1910–11 Lancashire Cup

1910–11 Lancashire Cup
1910–11 Lancashire Cup
Structure	Regional knockout competition
Teams	12
Winners	Oldham
Runners-up	Swinton
	← 1909–10 1911–12 →

The 1910 Lancashire Cup was the sixth year of the regional rugby league competition and once again a previous winner captured the trophy. The cup was won by Oldham who beat Swinton in the final at Wheater's Field, Broughton, Salford, by a score of 4–3. The attendance at the final was 14,000 and receipts £418.

Background

For the fourth year in succession the same 12 clubs entered and 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 22 October 1910	Barrow	17–11	Leigh	Cavendish Park
3	Sat 22 October 1910	St. Helens	5-11	Rochdale Hornets	Knowsley Road	^[2]
4	Sat 22 October 1910	Wigan	6-10	Widnes Vikings	Central Park	^[3]^[4]
5		Swinton		bye
6		Warrington		bye		^[5]
7		Salford		bye
8		Oldham		bye

Round 2 – quarterfinals

Game No	Fixture date	Home team	Score	Away team	Venue	Ref

1	Sat 5 November 1910	Barrow	0-0	Rochdale Hornets	Cavendish Park
2	Sat 5 November 1910	Broughton Rangers	2-10	Swinton	Wheater's Field
3	Sat 5 November 1910	Warrington	14-5	Salford	Wilderspool	^[5]
4	Sat 5 November 1910	Widnes Vikings	10-13	Oldham	Naughton Park	^[4]
1	Tue 8 November 1910	Rochdale Hornets	14-7	Barrow	Athletic Grounds

Round 3 – semifinals

Game No	Fixture date	Home team	Score	Away team	Venue	Ref

1	Sat 19 November 1910	Rochdale Hornets	6-16	Oldham	Athletic Grounds
2	Sat 19 November 1910	Swinton	10-0	Warrington	Chorley Road ground	^[5]

Final

Game No	Fixture date	Home team		Score		Away team	Venue	Att	Rec	Notes	Ref

	Saturday 3 December 1910	Oldham		4-3		Swinton	Wheater's Field	14,000	£418	1	^[6]

Teams and scorers

Oldham	No.	Swinton

	Teams
Alf Wood	1	Eddie Griffiths
George Smith	2	Tommy Gartrell
Sid Deane	3	Albert Valentine
George Cook	4	Jack Parker
Billy Dixon	5	Albert Morris
Tom White	6	Jimmy Fairhurst
EA Anlezark	7	Dai Davies (c)
Jim Wright	8	Jim Blears
Joe Ferguson	9	Dan Davies
Arthur Smith	10	Bill Preston
Billy Jardine	11	Jack Bailey
Tom McCabe	12	David B. Davies
Albert Avery	13	Tom McVeigh

4	score	3
4	HT	3

	Scorers
	Tries
	T	Tommy Gartrell (1)
	T
	Goals
Alf Wood	G
Joe Ferguson	G
	Drop Goals
Joe Ferguson	DG

Referee