
Workington Town 38
Warrington 11
Widnes 4
Leigh 40
Oldham 12
Leigh 14
Widnes 18
Rochdale Hornets 6
Widnes 17

Notes[]

1 * Knowsley Road was the home ground of St. Helens from 1890 to 2010. The final capacity was in the region of 18,000, although the actual record attendance was 35,695, set on 26 December 1949, for a league game between St Helens and Wigan

See also[]

References[]

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

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