1982–83 Lancashire Cup

1982–83 Lancashire Cup
1982–83 Lancashire Cup
Structure	Regional knockout championship
Teams	16
Winners	Warrington
Runners-up	St. Helens
	← 1981–82 1983–84 →

1982–83 was the seventieth occasion on which the Lancashire Cup completion had been held.

Warrington won the trophy by beating St. Helens by the score of 16-0
The match was played at Central Park, Wigan, (historically in the county of Lancashire). The attendance was 6,462 and receipts were £11,732.00

Background

This season saw no new clubs and no withdrawals, leaving the total number of entrants at the 16 level.
With this full sixteen members there was no need for “blank” or “dummy” fixtures or any byes.

Competition and results

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Round 1

Involved 8 matches (with no byes) and 16 clubs

Game No	Fixture Date	Home Team	Score	Away Team	Venue	Att	Ref

1	Sat 04 Sep 1982	Workington Town	12-20	Barrow	Derwent Park	1935
2	Sun 05 Sep 1982	Carlisle	16-8	Whitehaven	Brunton Park	3595
3	Sun 05 Sep 1982	Leigh	32-20	Rochdale Hornets	Hilton Park	3950
4	Sun 05 Sep 1982	Wigan	18-13	Salford	Central Park	7033	^[3]
5	Sun 05 Sep 1982	Blackpool Borough	10-27	Oldham	Borough Park	2013
6	Sun 05 Sep 1982	Fulham	20-8	Swinton	Craven Cottage	2796
7	Sun 05 Sep 1982	Warrington	43-5	Huyton	Wilderspool	2042	^[4]
8	Sun 05 Sep 1982	Widnes	12-14	St. Helens	Naughton Park	6704	^[5]^[6]

Round 2 - Quarter-finals

Involved 4 matches and 8 clubs

Game No	Fixture Date	Home Team	Score	Away Team	Venue	Att	Ref

1	Wed 15 Sep 1982	Barrow	6-9	St. Helens	Craven Park	3282	^[6]
2	Wed 15 Sep 1982	Leigh	12-13	Carlisle	Hilton Park	3939
3	Wed 15 Sep 1982	Wigan	4-15	Fulham	Central Park	6054	^[3]
4	Sun 19 Sep 1982	Warrington	16-14	Oldham	Wilderspool	4174	^[4]

Round 3 – Semi-finals

Involved 2 matches and 4 clubs

Game No	Fixture Date	Home Team	Score	Away Team	Venue	Att	Ref

1	Wed 29 Sep 1982	St. Helens	7-7	Carlisle	Knowsley Road	4746	^[6]
2	Thu 30 Sep 1982	Warrington	17-8	Fulham	Wilderspool	3356	^[4]

Round 3 – Semi-finals – replays

Involved 1 matches and 2 clubs

Game No	Fixture Date	Home Team		Score		Away Team	Venue	Att	Rec	Notes	Ref

1	Wed 06 Oct 1982	Carlisle		5-9		St. Helens	Brunton Park	3406			^[6]

Final

Game No	Fixture Date	Home Team		Score		Away Team	Venue	Att	Rec	Notes	Ref

	Saturday 23 October 1982	Warrington		16-0		St. Helens	Central Park	6462	11732	1	^[4]^[6]^[7]

Teams and scorers

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Warrington	№	St. Helens

	teams
Steve Hesford	1	Brian Parkes [1]
Paul Fellows [2]	2	Barry Ledger
Ronnie Duane	3	Chris Arkwright
John Bevan	4	Roy Haggerty
Mick Kelly [3]	5	Dennis Litherland [4]
Paul Cullen	6	Steve Peters [5]
Ken Kelly (c)	7	Neil Holding
Neil Courtney	8	Mel James
Carl Webb [6]	9	Graham Liptrot
Tony Cooke [7]	10	Gary Bottell [8]
Bob Eccles	11	Gary Moorby [9]
John Fieldhouse	12	Peter Gorley
Mike Gregory	13	Harry Pinner
??	14	Johnny Smith [10] (for Brian Parkes)
Dave Chisnall (for Tony Cooke)	15	Roy Mathias (for Gary Bottell)
Kevin Ashcroft	Coach	Billy Benyon

16	score	0
3	HT	0

	Scorers
	Tries
Paul Fellows (1)	T
Mick Kelly (1)	T
Ken Kelly (1)	T
Bob Eccles (1)	T
	Goals
Steve Hesford (2) out of 9 attempts	G
Referee		J Holdsworth (Leeds)
Man of the match		Steve Hesford - Warrington - Fullback
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

Warrington	43

Huyton	5
		Warrington	16

		Oldham	14
Blackpool Borough	10

Oldham	27
				Warrington	17

				Fulham	8
Wigan	18

Salford	13
		Wigan	4

		Fulham	15
Fulham	20

Swinton	8
						Warrington	16

						St. Helens	0
Workington Town	12

Barrow	20
		Barrow	6

		St. Helens	9
Widnes	12

St. Helens	14
				St. Helens	7-9

				Carlisle	7-5
Leigh	32

Rochdale Hornets	20
		Leigh	12

		Carlisle	13
Carlisle	16

Whitehaven	8

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 "Wigan "Cherry and White" archived results". Archived from the original on 21 February 2014. Retrieved 16 February 2014.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e "Warrington Wolves - Results Archive - 1897". Archived from the original on 2 February 2014.
^ "Widnes Vikings - History - Season In Review - 1896-97".
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f "Saints Heritage Society - History - Season 1896-97".
^ ^a ^b 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.

[CherryMisc-3] "Wigan "Cherry and White" archived results". Archived from the original on 21 February 2014. Retrieved 16 February 2014.

[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".

[SaintsMisc-6] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f "Saints Heritage Society - History - Season 1896-97".

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

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