1927–28 Lancashire Cup

The 1927–28 Lancashire Cup competition was the 20th competition in the history of this regional rugby league event and the final was a repeat of the 1925–26 Lancashire Cup Final, with Swinton beating Wigan by 5-2. The match was played at Watersheddings, Oldham. The attendance was 22,000 and receipts £1,275.

1927–28 Lancashire Cup
Structure	Regional knockout competition
Teams	13
Champions	Swinton
Runners-up	Wigan

Background

The number of teams entering this year’s competition dropped back to 13 due to no amateur participation. This resulted in the competition running with 3 byes in the first round.

Competition and results

[1]

Round 1

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 8 October 1927	Oldham		20-9		Wigan Highfield	Watersheddings
2	Sat 8 October 1927	St Helens Recs		41-5		Broughton Rangers	City Road
3	Sat 8 October 1927	St. Helens		7-13		Swinton	Knowsley Road	15,000			[2]
4	Sat 8 October 1927	Widnes		10-8		Rochdale Hornets	Lowerhouse Lane				[3]
5	Sat 8 October 1927	Wigan		21-8		Leigh	Central Park				[4]
6		Salford				bye
7		Barrow				bye
8		Warrington				bye					[5]

Round 2 - Quarter Finals

Game No	Fixture Date	Home Team		Score		Away Team	Venue	Att	Rec	Notes	Ref
1	Mon 17 October 1927	Salford		0-0		Barrow	The Willows
2	Mon 17 October 1927	Warrington		16-2		Widnes	Wilderspool				[3][5]
3	Wed 19 October 1927	St Helens Recs		7-10		Wigan	City Road				[4]
4	Wed 19 October 1927	Swinton		18-9		Oldham	Chorley Road ground	8,000
Replay
5	Thu 20 October 1927	Barrow		2-5		Salford	Little Park, Roose

Round 3 – Semi-Finals

Game No	Fixture Date	Home Team		Score		Away Team	Venue	Att	Rec	Notes	Ref
1	Wed 2 November 1927	Swinton		10-3		Salford	Chorley Road ground	7,000
2	Wed 2 November 1927	Wigan		12-5		Warrington	Central Park				[4][5]

Final

Game No	Fixture Date	Home Team		Score		Away Team	Venue	Att	Rec	Notes	Ref
	Saturday 19 November 1927	Swinton		5-2		Wigan	Watersheddings	22,000	£1,275	1	[4][6]

Teams and scorers

Swinton	№	Wigan[4]
	teams
Jack Pearson	1	Jim Sullivan
Frank Evans	2
Hector Halsall (c)	3
Jack Evans	4
Chris Brockbank	5
Billo Rees	6
Bryn Evans	7
Miller Strong	8
Henry Blewer	9
Bert Morris	10
Martin Hodgson	11
Dick Cracknell	12
Fred Beswick	13
5	score	2
5	HT	0
	Scorers
	Tries
Fred Beswick (1)	T
	Goals
Bert Morris (1)	G	Jim Sullivan (1)
	Drop Goals
	DG
Referee

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
	St. Helens		7
	Swinton		13
						Swinton		18
						Oldham		9
	Oldham		20
	Wigan Highfield		9
											Swinton		10
											Salford		3
	Salford
	bye
						Salford		0(5)
						Barrow		0(2)
	Barrow
	bye
																Swinton		5
																Wigan		2
	St Helens Recs		41
	Broughton Rangers		5
						St Helens Recs		7
						Wigan		10
	Wigan		21
	Leigh		8
											Wigan		12
											Warrington		5
	Warrington
	bye
						Warrington		16
						Widnes		2
	Widnes		10
	Rochdale Hornets		8

See also

• 1927–28 Northern Rugby Football League season

Notes

• 1 Watersheddings was the home ground of Oldham from 1889 to 1997. The ground, at one time, also housed a greyhound track.

References

1. "Rugby League Project".
2. "Saints Heritage Society - History - Season 1927–28".
3. "Widnes Vikings - History - Season In Review - 1927–28".
4. "Wigan "Cherry and White" archived results".
5. "Warrington Wolves - Results Archive - 1927".
6. Raymond Fletcher and David Howes (1991). Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook 1991-1992. Queen Anne Press. ISBN 0 35617852 8.