1962–63 Lancashire Cup

April 2022 1962–63 Lancashire Cup Regional knockout championship St. Helens Winners Swinton 1961 Lancashire Cup 1961–62 1963 Lancashire Cup 1963–64 14 1962–63 was the fiftieth occasion on which the Lancashire Cup completion had been held. St. Helens won the trophy by beating Swinton by the score of 7–4. The match was played at Central Park, Wigan (historically in the county of Lancashire). The attendance was 23,523 and receipts were £4,122. This was the third of five consecutive Lancashire Cup final wins for St. Helens, and what is more, the third of the seven occasions on which the club will win the trophy in the nine-year period.<br/ > It was also the third of Swinton’s three successive Lancashire Cup final runner-up positions. Background With again no invitation to a junior club this season, the total number of teams entering the competition remained the same at 14. The same 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 http://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/competitions/lancashire-cup/results.html?page=6 Round 1 Involved 7 matches (with no bye but one “blank” fixture) and 14 clubs Game NoFixture dateHome team Score Away teamVenueAttRecNotesRef 1Friday 7 September 1962Whitehaven2-11OldhamRecreation Ground2Saturday 8 September 1962Blackpool Borough32-9SalfordSt Anne's Road Greyhound Stadium 3Saturday 8 September 1962Rochdale Hornets11-3BarrowAthletic Grounds4Saturday 8 September 1962St. Helens22-0Liverpool CityKnowsley Road11,500Saints 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 dead5Saturday 8 September 1962Swinton5-2WidnesStation Road10,218Widnes Vikings - History - Season In Review - 1896-97 http://www.rugby.widnes.tv/seasonreview.php?mid=1896&smid=1896-97&mids=18966Saturday 8 September 1962Wigan11-3WarringtonCentral 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 deadWarrington 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 7Saturday 8 September 1962Workington Town43-2LeighDerwent Park8 blankblank Round 2 - Quarter-finals Involved 3 matches (with one bye) and 7 clubs Game NoFixture dateHome team Score Away teamVenueAttRecNotesRef 1Monday 17 September 1962Workington Town16-8WiganDerwent Park2Tuesday 18 September 1962Blackpool Borough3-14St. HelensBlackpool4,0003Tuesday 18 September 1962Oldham14-3Rochdale HornetsWatersheddings4 Swintonbye Round 3 – Semi-finals Involved 2 matches and 4 clubs Game NoFixture dateHome team Score Away teamVenueAttRecNotesRef 1Tuesday 2 October 1962Oldham8-10St. HelensWatersheddings14,0002Wednesday 3 October 1962Swinton24-5Workington TownStation Road10,004 Final Game NoFixture dateHome team Score Away teamVenueAttRecNotesRef Saturday 27 October 1962St. Helens7-4SwintonCentral Park23,523£4,1221Raymond Fletcher and David Howes Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook 1991-100 1991 Queen Anne Press 0 35617852 8Frank Butler and Malcolm Gunn News of the World & Empire News Football Annual 1963–64 - 74th year 1977 News of the World Ltd Teams and scorers Swinton Lion sTales http://www.swintonlionstales.co.uk/index.php/site/view_gallery/8 https://web.archive.org/web/20140222170645/http://www.swintonlionstales.co.uk/index.php/site/view_gallery/8 usurped 22 February 2014 St. HelensNo.Swinton teams Kel Coslett1Ken GowersTom van Vollenhoven2Bernard McMahonJohn Donovan 3Frank HalliwellWilf Smith 4Alan BuckleyMick Sullivan5John SpeedBilly Benyon6George ParkinsonJeff Heaton7Albert CartwrightJack Arkwright 8Ken RobertsBob Dagnall9Trevor RobertsCliff Watson10Ron MorganJohn Tembey11Peter NorburnDick Huddart12Dick BonserBill Major 13Albert Blan (c) 7score47HT0 Scorers Tries Tom van Vollenhoven (1)T Goals Kel Coslett (2)GAlbert Blan (2)G Drop Goals DGReferee M. Coates (Pudsey) Scoring - Try = three (3) points - Goal = two (2) points - Drop goal = two (2) points The road to success First round Second round Semi-finals Final Whitehaven 2 Oldham 11 Rochdale Hornets 11 Barrow 3 Blackpool Borough 32 Salford 9 St. Helens 22 Liverpool City 0 Swinton 5 Widnes 2 blank blank Workington Town 43 Leigh 2 Wigan 11 Warrington 3 Oldham 14 Rochdale Hornets 3 Blackpool Borough 3 St. Helens 14 Swinton bye Workington Town 16 Wigan 8 Oldham 8 St. Helens 10 Swinton 24 Workington Town 5 St. Helens 7 Swinton 4 Notes and comments Central Park was the home ground of Wigan with a final capacity of 18,000, although the record attendance was 47,747 for Wigan v St Helens 27 March 1959. See also 1962–63 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:1962 in English rugby league Category:RFL Lancashire Cup