1967–68 Lancashire Cup

1967–68 was the fifty-fifth occasion on which the Lancashire Cup completion had been held.
In the final, held on Saturday 7 October at Central Park, Wigan, (historically in the county of Lancashire), St. Helens drew 2-2 with Warrington. At half-time Warrington were leading St Helens by 2-0.
The attendance at this match was 16,897, receipts were £3,886, and the half time score 0-2.

1967–68 Lancashire Cup
StructureRegional knockout championship
Teams14
WinnersSt. Helens
Runners-upWarrington

In the replay held eight weeks later on 2 December, St. Helens won the trophy by beating Warrington by the score of 13-10
The replay was held at Station Road, Pendlebury, Lancashire) and the half time score was 3-3
The attendance at the replay was only 7,577 and receipts were £2,485-0-0
This was the first of two consecutive Lancashire Cup final wins for St. Helens, and what is more, the sixth of the seven occasions on which the club will win the trophy in the successive nine years.

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 18 Aug 1967St. Helens7-4Rochdale HornetsKnowsley Road6,000[2]
2Fri 18 Aug 1967Widnes9-12SwintonNaughton Park[3]
3Sat 19 Aug 1967Oldham17-11LeighWatersheddings
4Sat 19 Aug 1967Warrington17-10Blackpool BoroughWilderspool[4]
5Sat 19 Aug 1967Whitehaven10-13Liverpool CityRecreation Ground
6Sat 19 Aug 1967Wigan14-18SalfordCentral Park[5]
7Sat 19 Aug 1967Workington Town35-6BarrowDerwent Park
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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
1Mon 04 Sep 1967Workington Town33-0SalfordDerwent Park
2Wed 06 Sep 1967Warrington14-5Liverpool CityWilderspool[4]
3Thu 07 Sep 1967Swinton11-8OldhamStation Road
4St. Helensbye[2]

Round 3 – Semi-finals

Involved 2 matches and 4 clubs

Game No Fixture date Home team Score Away team Venue Att Rec Notes Ref
1Sat 16 Sep 1967Workington Town13-23WarringtonDerwent Park[4]
2Tue 19 Sep 1967Swinton8-12St. HelensStation Road10,733[2]

Final
Game No Fixture date Home team Score Away team Venue Att Rec Notes Ref
Saturday 7 October 1967St. Helens2-2WarringtonCentral Park16,897£3,8861[2][4][6]

Final – Replay
Game No Fixture date Home team Score Away team Venue Att Rec Notes Ref
Saturday 2 December 1967St. Helens13-10WarringtonStation Road7,577£2485-0-02[2][4][6]

Teams and scorers
St. Helens № Warrington
teams
Frank Barrow1Keith Affleck Archived 23 February 2015 at the Wayback Machine
Tom van Vollenhoven2John Coupe Archived 23 February 2015 at the Wayback Machine
Billy Benyon3Jackie Melling
Alan Whittle4Peter Harvey Archived 23 February 2015 at the Wayback Machine
Tony Barrow5Brian Glover
Peter Douglas6Willie Aspinall
Tommy Bishop7Parry Gordon
John Warlow8Keith Ashcroft
Bill Sayer9Dave Harrison Archived 23 February 2015 at the Wayback Machine
Cliff Watson10Brian Brady Archived 23 February 2015 at the Wayback Machine
Brian Hogan11Ken Parr
John Mantle12Barry Briggs Archived 23 February 2015 at the Wayback Machine
Kel Coslett13Ray Clarke Archived 23 February 2015 at the Wayback Machine
Peter Gartland14Joe Pickavance (for Peter Harvey)
Tony Karalius15?
2score2
0HT2
Scorers
Goals
Kel Coslett (1)G
Drop Goals
DGWillie Aspinall (1)
RefereeG. Fred Lindop (Wakefield)
ReplayReplayReplay
Frank Barrow1Tommy Conroy Archived 23 February 2015 at the Wayback Machine
Tom van Vollenhoven2John Coupe Archived 23 February 2015 at the Wayback Machine
Wilf Smith3Jackie Melling
Billy Benyon4Bill Allen Archived 23 February 2015 at the Wayback Machine
Les Jones5Brian Glover
Peter Douglas6Tony Scahill Archived 23 February 2015 at the Wayback Machine
Tommy Bishop7Parry Gordon
John Warlow8Keith Ashcroft
Bill Sayer9Dave Harrison Archived 23 February 2015 at the Wayback Machine
Cliff Watson10Joe Price Archived 23 February 2015 at the Wayback Machine
Eric Chisnall11Barry Briggs Archived 23 February 2015 at the Wayback Machine
Kel Coslett12Ken Parr
John Houghton (for Peter Douglas)13Ray Clarke Archived 23 February 2015 at the Wayback Machine
14
15
Cliff EvansCoachJoe Egan
13score10
3HT3
Scorers
Tries
Les Jones (1)TJackie Melling (1)
John Warlow (1)TParry Gordon (1)
Eric Chisnall (1)T
Goals
John Houghton (2)TBill Allen (2)
RefereeG. Fred Lindop (Wakefield)
- Try = three (3) points - Goal = two (2) points - Drop goal = two (2) points

[2][6]

The road to success
First round Second round Semi-finals Final
            
Widnes 9
Swinton 12
Swinton 11
Oldham 8
Oldham 17
Leigh 11
Swinton 8
St. Helens 12
St. Helens 7
Rochdale Hornets 4
St. Helens
bye
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St. Helens 2-13
Warrington 2-10
Workington Town 35
Barrow 6
Workington Town 33
Salford 0
Wigan 14
Salford 18
Workington Town 13
Warrington 23
Warrington 17
Blackpool Borough 10
Warrington 14
Liverpool City 5
Whitehaven 10
Liverpool City 13

Notes and comments

1 * 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
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. "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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