1971–72 Lancashire Cup

April 2022 1971–72 Lancashire Cup Regional knockout championship Wigan Winners Widnes 1970 Lancashire Cup 1970–71 1972 Lancashire Cup 1972–73 14 The 1971–72 Lancashire Cup was the fifty-ninth occasion on which the completion had been held. Wigan won the trophy by beating Widnes by the score of 15-8 in the final. The match was played at Knowsley Road, Eccleston, St Helens, (historically in the county of Lancashire). The attendance was 6,970 and receipts were £2,204.00 (the first final after the UK went decimal) Background The total number of teams entering the competition decreased by two down to a total of 14, due to 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 https://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/competitions/lancashire-cup/results.html?page=6 Round 1 Involved 7 matches (with one "blank" fixture) and 14 clubs Game NoFixture dateHome team Score Away teamVenueAttRecNotesRef 1Thu 05-08-1971Huyton6-16WiganAlt Park, HuytonWigan "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 dead2Fri 06-08-1971St. Helens11-10LeighKnowsley Road7,000Saints 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 dead3Fri 06-08-1971Warrington17-9WhitehavenWilderspoolWarrington 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 4Fri 06-08-1971Widnes22-4Blackpool BoroughNaughton ParkWidnes Vikings - History - Season In Review - 1896-97 http://www.rugby.widnes.tv/seasonreview.php?mid=1896&smid=1896-97&mids=18965Sat 07-08-1971Barrow5-13Rochdale HornetsCraven Park6Sun 08-08-1971Salford46-5Workington TownThe Willows7Sun 08-08-1971Swinton10-7OldhamStation Road8blankblank Round 2 - Quarter-finals Involved 3 matches (with one bye) and 7 clubs Game NoFixture dateHome team Score Away teamVenueAttRecNotesRef 1Thu 12-08-1971St. Helens23-6WarringtonKnowsley Road5,6502Sun 15-08-1971Swinton20-11SalfordStation Road3Sun 15-08-1971Widnes17-8Rochdale HornetsNaughton Park4Wiganbye Round 3 – Semi-finals Involved 2 matches and 4 clubs Game NoFixture dateHome team Score Away teamVenueAttRecNotesRef 1Tue 17-08-1971St. Helens10-12WidnesKnowsley Road6,0002Wed 18-08-1971Swinton2-12WiganStation Road Final Game NoFixture dateHome team Score Away teamVenueAttRecNotesRef Saturday 28 August 1971Wigan15-8WidnesKnowsley Road6,9702,2041Raymond Fletcher and David Howes Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook 1991-100 1991 Queen Anne Press 0 35617852 8Club Programme dept Match Programme Wigan RLFC Teams and scorers Wigan№Widnes teams Colin Tyrer1Ray DuttonPhil Eastham2Dennis BrownBill Francis3Mick McLoughlinChris Fuller 4Mal AspeyStuart Wright5Johnny GaydonDavid Hill6Dennis O'NeillWarren Ayres7Reg BowdenDennis Ashcroft8John WarlowColin Clarke9John ForanGeoff Fletcher10Joe DoughtyBill Ashurst11John KirwanKevin O'Loughlin https://web.archive.org/web/20200111051659/http://wigan.rlfans.com/readarticle.php?article_id=768 11 January 2020 12Alan WalshDoug Laughton13George NichollsDave Gandy (for Stuart Wright)14Ged Lowe (for Alan Walsh)?15?Eric AshtonCoach? 15score85HT3 Scorers Tries Warren Ayres (1)TDennis O'Neill (1)Bill Francis (1)TJohnny Gaydon (1)Phil Eastham (1)T Goals Colin Tyrer (3)GMal Aspey (1)RefereeW 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 Swinton 10 Oldham 7 Salford 46 Workington Town 5 Huyton 6 Wigan 16 blank blank St. Helens 11 Leigh 10 Warrington 17 Whitehaven 9 Widnes 22 Blackpool Borough 4 Barrow 5 Rochdale Hornets 13 Swinton 20 Salford 11 Wigan bye St. Helens 23 Warrington 6 Widnes 17 Rochdale Hornets 8 Swinton 2 Wigan 12 St. Helens 10 Widnes 12 Wigan 15 Widnes 8 Notes and comments 1 * Knowsley Road was the home ground of St. Helens from 1890 to 2010. The final capacity was in the region of 18,000, although the actual record attendance was 35,695 set on 26 December 1949, for a league game between St Helens and Wigan See also British rugby league system 1971–72 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