1957–58 Lancashire Cup

April 2022 1957–58 Lancashire Cup Regional knockout championship Oldham Winners Wigan 1956 Lancashire Cup 1956–57 1958 Lancashire Cup 1958–59 14 1957–58 was the forty-fifth occasion on which the Lancashire Cup completion had been held. Oldham won the trophy by beating Wigan by the score of 13-8 The match was played at Station Road, Pendlebury, (historically in the county of Lancashire). Another excellent attendance, this season of 42,497 was achieved and the receipts were £6,918 This was the second of Oldham's three consecutive triumphs. 1958 would be the last time they would win the trophy, although they did later appear 4 times as runners-up (in 1966, 1969, 1987 and 1989). Background With no invitation to a junior club this season, the total number of teams entering the competition was reduced by one to 14. The same pre-war fixture format was retained, and due to the number of clubs this resulted in no bye but one “blank” or “dummy” fixture in the first round, and one bye in the second round Competition and results Rugby League Project https://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/competitions/lancashire-cup/results.html?page=6 David Jack Empire News Football Annual 1958–59 - 72nd year 1958 Empire News and Sunday Chronicle Round 1 Involved 7 matches (with no bye but one “blank” fixture) and 14 clubs Game NoFixture dateHome team Score Away teamVenueAttRecNotesRef 1Sat 31 Aug 1957Blackpool Borough9-4WidnesSt Anne's Road Greyhound Stadium Widnes Vikings - History - Season In Review - 1896-97 http://www.rugby.widnes.tv/seasonreview.php?mid=1896&smid=1896-97&mids=18962Sat 31 Aug 1957Oldham44-10BarrowWatersheddings3Sat 31 Aug 1957Leigh28-9WhitehavenKirkhall Lane4Sat 31 Aug 1957Salford6-12Rochdale HornetsThe Willows5Sat 31 Aug 1957Swinton10-18WiganStation RoadWigan "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 dead6Sat 31 Aug 1957Warrington50-19Liverpool CityWilderspoolWarrington 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 31 Aug 1957Workington Town12-16St. HelensDerwent Park6,500Saints 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 dead8 blankblank Round 2 - quarterfinals Involved 3 matches (with one bye) and 7 clubs Game NoFixture dateHome team Score Away teamVenueAttRecNotesRef 1Tue 10 Sep 1957Oldham18-12WarringtonWatersheddings2Wed 11 Sep 1957Leigh2-12WiganKirkhall Lane3Thu 12 Sep 1957Blackpool Borough12-28St. HelensSt Anne's Road Greyhound Stadium 4,0004 Rochdale Hornetsbye Round 3 – semifinals Involved 2 matches and 4 clubs Game NoFixture dateHome team Score Away teamVenueAttRecNotesRef 1Tue 01 Oct 1957Rochdale Hornets0-52WiganAthletic Grounds2Wed 02 Oct 1957St. Helens9-29OldhamKnowsley Road22,000 Final Game NoFixture dateHome team Score Away teamVenueAttRecNotesRef Saturday 19 October 1957Oldham13-8WiganStation Road42,497£6,9181Raymond Fletcher and David Howes Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook 1991-100 1991 Queen Anne Press 0 35617852 8 Teams and scorers Oldham№Wigan teams Bernard Ganley1Jack CunliffeDick Cracknell2Bob Chisnall Vince Nestor 3Eric AshtonAlan Davies4Ernie AshcroftJohn Etty5Terry O'GradyFrank Daley 6Billy BostonFrank Pitchford7Dave BoltonKen Jackson8Alan Armstrong Jack Keith 9Bill SayerDon Vines10Brian McTigueCharlie Winslade11Norman CherringtonSid Little12Bill Bretherton Derek Turner13Bernard McGurrin 13score88HT0 Scorers Tries Alan Davies (1)TBrian McTigue (1)Bernard Ganley (1)TTerry O'Grady (1)Frank Pitchford (1)T Goals Bernard Ganley (2)GJack Cunliffe (1)RefereeM. Coates (Pudsey) Scoring - Try = three (3) points - Goal = two (2) points - Drop goal = two (2) points Oldham Heritage Trust http://www.orl-heritagetrust.org.uk/ The road to success First round Second round Semifinals Final Blackpool Borough 9 Widnes 4 Workington Town 12 St. Helens 16 Oldham 44 Barrow 10 Warrington 50 Liverpool City 19 Salford 6 Rochdale Hornets 12 blank blank Leigh 28 Whitehaven 9 Swinton 10 Wigan 18 Blackpool Borough 12 St. Helens 28 Oldham 18 Warrington 12 Rochdale Hornets bye Leigh 2 Wigan 12 St. Helens 9 Oldham 29 Rochdale Hornets 52 Wigan 0 Oldham 13 Wigan 8 Notes and comments 1 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 1957–58 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:1957 in English rugby league Category:RFL Lancashire Cup