1983–84 Lancashire Cup | |
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Structure | Regional knockout championship |
Teams | 16 |
Winners | Barrow |
Runners-up | Widnes |
The 1983–84 Lancashire Cup was a Rugby league competition, won by Barrow who beat Widnes 12-8 in the final at Central Park, Wigan.
Background
This season saw no new clubs and no withdrawals, leaving the total number of entrants at the 16 level. With this full sixteen members there was no need for "blank" or "dummy" fixtures or any byes.
Competition and results
Round 1
Involved 8 matches (with no byes) and 16 clubs
Game No | Fixture Date | Home Team | Score | Away Team | Venue | Att | Rec | Notes | Ref | ||
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1 | Sat 03 Sep 1983 | Rochdale Hornets | 4-28 | St. Helens | Athletic Grounds | 720 | [3] | ||||
2 | Sun 04 Sep 1983 | Barrow | 13-6 | Whitehaven | Craven Park | 2707 | |||||
3 | Sun 04 Sep 1983 | Blackpool Borough | 4-30 | Warrington | Borough Park | 1756 | [4] | ||||
4 | Sun 04 Sep 1983 | Huyton | 12-13 | Swinton | Alt Park, Huyton | 306 | |||||
5 | Sun 04 Sep 1983 | Leigh | 52-10 | Carlisle | Hilton Park | 4000 | |||||
6 | Sun 04 Sep 1983 | Oldham | 26-20 | Workington Town | Watersheddings | 2567 | |||||
7 | Sun 04 Sep 1983 | Salford | 16-15 | Fulham | The Willows | 1986 | |||||
8 | Sun 04 Sep 1983 | Widnes | 36-20 | Wigan | Naughton Park | 7016 | [5][6] |
Round 2 - Quarter-finals
Involved 4 matches and 8 clubs
Game No | Fixture Date | Home Team | Score | Away Team | Venue | Att | Rec | Notes | Ref | ||
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1 | Wed 14 Sep 1983 | Leigh | 10-27 | Widnes | Hilton Park | 6500 | |||||
2 | Wed 14 Sep 1983 | St. Helens | 26-30 | Warrington | Knowsley Road | 5047 | [3][4] | ||||
3 | Wed 14 Sep 1983 | Salford | 2-13 | Barrow | The Willows | ||||||
4 | Wed 14 Sep 1983 | Swinton | 8-6 | Oldham | Station Road | 1881 |
Round 3 – Semi-finals
Involved 2 matches and 4 clubs
Game No | Fixture Date | Home Team | Score | Away Team | Venue | Att | Rec | Notes | Ref | ||
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1 | Wed 21 Sep 1983 | Swinton | 8-22 | Widnes | Station Road | 2614 | [6] | ||||
2 | Wed'21 Sep 1983 | Warrington | 18-19 | Barrow | Wilderspool | 3349 | [4] |
Final
Game No | Fixture Date | Home Team | Score | Away Team | Venue | Att | Rec | Notes | Ref | ||
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Saturday 1 October 1983 | Barrow | 12-8 | Widnes | Central Park | 7007 | 13160 | 1 | [6][7] |
Teams and scorers
Barrow | № | Widnes |
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teams | ||
Steve Tickle | 1 | Mick Burke |
Terry Moore | 2 | Joe Lydon |
Andy Whittle | 3 | Eric Hughes |
Ian Ball | 4 | Keiron O'Loughlin |
Dave Milby | 5 | John Basnett |
Ralph McConnell | 6 | Tony Myler |
David Cairns | 7 | Andy Gregory |
Alan Hodkinson | 8 | Steve O'Neill |
Les Wall | 9 | Keith Elwell |
Mark McJennett | 10 | Kevin Tamati |
Steve Herbert | 11 | Fred Whitfield |
Eddie 'Smiler' Szymala | 12 | Eric Prescott |
Steve Mossop | 13 | Mick Adams |
Dave Elliott | 14 | Tony Garrity |
Dave Tyson | 15 | Paul Houghton |
Tommy Dawes | Coach | Vince Karalius & Harry Dawson |
12 | score | 8 |
6 | HT | 2 |
Scorers | ||
Tries | ||
Ralph McConnell (1) | T | Joe Lydon (1) |
Goals | ||
Ian Ball (3) | G | Joe Lydon (2) |
Drop Goals | ||
Steve Tickle (1) | DG | |
Ian Ball (1) | DG | |
Referee | Kevin Allatt (Southport) | |
Man of the match | David Cairns - Barrow - scrum-half | |
sponsored by | Burtonwood Brewery | |
Competition Sponsor | Forshaws (Burtonwood Brewery Co Ltd)[9] |
Scoring - Try = four points - Goal = two points - Drop goal = one point
The road to success
First round | Second round | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||||||||||
Rochdale Hornets | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||
St. Helens | 28 | ||||||||||||||||||
St. Helens | 26 | ||||||||||||||||||
Warrington | 30 | ||||||||||||||||||
Blackpool Borough | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||
Warrington | 30 | ||||||||||||||||||
Warrington | 18 | ||||||||||||||||||
Barrow | 19 | ||||||||||||||||||
Salford | 16 | ||||||||||||||||||
Fulham | 15 | ||||||||||||||||||
Salford | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||
Barrow | 13 | ||||||||||||||||||
Barrow | 13 | ||||||||||||||||||
Whitehaven | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||
Barrow | 12 | ||||||||||||||||||
Widnes | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||
Huyton | 12 | ||||||||||||||||||
Swinton | 13 | ||||||||||||||||||
Swinton | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||
Oldham | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||
Oldham | 26 | ||||||||||||||||||
Workington Town | 20 | ||||||||||||||||||
Swinton | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||
Widnes | 22 | ||||||||||||||||||
Leigh | 52 | ||||||||||||||||||
Carlisle | 10 | ||||||||||||||||||
Leigh | 10 | ||||||||||||||||||
Widnes | 27 | ||||||||||||||||||
Widnes | 36 | ||||||||||||||||||
Wigan | 20 |
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
See also
References
- ↑ "Rugby League Project".
- ↑ Jack Winstanley & Malcolm Ryding (1991). John Player Yearbook 1975–76. Queen Anne Press.
- 1 2 "Saints Heritage Society - History - Season 1896–97".
- 1 2 3 "Warrington Wolves - Results Archive - 1897". Archived from the original on 2 February 2014.
- ↑ "Wigan "Cherry and White" archived results". Archived from the original on 21 February 2014. Retrieved 16 February 2014.
- 1 2 3 4 "Widnes Vikings - History - Season In Review - 1896-97".
- 1 2 Raymond Fletcher and David Howes (1991). Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook 1991-100. Queen Anne Press. ISBN 0-356-17852-8.
- ↑ "Barrow RLFC". Archived from the original on 22 February 2014. Retrieved 16 February 2014.
- ↑ Club Programme dept. Match Programme. The Rugby League.
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