1930–31 Lancashire Cup

The 1930–31 Lancashire Cup was the twenty-third occasion on which the Lancashire Cup competition had been held. St Helens Recs won the trophy by beating Wigan in the final by the score of 5-4.

1930-31 Lancashire Cup
StructureRegional knockout championship
Teams13
WinnersSt Helens Recs
Runners-upWigan

Competition and results

The number of teams entering this year’s competition remained at 13 which resulted in 3 byes in the first round.[1]

Round 1

Involved 5 matches (with three byes) and 13 clubs

Game No Fixture date Home team Score Away team Venue Att Rec Notes Ref
1Sat 11 Oct 1930Broughton Rangers12-7Wigan HighfieldThe Cliff
2Sat 11 Oct 1930Oldham7-2SalfordWatersheddings
3Sat 11 Oct 1930Rochdale Hornets21-9BarrowAthletic Grounds
4Sat 11 Oct 1930Warrington2-10SwintonWilderspool[2]
5Sat 11 Oct 1930Wigan24-7St. HelensCentral Park[3][4]
6Leighbye
7St Helens Recsbye
8Widnesbye[5]

Round 2 – quarterfinals

Involved 4 matches and 8 clubs

Game No Fixture date Home team Score Away team Venue Att Rec Notes Ref
1Tue 21 Oct 1930Rochdale Hornets3-25OldhamAthletic Grounds
2Wed 22 Oct 1930Broughton Rangers10-0WidnesThe Cliff[5]
3Wed 22 Oct 1930Wigan14-9SwintonCentral Park[3]
4Thu 23 October 1930St Helens Recs24-7LeighCity Road

Round 3 – semifinals

Involved 2 matches and 4 clubs

Game No Fixture date Home team Score Away team Venue Att Rec Notes Ref
1Wed 05 Nov 1930Broughton Rangers0-9WiganThe Cliff1[3]
2Thu 06 Nov 1930St Helens Recs6-4OldhamCity Road

Final

The final was played at Station Road, Pendlebury, Salford, (historically in the county of Lancashire). The attendance was 16,710 and receipts were £1,030.

Game No Fixture date Home team Score Away team Venue Att Rec Notes Ref
Saturday 29 November 1930St Helens Recs18-3WiganStation Road16,710£1,0302[3][6]

Teams and scorers
St Helens Recs № Wigan
teams
Tommy Dingsdale1Jim Sullivan
J. Wilson2Johnny Ring
W. Bowen3Gwynne Davies
A. Frodsham4Tommy Parker
F.A. Bailey5Roy Kinnear
W. Greenhall6Frank Jones
P. Martin7Syd Abram
Oliver Dolan8Tom Beetham
George Highcock9Jack Bennett
Frank Bowen10Hal Jones
T. Smith11Wilf Hodder
Jennion12Len Mason
Billy Mulvanney13John Sherrington
18score3
10HT0
Scorers
Tries
DingsdaleTJohnny Ring
BaileyT
Jennion (2)T
MulvanneyT
Goals
Dingsdale (3)G
G
Drop Goals
DG
RefereeBob Robinson (Bradford)

Scoring - Try = three (3) points - Goal = two (2) points - Drop goal = two (2) points

[3]

The road to success
First round Second round Semifinals Final
            
St Helens Recs
bye
St Helens Recs 24
Leigh 7
Leigh
bye
St Helens Recs 6
Oldham 4
Rochdale Hornets 21
Barrow 9
Rochdale Hornets 3
Oldham 25
Oldham 7
Salford 2
St Helens Recs 18
Wigan 3
Wigan 24
St. Helens 7
Wigan 14
Swinton 9
Warrington 2
Swinton 10
Wigan 9
Broughton Rangers 0
Broughton Rangers 12
Wigan Highfield 7
Broughton Rangers 10
Widnes 0
Widnes
bye

Notes

1 * RUGBYLEAGUEproject[1] shows Broughton Rangers as the home team with the match played at City Road but the official Wigan archives give Wigan as the home team playing at Central Park

2 * Station Road was the home ground of Swinton from 1929 to 1992 and at its peak was one of the finest rugby league grounds in the country and it boasted a capacity of 60,000. The actual record attendance was for the Challenge Cup semi-final on 7 April 1951 when 44,621 watched Wigan beat Warrington 3-2

See also

References
  1. "Rugby League Project".
  2. "Warrington Wolves - Results Archive - 1897". Archived from the original on 6 July 2010.
  3. "Wigan "Cherry and White" archived results".
  4. "Saints Heritage Society - History - Season 1896-97".
  5. "Widnes Vikings - History - Season In Review - 1896-97".
  6. Raymond Fletcher and David Howes (1991). Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook 1991-100. Queen Anne Press. ISBN 0 35617852 8.
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