1969–70 Lancashire Cup

April 2022 1969–70 Lancashire Cup Regional knockout championship Swinton Winners Leigh 1968 Lancashire Cup 1968–69 1970 Lancashire Cup 1970–71 16 The season of 1969–70 was the fifty-seventh occasion on which the Lancashire Cup completion had been held. Swinton won the trophy by beating Leigh by the score of 11-2 The match was played at Central Park, Wigan, (historically in the county of Lancashire). The attendance was 13,532 and receipts were £3,651-0s-0d Background The total number of teams entering the competition increased by two, up to the total of 16. This was as a result of inviting two junior (or amateur) clubs, St Helens Amateurs and Maryport. The same fixture format was retained, and due to the increase in the number of participating clubs, resulted in a full fixture list with no byes or “blank” or “dummy” fixtures. Competition and results Rugby League Project http://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/competitions/lancashire-cup/results.html?page=6 Round 1 Involved 8 matches (with no bye or “blank” fixture) and 16 clubs Game NoFixture dateHome team Score Away teamVenueAttRecNotesRef 1Saturday 15 August 1969Leigh15-12WarringtonHilton ParkWarrington Wolves - Results Archive - 1897 http://www.warringtonwolves.org/results-archive?y=1897 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20100706043029/http://www.warringtonwolves.org/results-archive?y=1897 2010-07-06 2Saturday 16 August 1969Oldham24-28SwintonWatersheddings3Saturday 16 August 1969Whitehaven24-10BarrowRecreation Ground4Saturday 16 August 1969Wigan25-9SalfordCentral ParkWigan "Cherry and White" archived results http://wigan.rlfans.com/news.php?readmore=3199 15 February 2014 21 February 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20140221234707/http://wigan.rlfans.com/news.php?readmore=3199 dead5Sunday 17 August 1969Huyton13-16Blackpool BoroughAlt Park, Huyton1 6Sunday 17 August 1969Rochdale Hornets42-5St Helens AmateursAthletic Grounds1 7Sunday 17 August 1969Widnes16-15Workington TownNaughton ParkWidnes Vikings - History - Season In Review - 1896-97 http://www.rugby.widnes.tv/seasonreview.php?mid=1896&smid=1896-97&mids=18968Monday 1 September 1969St. Helens58-5MaryportKnowsley Road3 Saints Heritage Society - History - Season 1896-97 http://www.saints.org.uk/saints.org.uk/home/viewpage.php?page_id=9 15 February 2014 2 March 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20120302024842/http://www.saints.org.uk/saints.org.uk/home/viewpage.php?page_id=9 dead Round 2 - Quarter-finals Involved 4 matches (with no bye) and 8 clubs Game NoFixture dateHome team Score Away teamVenueAttRecNotesRef 1Wednesday 17 September 1969Swinton59-5Blackpool BoroughStation Road2Monday 22 September 1969Wigan38-12WhitehavenCentral Park3Monday 29 September 1969Widnes22-14St. HelensNaughton Park4Wednesday 1 October 1969Rochdale Hornets10-11LeighAthletic Grounds Round 3 – Semi-finals Involved 2 matches and 4 clubs Game NoFixture dateHome team Score Away teamVenueAttRecNotesRef 1Wednesday 1 October 1969Leigh15-4WidnesHilton Park2Wednesday 8 October 1969Swinton9-6WiganStation Road12,326 Final Game NoFixture dateHome team Score Away teamVenueAttRecNotesRef Saturday 1 November 1969Swinton11-2LeighCentral Park13,532£3,6514Raymond Fletcher and David Howes Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook 1991-100 1991 Queen Anne Press 0 35617852 8 Teams and scorers Swinton№Leigh teams Ken Gowers1Tom GraineyJohn Gomersall2Rod TickleBob Fleet (c)3Tom WarburtonAlan Buckley4Mick CollinsMick Philbin5Harold StringerBilly Davies6David EckersleyPeter Kenny7Alex Murphy (c)Harold Bate8Dave ChisnallDerek Clarke9Kevin AshcroftGraham Mackay10Derek WattsBill Holliday11Bob WeldingRod Smith12Jimmy FiddlerDave Robinson13Geoff LyonJeff Price (not used)14Dennis Brown (for Harold Stringer)Malcolm Cummings (not used)15Paul Grimes (not used) 11score22HT0 Scorers Tries Mick Philbin (1)T Drop Goals Peter Kenny (4)DGAlex Murphy (1)RefereeEric Clay, Leeds Scoring - Try = three (3) points - Goal = two (2) points - Drop goal = two (2) points Swinton Lions Tales http://www.swintonlionstales.co.uk/index.php/site/view_gallery/8 https://web.archive.org/web/20140222170645/http://www.swintonlionstales.co.uk/index.php/site/view_gallery/8 usurped 22 February 2014 The road to success First round Second round Semi-finals Final Oldham 24 Swinton 28 Huyton 13 Blackpool Borough 16 Wigan 25 Salford 9 Whitehaven 24 Barrow 10 Rochdale Hornets 42 St Helens Amateurs 5 Leigh 15 Warrington 12 Widnes 16 Workington Town 15 St. Helens 58 Maryport 5 Swinton 59 Blackpool Borough 5 Wigan 38 Whitehaven 12 Rochdale Hornets 10 Leigh 11 Widnes 22 St. Helens 14 Swinton 9 Wigan 6 Leigh 15 Widnes 4 Swinton 11 Leigh 2 Notes and comments 1 * The first Lancashire Cup match to be played at Huyton's newly completed new stadium 2 * St Helens Amateurs were a junior (or amateur) club 3 * Maryport a junior (or amateur) club from CumberlandMaryport http://www.pitchero.com/clubs/maryportarlfc/a/history-7494.html?page=3<br/ > 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 See also 1969–70 Northern Rugby Football League season Rugby league county cups References External links Saints Heritage Society https://web.archive.org/web/20120302024842/http://www.saints.org.uk/saints.org.uk/home/viewpage.php?page_id=9 2 March 2012 1896–97 Northern Rugby Football Union season at wigan.rlfans.com https://web.archive.org/web/20140202123900/http://wigan.rlfans.com/fusion_pages/index.php?page_id=319 2 February 2014 Hull&Proud Fixtures & Results 1896/1897 Widnes Vikings - One team, one passion Season In Review - 1896-97 The Northern Union at warringtonwolves.org Category:1969 in English rugby league Category:RFL Lancashire Cup