1976–77 Lancashire Cup

1976–77 Lancashire Cup
1976–77 Lancashire Cup
Structure	Regional knockout championship
Teams	14
Winners	Widnes
Runners-up	Workington Town
	← 1975–76 1977–78 →

1976–77 was the sixty-fourth occasion on which the Lancashire Cup completion had been held.

Widnes won the trophy by beating Workington Town by the score of 16-11

The match was played at Central Park, Wigan, (historically in the county of Lancashire). The attendance was 9,399 and receipts were £6,414.00

Background

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 number of participating clubs, this resulted in one “blank” or “dummy” fixture in the first round, and one bye in the second round.

Competition and results

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Round 1

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

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

1	Sat 21 Aug 1976	Wigan	37-5	St. Helens	Central Park	2370	^[4]^[5]
2	Sun 22 Aug 1976	Barrow	7-40	Warrington	Craven Park		^[6]
3	Sun 22 Aug 1976	Blackpool Borough	17-10	Oldham	Borough Park
4	Sun 22 Aug 1976	Leigh	41-13	Whitehaven	Hilton Park
5	Sun 22 Aug 1976	Salford	46-14	Huyton	The Willows
6	Sun 22 Aug 1976	Widnes	25-13	Rochdale Hornets	Naughton Park		^[7]
7	Sun 22 Aug 1976	Workington Town	15-11	Swinton	Derwent Park
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Round 2 - Quarter-finals

Involved 3 matches (with one bye) and 7 clubs

Game No	Fixture date	Home team	Score	Away team	Venue	Ref

1	Sun 29 Aug 1976	Warrington	14-13	Salford	Wilderspool	^[6]
2	Sun 29 Aug 1976	Wigan	14-16	Leigh	Central Park	^[4]
3	Sun 29 Aug 1976	Workington Town	30-8	Blackpool Borough	Derwent Park
4		Widnes		bye		^[7]

Round 3 – Semi-finals

Involved 2 matches and 4 clubs

Game No	Fixture date	Home team	Score	Away team	Venue	Ref

1	Wed 08 Sep 1976	Leigh	16-24	Widnes	Hilton Park	^[7]
2	Tue 21 Sep 1976	Warrington	9-9	Workington Town	Wilderspool	^[6]

Round 3 – Semi-finals - replays

Involved 1 match and 2 clubs

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

1	Wed 29 Sep 1976	Workington Town		26-15		Warrington	Derwent Park				^[6]

Final

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

	Saturday 30 October 1976	Widnes		16-11		Workington Town	Central Park	9,399	6,414	1 2 3	^[7]^[8]^[3]

Teams and scorers

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Widnes	№	Workington Town

	teams
Ray Dutton	1	Paul Charlton
Stuart Wright	2	David Collister
Mal Aspey	3	Ray Wilkins
Mick George [1]	4	Ian Wright [2]
Alan Prescott [3]	5	Iain McCorquodale [4][5]
David Eckersley	6	Brian Lauder
Reg Bowden [6]	7	Arnold "Boxer" Walker
Bill Ramsey	8	Jim Mills
Keith Elwell	9	Alan Banks
Nick Nelson [7]	10	Ralph Calvin
Mick Adams	11	Eddie Bowman
Alan Dearden [8]	12	Les Gorley
Doug Laughton	13	Bill Pattinson
Paul Woods	14	Harry Marland
Barry Sheridan	15	Peter Gorley (for Bill Pattinson

16	score	11
9	HT	5

	Scorers
	Tries
Stuart Wright (1)	T	Ray Wilkins (1)
Mick George (1)	T
	Goals
Ray Dutton (4)	G	Iain McCorquodale (4)
	Drop Goals
Ray Dutton (1)	DG
Reg Bowden (1)	DG
Referee		W H (Billy) Thompson (Huddersfield)
Man of the match		David Eckersley - Widnes - stand-off
sponsored by		Rugby Leaguer
Competition Sponsor		Forshaws (Burtonwood Brewery Co Ltd)

Scoring - Try = three points - Goal = two points - Drop goal = one point

The road to success

First round		Second round		Semi-finals		Final

Wigan	27

St. Helens	5
		Wigan	14

		Leigh	16
Leigh	41

Whitehaven	13
				Leigh	19

				Widnes	24
Widnes	25

Rochdale Hornets	13
		Widnes

		bye
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						Widnes	16

						Workington Town	11
Barrow	7

Warrington	40
		Warrington	14

		Salford	13
Salford	46

Huyton	14
				Warrington	9-26

				Workington Town	9-15
Workington Town	15

Swinton	11
		Workington Town	30

		Blackpool Borough	8
Blackpool Borough	17

Oldham	10

Notes and comments

1 * News of the World Football annual of 1976–77^[3] has the score as 17-11 - other publications and archived records e.g. Widnes^[7] official archives have the score as 16-11

2 * Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook 1991-92^[8] gives the attendance as 7,566 - RUGBYLEAGUEprojects^[1] give the attendance as 9,399

3 * 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

References

^ ^a ^b "Rugby League Project".
^ Jack Winstanley & Malcolm Ryding (1991). John Player Yearbook 1975–76. Queen Anne Press.
^ ^a ^b ^c Frank Butler and Patrick Collins (1976). News of the World Football Annual 1976–77 - 90th year. News of the World Ltd.
^ ^a ^b "Wigan "Cherry and White" archived results". Archived from the original on 21 February 2014. Retrieved 15 February 2014.
^ "Saints Heritage Society - History - Season 1896-97".
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Warrington Wolves - Results Archive - 1897". Archived from the original on 2 February 2014.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f "Widnes Vikings - History - Season In Review - 1896-97".
^ ^a ^b ^c Raymond Fletcher and David Howes (1991). Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook 1991-100. Queen Anne Press. ISBN 0 35617852 8.

External links

[RLP.orgMisc-1] "Rugby League Project".

[JP1975–76Misc-2] Jack Winstanley & Malcolm Ryding (1991). John Player Yearbook 1975–76. Queen Anne Press.

[NOTW1976–77Misc-3] Frank Butler and Patrick Collins (1976). News of the World Football Annual 1976–77 - 90th year. News of the World Ltd.

[CherryMisc-4] "Wigan "Cherry and White" archived results". Archived from the original on 21 February 2014. Retrieved 15 February 2014.

[SaintsMisc-5] "Saints Heritage Society - History - Season 1896-97".

[WiresMisc-6] "Warrington Wolves - Results Archive - 1897". Archived from the original on 2 February 2014.

[ChemicsMisc-7] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f "Widnes Vikings - History - Season In Review - 1896-97".

[Roth1991-92Misc-8] Raymond Fletcher and David Howes (1991). Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook 1991-100. Queen Anne Press. ISBN 0 35617852 8.

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