1952–53 Lancashire Cup

April 2022 1952–53 Lancashire Cup Regional knockout championship Leigh Winners St. Helens 1951 Lancashire Cup 1951–52 1953 Lancashire Cup 1953–54 14 The 1952–53 Lancashire Cup was the fortieth occasion on which the Lancashire Cup competition was held. Leigh won the trophy by beating St. Helens by the score of 22–5. The match was played at Station Road, (historically in the county of Lancashire). The attendance was 34,785 and receipts were £5,793. Background Overall, the number of teams entering this 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 30 Aug 1952Barrow21–24St. HelensCraven Park12,000Saints 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 dead2 Sat 30 Aug 1952Oldham25–6SwintonWatersheddings3 Sat 30 Aug 1952Liverpool City14–58Workington TownMill Yard, Knotty Ash4 Sat 30 Aug 1952Rochdale Hornets21–16Belle Vue RangersAthletic Grounds5 Sat 30 Aug 1952Salford17–19WarringtonThe WillowsWarrington 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 6 Sat 30 Aug 1952Whitehaven4–15LeighRecreation Ground7 Sat 30 Aug 1952Widnes15–24WiganNaughton 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 deadWidnes Vikings – History – Season In Review – 1896–97 http://www.rugby.widnes.tv/seasonreview.php?mid=1896&smid=1896-97&mids=1896 8blankblank 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 1 Wed 03 Sep 1952St. Helens23–5BarrowKnowsley Road47–2619,0002 Wed 03 Sep 1952Swinton18–19OldhamStation Road24–443 Mon 01 Sep 1952Workington Town29–18Liverpool CityBorough Park87–324 Mon 01 Sep 1952Belle Vue Rangers7–17Rochdale HornetsBelle Vue Stadium23–385 Wed 03 Sep 1952Warrington30–8SalfordWilderspool49–256Wed 03 Sep 1952Leigh43–2WhitehavenKirkhall Lane58–67 Wed 03 Sep 1952Wigan38–5WidnesCentral Park62–208blankblank Round 2 – quarterfinals Involved 3 matches (with one bye) and 7 clubs Game NoFixture dateHome team Score Away teamVenueaggAttRecNotesRef 1 Mon 22 Sep 1952Leigh19–8WiganKirkhall Lane2 Tue 23 Sep 1952St. Helens31–7Rochdale HornetsKnowsley Road16,9573 Wed 24 Sep 1952Workington Town13–10OldhamBorough Park4Warringtonbye Round 3 – semifinals Involved 2 matches and 4 clubs Game NoFixture dateHome team Score Away teamVenueaggAttRecNotesRef 1 Mon 13 Oct 1952Workington Town9–13LeighBorough Park2 Tue 14 Oct 1952Warrington10–17St. HelensWilderspool28,800 Final Game NoFixture dateHome team Score Away teamVenueaggAttRecNotesRef Saturday 29 November 1952Leigh22–5St. HelensStation Road34,785£5,7931 2 Raymond Fletcher and David Howes Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook 1991-100 1991 Queen Anne Press 0 35617852 8 Teams and scorers Leigh№St. Helens Teams Jimmy Ledgard1Jimmy Lowe Brian Chadwick2Steve LlewellynTrevor Allan3Doug GreenallEdward Kerwick4Don GullickFrank Kitchen5Stan McCormickKen Baxter6Jimmy Honey Tommy Bradshaw7George LangfieldHarry Edden8Alan PrescottJoe Egan9Reg BlakemoreStan Owen10Bill Whittaker Charlie Pawsey11George ParsonsRex Mossop12Bill BrethertonPeter Foster13Ray CaleJoe Egancoach 22score515HT2 Scorers Tries TDon Gullick (1)TTT Goals GGeorge Langfield (1)G Drop Goals DGReferee Scoring – Try = three (3) points – Goal = two (2) points – Drop goal = two (2) points Bracket 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. First round Second round Semifinals Final 2/1/1/1 yes Liverpool City 14 18 32 Workington Town 58 29 87 Oldham 25 19 44 Swinton 6 18 24 Whitehaven 4 2 6 Leigh 15 43 58 Widnes 15 5 20 Wigan 24 38 62 Salford 17 8 25 Warrington 19 30 49 blank blank Barrow 21 5 26 St. Helens 24 23 47 Rochdale Hornets 21 17 38 Belle Vue Rangers 16 7 23 Workington Town 13 Oldham 10 Leigh 19 Wigan 8 Warrington bye St. Helens 31 Rochdale Hornets 7 Workington Town 9 Leigh 13 Warrington 10 St. Helens 17 Leigh 22 St. Helens 5 Notes and comments 1 * Attendance given in official St. Helens archives as 34,541 – data given in Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook 1991 as 34,785 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 60,000. 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 1952–53 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:1952 in English rugby league Category:RFL Lancashire Cup