1975–76 Lancashire Cup

April 2022 1975–76 Lancashire Cup Regional knockout championship Widnes Winners Salford 1974 Lancashire Cup 1974–75 1976 Lancashire Cup 1976–77 14 1975–76 was the sixty-third occasion on which the Lancashire Cup completion had been held. Widnes won the trophy by beating Salford by the score of 16-7 The match was played at Central Park, Wigan, (historically in the county of Lancashire). The attendance was 7,566 and receipts were £3,880.00 Background The total number of teams entering the competition remained at last season’s total of 14 with no junior/amateur clubs taking part. The same fixture format was retained, but due to the decrease in the number of participating clubs, resulted in one “blank” or “dummy” fixture in the first round, and one bye in the second round. Competition and results Rugby League Project http://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/competitions/lancashire-cup/results.html?page=6 Jack Winstanley & Malcolm Ryding John Player Yearbook 1975–76 1991 Queen Anne Press Round 1 Involved 7 matches (with one “blank” fixture) and 14 clubs Game NoFixture dateHome team Score Away teamVenueAttRecNotesRef 1Sat 30 Aug 1975Oldham17-19St. HelensWatersheddings3011Saints 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 dead2Sun 31 Aug 1975Barrow9-14SwintonCraven Park3Sun 31 Aug 1975Blackpool Borough3-11LeighBorough Park4Sun 31 Aug 1975Rochdale Hornets10-22Workington TownAthletic Grounds5Sun 31 Aug 1975Salford44-17HuytonThe Willows6Sun 31 Aug 1975Warrington14-39WiganWilderspoolWigan "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/20140202093910/http://www.warringtonwolves.org/results-archive?y=1897 2014-02-02 7Sun 31 Aug 1975Widnes19-7WhitehavenNaughton ParkWidnes Vikings - History - Season In Review - 1896-97 http://www.rugby.widnes.tv/seasonreview.php?mid=1896&smid=1896-97&mids=18968blankblank Round 2 - Quarter-finals Involved 3 matches (with one bye) and 7 clubs Game NoFixture dateHome team Score Away teamVenueAttRecNotesRef 1Sat 13 Sep 1975Wigan21-22Workington TownCentral Park2Sun 14 Sep 1975Leigh6-23SalfordHilton Park3Sun 14 Sep 1975Swinton2-17St. HelensStation Road40294Widnesbye Round 3 – Semi-finals Involved 2 matches and 4 clubs Game NoFixture dateHome team Score Away teamVenueAttRecNotesRef 1Tue 16 Sep 1975Workington Town2-16WidnesDerwent Park2Tue 23 Sep 1975St. Helens8-21SalfordKnowsley Road9000 Final Game NoFixture dateHome team Score Away teamVenueAttRecNotesRef Saturday 4 October 1975Widnes16-7SalfordCentral Park7,5663,8801Raymond Fletcher and David Howes Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook 1991-100 1991 Queen Anne Press 0 35617852 8Frank Butler and Patrick Collins News of the World Football Annual 1975–76 - 89th year 1975 News of the World LtdFrank Butler and Patrick Collins News of the World Football Annual 1976–77 - 90th year 1976 News of the World Ltd Teams and scorers Widnes№Salford teams Ray Dutton1David WatkinsAlan Prescott2Keith FieldingMick George3ButlerMal Aspey4Chris HeskethDavid Jenkins5Maurice RichardsEric Hughes6Ken GillReg Bowden7Steve NashJim Mills8FiddlerDerek Hammond (but see note 2)9Roy HawksleyNick Nelson10Colin DixonJohn Foran11TurnbullJim Fitzpatrick12KnightonMick Adams13Eric Prescott14Barry Sheridan (for Jim Fitzpatrick)15Mackay (for Dixon) 16score78HT5 Scorers Tries Alan Prescott (1)TMaurice Richards (1)Mick George (1)TMal Aspey (1)T Goals Ray Dutton (3)GDavid Watkins (2) Drop Goals Ray Dutton (1)DGRefereeW H (Billy) Thompson (Huddersfield)Man of the matchMick George - Widnes - CEsponsored byRugby Leaguer Scoring - Try = three points - Goal = two points - Drop goal = one point The road to success First round Second round Semi-finals Final Warrington 14 Wigan 39 Rochdale Hornets 10 Workington Town 22 Widnes 19 blank 7 blank blank Barrow 9 Swinton 14 Oldham 17 St. Helens 19 Blackpool Borough 3 Leigh 11 Salford 44 Huyton 17 Wigan 21 Workington Town 22 Widnes bye Swinton 2 St. Helens 17 Leigh 6 Salford 23 Workington Town 2 Widnes 16 St. Helens 8 Salford 21 Widnes 16 Salford 7 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 2 * Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook 1991-1992 Names Keith Elwell as number 9 (hooker) - The Widnes official archives name the hooker as Derek Hammond See also 1975–76 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:1975 in English rugby league Category:RFL Lancashire Cup