1990–91 Lancashire Cup

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The 1990–91 Lancashire Cup was the 78th occasion on which the Lancashire Cup competition had been held. Widnes won the trophy by beating Salford by the score of 24-18 in the final.

1990–91 Lancashire Cup
StructureRegional knockout championship
Teams17
WinnersWidnes
Runners-upSalford

Background

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The total entrants remained the same as last season, i.e. at 17.
This necessitated the need for a preliminary round (consisting of just 1 game. The first round (proper) then involved 16 clubs.

Competition and results

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Preliminary round

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Involved 1 match and 2 clubs

Game No Fixture Date Home Team Score Away Team Venue Att Notes Ref
1 19 August 1990 Rochdale Hornets 12–41 Salford Spotland 2,049 1

First round

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Involved eight matches (with no byes) and 16 clubs.

Game No Fixture Date Home Team Score Away Team Venue Att Notes Ref
1 26 August 1990 Carlisle 38–18 Workington Town Gifford Park 1,104
2 26 August 1990 Fulham 50–0 Runcorn Highfield Crystal Palace NSC 623 2
3 26 August 1990 Leigh 26–6 Swinton Hilton Park 3,137
4 26 August 1990 St Helens 56–24 Trafford Borough Knowsley Road 4,827 [1]
5 26 August 1990 Salford 27–24 Oldham The Willows 4,236
6 26 August 1990 Warrington 36–8 Chorley Borough Wilderspool 3,143 [2]
7 26 August 1990 Whitehaven 6–70 Widnes Recreation Ground 4,054 [3]
8 26 August 1990 Wigan 70–8 Barrow Central Park 8,377 [4]

Second round

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Involved four matches and eight clubs

Game No Fixture Date Home Team Score Away Team Venue Att Notes Ref
1 2 September 1990 Carlisle 7–28 Warrington Gifford Park 1,596 [2]
2 2 September 1990 Leigh 40–8 Fulham Hilton Park 2,909
3 2 September 1990 Salford 21–7 St. Helens The Willows 5,574 [1]
4 2 September 1990 Widnes 24–22 Wigan Naughton Park 14,035 [3][4]

Semi-finals

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Involved two matches and four clubs

Game No Fixture Date Home Team Score Away Team Venue Att Notes Ref
1 12 September 1990 Salford 16–7 Leigh The Willows 6,939
2 12 September 1990 Widnes 20–4 Warrington Naughton Park 11,708 3 [2][3]

Final

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The match was played at Central Park, Wigan (historically in the county of Lancashire). The attendance was 7,485 and receipts were £36,867.

29 September 1990
Widnes 24 – 18 Salford
Tries: Currier, Myler, Offiah, Smith
Goals: Davies (4)
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Tries: Blease, Fell, Williams
Goals: Kerry (3)
Central Park, Wigan
Attendance: 7,485
Referee: Alan Burke (Oldham)
Player of the Match: David Fell

Teams and scorers

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Widnes No. Salford
Teams
Alan Tait 1 Steve Gibson
Darren Wright 2 Tex Evans
Andy Currier 3 Martin Birkett
Jonathan Davies 4 Peter Williams
Martin Offiah 5 Adrian Hadley
Tony Myler (c) 6 David Fell
David Hulme 7 Steve Kerry
Kurt Sorensen 8 Ian Sherratt
Phil McKenzie 9 Mark Lee
Chris Ashurst 10 Chris Whiteley
Richard Eyres 11 Arthur Bradshaw
Emosi Koloto 12 Ian Blease (c)
Les Holliday 13 Andy Burgess
Subs
John Devereux 14 Frank Cassidy (for Steve Kerry, 72mins)
David Smith (for Chris Ashurst, 31mins) 15 Shane Hansen (for Chris Whiteley, 31mins)
Doug Laughton Coach Kevin Tamati

The road to success

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(This chart excludes the match in the preliminary round)

First round Second round Semi-finals Final
            
Whitehaven 6
Widnes 70
Widnes 24
Wigan 22
Wigan 70
Barrow 8
Widnes 20
Warrington 4
Carlisle 38
Workington Town 18
Carlisle 7
Warrington 28
Warrington 36
Chorley Borough (2) 8
Widnes 24
Salford 18
Salford 27
Oldham 24
Salford 21
St. Helens 7
St. Helens 56
Trafford Borough 24
Salford 16
Leigh 7
Leigh 26
Swinton 6
Leigh 40
Fulham 8
Fulham 50
Runcorn Highfield 0

Notes and comments

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1 * The first Lancashire Cup match to be played at Rochdale Hornets's new ground
2 * The first Lancashire Cup match to be played on this ground, one of many used by Fulham during the nomadic period between 1985 and 1993
3 * The attendance is given as 11,708 in the official Widnes archives - RUGBYLEAGUEproject gives the attendance as 12,028.

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b "Saints Heritage Society - History - Season 1896–97".
  2. ^ a b c "Warrington Wolves - Results Archive - 1897". Archived from the original on 2 February 2014.
  3. ^ a b c "Widnes Vikings - History - Season In Review - 1896–97".
  4. ^ a b "Wigan "Cherry and White" archived results". Archived from the original on 21 February 2014. Retrieved 16 February 2014.
  5. ^ "Offiah is too hot for slick Salford". The Observer. London. 30 September 1990. p. 25. ProQuest 477351850.
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