1934–35 Lancashire Cup

{{Infobox rugby football league season

| title = 1934–35 Lancashire Cup

| structure = Regional knockout championship

| season_champs = Salford

| season_champ_name = Winners

| runner-up_name = Runner-up

| second_place = Wigan

| prevseason_link = 1933 Lancashire Cup

| prevseason_year = 1933–34

| nextseason_link = 1935 Lancashire Cup

| nextseason_year = 1935–36

| no_of_teams = 13

}}

The 1934–35 Lancashire Cup was the 27th occasion on which the Lancashire Cup competition had been held. Salford won the trophy by beating Wigan by 21–12 in the final.

Competition and results

The number of teams entering this year's competition remained at 13 and the same fixture format was retained. There was only one bye in the first round but now also a "blank" or "dummy" fixture. This also resulted in one bye in the second round.{{cite web|title=Rugby League Project|url= http://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/competitions/lancashire-cup/results.html?page=6 }}

= Round 1 =

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

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1	Sat 08 Sep 1934	Oldham	8–7	Widnes	Watersheddings		{{cite web\|title=Widnes Vikings – History – Season In Review – 1896–97\|url=http://www.rugby.widnes.tv/seasonreview.php?mid=1896&smid=1896-97&mids=1896}}
2	Sat 08 Sep 1934	St Helens Recs	8–20	Wigan	City Road		{{cite web\|title=Wigan "Cherry and White" archived results\|url=http://wigan.rlfans.com/news.php?readmore=3199}}
3	Sat 08 Sep 1934	Liverpool Stanley	9–3	Broughton Rangers	Stanley Greyhound Stadium	1
4	Sat 08 Sep 1934	Salford	34–0	Leigh	The Willows
5	Sat 08 Sep 1934	Swinton	16–8	Barrow	Station Road
6	Mon 10 Sep 1934	St. Helens	24–18	Rochdale Hornets	Knowsley Road		{{cite web\|title=Saints Heritage Society – History – Season 1896–97\|url=http://www.saints.org.uk/saints.org.uk/home/viewpage.php?page_id=9}}
7		Warrington		bye			{{cite web\|title=Warrington Wolves – Results Archive – 1897 \|url=http://www.warringtonwolves.org/results-archive?y=1897 \|url-status=dead \|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100706043029/http://www.warringtonwolves.org/results-archive?y=1897 \|archivedate=2010-07-06 }}
8		blank		blank

= Round 2 – quarterfinals =

Involved 3 matches (with one bye) and 7 clubs

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1	Wed 19 Sep 1934	Warrington	5–23	Salford	Wilderspool
2	Mon 24 Sep 1934	St. Helens	9–9	Liverpool Stanley	Knowsley Road
3	Tue 25 Sep 1934	Oldham	8–12	Wigan	Watersheddings
4		Swinton		bye	Station Road

= Round 2 – quarterfinals – First replays =

Involved 1 match

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!width=100 abbr="Date"|Fixture date

!width=150 abbr="Home team"|Home team

!width=5 abbr="space" |

!width=20 abbr="Score" |Score

!width=5 abbr="space" |

!width=150 abbr="Away team" |Away team

!width=150 abbr="Venue" |Venue

!width=30 abbr="Att" |Att

!width=30 abbr="Rec" |Rec

!width=20 abbr="Notes" |Notes

!width=30 abbr="Ref" |Ref

Wed 26 Sep 1934

Liverpool Stanley

3–3

St. Helens

Stanley Greyhound Stadium

= Round 2 – quarterfinals – Second replays =

Involved 1 match

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width=20 abbr="No" |Game No

!width=100 abbr="Date"|Fixture date

!width=150 abbr="Home team"|Home team

!width=5 abbr="space" |

!width=20 abbr="Score" |Score

!width=5 abbr="space" |

!width=150 abbr="Away team" |Away team

!width=150 abbr="Venue" |Venue

!width=30 abbr="Att" |Att

!width=30 abbr="Rec" |Rec

!width=20 abbr="Notes" |Notes

!width=30 abbr="Ref" |Ref

Fri 28 Sep 1934

St. Helens

9–12

Liverpool Stanley

Naughton Park

= Round 3 – semifinals =

Involved 2 matches and 4 clubs

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1	Wed 03 Oct 1934	Swinton	5–12	Salford	Station Road
2	Wed 03 Oct 1934	Wigan	13–10	Liverpool Stanley	Central Park

= Final =

The match was played at Station Road, Pendlebury, Salford, (historically in the county of Lancashire). he attendance of 33,544 was a new record and more than 5,000 more than the previous best recorded in 1931, and receipts were also a record £2,191. This would turn out to be only the first of three consecutive Lancashire Cup finals in which Salford would beat Wigan.

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width=20 abbr="No" |Game No

!width=100 abbr="Date"|Fixture date

!width=150 abbr="Home team"|Home team

!width=5 abbr="space" |

!width=20 abbr="Score" |Score

!width=5 abbr="space" |

!width=150 abbr="Away team" |Away team

!width=150 abbr="Venue" |Venue

!width=45 abbr="Att" |Att

!width=60 abbr="Rec" |Rec

!width=20 abbr="Notes" |Notes

!width=30 abbr="Ref" |Ref

Saturday 20 October 1934

Salford

21–12

Wigan

Station Road

33,544

£2,191

3 4

{{cite book|last=Raymond Fletcher and David Howes|title=Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook 1991-100|year=1991|publisher=Queen Anne Press|isbn=0 35617852 8}}

==Teams and scorers ==

width=280 abbr="Salford"\|Salford !width=60 abbr="Number"\|No. !width=280 abbr="Wigan"\|Wigan
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	Teams
Harold Osbaldestin	1	Jim Sullivan
Barney Hudson	2	\|Jack Morley
Sammy Miller	3	Gordon Innes
Gus Risman	4	Gwynne Davies
Bob Brown	5	\|Alf Ellaby
Emlyn Jenkins	6	\|George Bennett
Billy Watkins	7	Hector Gee
Billy Williams	8	\|Bill Targett
Bert Day	9	\|Joe Golby
Joe Bradbury	10	\|Harold Edwards
Paddy Dalton	11	\|Len Mason
Alf Middleton	12	\|Albert Davis
Jack Feetham	13	\|Reg Hathway
		\|
21	score	12
4	HT	7

	Scorers
	Tries
Barney Hudson	T	George Bennett
Emlyn Jenkins	T	Gordon Innes
Alf Middleton	T	\|
	T	\|
	Goals
Gus Risman (6)	G	Jim Sullivan (2)
	G	Hector Gee (1) maybe drop ?
	Drop Goals
	DG	\|
Referee		()\|
		\|

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

= The road to success =

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| RD2=Second round

| RD3=Semifinals

| RD4=Final

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| RD1-team01=Swinton

| RD1-score01=16

| RD1-seed02=

| RD1-team02=Barrow

| RD1-score02=8

| RD1-seed03=

| RD1-team03=blank

| RD1-score03=

| RD1-seed04=

| RD1-team04=blank

| RD1-score04=

| RD1-seed05=

| RD1-team05=Warrington

| RD1-score05=

| RD1-seed06=

| RD1-team06=bye

| RD1-score06=

| RD1-seed07=

| RD1-team07=Salford

| RD1-score07=34

| RD1-seed08=

| RD1-team08=Leigh

| RD1-score08=0

| RD1-seed09=

| RD1-team09=Oldham

| RD1-score09=8

| RD1-seed10=

| RD1-team10=Widnes

| RD1-score10=7

| RD1-seed11=

| RD1-team11=St Helens Recs

| RD1-score11=8

| RD1-seed12=

| RD1-team12=Wigan

| RD1-score12=20

| RD1-seed13=

| RD1-team13=St. Helens

| RD1-score13=24

| RD1-seed14=

| RD1-team14=Rochdale Hornets

| RD1-score14=18

| RD1-seed15=

| RD1-team15=Liverpool Stanley

| RD1-score15=9

| RD1-seed16=

| RD1-team16=Broughton Rangers

| RD1-score16=3

| RD2-seed01=

| RD2-team01=Swinton

| RD2-score01=

| RD2-seed02=

| RD2-team02=bye

| RD2-score02=

| RD2-seed03=

| RD2-team03=Warrington

| RD2-score03=5

| RD2-seed04=

| RD2-team04=Salford

| RD2-score04=23

| RD2-seed05=

| RD2-team05=Oldham

| RD2-score05=8

| RD2-seed06=

| RD2-team06=Wigan

| RD2-score06=12

| RD2-seed07=

| RD2-team07=St. Helens

| RD2-score07=9–3–9

| RD2-seed08=

| RD2-team08=Liverpool Stanley

| RD2-score08=9–3–12

| RD3-seed01=

| RD3-team01=Swinton

| RD3-score01=5

| RD3-seed02=

| RD3-team02=Salford

| RD3-score02=12

| RD3-seed03=

| RD3-team03=Wigan

| RD3-score03=13

| RD3-seed04=

| RD3-team04=Liverpool Stanley

| RD3-score04=10

| RD4-seed01=

| RD4-team01=Salford

| RD4-score01=21

| RD4-seed02=

| RD4-team02=Wigan

| RD4-score02=12

}}

Notes

References

{{cite book |editor-last=Saxton |editor-first=Irvin |title=History of Rugby League: No.40 1934–1935| publisher=League Publications |page=10}}

External links

{{cite web | url=https://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/competitions/lancashire-cup-1934/results.html | title=Lancashire Cup 1934/35 – Results | website=Rugby League Project}}

Category:RFL Lancashire Cup

Lancashire Cup

1934–35 Lancashire Cup

Competition and results

= Round 1 =

= Round 2 – quarterfinals =

= Round 2 – quarterfinals – First replays =

= Round 2 – quarterfinals – Second replays =

= Round 3 – semifinals =

= Final =

==Teams and scorers ==

= The road to success =

See also

Notes

References

External links