1992–93 Lancashire Cup

The 1992–93 Lancashire Cup was the 80th and last occasion on which the Lancashire Cup competition was held. Wigan won the trophy by beating St Helens by the score of 5-4 in the final.

1992 Lancashire Cup
StructureRegional knockout championship
Teams16
WinnersWigan
Runners-upSt Helens
 

Background

edit

The failure of London Crusaders to enter, due primarily to financial pressures, resulted in the number of entrants this year decreasing by one to 16.
This resulted in a full fixture list, with no requirement for a preliminary round, nor any “blank” or “dummy” fixtures or any byes.

Competition and results

edit

First round

edit

Involved eight matches and 16 clubs.[1]

Game No Fixture Date Home Team Score Away Team Venue Att Ref
1 Fri 11 Sep 1992 Rochdale Hornets 8–36 Wigan Spotland 2,936 [2]
2 Sun 13 Sep 1992 Barrow 2–36 St Helens Craven Park 2,317 [3]
3 Sun 13 Sep 1992 Blackpool Gladiators 8–22 Workington Town Jepson Way, Blackpool 736
4 Sun 13 Sep 1992 Leigh 50–9 Chorley Borough Hilton Park 1,332
5 Sun 13 Sep 1992 Oldham 33–20 Warrington Watersheddings 4,041 [4]
6 Sun 13 Sep 1992 Salford 60–8 Whitehaven The Willows 1,985
7 Sun 13 Sep 1992 Swinton 40–10 Highfield Station Road 616
8 Sun 13 Sep 1992 Widnes 52–8 Carlisle Naughton Park 3,733 [5]

Second round

edit

Involved four matches and eight clubs. In Wigan's match against Swinton, Shaun Edwards scored ten tries, equalling the club record for most tries in a match set by Martin Offiah a few months earlier.[6]

Game No Fixture Date Home Team Score Away Team Venue Att Ref
1 Wed 23 Sep 1992 Leigh 14–26 Oldham Hilton Park 3,395
2 Wed 23 Sep 1992 Salford 42–20 Workington Town The Willows 2,143
3 Tue 29 Sep 1992 Swinton 0–78 Wigan Gigg Lane 3,501 [2]
4 Wed 30 Sep 1992 St. Helens 10–8 Widnes Knowsley Road 12,573 [3][5]

Semi-finals

edit

Involved two matches and four clubs.

Game No Fixture Date Home Team Score Away Team Venue Att Ref
1 Tue 06 Oct 1992 Wigan 48–8 Oldham Central Park 8,954 [2]
2 Wed 07 Oct 1992 St Helens 18–5 Salford Knowsley Road 9,289 [3]

Final

edit

St Helens won a coin toss for the home advantage, and the match was played at Knowsley Road, St Helens, with an attendance of 20,534.

18 October 1992
St Helens 4 – 5 Wigan
Goals: Dwyer (2)
[7]
Goals: Botica (2)
Drop goals: Botica
Knowsley Road, St Helens
Attendance: 20,534
Referee: Stuart Cummings (Widnes)

Teams

edit
Wigan St. Helens
Steve Hampson 1 Phil Veivers
Jason Robinson 2 Alan Hunte
Joe Lydon 3 Gary Connolly
Andrew Farrar 4 Jarrod McCracken
Martin Offiah 5 Anthony Sullivan
Frano Botica 6 Tea Ropati
Shaun Edwards 7 Jonathan Griffiths
Kelvin Skerrett 8 John Harrison
Martin Dermott 9 Bernard Dwyer
Andy Platt 10 Kevin Ward
Denis Betts 11 Chris Joynt
Billy McGinty 12 Sonny Nickle
Dean Bell 13 Shane Cooper
Subs
Neil Cowie (for Steve Hampson 24 min) 14 Gus O'Donnell (for Phil Veivers 50 min)
Martin Crompton (for Martin Offiah Half Time) 15 Paul Forber (for John Harrison 65 min)
John Monie Coach Mike McClennan

The road to success

edit
First round Second round Semi-finals Final
            
Swinton 40
Highfield 10
Swinton 0
Wigan 78
Rochdale Hornets 8
Wigan 36
Wigan 48
Oldham 8
Leigh 50
Chorley Borough (2) 9
Leigh 14
Oldham 26
Oldham 33
Warrington 20
Wigan 5
St. Helens 4
Barrow 2
St. Helens 36
St. Helens 10
Widnes 8
Widnes 52
Carlisle 8
St. Helens 18
Salford 5
Salford 60
Whitehaven 8
Salford 42
Workington Town 20
Blackpool Gladiators 8
Workington Town 22

See also

edit

References

edit
  1. ^ "Rugby League Project".
  2. ^ a b c "Wigan "Cherry and White" archived results". Archived from the original on 21 February 2014. Retrieved 16 February 2014.
  3. ^ a b c "Saints Heritage Society - History - Season 1896–97".
  4. ^ "Warrington Wolves - Results Archive - 1897". Archived from the original on 6 July 2010.
  5. ^ a b "Widnes Vikings - History - Season In Review - 1896–97".
  6. ^ "Rugby League: Edwards' tries inspire rout". The Independent. 29 September 1992. Retrieved 16 February 2024.
  7. ^ Hadfield, Dave (18 October 1992). "Rugby League: Botica's boot makes the difference". The Independent. Retrieved 6 May 2023.
edit