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1930–31 Lancashire Cup

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1930–31 Lancashire Cup
StructureRegional knockout championship
Teams13
WinnersSt Helens Recs
Runners-upWigan

The 1930–31 Lancashire Cup was the twenty-third occasion on which the Lancashire Cup competition had been held. St Helens Recs won the trophy by beating Wigan in the final by the score of 5–4.

Competition and results

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The number of teams entering this year's competition remained at 13 which resulted in 3 byes in the first round.[1]

Round 1

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Involved 5 matches (with three byes) and 13 clubs

Game No Fixture date Home team Score Away team Venue Att Rec Notes Ref
1 Sat 11 Oct 1930 Broughton Rangers 12–7 Wigan Highfield The Cliff
2 Sat 11 Oct 1930 Oldham 7–2 Salford Watersheddings
3 Sat 11 Oct 1930 Rochdale Hornets 21–9 Barrow Athletic Grounds
4 Sat 11 Oct 1930 Warrington 2–10 Swinton Wilderspool [2]
5 Sat 11 Oct 1930 Wigan 24–7 St. Helens Central Park [3][4]
6 Leigh bye
7 St Helens Recs bye
8 Widnes bye [5]

Round 2 – quarterfinals

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Involved 4 matches and 8 clubs

Game No Fixture date Home team Score Away team Venue Att Rec Notes Ref
1 Tue 21 Oct 1930 Rochdale Hornets 3–25 Oldham Athletic Grounds
2 Wed 22 Oct 1930 Broughton Rangers 10–0 Widnes The Cliff [5]
3 Wed 22 Oct 1930 Wigan 14–9 Swinton Central Park [3]
4 Thu 23 October 1930 St Helens Recs 24–7 Leigh City Road

Round 3 – semifinals

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Involved 2 matches and 4 clubs

Game No Fixture date Home team Score Away team Venue Att Rec Notes Ref
1 Wed 05 Nov 1930 Broughton Rangers 0–9 Wigan The Cliff 1 [3]
2 Thu 06 Nov 1930 St Helens Recs 6–4 Oldham City Road

Final

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The final was played at Station Road, Pendlebury, Salford, (historically in the county of Lancashire). The attendance was 16,710 and receipts were £1,030.

Game No Fixture date Home team Score Away team Venue Att Rec Notes Ref
Saturday 29 November 1930 St Helens Recs 18–3 Wigan Station Road 16,710 £1,030 2 [3][6]

Teams and scorers

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St Helens Recs No. Wigan
teams
Tommy Dingsdale 1 Jim Sullivan
J. Wilson 2 Johnny Ring
W. Bowen 3 Gwynne Davies
Alf Frodsham 4 Tommy Parker
Albert Bailey 5 Roy Kinnear
W. Greenhall 6 Frank Jones
P. Martin 7 Syd Abram
Oliver Dolan 8 Tom Beetham
George Highcock 9 Jack Bennett
Frank Bowen 10 Hal Jones
T. Smith 11 Wilf Hodder
Jennion 12 Len Mason
Billy Mulvanney 13 John Sherrington
18 score 3
10 HT 0
Scorers
Tries
Dingsdale T Johnny Ring
Bailey T
Jennion (2) T
Mulvanney T
Goals
Dingsdale (3) G
G
Drop Goals
DG
Referee Bob Robinson (Bradford)

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

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The road to success

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First round Second round Semifinals Final
            
St Helens Recs
bye
St Helens Recs 24
Leigh 7
Leigh
bye
St Helens Recs 6
Oldham 4
Rochdale Hornets 21
Barrow 9
Rochdale Hornets 3
Oldham 25
Oldham 7
Salford 2
St Helens Recs 18
Wigan 3
Wigan 24
St. Helens 7
Wigan 14
Swinton 9
Warrington 2
Swinton 10
Wigan 9
Broughton Rangers 0
Broughton Rangers 12
Wigan Highfield 7
Broughton Rangers 10
Widnes 0
Widnes
bye

Notes

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1 * RUGBYLEAGUEproject[1] shows Broughton Rangers as the home team with the match played at City Road but the official Wigan archives give Wigan as the home team playing at Central Park

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

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References

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