1972–73 Lancashire Cup
The 1972 Rugby League Lancashire Cup competition
| 1972-73 Lancashire Cup | |
|---|---|
| Structure | Regional knockout championship |
| Teams | 14 |
| Winners | Salford |
| Runners-up | Swinton |
1972 was the sixtieth occasion on which the Lancashire Cup completion had been held.
Salford won the trophy by beating Swinton by the score of 25-11
The match was played at Wilderspool, Warrington, now in the County Palatine of Chester but (historically in the county of Lancashire). The attendance was 6,865 and receipts were £3,321.00
Background
The total number of teams entering the competition remained at last season’s total of 14 with no junior/amateur clubs taking part.
The same fixture format was retained, but due to the decrease in the number of participating clubs, resulted in one “blank” or “dummy” fixtures in the first round, and one bye in the second round.
Competition and Results[1]
Round 1
Involved 7 matches (with one “blank” fixture) and 14 Clubs
| Game No | Fixture Date | Home Team | Score | Away Team | Venue | Att | Rec | Notes | Ref | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fri 01-09-1972 | Salford | 41-17 | Oldham | The Willows | ||||||
| 2 | Fri 01-09-1972 | Wigan | 15-7 | Workington Town | Central Park | [2] | |||||
| 3 | Sun 03-09-1972 | Huyton | 12-18 | Barrow | Alt Park, Huyton | ||||||
| 4 | Sun 03-09-1972 | Leigh | 6-20 | Widnes | Hilton Park | [3] | |||||
| 5 | Sun 03-09-1972 | Swinton | 28-25 | Blackpool Borough | Station Road | ||||||
| 6 | Sun 03-09-1972 | Warrington | 16-18 | St Helens | Wilderspool | 8500 | [4][5] | ||||
| 7 | Sun 03-09-1972 | Whitehaven | 19-24 | Rochdale Hornets | Recreation Ground | ||||||
| 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 13-09-1972 | Widnes | 11-2 | St Helens | Naughton Park | 9000 | 1 | [3][5] | |||
| 2 | Fri 15-09-1972 | Barrow | 4-7 | Swinton | Craven Park | ||||||
| 3 | Fri 15-09-1972 | Salford | 46-13 | Rochdale Hornets | The Willows | ||||||
| 4 | Wigan | bye | [2] |
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 | Thu 05-10-1972 | Widnes | 4-13 | Swinton | Naughton Park | [3][6] | |||||
| 2 | Thu 06-10-1972 | Wigan | 2-14 | Salford | Central Park | [2] |
Final
| Game No | Fixture Date | Home Team | Score | Away Team | Venue | Att | Rec | Notes | Ref | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 21-10-1972 | Salford | 25-11 | Swinton | Wilderspool | 6,865 | 3,321 | 2 | [7] |
| Salford | No | Swinton |
|---|---|---|
| teams | ||
| Paul Charlton | 1 | Paul Jackson |
| Eastham | 2 | Bob Fleay |
| David Watkins | 3 | John Cooke |
| Chris Hesketh | 4 | Alan Buckley |
| Maurice Richards | 5 | John Gomersall |
| Ken Gill | 6 | Peter Kenny |
| Peter Banner | 7 | Ken Gowers |
| Mackay | 8 | Albert Halsall |
| Walker | 9 | Graham Evans |
| Johnny Ward | 10 | Harold Bate |
| Whitehead | 11 | Rod Smith |
| Colin Dixon | 12 | Granville Hoyle |
| Eric Prescott | 13 | Bill Pattison |
| ? | 14 | Mick Philbin (for Peter Kenny) |
| ? | 15 | Bill Holliday (for Rod Smith) |
| 25 | score | 11 |
| 10 | HT | 4 |
| Scorers | ||
| Tries | ||
| Peter Banner (1) | T | Bob Fleay (1) |
| Eastham (1) | T | |
| David Watkins (1) | T | |
| Maurice Richards (1) | T | |
| Paul Charlton (1) | T | |
| Goals | ||
| David Watkins (5) | G | Peter Kenny (1) |
| G | Ken Gowers (3) | |
| Referee | W H (Billy) Thompson (Huddersfield) | |
Scoring - Try = three (3) points - Goal = two (2) points - Drop goal = one (1) point
The road to success
| First Round | Second Round | Semi Finals | Final | ||||||||||||||||
| Wigan | 15 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Workington Town | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Wigan | |||||||||||||||||||
| bye | |||||||||||||||||||
| blank | |||||||||||||||||||
| blank | |||||||||||||||||||
| Wigan | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Salford | 14 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Salford | 41 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Oldham | 17 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Salford | 46 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Rochdale Hornets | 13 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Whitehaven | 19 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Rochdale Hornets | 24 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Salford | 25 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Swinton | 11 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Leigh | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Widnes | 20 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Widnes | 11 | ||||||||||||||||||
| St Helens | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Warrington | 16 | ||||||||||||||||||
| St Helens | 18 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Widnes | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Swinton | 13 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Huyton | 12 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Barrow | 18 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Barrow | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Swinton | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Swinton | 28 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Blackpool Borough | 25 | ||||||||||||||||||
Notes and comments
1 * The score of 13-2 is shows in the official St Helens[5] archives and also in the official Widnes[3] archives . RUGBYLEAGUEproject[1] shows the score as being 11-2
2 * Wilderspool was the home ground of Warrington from 1883 to the end of the 2003 Summer season when they moved into the new purpose built Halliwell Jones Stadium. Wilderspool remained as a sports/Ruugby League ground and is/was used by Woolston Rovers/Warrington Wizards junior club.
The ground had a final capacity of 9,000 although the record attendance was set in a Challenge cup third round match on 13th March 1948 when 34,304 spectators saw Warrington lose to Wigan 10-13.
See also
- British rugby league system
- 1972-73 Northern Rugby Football League season
- Rugby league county cups
- List of defunct rugby league clubs
References
- ^ a b "Rugby League Project".
- ^ a b c "Wigan "Cherry and White" archived results".
- ^ a b c d "Widnes Vikings - History - Season In Review - 1896-97".
- ^ [-http://www.warringtonwolves.org/results-archive?y=1897 "Warrington Wolves - Results Archive - 1897"].
{{cite web}}: Check|url=value (help) - ^ a b c "Saints Heritage Society - History - Season 1896-97".
- ^ Club Programme dept. Match Programme. Widnes RLFC.
{{cite book}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter:|1=(help) - ^ a b Raymond Fletcher and David Howes (1991). Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook 1991-100. Queen Anne Press. ISBN 0 35617852 8.
- ^ "Swinton Lions Tales".