1991–92 Lancashire Cup

April 2022 1991–92 Lancashire Cup Regional knockout championship St Helens Winners Rochdale Hornets 1990 Lancashire Cup 1990–91 1992 Lancashire Cup 1992–93 17 The 1991–92 Lancashire Cup was the 79th occasion on which the Lancashire Cup competition had been held. St Helens won the trophy by beating Rochdale Hornets by the score of 24–14 in the final. Background The total entrants remained the same as last season, i.e. at 17. This necessitated the need for a preliminary round (consisting of just 1 game). The first round (proper) then involved 16 clubs. Competition and results Rugby League Project http://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/competitions/lancashire-cup/results.html?page=6 Preliminary round Involved one match and two clubs. Widnes were the reigning Lancashire Cup champions, and their defeat to Second Division Workington Town was considered a major upset. Game NoFixture DateHome teamScoreAway teamVenueAttRefSun 25 Aug 1991Workington Town27–18WidnesDerwent Park3499Widnes Vikings - History - Season In Review - 1896–97 http://www.rugby.widnes.tv/seasonreview.php?mid=1896&smid=1896-97&mids=1896 First Round Involved eight matches and 16 clubs. Trafford Borough's 12–104 loss to St Helens was a club record defeat. Game NoFixture DateHome teamScoreAway teamVenueAttRef1Sun 15 Sep 1991Highfield11–34Rochdale HornetsHoghton Road Stadium7002Sun 15 Sep 1991Leigh59–12Chorley BoroughHilton Park24153Sun 15 Sep 1991London Crusaders10–38WiganBarnet Copthall1893Wigan "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 dead4Sun 15 Sep 1991St. Helens104–12Trafford BoroughKnowsley Road4550Saints 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 dead5Sun 15 Sep 1991Salford22–16WarringtonThe Willows3656Warrington 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 6Sun 15 Sep 1991Swinton21–22OldhamStation Road32857Sun 15 Sep 1991Whitehaven12–44CarlisleRecreation Ground8738Sun 15 Sep 1991Workington Town12–6BarrowDerwent Park2721 Second Round Involved four matches and eight clubs. Game NoFixture DateHome teamScoreAway teamVenueAttRef1Thu 26 Sep 1991Rochdale Hornets25–18SalfordSpotland18292Thu 26 Sep 1991St. Helens39–26OldhamKnowsley Road70253Thu 26 Sep 1991Wigan42–12LeighCentral Park111534Thu 26 Sep 1991Workington Town2–11CarlisleDerwent Park4278 Semi-finals Involved 2 matches and 4 clubs Game NoFixture DateHome teamScoreAway teamVenueAttRef1Thu 10 Oct 1991Rochdale Hornets19–6CarlisleSpotland18422Thu 10 Oct 1991St. Helens28–16WiganKnowsley Road17125 Final The match was played at Wilderspool, Warrington. The attendance was 9,269 and receipts were £44,278. St Helens won the final, but the victory was marred by the dismissal of Paul Bishop, who was sent off after the end of the match for stamping on Hornets stand-off Brett Clark.First final at Wilderspool since Bishop's red card shocker https://www.warringtonguardian.co.uk/news/5233442.first-final-at-wilderspool-since-bishops-red-card-shocker/ Warrington Guardian 2 January 2024 14 November 2003 20 October 1991 St. Helens 24 – 14 Rochdale Hornets Veivers (2), Mann (2), Bishop Bishop (2) Duane, Abram, Kuiti Whitfield Wilderspool, Warrington 9,269 David Campbell (Widnes) Bob Marsden Saints march on The Guardian 21 October 1991 London 17 187216921 Teams St. Helens№Rochdale HornetsDave Tanner1Colin Whitfield (c)Mike Riley2Phil FoxGary Connolly3Darren AbramTea Ropati4Ronnie DuaneAnthony Sullivan5Tony GarrityPhil Veivers6Brett ClarkPaul Bishop7Steve GartlandJon Neill8Tony HumphriesPaul Groves9Martin HallKevin Ward10Bob MarsdenJohn Harrison11Cliff EcclesGeorge Mann12Paul OkeseneShane Cooper (c)13Mike KuitiSubsMark Bailey (for Connolly)14Matt Calland (for Fox)Paul Forber (for Neill)15Simon Bamber (for Eccles)Mike McClennanCoach Allan Agar The road to success This chart excludes the match in the preliminary round First round Second round Semi-finals Final St. Helens 104 Trafford Borough 2 Swinton 21 Oldham 22 London Crusaders 10 Wigan 38 Leigh 59 Chorley Borough 12 Highfield 11 Rochdale Hornets 34 Salford 22 Warrington 16 Workington Town 12 Barrow 6 Whitehaven 12 Carlisle 44 St. Helens 39 Oldham 26 Wigan 49 Leigh 12 Rochdale Hornets 25 Salford 18 Workington Town 2 Carlisle 11 St. Helens 28 Wigan 16 Rochdale Hornets 19 Carlisle 6 St. Helens 24 Rochdale Hornets 14 See also 1991–92 Rugby Football League season Rugby league county cups Notes References Fletcher Raymond Howes David https://archive.org/details/rothmansrugbylea0000unse_g0s6/page/204/mode/2up Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook 1992-93 205–214 1992 Headline Publishing Group London 978-0-7472-7906-8 External links Lancashire Cup 1991/92 - Results https://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/competitions/lancashire-cup-1991-92/results.html Rugby League Project Category:RFL Lancashire Cup Lancashire Cup