1938–39 Lancashire Cup

1938–39 Lancashire Cup
1938–39 Lancashire Cup
Structure	Regional knockout championship
Teams	13
Winners	Wigan
Runners-up	Salford
	← 1937–78 1939–40 →

1938–39 was the thirty-first occasion on which the Lancashire Cup completion had been held. Wigan won the trophy by beating Salford by the score of 10-7. The match was played at Station Road, Pendlebury, Salford, (historically in the county of Lancashire). The attendance was 27,940 and receipts were £1,708

Background

The number of teams entering this year’s competition remained the same at 13 and the same fixture format was retained. There was once again one bye and one “blank” or “dummy” fixture in the first round. The bye in the second round remained.

Competition and results

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Round 1

Involved 6 matches (with one bye and one “blank” fixture) and 13 clubs

Game No	Fixture date	Home team	Score	Away team	Venue	Ref

1	Sat 10 Sep 1938	Salford	8-4	Broughton Rangers	The Willows
2	Sat 10 Sep 1938	St Helens Recs	12-7	Barrow	City Road
3	Sat 10 Sep 1938	Rochdale Hornets	5-19	Widnes	Athletic Grounds	^[2]
4	Sat 10 Sep 1938	Leigh	8-24	Warrington	Mather Lane	^[3]
5	Sat 10 Sep 1938	Wigan	12-8	Swinton	Central Park	^[4]
6	Mon 12 Sep 1938	St. Helens	5-10	Liverpool Stanley	Knowsley Road	^[5]
7		Oldham		bye
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	Ref

1	Wed 21 Sep 1938	Oldham	4-13	Wigan	Watersheddings	^[4]
2	Wed 21 Sep 1938	St Helens Recs	8-10	Liverpool Stanley	City Road
3	Wed 21 Sep 1938	Warrington	5-4	Widnes	Wilderspool	^[2]^[3]
4		Salford		bye

Round 3 – semi-finals

Involved 2 matches and 4 clubs

Game No	Fixture date	Home team	Score	Away team	Venue	Ref

1	Wed 28 Sep 1938	Wigan	13-9	Liverpool Stanley	Central Park	^[4]
2	Thu 29 Sep 1938	Warrington	6-12	Salford	Wilderspool	^[3]

Final

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

	Saturday 22 October 1938	Wigan		10-7		Salford	Station Road	27,940	£1,708	1	^[4]^[6]

Teams and scorers

Wigan	№	Salford

	teams
Jim Sullivan	1	Harold Osbaldestin
Jack Morley	2	Barney Hudson
Ted Ward	3	Albert Gear
Gwynne Davies	4	Bob Brown
Gwyn Williams	5	Alan Edwards
Jack Garvey	6	Gus Risman
Hector Gee	7	Billy Watkins
George Banks	8	David Davies
Joe Egan	9	Bert Day
Ken Gee	10	Joe Bradbury
Ike Jones [1]	11	Paddy Dalton
Trevor Thomas	12	Harold Thomas
Jackie Bowen	13	Jack Feetham

10	score	7
4	HT	2

	Scorers
	Tries
	Goals
Jim Sullivan (5)	G
	G
	Drop Goals
	DG
Referee

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

bye
		Oldham	4

		Wigan	13
Wigan	12

Swinton	8
				Wigan	13

				Liverpool Stanley	9
St Helens Recs	12

Barrow	7
		St Helens Recs	8

		Liverpool Stanley	10
St. Helens	5

Liverpool Stanley	10
						Wigan	10

						Salford	7
Leigh	8

Warrington	24
		Warrington	5

		Widnes	4
Rochdale Hornets	5

Widnes	19
				Warrington	6

				Salford	12
Salford	8

Broughton Rangers	4
		Salford

		bye
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