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1950–51 Lancashire Cup

The 1950–51 Lancashire Cup was the thirty-eighth occasion on which the RFL Lancashire Cup competition had been held.

1950–51 Lancashire Cup
StructureRegional knockout championship
Teams14
WinnersWigan
Runners-upWarrington

Wigan won the trophy by beating Warrington by the score of 28–5

The match was played at Station Road, Pendlebury, (historically in the county of Lancashire). The attendance was 42,541 and receipts were £6,222.

The attendance was a new record for the Lancashire Cup final and would only ever be broken once in the future

This was the fifth of Wigan's record breaking run of six consecutive Lancashire Cup victories.

Background

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Overall, the number of teams entering this year's competition remained the same as last year's total of 14.

The same pre-war fixture format was retained. This season saw no bye but one "blank" or "dummy" fixture in the first round. There was also one bye but no "blank" fixture" in the second round.

As last season, all the first round matches of the competition will be played on the basis of two legged, home and away, ties – and the remainder of the rounds remaining on straight forward knock-out basis.

Competition and results

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[1]

Round 1 – first leg

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Involved 7 matches (with no bye and one "blank" fixture) and 14 clubs

Game No Fixture date Home team Score Away team Venue agg Att Rec Notes Ref
1 Sat 02 Sep 1950 Belle Vue Rangers 5–47 Workington Town Belle Vue Stadium
2 Sat 02 Sep 1950 Leigh 27–0 Barrow Kirkhall Lane
3 Sat 02 Sep 1950 Oldham 21–5 Rochdale Hornets Watersheddings
4 Sat 02 Sep 1950 Liverpool Stanley 5–18 Warrington Mill Yard, Knotty Ash [2]
5 Sat 02 Sep 1950 Swinton 10–19 St. Helens Station Road 10,000 [3]
6 Sat 02 Sep 1950 Whitehaven 0–20 Wigan Recreation Ground [4]
7 Sat 02 Sep 1950 Widnes 15–13 Salford Naughton Park [5]
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Round 1 – second leg

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Involved 7 matches (with no bye and one "blank" fixture) and 14 clubs. These are the reverse fixture from the first leg.

Game No Fixture date Home team Score Away team Venue agg Att Rec Notes Ref
1 Mon 11 Sep 1950 Workington Town 8–6 Belle Vue Rangers Borough Park 55–11
2 Wed 13 Sep 1950 Barrow 14–6 Leigh Craven Park 14–33
3 Tue 12 Sep 1950 Rochdale Hornets 2–14 Oldham Athletic Grounds 7–35
4 Wed 13 Sep 1950 Warrington 73–0 Liverpool City Wilderspool 91–5 [2]
5 Wed 13 Sep 1950 St. Helens 11–3 Swinton Knowsley Road 30–13 18,200 [3]
6 Mon 11 Sep 1950 Wigan 34–4 Whitehaven Central Park 54–4 [4]
7 Wed 13 Sep 1950 Salford 7–0 Widnes The Willows 20–15 [5]
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Round 2 – quarterfinals

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Involved 3 matches (with one bye) and 7 clubs

Game No Fixture date Home team Score Away team Venue agg Att Rec Notes Ref
1 Mon 25 Sep 1950 Workington Town 8–15 Oldham Borough Park
2 Wed 27 Sep 1950 Leigh 14–28 Warrington Kirkhall Lane [2]
3 Wed 27 Sep 1950 St. Helens 20–3 Salford Knowsley Road 17,673 [3]
4 Wigan bye [4]

Round 3 – semifinals

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Involved 2 matches and 4 clubs

Game No Fixture date Home team Score Away team Venue agg Att Rec Notes Ref
1 Tue 10 Oct 1950 Oldham 0–5 Warrington Watersheddings [2]
2 Wed 11 Oct 1950 St. Helens 7–9 Wigan Knowsley Road 33,000 [3][4]-

Final

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Game No Fixture date Home team Score Away team Venue agg Att Rec Notes Ref
Saturday 4 November 1950 Wigan 28–5 Warrington Station Road 42,541 £6,222 1 [2][4][6]

Teams and scorers

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Wigan № Warrington
teams
Jack Cunliffe 1 Eric Frodsham
Gordon Ratcliffe 2 Brian Bevan
Jack Broome 3 Ron Ryder
George Roughley [1] 4 Albert Naughton
Brian Nordgren 5 Albert Johnson
Cecil Mountford 6 Bryn Knowelden
Johnny Alty [2] 7 Gerry Helme
Ken Gee 8 William "Billy" Derbyshire
Ronnie Mather 9 Ike Fishwick [3]
Frank Barton 10 Jim Featherstone
Ted Slevin 11 Harry Bath
Nat Silcock, Jr. 12 Bob Ryan
Billy Blan 13 Harry Palin
28 score 5
15 HT 2
Scorers
Tries
Jack Cunliffe (1) T Albert Naughton (1)
Brian Nordgren (2) T
Ted Slevin (1) T
George Roughley (1) T
Johnny Alty (1) T
Goals
Ken Gee (5) G Harry Palin (1)
Referee George Phillips, Widnes

Scoring – Try = three (3) points – Goal = two (2) points – Drop goal = two (2) points

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The road to success

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All the first round ties were played on a two leg (home and away) basis.

The first club named in each of the first round ties played the first leg at home.

the scores shown in the first round are the aggregate score over the two legs.

First round Second round Semifinals Final
            
Swinton 13
St. Helens 30
St. Helens 20
Salford 3
Widnes 15
Salford 20
St. Helens 7
Wigan 9
Whitehaven 4
Wigan 54
Wigan
bye
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Wigan 28
Warrington 5
Belle Vue Rangers 11
Workington Town 55
Workington Town 8
Oldham 15
Oldham 35
Rochdale Hornets 7
Oldham 0
Warrington 5
Leigh 33
Barrow 14
Leigh 14
Warrington 28
Liverpool City 5
Warrington 91

Notes and comments

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1 * The attendance of 42,541 was a new record for the Lancashire Cup final beating the previous by just over 3,500, and would only ever be broken once in the future

2 * Station Road was the home ground of Swinton from 1929 to 1932 and at its peak was one of the finest rugby league grounds in the country and it boasted a capacity of 60,000. The actual record attendance was for the Challenge Cup semi-final on 7 April 1951 when 44,621 watched Wigan beat Warrington 3–2

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Rugby League Project".
  2. ^ a b c d e f "Warrington Wolves – Results Archive – 1897". Archived from the original on 6 July 2010.
  3. ^ a b c d "Saints Heritage Society – History – Season 1896–97".
  4. ^ a b c d e f "Wigan "Cherry and White" archived results".
  5. ^ a b "Widnes Vikings – History – Season In Review – 1896–97".
  6. ^ Raymond Fletcher and David Howes (1991). Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook 1991-100. Queen Anne Press. ISBN 0 35617852 8.
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