1972–73 Lancashire Cup

May 2026 1972–73 Lancashire Cup Regional knockout championship Salford Winners Swinton 1971 Lancashire Cup 1971–72 1973 Lancashire Cup 1973–74 14 The 1972–73 Lancashire Cup was the sixtieth occasion on which the competition was held. Salford won the trophy by beating Swinton by the score of 25–11 in the final. The match was played at Wilderspool, Warrington, (historically in the county of Lancashire). The attendance was 6,865 and receipts were £3,321.00 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 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 http://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 teamVenueAttRecNotesFixture dateHome teamRef 1Fri 1 September 1972Salford41-17OldhamThe Willows2Fri 1 September 1972Wigan15-7Workington TownCentral 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 dead3Sun 3 September 1972Huyton12-18BarrowAlt Park, Huyton4Sun 3 September 1972Leigh6-20WidnesHilton ParkWidnes Vikings - History - Season In Review - 1896-97 http://www.rugby.widnes.tv/seasonreview.php?mid=1896&smid=1896-97&mids=18965Sun 3 September 1972Swinton28-25Blackpool BoroughStation Road6Sun 3 September 1972Warrington16-18St. HelensWilderspool8,500Warrington 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 2 February 2014 dmy Saints 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 dead7Sun 3 September 1972Whitehaven19-24Rochdale HornetsRecreation Ground8blankblank Round 2 - Quarter-finals Involved 3 matches (with one bye) and 7 clubs Game NoFixture dateHome team Score Away teamVenueAttRecNotesRef 1Wed 13 September 1972Widnes11-2St. HelensNaughton Park9,00012Fri 15 September 1972Barrow4-7SwintonCraven Park3Fri 15 September 1972Salford46-13Rochdale HornetsThe Willows4Wiganbye Round 3 – Semi-finals Involved 2 matches and 4 clubs Game NoFixture dateHome team Score Away teamVenueAttRecNotesRef 1Thu 5 October 1972Widnes4-13SwintonNaughton ParkClub Programme dept Match Programme Widnes RLFC2Thu 6 October 1972Wigan2-14SalfordCentral Park Final Game NoFixture dateHome team Score Away teamVenueAttRecNotesRef Saturday 21 October 1972Salford25-11SwintonWilderspool6,8653,3212Raymond Fletcher and David Howes Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook 1991-100 1991 Queen Anne Press 0 35617852 8 Teams and scorers Swinton Lions Tales http://www.swintonlionstales.co.uk/index.php/site/view_gallery/8 https://web.archive.org/web/20140222170645/http://www.swintonlionstales.co.uk/index.php/site/view_gallery/8 usurped 22 February 2014 SalfordNo.Swinton teams Paul Charlton1Paul JacksonEastham2Bob FleayDavid Watkins3John CookeChris Hesketh4Alan BuckleyMaurice Richards5John GomersallKen Gill6Peter KennyPeter Banner7Ken GowersMackay8Albert HalsallWalker9Graham EvansJohnny Ward10Harold BateWhitehead11Rod SmithColin Dixon12Granville HoyleEric Prescott13Bill Pattinson?14Mick Philbin (for Peter Kenny)?15Bill Holliday (for Rod Smith)Cliff EvansCoach25score1110HT4 Scorers Tries Peter Banner (1)TBob Fleay (1)Eastham (1)TDavid Watkins (1)TMaurice Richards (1)TPaul Charlton (1)T Goals David Watkins (5)GKen Gowers (3) Drop GoalsDGPeter Kenny (1)RefereeW. "Billy" H. 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 Wigan 15 Workington Town 7 blank blank Salford 41 Oldham 17 Whitehaven 19 Rochdale Hornets 24 Leigh 6 Widnes 20 Warrington 16 St. Helens 18 Huyton 12 Barrow 18 Swinton 28 Blackpool Borough 25 Wigan bye Salford 46 Rochdale Hornets 13 Widnes 11 St. Helens 2 Barrow 4 Swinton 7 Wigan 2 Salford 14 Widnes 4 Swinton 13 Salford 25 Swinton 11 Notes and comments 1 * The score of 13-2 is shows in the official St. Helens archives and also in the official Widnes archives . RUGBYLEAGUEproject shows the score as being 11–2 2 * Wilderspool was the home ground of Warrington from 1883 to the end of the 2003 Summer season when they moved into the new purpose-built Halliwell Jones Stadium. Wilderspool remained as a sports/Ruugby League ground and is/was used by Woolston Rovers/Warrington Wizards junior club. The ground had a final capacity of 9,000 although the record attendance was set in a Challenge cup third round match on 13 March 1948 when 34,304 spectators saw Warrington lose to Wigan 10–13. See also British rugby league system 1972–73 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