1990–91 Lancashire Cup

The 1990–91 Lancashire Cup was the seventy-eighth occasion on which the completion had been held. Widnes won the trophy by beating Salford by the score of 24-18 in the final. The match was played at Central Park, Wigan, (historically in the county of Lancashire). The attendance was 7,485 and receipts were £36,867.00.

1990–91 Lancashire Cup
Structure	Regional knockout championship
Teams	17
Winners	Widnes
Runners-up	Salford

Background

The total entrants remained the same as last season, i.e. at 17.
This necessitated the need for a preliminary round (consisting of just 1 game. The first round (proper) then involved 16 clubs, thus removing the need of any “blank” or “dummy” fixtures or any byes.

Competition and Results

[1][2]

Preliminary Round

Involved 1 match and 2 Clubs

Game No	Fixture Date	Home Team		Score		Away Team	Venue	Att	Rec	Notes	Ref
1	Sun 19 Aug 1990	Rochdale Hornets		12-41		Salford	Spotland	2049		1

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
1	Sun 26 Aug 1990	Carlisle		38-18		Workington Town	Gifford Park	1104
2	Sun 26 Aug 1990	Fulham		50-0		Runcorn Highfield	Crystal Palace NSC	623		2
3	Sun 26 Aug 1990	Leigh		26-6		Swinton	Hilton Park	3137
4	Sun 26 Aug 1990	St. Helens		56-24		Trafford Borough	Knowsley Road	4827			[3]
5	Sun 26 Aug 1990	Salford		27-24		Oldham	The Willows	4236
6	Sun 26 Aug 1990	Warrington		36-8		Chorley Borough (2)	Wilderspool	3143			[4]
7	Sun 26 Aug 1990	Whitehaven		6-70		Widnes	Recreation Ground	4054			[5]
8	Sun 26 Aug 1990	Wigan		70-8		Barrow	Central Park	8377			[6]

Round 2 - Quarter Finals

Involved 4 matches and 7 Clubs

Game No	Fixture Date	Home Team		Score		Away Team	Venue	Att	Rec	Notes	Ref
1	Sun 02 Sep 1990	Carlisle		7-28		Warrington	Gifford Park	1596			[4]
2	Sun 02 Sep 1990	Leigh		40-8		Fulham	Hilton Park	2909
3	Sun 02 Sep 1990	Salford		21-7		St. Helens	The Willows	5574			[3]
4	Sun 02 Sep 1990	Widnes		24-22		Wigan	Naughton Park	14035			[5][6]

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 12 Sep 1990	Salford		16-7		Leigh	The Willows	6939
2	Wed 12 Sep 1990	Widnes		20-4		Warrington	Naughton Park	11708		3	[4][5]

Final

Game No	Fixture Date	Home Team		Score		Away Team	Venue	Att	Rec	Notes	Ref
	Saturday 29 September 1990	Widnes		24-18		Salford	Central Park	7485	36867	4	[5][7]

Teams and Scorers

Widnes	№	Salford
	teams
Alan Tait	1	Steve Gibson
Darren Wright	2	xTex Evans
Andy Currier	3	Martin Birkett
Jonathan Davies	4	Peter Williams
Martin Offiah	5	Adrian Hadley
Tony Myler (c)	6	David Fell
David Hulme	7	Steve Kerry
Kurt Sorensen	8	Ian Sherratt
Phil McKenzie	9	Mark Lee
Chris Ashurst	10	Chris Whiteley
Richard Eyres	11	Arthur Bradshaw
Emosi Koloto	12	Ian Blease (c)
Les Holliday	13	Andrew Burgess
John Devereux	14	Frank Cassidy (for Steve Kerry 72mins)
David Smith (for Chris Ashurst 31mins)	15	Shane Hansen (for Chris Whiteley 31mins)
Doug Laughton	Coach	Kevin Tamati
24	score	18
12	HT	12
	Scorers
	Tries
Andy Currier (1)	T	Peter Williams (1)
Tony Myler (1)	T	Ian Blease (1)
David Smith (1)	T	David Fell (1)
Martin Offiah (1)	T
	Goals
Jonathan Davies (4)	G	Steve Kerry (3)
Referee		Alan Burke (Oldham)
Man of the match		David Fell - Salford - stand-off
sponsored by		Greenall Whitley
Competition Sponsor		Greenalls

Scoring - Try = four (4) points - Goal = two (2) points - Drop goal = one (1) point

[5][7]

The road to success

(This chart excludes the match in the preliminary round)

	First Round					Second Round					Semi Finals					Final
	Whitehaven		6
	Widnes		70
						Widnes		24
						Wigan		22
	Wigan		70
	Barrow		8
											Widnes		20
											Warrington		4
	Carlisle		38
	Workington Town		18
						Carlisle		7
						Warrington		28
	Warrington		36
	Chorley Borough (2)		8
																Widnes		24
																Salford		18
	Salford		27
	Oldham		24
						Salford		21
						St. Helens		7
	St. Helens		56
	Trafford Borough		24
											Salford		16
											Leigh		7
	Leigh		26
	Swinton		6
						Leigh		40
						Fulham		8
	Fulham		50
	Runcorn Highfield		0

Notes and comments

1 * The first Lancashire Cup match to be played at Rochdale Hornets's new ground
2 * The first Lancashire Cup match to be played on this ground, one of many used by Fulham during the nomadic period between 1985-1993
3 * The attendance is given as 11,708 in the official Widnes archives[5] - RUGBYLEAGUEproject[1] gives the attendance as 12,028
4 * 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

• 1990–91 Rugby Football League season
• Rugby league county cups

References

1. "Rugby League Project".
2. Jack Winstanley & Malcolm Ryding (1991). John Player Yearbook 1975-76. Queen Anne Press.
3. "Saints Heritage Society - History - Season 1896–97".
4. "Warrington Wolves - Results Archive - 1897". Archived from the original on 2014-02-02.
5. "Widnes Vikings - History - Season In Review - 1896–97".
6. "Wigan "Cherry and White" archived results".
7. 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