1975–76 Lancashire Cup

1975–76 Lancashire Cup
StructureRegional knockout championship
Teams14
WinnersWidnes
Runners-upSalford

1975–76 was the sixty-third occasion on which the Lancashire Cup completion had been held.

Widnes won the trophy by beating Salford by the score of 16-7
The match was played at Central Park, Wigan, (historically in the county of Lancashire). The attendance was 7,566 and receipts were £3,880.00

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” fixture in the first round, and one bye in the second round.

Competition and results

[1][2]

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 Sat 30 Aug 1975 Oldham 17-19 St. Helens Watersheddings 3011 [3]
2 Sun 31 Aug 1975 Barrow 9-14 Swinton Craven Park
3 Sun 31 Aug 1975 Blackpool Borough 3-11 Leigh Borough Park
4 Sun 31 Aug 1975 Rochdale Hornets 10-22 Workington Town Athletic Grounds
5 Sun 31 Aug 1975 Salford 44-17 Huyton The Willows
6 Sun 31 Aug 1975 Warrington 14-39 Wigan Wilderspool [4][5]
7 Sun 31 Aug 1975 Widnes 19-7 Whitehaven Naughton Park [6]
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 Sat 13 Sep 1975 Wigan 21-22 Workington Town Central Park [4]
2 Sun 14 Sep 1975 Leigh 6-23 Salford Hilton Park
3 Sun 14 Sep 1975 Swinton 2-17 St. Helens Station Road 4029 [3]
4 Widnes bye [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 Tue 16 Sep 1975 Workington Town 2-16 Widnes Derwent Park [6]
2 Tue 23 Sep 1975 St. Helens 8-21 Salford Knowsley Road 9000 [3]

Final

Game No Fixture date Home team Score Away team Venue Att Rec Notes Ref
Saturday 4 October 1975 Widnes 16-7 Salford Central Park 7,566 3,880 1 [6][7][8][9]

Teams and scorers

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Widnes № Salford
teams
Ray Dutton 1 David Watkins
Alan Prescott[1] 2 Keith Fielding
Mick George[2] 3 Butler
Mal Aspey 4 Chris Hesketh
David Jenkins[3] 5 Maurice Richards
Eric Hughes 6 Ken Gill
Reg Bowden[4] 7 Steve Nash
Jim Mills 8 Fiddler
Derek Hammond[5] (but see note 2) 9 Roy Hawksley
Nick Nelson[6] 10 Colin Dixon
John Foran[7] 11 Turnbull
Jim Fitzpatrick[8] 12 Knighton
Mick Adams 13 Eric Prescott
14
Barry Sheridan[9] (for Jim Fitzpatrick) 15 Mackay (for Dixon)
16 score 7
8 HT 5
Scorers
Tries
Alan Prescott (1) T Maurice Richards (1)
Mick George (1) T
Mal Aspey (1) T
Goals
Ray Dutton (3) G David Watkins (2)
Drop Goals
Ray Dutton (1) DG
Referee W H (Billy) Thompson (Huddersfield)
Man of the match Mick George - Widnes - Centre
sponsored by Rugby Leaguer

Scoring - Try = three points - Goal = two points - Drop goal = one point

The road to success

First round Second round Semi-finals Final
            
Warrington 14
Wigan 39
Wigan 21
Workington Town 22
Rochdale Hornets 10
Workington Town 22
Workington Town 2
Widnes 16
Widnes 19
blank 7
Widnes
bye
blank
blank
Widnes 16
Salford 7
Barrow 9
Swinton 14
Swinton 2
St. Helens 17
Oldham 17
St. Helens 19
St. Helens 8
Salford 21
Blackpool Borough 3
Leigh 11
Leigh 6
Salford 23
Salford 44
Huyton 17

Notes and comments

1 * 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
2 * Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook 1991-1992[7] Names Keith Elwell as number 9 (hooker) - The Widnes official archives[6] name the hooker as Derek Hammond

See also

References

  1. ^ "Rugby League Project".
  2. ^ Jack Winstanley & Malcolm Ryding (1991). John Player Yearbook 1975–76. Queen Anne Press.
  3. ^ a b c "Saints Heritage Society - History - Season 1896-97".
  4. ^ a b "Wigan "Cherry and White" archived results". Archived from the original on 21 February 2014. Retrieved 15 February 2014.
  5. ^ "Warrington Wolves - Results Archive - 1897". Archived from the original on 2 February 2014.
  6. ^ a b c d e f "Widnes Vikings - History - Season In Review - 1896-97".
  7. ^ a b c Raymond Fletcher and David Howes (1991). Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook 1991-100. Queen Anne Press. ISBN 0 35617852 8.
  8. ^ Frank Butler and Patrick Collins (1975). News of the World Football Annual 1975–76 - 89th year. News of the World Ltd.
  9. ^ Frank Butler and Patrick Collins (1976). News of the World Football Annual 1976–77 - 90th year. News of the World Ltd.