1966–67 Lancashire Cup

1966–67 Lancashire Cup
StructureRegional knockout championship
Teams14
WinnersWigan
Runners-upOldham

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

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

The match was played at Station Road, Swinton. 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[1]
Billy Boston 2 Terry Dolly[2]
Eric Ashton 3 Jim McCormack[3]
Keith Holden 4 John Donovan[4]
Trevor Lake[5] 5 Trevor Simms[6]
Cliff Hill 6 Tommy Warburton[7]
Frank Parr[8] 7 Thomas "Tom" /"Tommy" Canning[9]
Danny Gardiner 8 Ken Wilson[10]
Colin Clarke 9 Kevin Taylor
John Stephens 10 Geoff Fletcher
Geoff Lyon 11 Peter Smethurst[11]
Laurie Gilfedder 12 Robert Irving
Harry Major[12][13] 13 Mick Mooney[14]
14 Peter Holroyd[15]
15 Alan Ogden[16]
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

References

  1. ^ "Rugby League Project".
  2. ^ a b "Widnes Vikings - History - Season In Review - 1896-97".
  3. ^ a b c d e "Wigan "Cherry and White" archived results". Archived from the original on 21 February 2014. Retrieved 15 February 2014.
  4. ^ a b "Saints Heritage Society - History - Season 1896-97".
  5. ^ a b c "Warrington Wolves - Results Archive - 1897". Archived from the original on 6 July 2010.
  6. ^ Raymond Fletcher and David Howes (1991). Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook 1991-100. Queen Anne Press. ISBN 0 35617852 8.
  7. ^ "Oldham Heritage Trust".