1990–91 Lancashire Cup

1990–91 Lancashire Cup
1990–91 Lancashire Cup
Structure	Regional knockout championship
Teams	17
Winners	Widnes
Runners-up	Salford
	← 1989–90 1991–92 →

The 1990–91 Lancashire Cup was the seventy-eighth occasion on which the completion had been held. Widnes won the trophy by beating Salford by the score of 24-18 in the final. The match was played at Central Park, Wigan, (historically in the county of Lancashire). The attendance was 7,485 and receipts were £36,867.00.

Background[]

The total entrants remained the same as last season, i.e. at 17.
This necessitated the need for a preliminary round (consisting of just 1 game. The first round (proper) then involved 16 clubs, thus removing the need of any “blank” or “dummy” fixtures or any byes.

Competition and Results[]

^[1]^[2]

Preliminary Round[]

Involved 1 match and 2 Clubs

Game No	Fixture Date	Home Team		Score		Away Team	Venue	Att	Rec	Notes	Ref
1	Sun 19 Aug 1990	Rochdale Hornets		12-41		Salford	Spotland	2049		1

Round 1[]

Involved 8 matches (with no byes) and 16 Clubs

Game No	Fixture Date	Home Team	Score	Away Team	Venue	Att	Notes	Ref
1	Sun 26 Aug 1990	Carlisle	38-18	Workington Town	Gifford Park	1104
2	Sun 26 Aug 1990	Fulham	50-0	Runcorn Highfield	Crystal Palace NSC	623	2
3	Sun 26 Aug 1990	Leigh	26-6	Swinton	Hilton Park	3137
4	Sun 26 Aug 1990	St. Helens	56-24	Trafford Borough	Knowsley Road	4827		^[3]
5	Sun 26 Aug 1990	Salford	27-24	Oldham	The Willows	4236
6	Sun 26 Aug 1990	Warrington	36-8	Chorley Borough (2)	Wilderspool	3143		^[4]
7	Sun 26 Aug 1990	Whitehaven	6-70	Widnes	Recreation Ground	4054		^[5]
8	Sun 26 Aug 1990	Wigan	70-8	Barrow	Central Park	8377		^[6]

Round 2 - Quarter Finals[]

Involved 4 matches and 7 Clubs

Game No	Fixture Date	Home Team	Score	Away Team	Venue	Att	Ref
1	Sun 02 Sep 1990	Carlisle	7-28	Warrington	Gifford Park	1596	^[4]
2	Sun 02 Sep 1990	Leigh	40-8	Fulham	Hilton Park	2909
3	Sun 02 Sep 1990	Salford	21-7	St. Helens	The Willows	5574	^[3]
4	Sun 02 Sep 1990	Widnes	24-22	Wigan	Naughton Park	14035	^[5]^[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 12 Sep 1990	Salford		16-7		Leigh	The Willows	6939
2	Wed 12 Sep 1990	Widnes		20-4		Warrington	Naughton Park	11708		3	^[4]^[5]

Final[]

Game No	Fixture Date	Home Team		Score		Away Team	Venue	Att	Rec	Notes	Ref
	Saturday 29 September 1990	Widnes		24-18		Salford	Central Park	7485	36867	4	^[5]^[7]

Teams and Scorers[]

Widnes	№	Salford
	teams
Alan Tait	1
Darren Wright	2
Andy Currier	3
Jonathan Davies	4	Peter Williams
Martin Offiah	5	Adrian Hadley
Tony Myler (c)	6
David Hulme	7
Kurt Sorensen	8
Phil McKenzie	9	Mark Lee
	10
Richard Eyres	11
Emosi Koloto	12	Ian Blease (c)
Les Holliday	13	Andrew Burgess
John Devereux	14	Frank Cassidy (for Steve Kerry 72mins)
David Smith (for Chris Ashurst 31mins)	15	(for Chris Whiteley 31mins)
Doug Laughton	Coach	Kevin Tamati

24	score	18
12	HT	12

	Scorers
	Tries
Andy Currier (1)	T	Peter Williams (1)
Tony Myler (1)	T	Ian Blease (1)
David Smith (1)	T	David Fell (1)
Martin Offiah (1)	T
	Goals
Jonathan Davies (4)	G	Steve Kerry (3)
Referee		Alan Burke (Oldham)
Man of the match		David Fell - Salford - stand-off
sponsored by		Greenall Whitley
Competition Sponsor		Greenalls

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

^[5]^[7]

The road to success[]

(This chart excludes the match in the preliminary round)

First Round		Second Round		Semi Finals		Final

Whitehaven	6

Widnes	70
		Widnes	24

		Wigan	22
Wigan	70

Barrow	8
				Widnes	20

				Warrington	4
Carlisle	38

Workington Town	18
		Carlisle	7

		Warrington	28
Warrington	36

Chorley Borough (2)	8
						Widnes	24

						Salford	18
Salford	27

Oldham	24
		Salford	21

		St. Helens	7
St. Helens	56

Trafford Borough	24
				Salford	16

				Leigh	7
Leigh	26

Swinton	6
		Leigh	40

		Fulham	8
Fulham	50

Runcorn Highfield	0

Notes and comments[]

1 * The first Lancashire Cup match to be played at Rochdale Hornets's new ground
2 * The first Lancashire Cup match to be played on this ground, one of many used by Fulham during the nomadic period between 1985-1993
3 * The attendance is given as 11,708 in the official Widnes archives^[5] - RUGBYLEAGUEproject^[1] gives the attendance as 12,028
4 * 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

References[]

^ ^a ^b "Rugby League Project".
^ Jack Winstanley & Malcolm Ryding (1991). John Player Yearbook 1975-76. Queen Anne Press.
^ ^a ^b "Saints Heritage Society - History - Season 1896–97".
^ ^a ^b ^c "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 "Wigan "Cherry and White" archived results".
^ ^a ^b Raymond Fletcher and David Howes (1991). Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook 1991-100. Queen Anne Press. ISBN 0 35617852 8.

External links[]

[RLP.orgMisc-1] "Rugby League Project".

[JP1975-76Misc-2] Jack Winstanley & Malcolm Ryding (1991). John Player Yearbook 1975-76. Queen Anne Press.

[SaintsMisc-3] "Saints Heritage Society - History - Season 1896–97".

[WiresMisc-4] "Warrington Wolves - Results Archive - 1897". Archived from the original on 2014-02-02.

[ChemicsMisc-5] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f "Widnes Vikings - History - Season In Review - 1896–97".

[CherryMisc-6] "Wigan "Cherry and White" archived results".

[Roth1991–92Misc-7] Raymond Fletcher and David Howes (1991). Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook 1991-100. Queen Anne Press. ISBN 0 35617852 8.

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