1973–74 Lancashire Cup

The 1973–74 Lancashire Cup was the sixty-first occasion of the Lancashire Cup. Wigan won the trophy by beating Salford by the score of 19–9 in the final. The match was played at Wilderspool, Warrington. The attendance was 8,012 and receipts were £2,750.

1973–74 Lancashire Cup
StructureRegional knockout championship
Teams14
WinnersWigan
Runners-upSalford

Background

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The total number of teams entering the competition remained at last season’s total of 14 with no junior/amateur clubs taking part.
The same fixture format was retained, but due to the decrease in the number of participating clubs, resulted in one "blank" or "dummy" fixtures in the first round, and one bye in the second round.

Competition and results

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[1][2]

Round 1

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Involved 7 matches (with one "blank" fixture) and 14 clubs

Game No Fixture date Home team Score Away team Venue Att Rec Notes Ref
1 Fri 31 August 1973 Barrow 4-24 Swinton Craven Park 1,200
2 Fri 31 September 1973 Salford 12-11 Widnes The Willows 5,399 [3]
3 Sat 1 September 1973 Huyton 12-29 Rochdale Hornets Alt Park, Huyton 350
4 Sat 1 September 1973 Oldham 12-20 Wigan Watersheddings 2,410 [4]
5 Sun 2 September 1973 Blackpool Borough 8-15 Whitehaven Borough Park 850 1
6 Sun 2 September 1973 Warrington 20-15 Leigh Wilderspool 7,984 [5]
7 Sun 2 September 1973 Workington Town 11-5 St. Helens Derwent Park 1,800 [6]
8 blank blank

Round 2 - Quarter-finals

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Involved 3 matches (with one bye) and 7 clubs

Game No Fixture date Home team Score Away team Venue Att Rec Notes Ref
1 Sat 8 September 1973 Workington Town 11-7 Swinton Derwent Park 1,664
2 Tue 11 September 1973 Whitehaven 19-8 Warrington Recreation Ground 3,309 [5]
3 Fri 4 September 1973 Salford 24-3 Rochdale Hornets The Willows 6,365
4 Wigan bye [4]

Round 3 – Semi-finals

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Involved 2 matches and 4 clubs

Game No Fixture date Home team Score Away team Venue Att Rec Notes Ref
1 Thu 20 September 1973 Workington Town 4-20 Wigan Derwent Park 3,040 [4]
2 Tue 25 September 1973 Whitehaven 9-23 Salford Recreation Ground 5,000

Final

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Game No Fixture date Home team Score Away team Venue Att Rec Notes Ref
Saturday 13 October 1973 Wigan 19-9 Salford Wilderspool 8,012 2,750 2 3 [4][2][7][8]

Teams and scorers

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Wigan Salford
teams
Bill Francis 1 Paul Charlton
Green Vigo 2 Keith Fielding
David Hill 3 David Watkins
Keiron O'Loughlin 4 Chris Hesketh
Stuart Wright 5 Holland
Terry Cassidy[1] 6 Ken Gill
Warren Ayres[2] 7 Peter Banner
Peter Smethurst[3] 8 Graham Mackay
Colin Clarke 9 Walker
John Gray 10 Davies
Robert Irving 11 Colin Dixon
Dave Robinson 12 Kear
Eddie Cunningham 13 Eric Prescott
? 14 Knighton (for Kear 47min)
? 15 Grice (for Davies 65min)
19 score 9
7 HT 4
Scorers
Tries
Keiron O'Loughlin (2) T David Watkins (1)
Stuart Wright (1) T
Goals
Warren Ayres (1) G David Watkins (3)
John Gray (4) G
Referee W H (Billy) Thompson (Huddersfield)

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

The road to success

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First round Second round Semi-finals Final
            
Workington Town 11
St. Helens 5
Workington Town 11
Swinton 7
Barrow 4
Swinton 24
Workington Town 4
Wigan 20
Oldham 12
Wigan 20
Wigan
bye
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blank
Wigan 19
Salford 9
Blackpool Borough 8
Whitehaven 15
Whitehaven 19
Warrington 8
Warrington 20
Leigh 15
Whitehaven 9
Salford 23
Salford 12
Widnes 11
Salford 24
Rochdale Hornets 3
Huyton 12
Rochdale Hornets 29

Notes and comments

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1 * The John Player Yearbook 1974–75[2] gives the score as 8-15 (4 goals to 3 converted tries) - The RUGBYLEAGUEproject [1] gives the score as 2-15
2 * The John Player Yearbook 1974–75[2] gives the attendance as 8,522 (HT 7-4) - The RUGBYLEAGUEproject [1] gives the attendance as 8,556 - Other sources including the Rothmans Yearbook of 1991-92[8] show it as 8,012
3 * Wilderspool was the home ground of Warrington from 1883 to the end of the 2003 Summer season when they moved into the new purpose built Halliwell Jones Stadium. Wilderspool remained as a sports/Ruugby League ground and is/was used by Woolston Rovers/Warrington Wizards junior club.
The ground had a final capacity of 9,000 although the record attendance was set in a Challenge cup third round match on 13 March 1948 when 34,304 spectators saw Warrington lose to Wigan 10-13.

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b c "Rugby League Project".
  2. ^ a b c d e Jack Winstanley & Malcolm Ryding (1991). John Player Yearbook 1974–75. Queen Anne Press. ISBN 0362001774.
  3. ^ "Widnes Vikings - History - Season In Review - 1896-97".
  4. ^ a b c d e "Wigan "Cherry and White" archived results". Archived from the original on 21 February 2014. Retrieved 15 February 2014.
  5. ^ a b "Warrington Wolves - Results Archive - 1897". Archived from the original on 2 February 2014.
  6. ^ "Saints Heritage Society - History - Season 1896-97".
  7. ^ a b Frank Butler and Patrick Collins (1974). News of the World Football Annual 1974–75 - 88th year. News of the World Ltd.
  8. ^ a b c Raymond Fletcher and David Howes (1991). Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook 1991-100. Queen Anne Press. ISBN 0 35617852 8.
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