1955–56 Lancashire Cup

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1955–56 was the forty-third occasion on which the Lancashire Cup completion had been held.
Leigh won the trophy by beating Widnes by the score of 26-9.
The match was played at Central Park, Wigan, (historically in the county of Lancashire). The attendance was 26,504 and receipts were £4,090.

1955–56 Lancashire Cup
StructureRegional knockout championship
Teams15
WinnersLeigh
Runners-upWidnes

Background

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The end of last season saw the demise of Belle Vue Rangers. With this and the retention of the invitation to juniors, Lancashire Amateurs the number of clubs was reduced by one to a total of 15.
The same pre-war fixture format was retained, and due to reduction in the number of clubs this resulted in one bye in the first round.
The whole tournament was again played on a knock-out basis, and there would be no return to the two legged fixtures during the life of the competition.

Competition and results

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Round 1

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Involved 7 matches (with one bye but no “blank” fixture) and 15 clubs

Game No Fixture date Home team Score Away team Venue Att Rec Notes Ref
1 Sat 27 Aug 1955 Barrow 18-12 St. Helens Craven Park 9,732 [2]
2 Sat 27 Aug 1955 Blackpool Borough 8-18 Oldham St Anne's Road Greyhound Stadium
3 Sat 27 Aug 1955 Leigh 71-14 County Amateurs Kirkhall Lane
4 Sat 27 Aug 1955 Rochdale Hornets 26-17 Whitehaven Athletic Grounds
5 Sat 27 Aug 1955 Salford 8-33 Widnes The Willows [3]
6 Sat 27 Aug 1955 Wigan 15-16 Warrington Central Park [4][5]
7 Sat 27 Aug 1955 Workington Town 24-10 Liverpool City Borough Park
8 Swinton bye

Round 2 - quarterfinals

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Involved 4 matches (with no bye) and 8 clubs

Game No Fixture date Home team Score Away team Venue Att Rec Notes Ref
1 Tue 06 Sep 1955 Barrow 24-10 Workington Town Craven Park
2 Tue 06 Sep 1955 Rochdale Hornets 12-26 Warrington Athletic Grounds [5]
3 Wed 07 Sep 1955 Oldham 11-13 Leigh Watersheddings
4 Thu 08 Sep 1955 Widnes 9-3 Swinton Naughton Park [3]

Round 3 – semifinals

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Involved 2 matches and 4 clubs

Game No Fixture date Home team Score Away team Venue

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Rec Notes Ref
1 Thu 22 Sep 1955 Barrow 7-11 Leigh Craven Park
2 Thu 22 Sep 1955 Widnes 11-6 Warrington Naughton Park [3][5]

Final

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Game No Fixture date Home team Score Away team Venue Att Rec Notes Ref
Saturday 15 October 1955 Leigh 26-9 Widnes Central Park 26,504 £4,090 1 [3][6]

Teams and scorers

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Leigh Widnes
teams
Jimmy Ledgard 1 John Sale
Bill Kindon 2 Gordon Williamson
Don Gullick 3 Harold 'Lal' Kinsey
Albert Moore 4 Tommy Galligan
Malcolm Davies 5 Peter Ratcliffe
Jack Fleming 6 Roy Butler
Brian Chadwick 7 Percy Davies
John Barton 8 Ron Rowbottom
Walt Tabern 9 Jack Hayes/J. J. Hayes
Stan Owen 10 Harold Tomlinson
Derek Hurt 11 Derek Smith/Tom Smith/Vin Smith
Mick Martyn 12 Gordon Murray
Peter Foster 13 George Kemel
26 score 9
8 HT 4
Scorers
Tries
T Gordon Williamson (1)
T
T
T
T
Goals
G John Sale (3)
G
Drop Goals
DG
Referee

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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First round Second round Semifinals Final
            
Barrow 18
St. Helens 12
Barrow 24
Workington Town 10
Workington Town 24
Liverpool City 10
Barrow 7
Leigh 11
Blackpool Borough 8
Oldham 18
Oldham 11
Leigh 13
Leigh 71
County Amateurs 14
Leigh 26
Widnes 9
Salford 8
Widnes 33
Widnes 9
Swinton 3
Swinton
bye
Widnes 11
Warrington 6
Rochdale Hornets 26
Whitehaven 17
Rochdale Hornets 12
Warrington 26
Wigan 15
Warrington 16

Notes and comments

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1 * Central Park was the home ground of Wigan with a final capacity of 18,000, although the record attendance was 47,747 for Wigan v St Helens 27 March 1959

See also

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References

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