1977–78 Lancashire Cup

January 2015 May 2026 1977–78 Lancashire Cup Regional knockout championship Workington Town Winners Wigan 1976 Lancashire Cup 1976–77 1978 Lancashire Cup 1978–79 14 The 1977–78 Lancashire Cup tournament was the sixty-fifth occasion on which the Lancashire Cup had been contested. For the first time in many years, there was a new name on the trophy as this time it was relative newcomers Workington Town who joined the league in 1945. Workington Town won the trophy by beating Wigan in the final by the score of 16-13. The match was played at Wilderspool, Warrington, now in the County Palatine of Chester but (historically in the county of Lancashire). The attendance was 9,548 and receipts were £5,038. After relatively little success in the competition, Workington Town had reached the semi-final stage in 1973, 1974 and 1975, had been runner-up in 1976, and now winner in 1977. They would go on to be runners-up again in 1978 and 1979. Background The total number of teams entering the competition remained at last season’s total of 14 with no junior/amateur clubs taking part. The same fixture format was retained, but due to the number of participating clubs, this resulted in 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 Jack Winstanley & Malcolm Ryding John Player Yearbook 1975–76 1991 Queen Anne PressFrank Butler and Patrick Collins News of the World Football Annual 1976–77 - 90th year 1976 News of the World Ltd Round 1 Involved 7 matches (with one "blank" fixture) and 14 clubs Game NoFixture dateHome team Score Away teamVenueAttRecNotesRef 1Sun 21 Aug 1977Blackpool Borough6-24WhitehavenBorough Park2Sun 21 Aug 1977Rochdale Hornets27-5BarrowAthletic Grounds3Sun 21 Aug 1977St. Helens49-3SwintonKnowsley Road3000Saints 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 dead4Sun 21 Aug 1977Warrington19-13HuytonWilderspoolWarrington 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 2 February 2014 dmy 5Sun 21 Aug 1977Widnes22-11LeighNaughton ParkWidnes Vikings - History - Season In Review - 1896-97 http://www.rugby.widnes.tv/seasonreview.php?mid=1896&smid=1896-97&mids=18966Sun 21 Aug 1977Wigan42-5OldhamCentral 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 dead7Sun 21 Aug 1977Workington Town17-12SalfordDerwent Park8blankblank Round 2 - Quarter-finals Involved 3 matches (with one bye) and 7 clubs Game NoFixture dateHome team Score Away teamVenueAttRecNotesRef 1Sun 28 Aug 1977Rochdale Hornets4-4St. HelensAthletic Grounds24852Sun 28 Aug 1977Wigan52-8WhitehavenCentral Park3Sun 28 Aug 1977Workington Town8-6WidnesDerwent Park4Warringtonbye Round 2 - replays Involved 1 match and 2 clubs Game NoFixture dateHome team Score Away teamVenueAttRecNotesRef 1Tue 30 Aug 1977St. Helens16-5Rochdale HornetsKnowsley Road3500 Round 3 – Semi-finals Involved 2 matches and 4 clubs Game NoFixture dateHome team Score Away teamVenueAttRecNotesRef 1Wed 21 Sep 1977Workington Town5-4St. HelensDerwent Park51102Wed 28 Sep 1977Wigan17-8WarringtonCentral Park Round 3 – Semi-finals - replays Involved 1 match and 2 clubs Game NoFixture dateHome team Score Away teamVenueAttRecNotesRef 1Wed 29 Sep 1977Workington Town26-15WarringtonDerwent Park Final Game NoFixture dateHome team Score Away teamVenueAttRecNotesRef Saturday 29 October 1977Workington Town16-13WiganWilderspool9,5485,0381Raymond Fletcher and David Howes Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook 1991-100 1991 Queen Anne Press 0 35617852 8 Teams and scorers Workington Town№Wigan teams Paul Charlton1Malcolm SwannDavid Collister2Green VigoJohn Risman3David WillicombeIan Wright4Steve Davies https://web.archive.org/web/20200111044950/http://wigan.rlfans.com/readarticle.php?article_id=320 11 January 2020 Iain McCorquodale5Jimmy HornbyRay Wilkins6Alan TaylorArnold "Boxer" Walker7Jimmy NultyDerek Watts8Brian HoganAlan Banks9Geoff AspinallEddie Bowman10Robert IrvingLes Gorley11Bill AshurstPeter Gorley12Bill MellingWilliam Pattinson13Bob BlackwoodDavid Atkinson (for Paul Charlton 62min)14John Burke (for Steve Davies 59min)Ian Hartley15David Regan (for Bill Melling 59min) 16score139HT8 Scorers Tries Ian Wright (1)TJimmy Nulty (1)Ray Wilkins (1)TBill Ashurst (1)TDavid Willicombe (1) Goals Iain McCorquodale (4)GJimmy Nulty (1)GJohn Burke (1) Drop Goals Arnold "Boxer" Walker (2)DGRefereeW H (Billy) Thompson (Huddersfield)Man of the matchArnold "Boxer" Walker - Workington Town - shsponsored byRugby LeaguerCompetition SponsorForshaws (Burtonwood Brewery Co Ltd) Scoring - Try = three points - Goal = two points - Drop goal = one point The road to success First round Second round Semi-finals Final Workington Town 17 Salford 12 Widnes 22 Leigh 11 Rochdale Hornets 27 Barrow 5 St. Helens 49 Swinton 3 Wigan 42 Oldham 5 Blackpool Borough 6 Whitehaven 24 Warrington 19 Huyton 13 blank blank Workington Town 8 Widnes 6 Rochdale Hornets 4-5 St. Helens 4-16 Wigan 52 Whitehaven 8 Warrington bye Workington Town 5 St. Helens 4 Wigan 17 Warrington 8 Workington Town 16 Wigan 13 Notes 1 * Wilderspool was the home ground of Warrington from 1883 to the end of the 2003 Summer season when they moved into the new purpose built Halliwell Jones Stadium. Wilderspool remained as a sports/Ruugby League ground and is/was used by Woolston Rovers/Warrington Wizards junior club. The ground had a final capacity of 9,000 although the record attendance was set in a Challenge cup third round match on 13 March 1948 when 34,304 spectators saw Warrington lose to Wigan 10-13. See also 1977–78 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:RFL Lancashire Cup Lancashire Cup