1979–80 Lancashire Cup

April 2022 1979–80 Lancashire Cup Regional knockout championship Widnes Winners Workington Town 1978 Lancashire Cup 1978–79 1980 Lancashire Cup 1980–81 14 1979–80 was the sixty-seventh occasion on which the Lancashire Cup completion had been held. Widnes won the trophy by beating Workington Town by the score of 11-0 The match was played at The Willows, Salford, (historically in the county of Lancashire). The attendance was 6887 and receipts were £7100.00 After relatively little success in the competition, Workington Town had reached the semi-final stage in 1973–74, 1974–75 and 1975–76, had been runner-up in 1976–77, winner in 1977–78, and runners-up in 1978–79 and now again in 1979–80; not a bad eight year record. 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 Press Round 1 Involved 7 matches (with one “blank” fixture) and 14 clubs Game NoFixture dateHome team Score Away teamVenueAttRecNotesRef 1Sun 19 Aug 1979Barrow44-11HuytonCraven Park2Sun 19 Aug 1979Blackpool Borough20-9WhitehavenBorough Park3Sun 19 Aug 1979Leigh20-3Rochdale HornetsHilton Park4Sun 19 Aug 1979St. Helens16-28WidnesKnowsley Road8350Widnes Vikings - History - Season In Review - 1896-97 http://www.rugby.widnes.tv/seasonreview.php?mid=1896&smid=1896-97&mids=1896Saints 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 19 Aug 1979Swinton15-22OldhamStation Road6Sun 19 Aug 1979Warrington17-14WiganWilderspool5038Wigan "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 deadWarrington 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 7Sun 19 Aug 1979Workington Town14-8SalfordDerwent Park8blankblank Round 2 - Quarter-finals Involved 3 matches (with one bye) and 7 clubs Game NoFixture dateHome team Score Away teamVenueAttRecNotesRef 1Sun 26 Aug 1979Barrow50-8Blackpool BoroughCraven Park2Sun 26 Aug 1979Oldham6-34WarringtonWatersheddings3Sun 26 Aug 1979Widnes33-3LeighNaughton Park4 Workington Townbye Round 3 – Semi-finals Involved 2 matches and 4 clubs Game NoFixture dateHome team Score Away teamVenueAttRecNotesRef 1Wed 26 Sep 1979Barrow4-6Workington TownCraven Park2Wed 24 Oct 1979Warrington2-13WidnesWilderspoolClub Programme dept Match Programme Warrington RLFC Final Game NoFixture dateHome team Score Away teamVenueAttRecNotesRef Saturday 8 December 1979Widnes11-0Workington TownThe Willows6,8877,1001Raymond Fletcher and David Howes Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook 1991-100 1991 Queen Anne Press 0 35617852 8 Teams and scorers Widnes№Workington Town teams David Eckersley1Paul CharltonStuart Wright2Iain McCorquodaleMal Aspey3Kevin MaughanEric Hughes4Ian ThompsonMick Burke5David BeckDavid Moran6Ian RuddReg Bowden7Arnold "Boxer" WalkerBrian Hogan8Harry BeverleyKeith Elwell9Alan BanksGlyn Shaw10Gary WallbanksLes Gorley11Bill PattinsonAlan Dearden12Ray LewisMick Adams13John DobieMick George (for Eric Hughes)14 Tony Roper (for Arnold Walker) David Hull (unused)15Alan Varty (for Gary Wallbanks) 11score010HT0 Scorers Tries David Moran (1)TMick Adams (1)T Goals Mick Burke (2)G Drop Goals Keith Elwell (1)DGRefereeW H (Billy) Thompson (Huddersfield)Man of the matchMick Adams - Widnes - lfsponsored byBurtonwood BreweryCompetition 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 Swinton 15 Oldham 22 Warrington 17 Wigan 14 St. Helens 16 Widnes 28 Leigh 20 Rochdale Hornets 3 Barrow 44 Huyton 11 Blackpool Borough 20 Whitehaven 9 Workington Town 14 Salford 8 blank blank Oldham 6 Warrington 34 Widnes 33 Leigh 3 Barrow 50 Blackpool Borough 8 Workington Town bye Warrington 2 Widnes 13 Barrow 4 Workington Town 6 Widnes 11 Workington Town 0 Notes and comments 1 * The Willows was the home ground of Salford with a final capacity of 11,363 which included 2,500 seats. The record attendance was 26,470 on the 13 February 1937 in the Challenge Cup first round match vs Warrington. The final match played on 11 September 2011 at The Willows attracted 10,146 spectators to a Super League match which saw Salford lose 18-44 to Catalans Dragons, a record for a Salford home match in Super League.BBC Salford v Catalan (sic) Dragons Sept 2011 https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/rugby_league/9582625.stm See also 1979–80 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