1959–60 Lancashire Cup

The 1959–60 Lancashire Cup was the forty-seventh occasion on which the competition had been held. Warrington won the trophy by beating St. Helens by the score of 5-4.

1959–60 Lancashire Cup
StructureRegional knockout championship
Teams14
WinnersWarrington
Runners-upSt. Helens

Background

With again no invitation to a junior club this season, the total number of teams entering the competition remained the same at 14.
The same fixture format was retained, and due to the number of clubs this resulted in no bye but 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 no bye but one “blank” fixture) and 14 clubs

Game No Fixture date Home team Score Away team Venue Att Rec Notes Ref
1Sat 29 Aug 1959Widnes21-15BarrowNaughton Park[3]
2Sat 29 Aug 1959Leigh12-12Blackpool BoroughHilton Park1
3Sat 29 Aug 1959Salford45-8Liverpool CityThe Willows
4Sat 29 Aug 1959Whitehaven23-5OldhamRecreation Ground
5Sat 29 Aug 1959Wigan39-20Rochdale HornetsCentral Park[4]
6Sat 29 Aug 1959Swinton9-17St. HelensStation Road14,000[5]
7Sat 29 Aug 1959Workington Town12-33WarringtonDerwent Park[6]
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Round 1 - Replay

Involved 1 match

Game No Fixture date Home team Score Away team Venue Att Rec Notes Ref
1Thu 03 Sep 1959Blackpool Borough7-13LeighSt Anne's Road Greyhound Stadium

Round 2 - quarterfinals

Involved 3 matches (with one bye) and 7 clubs

Game No Fixture date Home team Score Away team Venue Att Rec Notes Ref
1Mon 07 Sep 1959Wigan39-15SalfordCentral Park[4]
2Wed 09 Sep 1959Leigh2-27WarringtonKirkhall Lane[6]
3Wed 09 Sep 1959Widnes9-24St. HelensNaughton Park16,630[3][5]
4Whitehavenbye

Round 3 – semifinals

Involved 2 matches and 4 clubs

Game No Fixture date Home team Score Away team Venue Att Rec Notes Ref
1Tue 15 Sep 1959Wigan13-15WarringtonCentral Park[4][6]
2Tue 29 Sep 1959Whitehaven2-18St. HelensRecreation Ground12,5002[5]

Final

The match was played at Central Park, Wigan, (historically in the county of Lancashire). The attendance was 39,237 and receipts were £6,424. This is the last time the attendance at a Lancashire Cup final would approach 40,000.

Game No Fixture date Home team Score Away team Venue Att Rec Notes Ref
Saturday 31 October 1959Warrington5-4St. HelensCentral Park39,237£6,4241[2][5][6][7]

Teams and scorers

Warrington St. Helens
teams
Eric Fraser1Austin Rhodes
Brian Bevan2Tom van Vollenhoven
Jim Challinor (position uncertain)3Doug Greenall
Albert Naughton (position uncertain)4Brian McGinn
5Jan Prinsloo
Bobby Greenough6Wilf Smith
7Alex Murphy
Nat Silcock, Jr. (position uncertain)8Abe Terry
9Tom McKinney
Alistair Brindle 10Alan Prescott
11Brian Briggs
12Dick Huddart
13Fred Terry
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Scorers
Tries
Brian Bevan (1)T
Goals
Eric Fraser (1)GAustin Rhodes (2)
Referee

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

[5][6]

The road to success

First round Second round Semifinals Final
            
Wigan 39
Rochdale Hornets 20
Wigan 39
Salford 15
Salford 45
Liverpool City 8
Wigan 13
Warrington 15
Leigh 12-13
Blackpool Borough 7-12
Leigh 7
Warrington 13
Workington Town 12
Warrington 33
Warrington 5
St. Helens 4
Whitehaven 23
Oldham 5
Whitehaven
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Whitehaven 2
St. Helens 18
Widnes 21
Barrow 15
Widnes 2
St. Helens 27
Swinton 9
St. Helens 17

Notes and comments

1 * The first Lancashie Cup match to be played since the stadium was renamed after the former chairman James Hilton
2 * The fixture date was given in the official St. Helens archives[5] as Wednesday 30 September - but RUGBY LEAGUE review[1] gives the date as Tuesday 29 September
3 * 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

See also

References

  1. "Rugby League Project".
  2. David Jack and Malcolm Gunn (1959). Empire News Football Annual 1959–60 - 73rd year. Empire News and Sunday Chronicle.
  3. "Widnes Vikings - History - Season In Review - 1896-97".
  4. "Wigan "Cherry and White" archived results".
  5. "Saints Heritage Society - History - Season 1896-97".
  6. "Warrington Wolves - Results Archive - 1897". Archived from the original on 6 July 2010.
  7. Raymond Fletcher and David Howes (1991). Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook 1991-100. Queen Anne Press. ISBN 0 35617852 8.
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