1937–38 Lancashire Cup

April 2022 1937–38 Lancashire Cup Regional knockout championship Warrington Winners Barrow 1936 Lancashire Cup 1936–37 1938 Lancashire Cup 1938–39 13 The 1937–38 Lancashire Cup was the thirtieth occasion on which the Lancashire Cup competition had been held. Warrington won the trophy by beating Barrow by 8–4. The match was played at Central Park, Wigan, (historically in the county of Lancashire). The attendance was 14,000 and receipts were £800. Background The number of teams entering this year's competition decreased by one with the withdrawal of Streatham & Mitcham, back to the previous total of 13 but the same fixture format was retained. There was once again a bye in the first round, and there was still a "blank" or "dummy" fixture. The bye in the second round remained. Competition and results Rugby League Project http://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/competitions/lancashire-cup/results.html?page=6 Round 1 Involved 6 matches (with one bye and one "blank" fixture) and 13 clubs Game NoFixture dateHome team Score Away teamVenueAttRecNotesRef 1Sat 11 Sep 1937Barrow11–2St Helens RecsCraven Park2Sat 11 Sep 1937Leigh18–3Rochdale HornetsMather Lane3Sat 11 Sep 1937Oldham2–4WarringtonWatersheddingsWarrington 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 4Sat 11 Sep 1937St. Helens0–11Broughton RangersKnowsley RoadSaints Heritage Society – History – Season 1896–97 http://www.saints.org.uk/saints.org.uk/home/viewpage.php?page_id=9 14 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 dead5Sat 11 Sep 1937Salford2–3WidnesThe WillowsWidnes Vikings – History – Season In Review – 1896–97 http://www.rugby.widnes.tv/seasonreview.php?mid=1896&smid=1896-97&mids=18966Sat 11 Sep 1937Swinton9–9WiganStation RoadWigan "Cherry and White" archived results http://wigan.rlfans.com/news.php?readmore=3199 14 February 2014 21 February 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20140221234707/http://wigan.rlfans.com/news.php?readmore=3199 dead7 Liverpool Stanleybye8 blankblank Round 1 – replays Involved 1 match Game NoFixture dateHome team Score Away teamVenueAttRecNotesRef 1Wed 15 Sep 1937Wigan24–5SwintonCentral Park Round 2 – quarterfinals Involved 3 matches (with one bye) and 7 clubs Game NoFixture dateHome team Score Away teamVenueAttRecNotesRef 1Wed 22 Sep 1937Broughton Rangers12–8LeighBelle Vue Stadium2Thu 23 Sep 1937Barrow3–2Liverpool StanleyCraven Park3Thu 23 Sep 1937Widnes26–5WiganNaughton Park4 Warringtonbye Round 3 – semifinals Involved 2 matches and 4 clubs Game NoFixture dateHome team Score Away teamVenueAttRecNotesRef 1Thu 30 Sep 1937Barrow5–2Broughton RangersCraven Park2Thu 07 Oct 1937Widnes0–3WarringtonNaughton Park Final Game NoFixture dateHome team Score Away teamVenueAttRecNotesRef Saturday 23 October 1937Warrington8–4BarrowCentral Park14,000£8001Warrington 8-4 Barrow - 23.10.1937 https://www.rugbyleaguerecords.online/matchdetails.php?tselect=128023 Rugby League Records 5 July 2026Raymond Fletcher and David Howes Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook 1991-100 1991 Queen Anne Press 0 35617852 8 Teams and scorers Warrington№Barrow Teams Les Jones1Freddie FrenchJack Garratt2Val CumberbatchDave Brown3John HigginBill Shankland (c)4Tommy BarrIslwyn Davies5Buster HarrisMel De Lloyd6Ian LloydFrank Cueto7William LittleSammy Hardman8George BlackburnDave Cotton9Dan McKeatingJack Miller10Billy SkellyJack Arkwright11Alec Troup (c)Ivor Bennett12Bob AyresBill Chapman13Gordon RawlingsChris BrockbankCoachunknown 8score40HT0 Scorers Tries David Brown (2)T Goals Bill Shankland (1)G Freddie French (2)G Drop Goals DGReferee F. Peel (Bradford) Scoring – Try = three (3) points – Goal = two (2) points – Drop goal = two (2) points Wire2Wolves Warrington archive http://www.wire2wolves.com/wolfbites.php?bite_id=1&browse_level=2 2014-02-14 https://web.archive.org/web/20140222234741/http://www.wire2wolves.com/wolfbites.php?bite_id=1&browse_level=2 2014-02-22 deadBarrow RL Cup moments remembered North West Evening Mail http://www.nwemail.co.uk/raiders/news/barrow-rl-cup-moments-remembered-1.1105808 2014-02-14 https://web.archive.org/web/20140222224737/http://www.nwemail.co.uk/raiders/news/barrow-rl-cup-moments-remembered-1.1105808 2014-02-22 deadNews and Star http://www.newsandstar.co.uk/pubs-have-pulling-power-for-retired-sporting-stars-1.484094 2014-02-14 https://web.archive.org/web/20140221181851/http://www.newsandstar.co.uk/pubs-have-pulling-power-for-retired-sporting-stars-1.484094 2014-02-21 dead The road to success First round Second round Semifinals Final Salford 2 Widnes 3 Swinton 9–5 Wigan 9–24 Oldham 2 Warrington 4 blank blank Barrow 11 St Helens Recs 2 Liverpool Stanley bye St. Helens 0 Broughton Rangers 11 Leigh 18 Rochdale Hornets 3 Widnes 26 Wigan 5 Warrington bye Barrow 3 Liverpool Stanley 2 Broughton Rangers 12 Leigh 8 Widnes 0 Warrington 3 Barrow 5 Broughton Rangers 2 Warrington 8 Barrow 4 Notes and comments 1 * 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 1937–38 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:1937 in English rugby league Category:RFL Lancashire Cup