1989–90 Lancashire Cup

April 2022 1989–90 Lancashire Cup Regional knockout championship Warrington Winners Oldham 1988 Lancashire Cup 1988–89 1990 Lancashire Cup 1990–91 17 The 1989–90 Lancashire Cup was the 77th occasion on which the Lancashire Cup competition had been held. Warrington won the trophy by beating Oldham by the score of 24-16 in the final. The match was played at Knowsley Road, Eccleston, St Helens, Merseyside, (historically in the county of Lancashire). The attendance was 9.990 and receipts were £41,804. Background This season, Chorley Borough (see note 1) joined the league, bringing the total number of entrants up to 17. This necessitated the need for a preliminary round (consisting of just 1 game). The first round (proper) then involved 16 clubs, thus removing the need of any "blank" or "dummy" fixtures or any byes. Competition and results Preliminary round Involved 1 match and 2 clubs Game NoFixture DateHome team Score Away teamVenueAttRecNotesRefWed 30 Aug 1989Chorley Borough (2)12-6Trafford BoroughVictory Park6281 2 First round Involved 8 matches (with no byes) and 16 clubs Game NoFixture DateHome team Score Away teamVenueAttRecNotesRef1Fri 15 Sep 1989Chorley Borough (2)4-50WiganHilton Park50263Wigan "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 dead2Sun 17 Sep 1989Barrow2-46OldhamCraven Park22533Sun 17 Sep 1989Carlisle6-46WidnesBrunton Park43294 Widnes Vikings - History - Season In Review - 1896–97 http://www.rugby.widnes.tv/seasonreview.php?mid=1896&smid=1896-97&mids=18964Sun 17 Sep 1989Leigh26-8WhitehavenHilton Park20395Sun 17 Sep 1989St. Helens78-10Runcorn HighfieldKnowsley Road54985 Saints 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 dead6Sun 17 Sep 1989Salford52-12Rochdale HornetsThe Willows30947Sun 17 Sep 1989Warrington16-6SwintonWilderspool4055Warrington 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 8Sun 17 Sep 1989Workington Town24-30FulhamDerwent Park702 Second round Involved 4 matches and 8 clubs Game NoFixture DateHome team Score Away teamVenueAttRecNotesRef1Wed 27 Sep 1989Fulham4-34WiganClaremont Road32046 72Wed 27 Sep 1989Leigh12-34WidnesHilton Park67483Wed 27 Sep 1989St. Helens6-36OldhamKnowsley Road78344Wed 27 Sep 1989Salford4-27WarringtonThe Willows4994 Semi-finals Involved 2 matches and 4 clubs Game NoFixture DateHome team Score Away teamVenueAttRecNotesRef1Thu 05 Oct 1989Oldham19-18WiganWatersheddings86032Tue 10 Oct 1989Warrington28-6WidnesWilderspool10240 Final 14 October 1989 Warrington 24 – 16 Oldham Jackson (2), Ropati, Forster Turner (4) Irving, Robinson, Lord Platt, Hyde Knowsley Road, St Helens 9,990 Ray Tennant (Castleford) Bob Jackson Fletcher Raymond Howes David Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook 1990-91 1990 Queen Anne Press London 978-0-356-17851-6 173–174 Teams WarringtonNo.Oldham Teams David Lyon1Duncan PlattDes Drummond2Steve RobinsonJoe Ropati3Gary HydeTony Thorniley4Richard IrvingMark Forster5Paul LordRobert Turner6Brett ClarkGreg Mackey7Mike FordTony Burke8Leo CaseyMark Roskell9Andy RuaneSteve Molloy10John FieldhouseBob Jackson11Shaun AllenGary Sanderson12Keith NewtonMike Gregory (c)13John Cogger (c) SubsPaul Darbyshire (for David Lyon; 34 mins)14Richard Russell (for Duncan Platt; 34 mins)Ronnie Duane (for Gary Sanderson; 65 mins)15John Fairbank (for Leo Casey; 58 mins)Brian Johnson Coach Tony Barrow The road to success First round Second round Semi-finals Final Salford 52 Rochdale Hornets 12 Warrington 16 Swinton 6 Leigh 26 Whitehaven 8 Carlisle 6 Widnes 46 St. Helens 78 Runcorn Highfield 10 Barrow 2 Oldham 46 Workington Town 24 Fulham 30 Chorley Borough (2) 4 Wigan 50 Salford 4 Warrington 27 Leigh 12 Widnes 34 St. Helens 6 Oldham 36 Fulham 4 Wigan 34 Warrington 28 Widnes 6 Oldham 19 Wigan 18 Warrington 24 Oldham 16 Notes 1 * Chorley Borough (2) were elected to the league during the close season after the previous team of the same name moved out and to Altrincham as Trafford Borough. This was the first Lancashire Cup match played by the newly formed and elected club and also to be played at the new venue, home of Chorley F.C. 2 * The first Lancashire Cup match played by the reformed and newly named Trafford Borough The half time score was 2-6 in favour of Trafford Borough 3 * Match played at Leigh's Hilton Park 4 * Match played at Carlisle United's Brunton Park 5 * This was the 25th successive defeat for Runcorn Highfield 6 * The venue is given by RUGBYLEAGUEproject as Chiswick Poly Sports Grd - Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook 1990–91 gives the venue as Claremont Road stadium which, at that date, was the home ground of Hendon F.C. 7 * The first Lancashire Cup match to be played on this ground, one of many used by Fulham during the nomadic period between 1985 and 1993 8 * Knowsley Road was the home ground of St. Helens from 1890 to 2010. The final capacity was in the region of 18,000, although the actual record attendance was 35,695, set on 26 December 1949, for a league game between St Helens and Wigan See also 1989–90 Rugby Football League season Rugby league county cups References External links https://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/competitions/lancashire-cup-1989-90/results.html Lancashire Cup 1989/90 Rugby League Project Match Programme Oldham Rugby League Heritage Trust https://orl-heritagetrust.org.uk/app/uploads/2019/11/19891014-Warrington.pdf Category:RFL Lancashire Cup Lancashire Cup