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1946–47 Lancashire Cup

1946–47 Lancashire Cup
StructureRegional knockout championship
Teams13
WinnersWigan
Runners-upBelle Vue Rangers

The 1946–47 Lancashire Cup was the thirty-fourth occasion on which the Lancashire Cup competition had been held.

Wigan won the trophy by beating Belle Vue Rangers by the score of 9–3.

The match was played at Station Road, Pendlebury, (historically in the county of Lancashire). The attendance was 21,648 and receipts were £2,658.

Although it could not have been known at this time, this was to be the first of Wigan's record breaking run of six consecutive Lancashire Cup victories.

It was also to be the first of two consecutive finals to be competed for by these two teams.

Background

The number of teams entering showed little change from before the war.

Leigh returned to the sport using a rented athletic stadium while their purpose built stadium was under construction.

Overall, the number of teams entering this year's competition increased by one with the return of Leigh bringing the total up to 13.

The same pre-war fixture format was retained. This season saw one bye and one "blank" or "dummy" fixture in the first round. The second round also had one bye, but now no "blank" fixture".

As last season, all the first round ties of the competition was played on the basis of two legged, home and away, ties. In addition, this season, the second round was also on a two leg, home and away basis.

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 agg Att Rec Notes Ref
1 Sat 07 Sep 1946 Liverpool Stanley 0–7 Belle Vue Rangers Stanley Greyhound Stadium
2 Sat 07 Sep 1946 St. Helens 5–14 Leigh Knowsley Road 10,000 [2]
3 Sat 07 Sep 1946 Salford 10–3 Warrington The Willows [3]
4 Sat 07 Sep 1946 Widnes 26–5 Barrow Naughton Park [4]
5 Sat 07 Sep 1946 Wigan 49–4 Rochdale Hornets Central Park [5]
6 Sat 07 Sep 1946 Workington Town 2–8 Oldham Borough Park
7 Swinton bye
8 blank blank

Round 1 – second leg

Involved 6 matches (with two "blank" fixture) and 12 clubs. These are the reverse fixture from the first leg

Game No Fixture date Home team Score Away team Venue agg Att Rec Notes Ref
1 Sat 14 Sep 1946 Belle Vue Rangers 11–5 Liverpool Stanley Belle Vue Stadium 18–5
2 Sat 14 Sep 1946 Leigh 17–4 St. Helens Madeley Park 31–9 9,200 [2]
3 Sat 14 Sep 1946 Warrington 10–5 Salford Wilderspool 13–15 [3]
4 Sat 14 Sep 1946 Barrow 10–3 Widnes Craven Park 15–29 [4]
5 Sat 14 Sep 1946 Rochdale Hornets 5–32 Wigan Athletic Grounds 9–81 [5]
6 Sat 14 Sep 1946 Oldham 19–10 Workington Town Watersheddings 27–12
7 Swinton bye
8 blank blank

Round 2 – quarterfinals – first leg

Involved 3 matches (with one bye) and 7 clubs

Game No Fixture date Home team Score Away team Venue agg Att Rec Notes Ref
1 Tue 24 Sep 1946 Oldham 20–8 Leigh Watersheddings
2 Wed 25 Sep 1946 Swinton 6–8 Widnes Station Road [4]
3 Wed 25 Sep 1946 Wigan 31–0 Salford Central Park [5]
4 Belle Vue Rangers bye

Round 2 – quarterfinals – second leg

Involved 3 matches (with one bye) and 7 clubs. These are the reverse fixture from the first leg

Game No Fixture date Home team Score Away team Venue agg Att Rec Notes Ref
1 Wed 02 Oct 1946 Leigh 6–11 Oldham Madeley Park 14–31
2 Thu 03 Oct 1946 Widnes 9–2 Swinton Naughton Park 17–8 [4]
2 Wed 02 Oct 1946 Salford 0–19 Wigan The Willows 0–50 [5]
3 Belle Vue Rangers bye

Round 3 – semifinals

Involved 2 matches and 4 clubs

Game No Fixture date Home team Score Away team Venue agg Att Rec Notes Ref
1 Tue 15 Oct 1946 Oldham 7–21 Wigan Watersheddings [5]
2 Wed 16 Oct 1946 Belle Vue Rangers 5–0 Widnes Belle Vue Stadium [4]

Final

Game No Fixture date Home team Score Away team Venue agg Att Rec Notes Ref
Saturday 26 October 1946 Wigan 9–3 Belle Vue Rangers Station Road 21,648 £2,658 4 [5][6]

Teams and scorers

Wigan № Belle Vue Rangers
teams
Martin Ryan 1 A. Harris
Brian Nordgren 2 T. Tolan
Johnny Lawrenson 3 J. Waring
Ernie Ashcroft 4 Stanley Powell
Gordon Ratcliffe 5 T. Barr
Ced Mountford 6 T. Kenny
Tommy Bradshaw 7 Billy Watkins
Ken Gee 8 D. Thomas
Joe Egan 9 Glyn Jones
George Banks 10 A. Glendenning
Harry Atkinson [1] 11 Elwyn Gwyther
Billy Blan 12 W. Brown
Jack Blan [2] 13 Dick Manning
9 score 3
7 HT 3
Scorers
Tries
Jack Blan (1) T Dick Manning (1)
Goals
Johnny Lawrenson (3) G
Referee Albert Dobson (Pontefract)

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

[5]

The road to success

All the first and second round ties were played on a two leg (home and away) basis.

The first club named in each of the first and second round ties played the first leg at home.

the scores shown in the first and second round are the aggregate score over the two legs.

First round Second round Semifinals Final
            
Workington Town 12
Oldham 27
Oldham 31
Leigh 14
St. Helens 9
Leigh 31
Oldham 7
Wigan 21
Wigan 81
Rochdale Hornets 9
Wigan 50
Salford 0
Salford 15
Warrington 13
Wigan 9
Belle Vue Rangers 3
Liverpool Stanley 5
Belle Vue Rangers 18
Belle Vue Rangers
bye
blank
blank
Belle Vue Rangers 5
Widnes 0
Widnes 29
Barrow 15
Widnes 8
Swinton 17
Swinton
bye

Notes and comments

  1. The first Lancashire Cup match played by the newly name club
  2. Leigh's belated return to the sport after the war years
  3. The first Lancashire Cup match to be played at Leigh's temporary home
  4. Station Road was the home ground of Swinton from 1929 to 1932 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 "Saints Heritage Society – History – Season 1896–97".
  3. ^ a b "Warrington Wolves – Results Archive – 1897". Archived from the original on 6 July 2010.
  4. ^ a b c d e "Widnes Vikings – History – Season In Review – 1896–97".
  5. ^ a b c d e f g "Wigan "Cherry and White" archived results".
  6. ^ Raymond Fletcher and David Howes (1991). Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook 1991-100. Queen Anne Press. ISBN 0 35617852 8.
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