1955–56 Lancashire Cup

April 2022 1955–56 Lancashire Cup Regional knockout championship Leigh Winners Widnes 1954 Lancashire Cup 1954–55 1956 Lancashire Cup 1956–57 15 1955–56 was the forty-third occasion on which the Lancashire Cup completion had been held. Leigh won the trophy by beating Widnes by the score of 26-9. The match was played at Central Park, Wigan, (historically in the county of Lancashire). The attendance was 26,504 and receipts were £4,090. Background The end of last season saw the demise of Belle Vue Rangers. With this and the retention of the invitation to juniors, Lancashire Amateurs the number of clubs was reduced by one to a total of 15. The same pre-war fixture format was retained, and due to reduction in the number of clubs this resulted in one bye in the first round. The whole tournament was again played on a knock-out basis, and there would be no return to the two legged fixtures during the life of the competition. Competition and results Rugby League Project http://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/competitions/lancashire-cup/results.html?page=6 Round 1 Involved 7 matches (with one bye but no “blank” fixture) and 15 clubs Game NoFixture dateHome team Score Away teamVenueAttRecNotesRef 1Sat 27 Aug 1955Barrow18-12St. HelensCraven Park9,732Saints 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 27 Aug 1955Blackpool Borough8-18OldhamSt Anne's Road Greyhound Stadium 3Sat 27 Aug 1955Leigh71-14County AmateursKirkhall Lane4Sat 27 Aug 1955Rochdale Hornets26-17WhitehavenAthletic Grounds5Sat 27 Aug 1955Salford8-33WidnesThe WillowsWidnes Vikings - History - Season In Review - 1896-97 http://www.rugby.widnes.tv/seasonreview.php?mid=1896&smid=1896-97&mids=18966Sat 27 Aug 1955Wigan15-16WarringtonCentral 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 deadWarrington 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 7Sat 27 Aug 1955Workington Town24-10Liverpool CityBorough Park8 Swintonbye Round 2 - quarterfinals Involved 4 matches (with no bye) and 8 clubs Game NoFixture dateHome team Score Away teamVenueAttRecNotesRef 1Tue 06 Sep 1955Barrow24-10Workington TownCraven Park2Tue 06 Sep 1955Rochdale Hornets12-26WarringtonAthletic Grounds3Wed 07 Sep 1955Oldham11-13LeighWatersheddings4Thu 08 Sep 1955Widnes9-3SwintonNaughton Park Round 3 – semifinals Involved 2 matches and 4 clubs Game NoFixture dateHome team Score Away teamVenue width=30 abbr="Att" |AttRecNotesRef 1Thu 22 Sep 1955Barrow7-11LeighCraven Park2Thu 22 Sep 1955Widnes11-6WarringtonNaughton Park Final Game NoFixture dateHome team Score Away teamVenueAttRecNotesRef Saturday 15 October 1955Leigh26-9WidnesCentral Park26,504£4,0901Raymond Fletcher and David Howes Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook 1991-100 1991 Queen Anne Press 0 35617852 8 Teams and scorers Leigh№Widnes teams Jimmy Ledgard1John SaleBill Kindon2Gordon WilliamsonDon Gullick3Harold 'Lal' KinseyAlbert Moore4Tommy GalliganMalcolm Davies5Peter RatcliffeJack Fleming6Roy ButlerBrian Chadwick7Percy DaviesJohn Barton8Ron RowbottomWalt Tabern9Jack Hayes/J. J. HayesStan Owen10Harold TomlinsonDerek Hurt11Derek Smith/Tom Smith/Vin SmithMick Martyn12Gordon MurrayPeter Foster13George Kemel 26score98HT4 Scorers Tries TGordon Williamson (1)TTTT Goals GJohn Sale (3)G Drop Goals DGReferee Scoring - Try = three (3) points - Goal = two (2) points - Drop goal = two (2) points The road to success First round Second round Semifinals Final Barrow 18 St. Helens 12 Workington Town 24 Liverpool City 10 Blackpool Borough 8 Oldham 18 Leigh 71 County Amateurs 14 Salford 8 Widnes 33 Swinton bye Rochdale Hornets 26 Whitehaven 17 Wigan 15 Warrington 16 Barrow 24 Workington Town 10 Oldham 11 Leigh 13 Widnes 9 Swinton 3 Rochdale Hornets 12 Warrington 26 Barrow 7 Leigh 11 Widnes 11 Warrington 6 Leigh 26 Widnes 9 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 1955–56 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:1955 in English rugby league Category:RFL Lancashire Cup