1965–66 Lancashire Cup

1965–66 was the fifty-third occasion on which the Lancashire Cup completion had been held.

1965–66 Lancashire Cup
StructureRegional knockout championship
Teams14
WinnersWarrington
Runners-upRochdale Hornets

Warrington won the trophy by beating Rochdale Hornets by the score of 16-5

The match was played at Knowsley Road, Eccleston, St Helens, Merseyside, (historically in the county of Lancashire). The attendance was 21,360 and receipts were £3,800

It would be almost another 20 years before the attendance would again exceed 20,000

Background

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]

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
1Fri 10 Sep 1965St. Helens7-8SwintonKnowsley Road14,500[2]
2Sat 11 Sep 1965Blackpool Borough9-14Rochdale HornetsBorough Park
3Sat 11 Sep 1965Leigh21-7Liverpool CityHilton Park
4Sat 11 Sep 1965Oldham21-14BarrowWatersheddings
5Sat 11 Sep 1965Salford14-5Workington TownThe Willows
6Sat 11 Sep 1965Widnes9-12WarringtonNaughton Park[3][4]
7Sat 11 Sep 1965Wigan25-23WhitehavenCentral Park[5]
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Round 2 - Quarter-finals

Involved 3 matches (with one bye) and 7 clubs

Game No Fixture date Home team Score Away team Venue Att Rec Notes Ref
1Wed 15 Sep 1965Rochdale Hornets4-0SwintonAthletic Grounds
2Wed 15 Sep 1965Salford5-8LeighThe Willows
3Thu '16 Sep 1965Oldham28-13WiganWatersheddings[5]
4Warringtonbye[4]

Round 3 – Semi-finals

Involved 2 matches and 4 clubs

Game No Fixture date Home team Score Away team Venue Att Rec Notes Ref
1Thu 23 Sep 1965Rochdale Hornets19-0LeighAthletic Grounds
2Wed 06 Oct 1965Warrington21-10OldhamWilderspool[4]

Final

Game No Fixture date Home team Score Away team Venue Att Rec Notes Ref
Friday 29 October 1965Warrington16-5Rochdale HornetsKnowsley Road21,360£3,8001[4][6]

Teams and scorers

Warrington Rochdale Hornets
teams
Geoff Bootle1Roy Pritchard
Ray Fisher2Tony Pratt
Joe Pickavance3Graham Starkey
Jackie Melling4J Chamberlain
Brian Glover5Gerry Unsworth
Willie Aspinall6M Garforth
John Smith7Johnny Fishwick
Bill Payne8Peter Birchall
Geoffrey Oakes9Kevin Ashcroft
Charlie Winslade10Stan Owen
Geoff Robinson11Ken Parr
Mal Thomas12Apisai Toga
Bill Hayes 13Mick Baxter
14Voate Drui (for Parr)
15
16score5
10HT5
Scorers
Tries
Jackie Melling (2)TGraham Starkey
Brian Glover (1)T
Ray Fisher (1)T
Goals
Geoff Bootle (2)GGraham Starkey (2)
Drop Goals
DG
RefereeEric Clay (Rothwell)

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

[4]

The road to success

First round Second round Semi-finals Final
            
Widnes 9
Warrington 12
Warrington
bye
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Warrington 21
Oldham 10
Oldham 21
Barrow 14
Oldham 28
Wigan 13
Wigan 25
Whitehaven 23
Warrington 16
Rochdale Hornets 5
Blackpool Borough 9
Rochdale Hornets 14
Rochdale Hornets 4
Swinton 0
St. Helens 7
Swinton 8
Rochdale Hornets 19
Leigh 0
Salford 14
Workington Town 5
Salford 5
Leigh 8
Leigh 21
Liverpool City 7

Notes and comments

1 * Knowsley Road was the home ground of St. Helens from 1890 to 2010. The final capacity was in the region of 18,000, although the actual record attendance was 35,695, set on 26 December 1949, for a league game between St Helens and Wigan

See also

References

  1. "Rugby League Project".
  2. "Saints Heritage Society - History - Season 1896-97".
  3. "Widnes Vikings - History - Season In Review - 1896-97".
  4. "Warrington Wolves - Results Archive - 1897". Archived from the original on 6 July 2010.
  5. "Wigan "Cherry and White" archived results". Archived from the original on 21 February 2014. Retrieved 15 February 2014.
  6. Raymond Fletcher and David Howes (1991). Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook 1991-100. Queen Anne Press. ISBN 0 35617852 8.
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