1981–82 Lancashire Cup

April 2022 1981–82 Lancashire Cup Regional knockout championship Leigh Winners Widnes 1980 Lancashire Cup 1980–81 1982 Lancashire Cup 1982–83 16 The 1981–82 Lancashire Cup (known as the Forshaws Lancashire Cup for sponsorship reasons) was the 69th staging of the rugby league knockout competition, the Lancashire Cup. Leigh won the trophy with an 8–3 win against Widnes. Background This season saw the introduction of two new non-Lancashire clubs, Carlisle and Fulham, increasing the number of clubs in the competition from 14 to 16, meaning there was no longer a need for any teams to receive byes in the first round. In his column for the Manchester Evening News, Warrington player Ken Kelly was especially critical of the addition of London-based Fulham, arguing it made a mockery of the competition.Fulham in Lancashire https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0004985/19810815/023/0023 Manchester Evening News Super Pink 15 August 1981 5 34920 British Newspaper Archive subscription Competition and results First round The first round involved eight matches and 16 clubs. Carlisle's match against Wigan was the club's first ever competitive fixture. Game no.Fixture dateHome teamScoreAway teamVenueAttRef114 August 1981Oldham7–17SalfordWatersheddings2915216 August 1981Barrow15–7WarringtonCraven Park3197Warrington 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 2014-02-02 316 August 1981Blackpool Borough0–28St HelensBorough Park2239Saints Heritage Society - History - Season 1896-97 http://www.saints.org.uk/saints.org.uk/home/viewpage.php?page_id=9 16 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 dead416 August 1981Carlisle6–9WiganBrunton Park2779Wigan "Cherry and White" archived results http://wigan.rlfans.com/news.php?readmore=3199 16 February 2014 21 February 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20140221234707/http://wigan.rlfans.com/news.php?readmore=3199 dead516 August 1981Fulham32–15SwintonCraven Cottage3207616 August 1981Leigh37–2WhitehavenHilton Park3915716 August 1981Rochdale Hornets8–14WidnesAthletic Grounds1054Widnes Vikings - History - Season In Review - 1896-97 http://www.rugby.widnes.tv/seasonreview.php?mid=1896&smid=1896-97&mids=1896816 August 1981Workington Town35–2HuytonDerwent Park1417 Second round The second round involved four matches and eight clubs. Game no.Fixture dateHome teamScoreAway teamVenueAttRef123 August 1981Leigh32–17Workington TownHilton Park4283223 August 1981St. Helens40–17BarrowKnowsley Road4303323 August 1981Salford19–3FulhamThe Willows3462423 August 1981Wigan11–26WidnesCentral Park6711 Semifinals The semifinals involved two matches and four clubs. Game no.Fixture dateHome teamScoreAway teamVenueAttRef12 September 1981Leigh20–6St. HelensHilton Park819622 September 1981Widnes33–2SalfordNaughton Park5849 Final The final was played at Central Park, Wigan. The attendance was 9,011 and receipts were £14,029. This was Leigh's first Lancashire Cup since the 1970–71 season.Fletcher Howes 1982 148 Game no.Fixture dateHome teamScoreAway teamVenueAttRef26 September 1981Leigh8–3WidnesCentral Park9011Raymond Fletcher and David Howes Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook 1991-100 1991 Queen Anne Press 0 35617852 8 Teams and scorers LeighNo.WidnesMick Hogan1Mick BurkeDes Drummond2Mick GeorgeTerry Bilsbury3Eric HughesSteve Donlan4Eddie CunninghamGraham Worgan5Keith BentleyJohn Woods6Dave MoranKen Green7Andy GregoryAlf Wilkinson8Mike O'NeillRay Tabern9Keith ElwellTony Cooke10Brian LockwoodThomas Martyn11Les GorleyGeoffrey Clarkson12Eric PrescottMick McTigue13Mick Adams??14x Billy Platt (for Thomas Martyn)15 8Score35HT0 Scorers Tries Terry Bilsbury (1)TKeith Bentley (1) Goals John Woods (2)G Drop goals Steve Donlan (1)DGRefereeW H (Billy) Thompson (Huddersfield)Man of the matchRay Tabern - Leigh - HKSponsored byBurtonwood BreweryCompetition sponsorForshaws (Burtonwood Brewery Co Ltd) Scoring - Try = three points - Goal = two points - Drop goal = one point The road to success First round Second round Semi-finals Final Leigh 37 Whitehaven 2 Workington Town 35 Huyton 2 Blackpool Borough 0 St. Helens 28 Barrow 15 Warrington 7 Carlisle 6 Wigan 9 Rochdale Hornets 8 Widnes 14 Oldham 7 Salford 17 Fulham 32 Swinton 15 Leigh 32 Workington Town 17 St. Helens 40 Barrow 17 Wigan 11 Widnes 26 Salford 19 Fulham 3 Leigh 20 St. Helens 6 Widnes 33 Salford 2 Leigh 8 Widnes 3 See also 1981–82 Rugby Football League season Rugby league county cups Notes References Fletcher Raymond Howes David Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook 1982-83 1982 Rothmans Publications 978-0-907574-15-6 External links Lancashire Cup 1981/82 - Results https://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/competitions/lancashire-cup-1981-82/results.html Rugby League Project Category:1981 in English rugby league Category:RFL Lancashire Cup