1930–31 Lancashire Cup

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.

1930-31 Lancashire Cup
Structure	Regional knockout championship
Teams	13
Winners	St Helens Recs
Runners-up	Wigan

Competition and Results

The number of teams entering this year’s competition remained at 13 which resulted in 3 byes in the first round.[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 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 - Quarter Finals

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 – Semi-Finals

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

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

St Helens Recs	№	Wigan
	teams
possible team member	1	remainder unknown
	2
	3
	4
	5	Johnny Ring
	6
	7
	8
	9
	10
Frank Bowen	11
	12
	13
18	score	3
10	HT	0
	Scorers
	Tries
unknown	T	Johnny Ring (1)
	T
	T
	T
	Goals
	G
	G
	Drop Goals
	DG
Referee

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

[3]

The road to success

	First Round					Second Round					Semi Finals					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

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

• 1930–31 Northern Rugby Football League season
• List of defunct rugby league clubs

References

1. "Rugby League Project".
2. "Warrington Wolves - Results Archive - 1897". Archived from the original on 2010-07-06.
3. "Wigan "Cherry and White" archived results".
4. "Saints Heritage Society - History - Season 1896-97".
5. "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.

External links

• Saints Heritage Society
• 1896–97 Northern Rugby Football Union season at wigan.rlfans.com
• Hull&Proud Fixtures & Results 1896/1897
• Widnes Vikings - One team, one passion Season In Review - 1896-97
• The Northern Union at warringtonwolves.org