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1958–59 Lancashire Cup
1958–59 Lancashire Cup
Structure	Regional knockout championship
Teams	14
Winners	Oldham
Runners-up	St. Helens
	← 1957–58 1959–60 →

The 1958 Rugby League Lancashire Cup competition

1958–59 was the forty-sixth occasion on which the Lancashire Cup completion had been held.
Oldham won the trophy by beating St. Helens by the score of 12-2
The match was played at Station Road, Pendlebury, (historically in the county of Lancashire). The attendance was 38,780 and receipts were £6,933; another excellent attendance.
This was the third (and final one) of Oldham's three consecutive triumphs. It would be the last time they would win the trophy, although they did later appear 4 times as runners-up (in 1966, 1969, 1987 and 1989).

Background

With again no invitation to a junior club this season, the total number of teams entering the competition remained the same at 14.
The same pre-war 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]^[2]

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	Ref

1	Sat 30 Aug 1958	Warrington	10-16	Leigh	Wilderspool		^[3]
2	Sat 30 Aug 1958	Widnes	44-13	Salford	Naughton Park		^[4]
3	Sat 30 Aug 1958	Workington Town	25-12	Liverpool City	Derwent Park
4	Sat 30 Aug 1958	Rochdale Hornets	15-20	St. Helens	Athletic Grounds	8,257	^[5]
5	Sat 30 Aug 1958	Swinton	12-31	Wigan	Station Road		^[6]
6	Sat 30 Aug 1958	Oldham	49-5	Whitehaven	Watersheddings
7	Sat 30 Aug 1958	Barrow	28-12	Blackpool Borough	Craven Park
8		blank		blank

Round 2 - quarterfinals

Involved 3 matches (with one bye) and 7 clubs

Game No	Fixture date	Home team	Score	Away team	Venue	Att	Ref

1	Mon 08 Sep 1958	Barrow	23-17	Workington Town	Craven Park
2	Mon 08 Sep 1958	Leigh	2-12	St. Helens	Kirkhall Lane	14,800	^[5]
3	Tue 16 Sep 1958	Oldham	19-7	Wigan	Watersheddings		^[6]
4		Widnes		bye			^[4]

Round 3 – semifinals

Involved 2 matches and 4 clubs

Game No	Fixture date	Home team	Score	Away team	Venue	Att	Ref

1	Wed 17 Sep 1958	St. Helens	18-6	Barrow	Knowsley Road	23,000	^[5]
2	Tue 30 Sep 1958	Oldham	9-4	Widnes	Watersheddings		^[4]

Final

Game No	Fixture date	Home team		Score		Away team	Venue	Att	Rec	Notes	Ref

	Saturday 25 October 1958	Oldham		12-2		St. Helens	Station Road	38,780	£6,933		^[2]^[5]^[7]

Teams and scorers

Oldham	№	St. Helens

	teams
Bernard Ganley	1	Peter Fearis [1]
Dick Cracknell	2	Tom van Vollenhoven
Alan Davies	3	Doug Greenall
John Noon	4	Ken Large [2]
John Etty	5	Frank Carlton
Alan Kellett	6	Brian Howard [3]
Frank Stirrup (c)	7	Alex Murphy
Ron Rowbottom	8	Abe Terry
Jack Keith	9	Tom McKinney
Ken Jackson	10	Derek Brown [4]
Charlie Winslade	11	Brian Briggs
Des McKeown	12	Walter Delves [5]
Derek Turner	13	Vince Karalius

12	score	2
7	HT	2

	Scorers
	Tries
	T
	T
	Goals
	G
	G
	Drop Goals
	DG
Referee		R. Gelder, Wakefield

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

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The road to success

First round		Second round		Semifinals		Final

Oldham	49

Whitehaven	5
		Oldham	19

		Wigan	7
Swinton	12

Wigan	31
				Oldham	9

				Widnes	4
Widnes	44

Salford	13
		Widnes

		bye
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						Oldham	12

						St. Helens	2
Warrington	10

Leigh	16
		Leigh	2

		St. Helens	12
Rochdale Hornets	15

St. Helens	20
				St. Helens	18

				Barrow	6
Barrow	28

Blackpool Borough	12
		Barrow	23

		Workington Town	17
Workington Town	25

Liverpool City	12

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