1983–84 Lancashire Cup

April 2022 1983–84 Lancashire Cup Regional knockout championship Barrow Winners Widnes 1982 Lancashire Cup 1982–83 1984 Lancashire Cup 1984–85 16 The 1983–84 Lancashire Cup, known as the Burtonwood Brewery Lancashire Cup for sponsorship reasons, was the 71st occasion on which the Lancashire Cup competition had been held. It was won by Barrow, who beat Widnes 12–8 in the final at Central Park, Wigan. Background This season saw no new clubs and no withdrawals, leaving the total number of entrants at the 16 level. With this full sixteen members there was no need for "blank" or "dummy" fixtures or any byes. Competition and results First round Involved 8 matches (with no byes) and 16 clubs Game NoFixture DateHome team Score Away teamVenueAttRecNotesRef 1Sat 03 Sep 1983Rochdale Hornets4-28St. HelensAthletic Grounds720Saints Heritage Society - History - Season 1896–97 http://www.saints.org.uk/saints.org.uk/home/viewpage.php?page_id=9 16 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 dead2Sun 04 Sep 1983Barrow13-6WhitehavenCraven Park27073Sun 04 Sep 1983Blackpool Borough4-30WarringtonBorough Park1756Warrington 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 4Sun 04 Sep 1983Huyton12-13SwintonAlt Park, Huyton3065Sun 04 Sep 1983Leigh52-10CarlisleHilton Park40006Sun 04 Sep 1983Oldham26-20Workington TownWatersheddings25677Sun 04 Sep 1983Salford16-15FulhamThe Willows19868Sun 04 Sep 1983Widnes36-20WiganNaughton Park7016Wigan "Cherry and White" archived results http://wigan.rlfans.com/news.php?readmore=3199 16 February 2014 21 February 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20140221234707/http://wigan.rlfans.com/news.php?readmore=3199 deadWidnes Vikings - History - Season In Review - 1896-97 http://www.rugby.widnes.tv/seasonreview.php?mid=1896&smid=1896-97&mids=1896 Second round Involved 4 matches and 8 clubs Game NoFixture DateHome team Score Away teamVenueAttRecNotesRef 1Wed 14 Sep 1983Leigh10-27WidnesHilton Park65002Wed 14 Sep 1983St. Helens26-30WarringtonKnowsley Road50473Wed 14 Sep 1983Salford2-13BarrowThe Willows4Wed 14 Sep 1983Swinton8-6OldhamStation Road1881 Semi-finals Involved 2 matches and 4 clubs Game NoFixture DateHome team Score Away teamVenueAttRecNotesRef 1Wed 21 Sep 1983Swinton8-22WidnesStation Road26142Wed 21 Sep 1983Warrington18-19BarrowWilderspool3349 Final 1 October 1983 Barrow 12 – 8 Widnes McConnell Ball (3) Ball, Tickle Lydon Lydon (2) Central Park, Wigan 7,007 Kevin Allatt (Southport) David Cairns BarrowNo.Widnes Teams Steve Tickle1Mick BurkeTerry Moore2Joe LydonAndy Whittle3Eric Hughes (c)Ian Ball4Keiron O'LoughlinDave Milby5John BasnettRalph McConnell6Tony MylerDavid Cairns7Andy GregoryAlan Hodkinson (c)8Steve O'NeillLes Wall9Keith ElwellMark McJennett10Kevin TamatiSteve Herbert11Fred WhitfieldEddie Szymala12Eric PrescottSteve Mossop13Mick AdamsDave Elliott14Tony GarrityDave Tyson15Paul HoughtonTommy DawesCoachVince Karalius & Harry Dawson The road to success First round Second round Semi-finals Final Rochdale Hornets 4 St. Helens 28 Blackpool Borough 4 Warrington 30 Salford 16 Fulham 15 Barrow 13 Whitehaven 6 Huyton 12 Swinton 13 Oldham 26 Workington Town 20 Leigh 52 Carlisle 10 Widnes 36 Wigan 20 St. Helens 26 Warrington 30 Salford 2 Barrow 13 Swinton 8 Oldham 6 Leigh 10 Widnes 27 Warrington 18 Barrow 19 Swinton 8 Widnes 22 Barrow 12 Widnes 8 See also 1983–84 Rugby Football League season Rugby league county cups References Sources Fletcher Raymond Howes David Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook 1984-85 1984 Queen Anne Press London 978-0-356-10450-8 External links Lancashire Cup 1983/84 - Results https://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/competitions/lancashire-cup-1983-84/results.html Rugby League Project Super League Show rewind: Barrow's Lancashire Cup glory against Widnes https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/av/rugby-league/35961912 BBC Sport Category:1983 in English rugby league Category:RFL Lancashire Cup