1907–08 Lancashire Cup

1907–08 Lancashire Cup
1907–08 Lancashire Cup
Structure	Regional knockout competition
Teams	12
Winners	Oldham
Runners-up	Broughton Rangers
	← 1906–07 1908–09 →

The 1907–08 Lancashire Cup was the third year for this regional rugby league competition and saw its third different winner. The cup was won by Oldham, who beat the previous year's winners, Broughton Rangers, at The Athletic Grounds, Rochdale by a score of 16–9. The attendance for the final was 14,000 and receipts £340.

The venue was the third different venue used in the three years which the competition had run.

Background

For this season's competition, with the loss of Wigan Highfield, there were now only 12 semi-professional clubs, and with no junior team involved, this led to there being four clubs awarded byes in the first round

Competition and results

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Round 1

Involved 4 matches (with four byes) and 12 Clubs

Game No	Fixture date	Home team	Score	Away team	Venue	Ref

1	Sat 12 October 1907	Broughton Rangers	28-0	Rochdale Hornets	Wheater's Field
2	Sat 12 October 1907	Oldham	22-3	Barrow	Watersheddings
3	Sat 12 October 1907	Runcorn	2-15	Warrington	Canal Street	^[2]
4	Sat 12 October 1907	Swinton	7-0	St. Helens	Chorley Road ground	^[3]
5		Leigh		bye	.
6		Salford		bye
7		Wigan		bye		^[4]
8		Widnes		bye		^[5]

Round 2 - Quarterfinals

Game No	Fixture date	Home team	Score	Away team	Venue	Ref

1	Sat 26 October 1907	Leigh	13-11	Warrington	Mather Lane	^[2]
2	Sat 26 October 1907	Oldham	13-0	Swinton	Watersheddings
3	Sat 26 October 1907	Salford	10-8	Wigan	The Willows	^[4]
4	Sat 26 October 1907	Widnes	0-14	Broughton Rangers	Lowerhouse Lane	^[5]

Round 3 – semifinals

Game No	Fixture date	Home team	Score	Away team	Venue

1	Sat 16 November 1907	Leigh	8-26	Broughton Rangers	Mather Lane
2	Sat 16 November 1907	Salford	7-8	Oldham	The Willows

Final

Game No	Fixture date	Home team		Score		Away team	Venue	Att	Rec	Notes	Ref
	Saturday 30 November 1907	Oldham		16-9		Broughton Rangers	Athletic Grounds	14000	£340		^[6]

Teams and scorers

Oldham	No.	Broughton Rangers
	Teams
Dicky Thomas	1	Billy Barlow
George Tyson	2	Billy Harris
Billy Dixon	3	Andy Hogg
Tom Llewellyn	4	Bob Wilson
Arthur Oldershaw	5	Jack Flynn
Tom White	6	Sam James
David Benyon	7	Horton
Joe Ferguson	8	George Ruddick
Bert Avery	9	Jack Beetham
Arthur Smith	10	J. Grainey
Billy Longworth	11	Jim Clampitt
Harry Topham	12	C.J. Darlison
Joe Wilkinson	13	Mottram

16	score	9
8	HT	3

	Scorers
Tom Llewellyn	Tries
Arthur Oldershaw	T	Andy Hogg
Joe Ferguson, Arthur Smith	T
	Goals
Joe Ferguson (2)	G	Billy Barlow (3)
	Drop Goals
	DG

	Referee	H. Farrar (Keighley)