1978–79 Lancashire Cup

1978–79 Lancashire Cup
1978–79 Lancashire Cup
Structure	Regional knockout championship
Teams	14
Winners	Widnes
Runners-up	Workington Town
	← 1977–78 1979–80 →

1978–79 was the sixty-sixth occasion on which the Lancashire Cup completion had been held.

Widnes won the trophy by beating Workington Town by the score of 15-13

The match was played at Central Park, Wigan, (historically in the county of Lancashire). The attendance was 10,020 and receipts were £6,261.00

After relatively little success in the competition, Workington Town had reached the semi-final stage in 1973, 1974 and 1975, had been runner-up in 1976, winner in 1977, and now runners-up again in 1978. They would go on to be runners-up again in 1979.

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

^[1]^[2]

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	Fri 18 Aug 1978	Salford	30-15	Oldham	The Willows
2	Fri 18 Aug 1978	Whitehaven	15-12	Blackpool Borough	Recreation Ground
3	Sun 20 Aug 1978	Barrow	13-17	Leigh	Craven Park
4	Sun 20 Aug 1978	St. Helens	14-14	Rochdale Hornets	Knowsley Road	4000	^[3]
5	Sun 20 Aug 1978	Warrington	18-4	Swinton	Wilderspool		^[4]
6	Sun 20 Aug 1978	Widnes	43-6	Huyton	Naughton Park		^[5]
7	Sun 20 Aug 1978	Workington Town	14-2	Wigan	Derwent Park	4200	^[6]
8		blank		blank

Round 1 – First replays

Involved 1 match and 2 clubs

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

1	Wed 23 Aug 1978	Rochdale Hornets		8-8		St. Helens	Athletic Grounds	2384			^[3]

Round 1 – Second replays

Involved 1 match and 2 clubs

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

1	Fri 25 Aug 1978	St. Helens		28-9		Rochdale Hornets	Central Park	2906			^[3]

Round 2 - Quarter-finals

Involved 3 matches (with one bye) and 7 clubs

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

1	Sun 27 Aug 1978	Leigh	21-4	St. Helens	Hilton Park	5600	^[3]
2	Sun 27 Aug 1978	Whitehaven	6-19	Salford	Recreation Ground
3	Sun 27 Aug 1978	Widnes	17-10	Warrington	Naughton Park		^[5]^[4]
4		Workington Town		bye

Round 3 – Semi-finals

Involved 2 matches and 4 clubs

Game No	Fixture date	Home team	Score	Away team	Venue	Ref

1	Wed 13 Sep 1978	Salford	8-9	Workington Town	The Willows
2	Wed 13 Sep 1978	Widnes	28-14	Leigh	Naughton Park	^[5]

Final

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

	Saturday 7 October 1978	Widnes		15-13		Workington Town	Central Park	10,020	6,261	1	^[5]^[7]

Teams and scorers

^[5]^[7]

Widnes	№	Workington Town

	teams
David Eckersley	1	Paul Charlton
Stuart Wright	2	David Collister
Mal Aspey	3	John Risman
Mick George	4	Ray Wilkins
Mick Burke	5	Iain McCorquodale
Eric Hughes	6	Derek McMillan
Reg Bowden	7	Arnold "Boxer" Walker
Jim Mills	8	Harry Beverley
Keith Elwell	9	Alan Banks
Glyn Shaw	10	Eddie Bowman
Mick Adams	11	Robert Blackwood
Alan Dearden	12	Peter Gorley
Doug Laughton	13	Bill Pattinson
Paul Woods	14	David Smith
David Hull (for Alan Dearden)	15	Les Gorley (for William "Bill" Pattinson)

15	score	13
5	HT	11

	Scorers
	Tries
Stuart Wright (1)	T	Ray Wilkins (1)
Doug Laughton (2)	T	Iain McCorquodale (1)
	T	Les Gorley (1)
	Goals
Mick Burke (3)	G	Iain McCorquodale (2)
Referee		W H (Billy) Thompson (Huddersfield)
Man of the match		Arnold "Boxer" Walker - Workington Town - scrum-half
sponsored by		Burtonwood Brewery
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

Widnes	43

Huyton	6
		Widnes	17

		Warrington	10
Warrington	18

Swinton	4
				Widnes	17

				Leigh	10
Barrow	13

Leigh	17
		Leigh	21

		St. Helens	4
St. Helens	14-8-9

Rochdale Hornets	14-8-28
						Widnes	15

						Workington Town	13
Whitehaven	15

Blackpool Borough	12
		Whitehaven	6

		Salford	19
Salford	30

Oldham	15
				Salford	8

				Workington Town	9
Workington Town	14

Wigan	2
		Workington Town

		bye
blank

blank

Notes and comments

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

References

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

External links

"Lancashire Cup 1978/79 - Results". Rugby League Project.

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

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

[SaintsMisc-3] "Saints Heritage Society - History - Season 1896-97".

[WiresMisc-4] "Warrington Wolves - Results Archive - 1897". Archived from the original on 2 February 2014.

[ChemicsMisc-5] "Widnes Vikings - History - Season In Review - 1896-97".

[CherryMisc-6] "Wigan "Cherry and White" archived results". Archived from the original on 21 February 2014. Retrieved 15 February 2014.

[Roth1991-92Misc-7] Raymond Fletcher and David Howes (1991). Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook 1991-100. Queen Anne Press. ISBN 0 35617852 8.

[1]

[2]

[3]

[4]

[5]

[6]

[7]