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1937–38 Lancashire Cup

1937–38 Lancashire Cup
StructureRegional knockout championship
Teams13
WinnersWarrington
Runners-upBarrow

The 1937–38 Lancashire Cup was the thirtieth occasion on which the Lancashire Cup competition had been held.
Warrington won the trophy by beating Barrow by 8–4.
The match was played at Central Park, Wigan, (historically in the county of Lancashire). The attendance was 14,000 and receipts were Β£800.

Background

The number of teams entering this year's competition decreased by one with the withdrawal of Streatham & Mitcham, back to the previous total of 13 but the same fixture format was retained.
There was once again a bye in the first round, and there was still a "blank" or "dummy" fixture. The bye in the second round remained.

Competition and results

[1]

Round 1

Involved 6 matches (with one bye and one "blank" fixture) and 13 clubs

Game No Fixture date Home team Score Away team Venue Att Rec Notes Ref
1 Sat 11 Sep 1937 Barrow 11–2 St Helens Recs Craven Park
2 Sat 11 Sep 1937 Leigh 18–3 Rochdale Hornets Mather Lane
3 Sat 11 Sep 1937 Oldham 2–4 Warrington Watersheddings [2]
4 Sat 11 Sep 1937 St. Helens 0–11 Broughton Rangers Knowsley Road [3]
5 Sat 11 Sep 1937 Salford 2–3 Widnes The Willows [4]
6 Sat 11 Sep 1937 Swinton 9–9 Wigan Station Road [5]
7 Liverpool Stanley bye
8 blank blank

Round 1 – replays

Involved 1 match

Game No Fixture date Home team Score Away team Venue Att Rec Notes Ref
1 Wed 15 Sep 1937 Wigan 24–5 Swinton Central Park [5]

Round 2 – quarterfinals

Involved 3 matches (with one bye) and 7 clubs

Game No Fixture date Home team Score Away team Venue Att Rec Notes Ref
1 Wed 22 Sep 1937 Broughton Rangers 12–8 Leigh Belle Vue Stadium
2 Thu 23 Sep 1937 Barrow 3–2 Liverpool Stanley Craven Park
3 Thu 23 Sep 1937 Widnes 26–5 Wigan Naughton Park [5][4]
4 Warrington bye [2]

Round 3 – semifinals

Involved 2 matches and 4 clubs

Game No Fixture date Home team Score Away team Venue Att Rec Notes Ref
1 Thu 30 Sep 1937 Barrow 5–2 Broughton Rangers Craven Park
2 Thu 07 Oct 1937 Widnes 0–3 Warrington Naughton Park [4][2]

Final

Game No Fixture date Home team Score Away team Venue Att Rec Notes Ref
Saturday 23 October 1937 Warrington 8–4 Barrow Central Park 14,000 Β£800 1 [2][6]

Teams and scorers

Warrington β„– Barrow
teams
Les Jones 1 Freddie French
Jack Garratt/J. W. Garr'''e'''tt 2 Val Cumberbatch
Dave Brown 3 John Higgin
Bill Shankland Captain (sports) (c) 4 Thomas "Tom my" Barr
Islwyn Davies 5 Buster Harris
Melville De Lloyd 6 Ian Lloyd
Francisco "Frank" Cueto 7 Billy Little
Sammy Hardman 8 George Blackburn
Dave Cotton 9 Dan McKeating
Jack Miller 10 William "Billy" Skelly
Jack Arkwright 11 Alec Troup (c)
Ivor Bennett 12 Bob Ayres
William "Bill" Chapman/William "Bill" Chapman 13 Gordon Askew Rawlings[1][2]
Chris Brockbank Coach unknown
8 score 4
0 HT 0
Scorers
Tries
David Brown (2) T
Goals
Bill Shankland (1) G Freddie French (2)
G
Drop Goals
DG
Referee F. Peel (Bradford)

Scoring – Try = three (3) points – Goal = two (2) points – Drop goal = two (2) points

[2][7][8][9]

The road to success

First round Second round Semifinals Final
            
Salford 2
Widnes 3
Widnes 26
Wigan 5
Swinton 9–5
Wigan 9–24
Widnes 0
Warrington 3
Oldham 2
Warrington 4
Warrington
bye
blank
blank
Warrington 8
Barrow 4
Barrow 11
St Helens Recs 2
Barrow 3
Liverpool Stanley 2
Liverpool Stanley
bye
Barrow 5
Broughton Rangers 2
St. Helens 0
Broughton Rangers 11
Broughton Rangers 12
Leigh 8
Leigh 18
Rochdale Hornets 3

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. ^ a b c d e "Warrington Wolves – Results Archive – 1897". Archived from the original on 6 July 2010.
  3. ^ "Saints Heritage Society – History – Season 1896–97".
  4. ^ a b c "Widnes Vikings – History – Season In Review – 1896–97".
  5. ^ a b c "Wigan "Cherry and White" archived results".
  6. ^ Raymond Fletcher and David Howes (1991). Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook 1991-100. Queen Anne Press. ISBN 0 35617852 8.
  7. ^ "Wire2Wolves Warrington archive". Archived from the original on 22 February 2014. Retrieved 14 February 2014.
  8. ^ "North West Evening Mail". Archived from the original on 14 February 2014. Retrieved 14 February 2014.
  9. ^ "News and Star". Archived from the original on 21 February 2014. Retrieved 14 February 2014.
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