1964–65 Lancashire Cup

April 2022 1964–65 Lancashire Cup Regional knockout championship St. Helens Winners Swinton 1963–64 Lancashire Cup 1963–64 1965–66 Lancashire Cup 1965–66 14 1964–65 was the fifty-second occasion on which the Lancashire Cup completion had been held. St. Helens won the trophy by beating Swinton by the score of 12-4 The match was played at Central Park, Wigan, (historically in the county of Lancashire). The attendance was 17,383 and receipts were £3,393 This was the fifth of five consecutive Lancashire Cup final wins for St. Helens, and what is more, the fifth of seven victories in a period of nine successive seasons.<br/ > It is also the fourth time in the last five years that Swinton have been defeated finalists. Background With again no invitation to a junior club this season, 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 http://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/competitions/lancashire-cup/results.html?page=6 Lancashire Cup - Results - Rugby League Project www.rugbyleagueproject.org Round 1 Involved 7 matches (with no bye but one “blank” fixture) and 14 clubs Game NoFixture dateHome team Score Away teamVenueAttRecNotesRef 1Friday 4 September 1964Whitehaven10-31OldhamRecreation Ground2Saturday 5 September 1964Barrow10-5Blackpool BoroughCraven Park3Saturday 5 September 1964Leigh10-13WarringtonHilton ParkWarrington 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 4Saturday 5 September 1964Liverpool City11-41St. HelensMill Yard, Knotty Ash3,500http://www.saints.org.uk/saints/player.php?num= Saints Heritage Society www.saints.org.uk5Saturday 5 September 1964Widnes33-0Rochdale HornetsNaughton Parkhttps://rugby.widnes.tv/ Widnes RLFC History | The story of the Chemics / Vikings Chris Lines Widnes RLFC History6Saturday 5 September 1964Wigan36-6SalfordCentral Parkhttp://wigan.rlfans.com/news.php?readmore=3199 Wigan Warriors Rugby League Fan Site - www.cherryandwhite.co.uk wigan.rlfans.com 15 February 2014 21 February 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20140221234707/http://wigan.rlfans.com/news.php?readmore=3199 dead7Saturday 5 September 1964Workington Town2-6SwintonDerwent Park8 blankblank Round 2 - Quarter-finals Involved 3 matches (with one bye) and 7 clubs Game NoFixture dateHome team Score Away teamVenueAttRecNotesRef 1Monday 14 September 1964Barrow11-22St. HelensCraven Park8,1252Monday 14 September 1964Swinton11-5WiganStation Road13,4223Monday 21 September 1964Warrington19-4OldhamWilderspool4 Widnesbye Round 3 – Semi-finals Involved 2 matches and 4 clubs Game NoFixture dateHome team Score Away teamVenueAttRecNotesRef 1Tuesday 29 September 1964Warrington8-10St. HelensWilderspool19,2582Wednesday 30 September 1964Swinton11-7WidnesStation Road9,250 Final Game NoFixture dateHome team Score Away teamVenueAttRecNotesRef Saturday 24 October 1964St. Helens12-4SwintonCentral Park17,383£3,3931Raymond Fletcher and David Howes Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook 1991-100 1991 Queen Anne Press 0 35617852 8 Teams and scorers St. HelensNo.Swinton teams Frank Barrowhttp://www.saints.org.uk/saints/player.php?num=14864 Saints Heritage Society www.saints.org.uk1 Ken Gowers (c)Tom Pimbletthttp://www.saints.org.uk/saints/player.php?num=16165 Saints Heritage Society www.saints.org.uk2 David HarriesKeith Northeyhttp://www.saints.org.uk/saints/player.php?num=16067 Saints Heritage Society www.saints.org.uk3 Bob FleetBilly Benyon4 Alan BuckleyLen Killeen5 John SpeedPeter Harveyhttp://www.saints.org.uk/saints/player.php?num=15546 Saints Heritage Society www.saints.org.uk6 George ParkinsonAlex Murphy7 Graham WilliamsJohn Tembey8 Harold BateBob Dagnall9 Derek ClarkeJohn Warlow10 Ken HalliwellRay French11 Graham ReesMervyn Hicks12 Barry SimpsonDoug Laughton13 Derek HurtTony Barrow (non-playing substitute)14 Billy DaviesCliff Watson15 Albert Cartwright 12score45HT0 Scorers Tries Billy Benyon (1)TMervyn Hicks (1)TT Goals Len Kileen (3)G Ken Gowers (2)G Drop Goals DGReferee E. Clay (Leeds) 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 10 Warrington 13 Whitehaven 10 Oldham 31 Barrow 10 Blackpool Borough 5 Liverpool City 11 St. Helens 41 Workington Town 2 Swinton 6 Wigan 36 Salford 6 Widnes 33 Rochdale Hornets 0 blank blank Warrington 19 Oldham 4 Barrow 11 St. Helens 22 Swinton 11 Wigan 5 Widnes bye Warrington 8 St. Helens 10 Swinton 11 Widnes 7 St. Helens 12 Swinton 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 1964–65 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:1964 in English rugby league Category:RFL Lancashire Cup