1971–72 Lancashire Cup
StructureRegional knockout championship
Teams14
WinnersWigan
Runners-upWidnes

The 1971–72 Lancashire Cup was the fifty-ninth occasion on which the completion had been held. Wigan won the trophy by beating Widnes by the score of 15-8 in the final. The match was played at Knowsley Road, Eccleston, St Helens, (historically in the county of Lancashire). The attendance was 6,970 and receipts were £2,204.00 (the first final after the UK went decimal)

Background

The total number of teams entering the competition decreased by two down to a total of 14, due to no junior/amateur clubs taking part.
The same fixture format was retained, but due to the decrease in the number of participating clubs, resulted in one “blank” or “dummy” fixtures in the first round, and one bye in the second round.

Competition and results

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Round 1

Involved 7 matches (with one “blank” fixture) and 14 clubs

Game No Fixture date Home team Score Away team Venue Att Rec Notes Ref
1Thu 05-08-1971Huyton6-16WiganAlt Park, Huyton[2]
2Fri 06-08-1971St. Helens11-10LeighKnowsley Road7,000[3]
3Fri 06-08-1971Warrington17-9WhitehavenWilderspool[4]
4Fri 06-08-1971Widnes22-4Blackpool BoroughNaughton Park[5]
5Sat 07-08-1971Barrow5-13Rochdale HornetsCraven Park
6Sun 08-08-1971Salford46-5Workington TownThe Willows
7Sun 08-08-1971Swinton10-7OldhamStation Road
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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
1Thu 12-08-1971St. Helens23-6WarringtonKnowsley Road5,650[3][4]
2Sun 15-08-1971Swinton20-11SalfordStation Road
3Sun 15-08-1971Widnes17-8Rochdale HornetsNaughton Park[5]
4Wiganbye[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
1Tue 17-08-1971St. Helens10-12WidnesKnowsley Road6,000[3][5]
2Wed 18-08-1971Swinton2-12WiganStation Road[2]

Final

Game No Fixture date Home team Score Away team Venue Att Rec Notes Ref
Saturday 28 August 1971Wigan15-8WidnesKnowsley Road6,9702,2041[2][5][6][7]

Teams and scorers

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Wigan Widnes
teams
Colin Tyrer1Ray Dutton
Phil Eastham2Dennis Brown
Bill Francis3Mick McLoughlin
Chris Fuller 4Mal Aspey
Stuart Wright5Johnny Gaydon
David Hill6Dennis O'Neill
Warren Ayres7Reg Bowden
Dennis Ashcroft8John Warlow
Colin Clarke9John Foran
Geoff Fletcher10Joe Doughty
Bill Ashurst11John Kirwan
Kevin O'Loughlin12Alan Walsh
Doug Laughton13George Nicholls
Dave Gandy (for Stuart Wright)14Ged Lowe (for Alan Walsh)
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Eric AshtonCoach?
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Scorers
Tries
Warren Ayres (1)TDennis O'Neill (1)
Bill Francis (1)TJohnny Gaydon (1)
Phil Eastham (1)T
Goals
Colin Tyrer (3)GMal Aspey (1)
RefereeW H (Billy) Thompson (Huddersfield)

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

The road to success

First round Second round Semi-finals Final
            
Swinton 10
Oldham 7
Swinton 20
Salford 11
Salford 46
Workington Town 5
Swinton 2
Wigan 12
Huyton 6
Wigan 16
Wigan
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Wigan 15
Widnes 8
St. Helens 11
Leigh 10
St. Helens 23
Warrington 6
Warrington 17
Whitehaven 9
St. Helens 10
Widnes 12
Widnes 22
Blackpool Borough 4
Widnes 17
Rochdale Hornets 8
Barrow 5
Rochdale Hornets 13

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 December 26, 1949, for a league game between St Helens and Wigan

See also

References

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