1966–67 Lancashire Cup

1966–67 was the fifty-fourth occasion on which the Lancashire Cup completion had been held.

1966–67 Lancashire Cup
Structure	Regional knockout championship
Teams	14
Winners	Wigan
Runners-up	Oldham

Wigan won the trophy by beating Oldham by the score of 16-13

The match was played at Station Road, Pendlebury, (historically in the county of Lancashire). The attendance was 14,193 and receipts were £3,558

Background

The total number of teams entering the competition remained the same at 14.

The same fixture format was retained, and due to the number of clubs this resulted in no bye but one “blank” or “dummy” fixture in the first round, and one bye in the second round

Competition and results

[1]

Round 1

Involved 7 matches (with no bye but one “blank” fixture) and 14 Clubs

Game No	Fixture Date	Home Team		Score		Away Team	Venue	Att	Rec	Notes	Ref
1	Fri 02 Sep 1966	Widnes		26-13		Barrow	Naughton Park				[2]
2	Sat 03 Sep 1966	Leigh		4-18		Wigan	Hilton Park				[3]
3	Sat 03 Sep 1966	Oldham		16-13		Swinton	Watersheddings
4	Sat 03 Sep 1966	Rochdale Hornets		16-18		St. Helens	Athletic Grounds	3,770			[4]
5	Sat 03 Sep 1966	Warrington		29-12		Liverpool City	Wilderspool				[5]
6	Sat 03 Sep 1966	Whitehaven		2-5		Blackpool Borough	Recreation Ground
7	Sat 03 Sep 1966	Workington Town		9-17		Salford	Derwent Park
8		blank				blank

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
1	Wed 14 Sep 1966	Blackpool Borough		19-7		Widnes	Borough Park				[2]
2	Wed 14 Sep 1966	Wigan		11-9		St. Helens	Central Park	13,141			[3][4]
3	Wed 15 Sep 1966	Salford		'2-7		Oldham	The Willows
4		Warrington				bye					[5]

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	Tue 27 Sep 1966	Blackpool Borough		5-15		Oldham	Borough Park
2	Wed 28 Sep 1966	Wigan		16-7		Warrington	Central Park				[3][5]

Final

Game No	Fixture Date	Home Team		Score		Away Team	Venue	Att	Rec	Notes	Ref
	Saturday 29 October 1966	Wigan		16-13		Oldham	Station Road	14,193	£3,558	1	[3][6]

Teams and Scorers

[3][7]

Wigan	№	Oldham
	teams
Ray Ashby	1	Stan McLeod
Billy Boston	2	Terry Dolly
Eric Ashton	3	Jim McCormack
Keith Holden	4	John Donovan
Trevor Lake	5	Trevor Simms
Cliff Hill	6	Tommy Warburton
Frank Parr	7	Thomas "Tom" /"Tommy" Canning
Danny Gardiner	8	Ken Wilson
Colin Clarke	9	Kevin Taylor
John Stephens	10	Geoff Fletcher
Geoff Lyon	11	Peter Smethurst
Laurie Gilfedder	12	Robert Irving
Harry Major	13	Mick Mooney
	14	Peter Holroyd
	15	Alan Ogden
16	score	13
11	HT	4
	Scorers
	Tries
Eric Ashton (1)	T	John Donovan (1)
Billy Boston (1)	T
Colin Clarke (1)	T
Laurie Gilfedder (1)	T
	Goals
Laurie Gilfedder (2)	G	Tommy Warburton (5)
	G
	Drop Goals
	DG
Referee		Peter Geraghty (York)

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
	Leigh		4
	Wigan		18
						Wigan		11
						St. Helens		9
	Rochdale Hornets		16
	St. Helens		18
											Wigan		16
											Warrington		7
	Warrington		29
	Liverpool City		12
						Warrington
						bye
	blank
	blank
																Wigan		16
																Oldham		13
	Whitehaven		2
	Blackpool Borough		5
						Blackpool Borough		19
						Widnes		7
	Widnes		26
	Barrow		13
											Blackpool Borough		5
											Oldham		15
	Workington Town		9
	Salford		17
						Salford		2
						Oldham		7
	Oldham		16
	Swinton		13

Notes and comments

1 * 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

• 1966–67 Northern Rugby Football League season
• Rugby league county cups

References

1. "Rugby League Project".
2. "Widnes Vikings - History - Season In Review - 1896-97".
3. "Wigan "Cherry and White" archived results".
4. "Saints Heritage Society - History - Season 1896-97".
5. "Warrington Wolves - Results Archive - 1897". Archived from the original on 2010-07-06.
6. Raymond Fletcher and David Howes (1991). Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook 1991-100. Queen Anne Press. ISBN 0 35617852 8.
7. "Oldham Heritage Trust".

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