1978–79 Lancashire Cup

April 2022 1978–79 Lancashire Cup Regional knockout championship Widnes Winners Workington Town 1977 Lancashire Cup 1977–78 1979 Lancashire Cup 1979–80 14 1978–79 was the sixty-sixth occasion on which the Lancashire Cup completion had been held. Widnes won the trophy by beating Workington Town by the score of 15-13 The match was played at Central Park, Wigan, (historically in the county of Lancashire). The attendance was 10,020 and receipts were £6,261.00 After relatively little success in the competition, Workington Town had reached the semi-final stage in 1973, 1974 and 1975, had been runner-up in 1976, winner in 1977, and now runners-up again in 1978. They would go on to be runners-up again in 1979. 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 1Fri 18 Aug 1978Salford30-15OldhamThe Willows2Fri 18 Aug 1978Whitehaven15-12Blackpool BoroughRecreation Ground3Sun 20 Aug 1978Barrow13-17LeighCraven Park4Sun 20 Aug 1978St. Helens14-14Rochdale HornetsKnowsley Road4000Saints 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 dead5Sun 20 Aug 1978Warrington18-4SwintonWilderspoolWarrington 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 6Sun 20 Aug 1978Widnes43-6HuytonNaughton ParkWidnes Vikings - History - Season In Review - 1896-97 http://www.rugby.widnes.tv/seasonreview.php?mid=1896&smid=1896-97&mids=18967Sun 20 Aug 1978Workington Town14-2WiganDerwent Park4200Wigan "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 dead8blankblank Round 1 – First replays Involved 1 match and 2 clubs Game NoFixture dateHome team Score Away teamVenueAttRecNotesRef 1Wed 23 Aug 1978Rochdale Hornets8-8St. HelensAthletic Grounds2384 Round 1 – Second replays Involved 1 match and 2 clubs Game NoFixture dateHome team Score Away teamVenueAttRecNotesRef 1Fri 25 Aug 1978St. Helens28-9Rochdale HornetsCentral Park2906 Round 2 - Quarter-finals Involved 3 matches (with one bye) and 7 clubs Game NoFixture dateHome team Score Away teamVenueAttRecNotesRef 1Sun 27 Aug 1978Leigh21-4St. HelensHilton Park56002Sun 27 Aug 1978Whitehaven6-19SalfordRecreation Ground3Sun 27 Aug 1978Widnes17-10WarringtonNaughton Park4Workington Townbye Round 3 – Semi-finals Involved 2 matches and 4 clubs Game NoFixture dateHome team Score Away teamVenueAttRecNotesRef 1Wed 13 Sep 1978Salford8-9Workington TownThe Willows2Wed 13 Sep 1978Widnes28-14LeighNaughton Park Final Game NoFixture dateHome team Score Away teamVenueAttRecNotesRef Saturday 7 October 1978Widnes15-13Workington TownCentral Park10,0206,2611 Raymond 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 Wright2David CollisterMal Aspey3John RismanMick George4Ray WilkinsMick Burke5Iain McCorquodaleEric Hughes6Derek McMillanReg Bowden7Arnold "Boxer" WalkerJim Mills8Harry BeverleyKeith Elwell9Alan BanksGlyn Shaw10Eddie BowmanMick Adams11Robert BlackwoodAlan Dearden12Peter GorleyDoug Laughton13Bill PattinsonPaul Woods14David SmithDavid Hull (for Alan Dearden)15Les Gorley (for William "Bill" Pattinson) 15score135HT11 Scorers Tries Stuart Wright (1)TRay Wilkins (1)Doug Laughton (2)TIain McCorquodale (1)TLes Gorley (1) Goals Mick Burke (3)GIain McCorquodale (2)RefereeW H (Billy) Thompson (Huddersfield)Man of the matchArnold "Boxer" Walker - Workington Town - shsponsored 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 Widnes 43 Huyton 6 Warrington 18 Swinton 4 Barrow 13 Leigh 17 St. Helens 14-8-9 Rochdale Hornets 14-8-28 Whitehaven 15 Blackpool Borough 12 Salford 30 Oldham 15 Workington Town 14 Wigan 2 blank blank Widnes 17 Warrington 10 Leigh 21 St. Helens 4 Whitehaven 6 Salford 19 Workington Town bye Widnes 17 Leigh 10 Salford 8 Workington Town 9 Widnes 15 Workington Town 13 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 1978–79 Northern Rugby Football League season Rugby league county cups References External links https://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/competitions/lancashire-cup-1978/results.html Lancashire Cup 1978/79 - Results Rugby League Project Category:RFL Lancashire Cup Lancashire Cup