1953–54 Lancashire Cup

April 2022 1953–54 Lancashire Cup Regional knockout championship St. Helens Winners Wigan 1952 Lancashire Cup 1952–53 1954 Lancashire Cup 1954–55 14 The 1953–54 Lancashire Cup was the forty-first occasion on which the RFL Lancashire Cup competition was held. St. Helens won the trophy by beating Wigan by the score of 16–8. The match was played at Station Road, Pendlebury, (historically in the county of Lancashire). The attendance was 42,793 and receipts were £6,918. The attendance was again a record, albeit only beating the previous record by about 250. Sport in general was now at its height of popularity, brought about by the ending of the Second World War, the new peace, the new affluence and more free time. Rugby League was no exception and this particular attendance record would never be broken. Background Overall, the number of teams entering that year's competition remained the same as last year's total of 14. The same pre-war fixture format was retained. This season saw no bye but one "blank" or "dummy" fixture in the first round. There was also one bye but no "blank" fixture" in the second round. As last season, all the first round matches of the competition will be played on the basis of two legged, home and away, ties – and the remainder of the rounds remaining on straight forward knock-out basis. Competition and results Rugby League Project http://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/competitions/lancashire-cup/results.html?page=6 Round 1 – first leg Involved 7 matches (with no bye and one "blank" fixture) and 14 clubs Game NoFixture dateHome team Score Away teamVenueaggAttRecNotesRef 1Sat 05 Sep 1953Barrow14–13St. HelensCraven Park11,921Saints 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 dead2Sat 05 Sep 1953Liverpool City2–14SwintonMill Yard, Knotty Ash3Sat 05 Sep 1953Rochdale Hornets7–12Workington TownAthletic Grounds4Sat 05 Sep 1953Salford12–7WiganThe WillowsWigan "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 dead5Sat 05 Sep 1953Warrington28–7Belle Vue RangersWilderspoolWarrington 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 6Sat 05 Sep 1953Whitehaven13–12OldhamRecreation Ground7Sat 05 Sep 1953Widnes9–14LeighNaughton ParkWidnes Vikings – History – Season In Review – 1896–97 http://www.rugby.widnes.tv/seasonreview.php?mid=1896&smid=1896-97&mids=18968 blankblank Round 1 – second leg Involved 7 matches (with no bye and one "blank" fixture) and 14 clubs. These are the reverse fixture from the first leg Game NoFixture dateHome team Score Away teamVenueaggAttRecNotesRef 1Wed 09 Sep 1953St. Helens21–17BarrowKnowsley Road34–3120,1002Wed 09 Sep 1953Swinton20–4Liverpool CityStation Road34–63Wed 09 Sep 1953Workington Town10–5Rochdale HornetsBorough Park22–124Mon 07 Sep 1953Wigan28–2SalfordCentral Park35–145Tue 08 Sep 1953Belle Vue Rangers14–17WarringtonBelle Vue Stadium21–466Mon 07 Sep 1953Oldham45–6WhitehavenWatersheddings57–197Wed 09 Sep 1953Leigh25–5WidnesKirkhall Lane39–148 blankblank Round 2 – quarterfinals Involved 3 matches (with one bye) and 7 clubs Game NoFixture dateHome team Score Away teamVenueaggAttRecNotesRef 1Wed 23 Sep 1953St. Helens38–9SwintonKnowsley Road19,0002Wed 23 Sep 1953Wigan10–7Workington TownCentral Park3Thu 24 Sep 1953Warrington12–11OldhamWilderspool4 Leighbye Round 3 – semifinals Involved 2 matches and 4 clubs Game NoFixture dateHome team Score Away teamVenueaggAttRecNotesRef 1Mon 28 Sep 1953Wigan11–6LeighCentral Park2Thu 01 Oct 1953St. Helens17–10WarringtonKnowsley Road23,184 Final Game NoFixture dateHome team Score Away teamVenueaggAttRecNotesRef Saturday 24 October 1953St. Helens16–8WiganStation Road42,793£6,9181 2 Raymond Fletcher and David Howes Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook 1991-100 1991 Queen Anne Press 0 35617852 8 Teams and scorers St. HelensNo.Wigan teams Glyn Moses1Jack CunliffeSteve Llewellyn2Brian NordgrenDoug Greenall3Jack BroomeDon Gullick4Ernie AshcroftStan McCormick5Ronnie Hurst Peter Metcalfe6Jack FlemingJimmy Honey 7Johnny Alty Alan Prescott8Ken GeeReg Blakemore9Ronald MatherGeorge Parr 10Nat Silcock, Jr.George Parsons11Frank CollierBill Bretherton 12Tommy Horrocks Vince Karalius13Harry Street 16score84HT8 Scorers Tries Jimmy Honey (1)TJack Fleming (1)Glyn Moses (1)THarry Street (1) Goals Peter Metcalfe (5)GKen Gee (1)RefereeM. Coates, Pudsey Scoring – Try = three (3) points – Goal = two (2) points – Drop goal = two (2) points The road to success All the first round ties were played on a two leg (home and away) basis. The first club named in each of the first round ties played the first leg at home. The scores shown in the first round are the aggregate score over the two legs. First round Second round Semifinals Final Barrow 31 St. Helens 34 Liverpool City 6 Swinton 34 Warrington 46 Belle Vue Rangers 21 Whitehaven 19 Oldham 57 Salford 14 Wigan 35 Rochdale Hornets 12 Workington Town 22 Widnes 14 Leigh 39 blank blank St. Helens 38 Swinton 9 Warrington 12 Oldham 11 Wigan 10 Workington Town 7 Leigh bye St. Helens 17 Warrington 10 Wigan 11 Leigh 6 St. Helens 16 Wigan 8 Notes and comments 1 * The attendance of 42,793 was again a record, albeit only beating the previous record by about 250 This attendance record would never ever be equalled or beaten. The receipts were also a new record, but this would only stand for 5 years. 2 * Station Road was the home ground of Swinton from 1929 to 1932 and at its peak was one of the finest rugby league grounds in the country and it boasted a capacity of 40,000. The actual record attendance was for the Challenge Cup semi-final on 7 April 1951 when 44,621 watched Wigan beat Warrington 3–2 See also 1953–54 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:1953 in English rugby league Category:RFL Lancashire Cup