1973–74 Lancashire Cup

May 2026 1973–74 Lancashire Cup Regional knockout championship Wigan Winners Salford 1972 Lancashire Cup 1972–73 1974 Lancashire Cup 1974–75 14 The 1973–74 Lancashire Cup was the sixty-first occasion of the Lancashire Cup. Wigan won the trophy by beating Salford by the score of 19–9 in the final. The match was played at Wilderspool, Warrington. The attendance was 8,012 and receipts were £2,750. 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 decrease in the number of participating clubs, resulted in one "blank" or "dummy" fixtures 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 1974–75 1991 Queen Anne Press 0362001774 Round 1 Involved 7 matches (with one "blank" fixture) and 14 clubs Game NoFixture dateHome team Score Away teamVenueAttRecNotesRef 1Fri 31 August 1973Barrow4-24SwintonCraven Park1,2002Fri 31 September 1973Salford12-11WidnesThe Willows5,399Widnes Vikings - History - Season In Review - 1896-97 http://www.rugby.widnes.tv/seasonreview.php?mid=1896&smid=1896-97&mids=18963Sat 1 September 1973Huyton12-29Rochdale HornetsAlt Park, Huyton3504Sat 1 September 1973Oldham12-20WiganWatersheddings2,410Wigan "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 dead5Sun 2 September 1973Blackpool Borough8-15WhitehavenBorough Park8501 6Sun 2 September 1973Warrington20-15LeighWilderspool7,984Warrington 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 7Sun 2 September 1973Workington Town11-5St. HelensDerwent Park1,800Saints 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 dead8blankblank Round 2 - Quarter-finals Involved 3 matches (with one bye) and 7 clubs Game NoFixture dateHome team Score Away teamVenueAttRecNotesRef 1Sat 8 September 1973Workington Town11-7SwintonDerwent Park1,6642Tue 11 September 1973Whitehaven19-8WarringtonRecreation Ground3,3093Fri 4 September 1973Salford24-3Rochdale HornetsThe Willows6,3654Wiganbye Round 3 – Semi-finals Involved 2 matches and 4 clubs Game NoFixture dateHome team Score Away teamVenueAttRecNotesRef 1Thu 20 September 1973Workington Town4-20WiganDerwent Park3,0402Tue 25 September 1973Whitehaven9-23SalfordRecreation Ground5,000 Final Game NoFixture dateHome team Score Away teamVenueAttRecNotesRef Saturday 13 October 1973Wigan19-9SalfordWilderspool8,0122,7502 3 Frank Butler and Patrick Collins News of the World Football Annual 1974–75 - 88th year 1974 News of the World LtdRaymond Fletcher and David Howes Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook 1991-100 1991 Queen Anne Press 0 35617852 8 Teams and scorers Wigan№Salford teams Bill Francis1Paul CharltonGreen Vigo2Keith FieldingDavid Hill3David WatkinsKeiron O'Loughlin4Chris HeskethStuart Wright5HollandTerry Cassidy6Ken GillWarren Ayres7Peter BannerPeter Smethurst8Graham MackayColin Clarke9WalkerJohn Gray10DaviesRobert Irving11Colin DixonDave Robinson12KearEddie Cunningham13Eric Prescott?14Knighton (for Kear 47min)?15Grice (for Davies 65min) 19score97HT4 Scorers Tries Keiron O'Loughlin (2)TDavid Watkins (1)Stuart Wright (1)T Goals Warren Ayres (1)GDavid Watkins (3)John Gray (4)GRefereeW H (Billy) Thompson (Huddersfield) 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 Workington Town 11 St. Helens 5 Barrow 4 Swinton 24 Oldham 12 Wigan 20 blank blank Blackpool Borough 8 Whitehaven 15 Warrington 20 Leigh 15 Salford 12 Widnes 11 Huyton 12 Rochdale Hornets 29 Workington Town 11 Swinton 7 Wigan bye Whitehaven 19 Warrington 8 Salford 24 Rochdale Hornets 3 Workington Town 4 Wigan 20 Whitehaven 9 Salford 23 Wigan 19 Salford 9 Notes and comments 1 * The John Player Yearbook 1974–75 gives the score as 8-15 (4 goals to 3 converted tries) - The RUGBYLEAGUEproject gives the score as 2-15 2 * The John Player Yearbook 1974–75 gives the attendance as 8,522 (HT 7-4) - The RUGBYLEAGUEproject gives the attendance as 8,556 - Other sources including the Rothmans Yearbook of 1991-92 show it as 8,012 3 * 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 British rugby league system 1973–74 Northern Rugby Football League season Rugby league county cups List of defunct rugby league clubs 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