1966–67 Lancashire Cup

English rugby league tournament April 2022 1966–67 Lancashire Cup Regional knockout championship Wigan Winners Oldham 1965 Lancashire Cup 1965–66 1967 Lancashire Cup 1967–68 14 1966–67 was the fifty-fourth occasion on which the Lancashire Cup completion had been held. Wigan won the trophy by beating Oldham by the score of 16–13 The match was played at Station Road, Swinton. The attendance was 14,193 and receipts were £3,558 Background 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 https://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 1Fri 02 Sep 1966Widnes26-13BarrowNaughton ParkWidnes Vikings - History - Season In Review - 1896-97 http://www.rugby.widnes.tv/seasonreview.php?mid=1896&smid=1896-97&mids=18962Sat 03 Sep 1966Leigh4-18WiganHilton 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 dead3Sat 03 Sep 1966Oldham16-13SwintonWatersheddings4Sat 03 Sep 1966Rochdale Hornets16-18St. HelensAthletic Grounds3,770Saints 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 dead5Sat 03 Sep 1966Warrington29-12Liverpool CityWilderspoolWarrington 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 6Sat 03 Sep 1966Whitehaven2-5Blackpool BoroughRecreation Ground7Sat 03 Sep 1966Workington Town9-17SalfordDerwent Park8 blankblank Round 2 - Quarter-finals Involved 3 matches (with one bye) and 7 clubs Game NoFixture dateHome team Score Away teamVenueAttRecNotesRef 1Wed 14 Sep 1966Blackpool Borough19-7WidnesBorough Park2Wed 14 Sep 1966Wigan11-9St. HelensCentral Park13,1413Wed 15 Sep 1966Salford'2-7OldhamThe Willows4 Warringtonbye Round 3 – Semi-finals Involved 2 matches and 4 clubs Game NoFixture dateHome team Score Away teamVenueAttRecNotesRef 1Tue 27 Sep 1966Blackpool Borough5-15OldhamBorough Park2Wed 28 Sep 1966Wigan16-7WarringtonCentral Park Final Game NoFixture dateHome team Score Away teamVenueAttRecNotesRef Saturday 29 October 1966Wigan16-13OldhamStation Road14,193£3,5581Raymond Fletcher and David Howes Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook 1991-100 1991 Queen Anne Press 0 35617852 8 Teams and scorers Oldham Heritage Trust http://www.orl-heritagetrust.org.uk/ Wigan№Oldham teams Ray Ashby1Stan McLeodBilly Boston2Terry DollyEric Ashton3Jim McCormackKeith Holden4John DonovanTrevor Lake5Trevor SimmsCliff Hill6Tommy WarburtonFrank Parr7Thomas Thomas Canning (rugby league) "Tom" Tom Canning/"Tommy" Canning Tommy CanningDanny Gardiner8Ken WilsonColin Clarke9Kevin TaylorJohn Stephens10Geoff FletcherGeoff Lyon11Peter SmethurstLaurie Gilfedder12Robert IrvingHarry Major13Mick Mooney14Peter Holroyd15Alan Ogden 16score1311HT4 Scorers Tries Eric Ashton (1)TJohn Donovan (1)Billy Boston (1)TColin Clarke (1)TLaurie Gilfedder (1)T Goals Laurie Gilfedder (2)GTommy Warburton (5)G Drop Goals DGRefereePeter Geraghty (York) 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 Leigh 4 Wigan 18 Rochdale Hornets 16 St. Helens 18 Warrington 29 Liverpool City 12 blank blank Whitehaven 2 Blackpool Borough 5 Widnes 26 Barrow 13 Workington Town 9 Salford 17 Oldham 16 Swinton 13 Wigan 11 St. Helens 9 Warrington bye Blackpool Borough 19 Widnes 7 Salford 2 Oldham 7 Wigan 16 Warrington 7 Blackpool Borough 5 Oldham 15 Wigan 16 Oldham 13 Notes and comments 1 * Station Road was the home ground of Swinton from 1929 to 1992 and at its peak was one of the finest rugby league grounds in the country and it boasted a capacity of 60,000. The actual record attendance was for the Challenge Cup semi-final on 7 April 1951 when 44,621 watched Wigan beat Warrington 3-2 See also 1966–67 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:1966 in English rugby league Category:RFL Lancashire Cup