1948–49 Lancashire Cup
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{{Infobox rugby football league season
| title = 1948–49 Lancashire Cup
| structure = Regional knockout championship
| season_champs = Wigan
| season_champ_name = Winners
| runner-up_name = Runner-up
| second_place = Warrington
| prevseason_link = 1947 Lancashire Cup
| prevseason_year = 1947–48
| nextseason_link = 1949 Lancashire Cup
| nextseason_year = 1949–50
| no_of_teams = 14
}}
The 1948–49 Lancashire Cup was the thirty-sixth occasion on which the Lancashire Cup competition had been held. Wigan won the trophy by beating Warrington by the score of 14–8. The match was played at Station Road, Pendlebury, (historically in the county of Lancashire). The attendance was a record-breaking 39,015, over 5,500 more than the previous record, and receipts were £5,518, another record. This was the third of Wigan's record-breaking run of six consecutive Lancashire Cup victories.
Background
Overall, the number of teams entering this year's competition remained the same as last year's 14 with a further invitation to Lancashire Amateurs (a junior/amateur club). The same pre-war fixture format was retained. This season saw no bye but one "blank" or "dummy" fixture in the first round. There was also one bye but no "blank" fixture" in the second round. As last season, all the first round matches of the competition will be played on the basis of two legged, home and away, ties. However this year, the second round becomes a straightforward knock-out basis.
Competition and results
= Round 1 =
Involved 7 matches (with no bye and one "blank" fixture) and 14 clubs{{cite web|title=Rugby League Project|url= http://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/competitions/lancashire-cup/results.html?page=6 }}
= Round 1 – second leg =
Involved 7 matches (with no bye and one "blank" fixture) and 14 clubs. These are the reverse fixture from the first leg
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;" | ||||||||||||
| 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=50 abbr="agg" |agg !width=30 abbr="Att" |Att !width=30 abbr="Rec" |Rec !width=20 abbr="Notes" |Notes !width=30 abbr="Ref" |Ref | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tue 07 Sep 1948 | Liverpool Stanley | 2–46 | Leigh | Stanley Greyhound Stadium | 4–83 | ||||||
| 2 | Thu 09 Sep 1948 | Widnes | 5–5 | Oldham | Naughton Park | 12–13 | ||||||
| 3 | Mon 06 Sep 1948 | Belle Vue Rangers | 6–5 | Rochdale Hornets | Belle Vue Stadium | 19–10 | ||||||
| 4 | Wed 08 Sep 1948 | Wigan | 8–7 | St. Helens | Central Park | 32–16 | 18,000 | |||||
| 5 | Mon 13 Sep 1948 | Lancashire Amateurs | 4–11 | Swinton | Kirkhall Lane | 14–37 | 2 | |||||
| 6 | Thu 09 Sep 1948 | Barrow | 4–7 | Warrington | Craven Park | 12–37 | ||||||
| 7 | Wed 08 Sep 1948 | Salford | 14–0 | Workington Town | The Willows | 19–7 | ||||||
| 8 | blank | blank |
= Round 2 – quarterfinals =
Involved 3 matches (with one bye) and 7 clubs
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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=50 abbr="agg" |agg !width=30 abbr="Att" |Att !width=30 abbr="Rec" |Rec !width=20 abbr="Notes" |Notes !width=30 abbr="Ref" |Ref | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Thu 16 Sep 1948 | Leigh | 10–15 | Warrington | Kirkhall Lane | |||||||
| 2 | Wed 29 Sep 1948 | Salford | 5–18 | Wigan | The Willows | |||||||
| 3 | Thu 30 Sep 1948 | Belle Vue Rangers | 14–4 | Swinton | Belle Vue Stadium | |||||||
| 4 | Oldham | bye |
= Round 3 – semifinals =
Involved 2 matches and 4 clubs
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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=50 abbr="agg" |agg !width=30 abbr="Att" |Att !width=30 abbr="Rec" |Rec !width=20 abbr="Notes" |Notes !width=30 abbr="Ref" |Ref | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tue 28 Sep 1948 | Warrington | 55–0 | Oldham | Wilderspool | |||||||
| 2 | Mon 04 Oct 1948 | Wigan | 22–9 | Belle Vue Rangers | Central Park |
= Final =
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;" | ||||||||||||
| 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=50 abbr="agg" |agg !width=45 abbr="Att" |Att !width=60 abbr="Rec" |Rec !width=20 abbr="Notes" |Notes !width=30 abbr="Ref" |Ref | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| |Saturday 13 November 1948 | Wigan | 14–8 | Warrington | Station Road | 39,015 | £5,518 | 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 ==
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| width=280 abbr="Wigan"|Wigan
!width=60 abbr="Number"|No. !width=280 abbr="Warrington"|Warrington | ||
|---|---|---|
| teams | ||
| Martin Ryan | 1 | Les Jones [https://web.archive.org/web/20150220191052/http://wolvesplayers.thisiswarrington.co.uk/martini/results.asp?txtName=Jones&ddlAppearances=0&ddlTries=0&ddlGoals=0&ddlPoints=0&code=%25&Search=Search] |
| Gordon Ratcliffe | 2 | Brian Bevan |
| Ted Ward | 3 | Albert Pimblett |
| Ernie Ashcroft | 4 | Ossie Peake |
| John Lawrenson | 5 | Albert Johnson |
| Ces Mountford | 6 | Jack Fleming |
| Johnny Alty [http://wigan.rlfans.com/readarticle.php?article_id=102] | 7 | Gerry Helme |
| Ken Gee | 8 | Bill Derbyshire |
| Joe Egan | 9 | Dave Cotton [http://wolvesplayers.thisiswarrington.co.uk/martini/results.asp?txtName=Cotton&ddlAppearances=0&ddlTries=0&ddlGoals=0&ddlPoints=0&code=%25&Search=Search] |
| Frank Barton | 10 | Billy Riley [http://wolvesplayers.thisiswarrington.co.uk/martini/results.asp?txtName=Riley&ddlAppearances=0&ddlTries=0&ddlGoals=0&ddlPoints=0&code=%25&Search=Search] |
| Nat Silcock, Jr. | 11 | Jim Featherstone |
| Billy Blan | 12 | Harry Bath |
| Bill Hudson | 13 | Harold Palin |
| | | ||
| 14 | score | 8 |
| 12 | HT | 5 |
| Scorers | ||
| Tries | ||
| Gordon Ratcliffe (1) | T | Albert Johnson (1) |
| Ted Ward (1) | T | Brian Bevan (1) |
| Goals | ||
| Ted Ward (4) | G | Harold Palin (1) |
| Referee | S. Adams, (Hull) | |
| | |
Scoring – Try = three (3) points – Goal = two (2) points – Drop goal = two (2) points
= The road to success =
All the first round ties were played on a two leg (home and away) basis.
The first club named in each of the first round ties played the first leg at home.
the scores shown in the first round are the aggregate score over the two legs.
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| RD1-score04=32
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| RD1-team05=Rochdale Hornets
| RD1-score05=10
| RD1-seed06=
| RD1-team06=Belle Vue Rangers
| RD1-score06=19
| RD1-seed07=
| RD1-team07=Swinton
| RD1-score07=37
| RD1-seed08=
| RD1-team08=Lancashire Amateurs
| RD1-score08=14
| RD1-seed09=
| RD1-team09=Leigh
| RD1-score09=83
| RD1-seed10=
| RD1-team10=Liverpool Stanley
| RD1-score10=4
| RD1-seed11=
| RD1-team11=Warrington
| RD1-score11=37
| RD1-seed12=
| RD1-team12=Barrow
| RD1-score12=12
| RD1-seed13=
| RD1-team13=Oldham
| RD1-score13=13
| RD1-seed14=
| RD1-team14=Widnes
| RD1-score14=12
| RD1-seed15=
| RD1-team15=blank
| RD1-score15=
| RD1-seed16=
| RD1-team16=blank
| RD1-score16=
| RD2-seed01=
| RD2-team01=Salford
| RD2-score01=5
| RD2-seed02=
| RD2-team02=Wigan
| RD2-score02=18
| RD2-seed03=
| RD2-team03=Belle Vue Rangers
| RD2-score03=14
| RD2-seed04=
| RD2-team04=Swinton
| RD2-score04=4
| RD2-seed05=
| RD2-team05=Leigh
| RD2-score05=10
| RD2-seed06=
| RD2-team06=Warrington
| RD2-score06=15
| RD2-seed07=
| RD2-team07=Oldham
| RD2-score07=
| RD2-seed08=
| RD2-team08=bye
| RD2-score08=
| RD3-seed01=
| RD3-team01=Wigan
| RD3-score01=22
| RD3-seed02=
| RD3-team02=Belle Vue Rangers
| RD3-score02=9
| RD3-seed03=
| RD3-team03=Warrington
| RD3-score03=55
| RD3-seed04=
| RD3-team04=Oldham
| RD3-score04=0
| RD4-seed01=
| RD4-team01=Wigan
| RD4-score01=14
| RD4-seed02=
| RD4-team02=Warrington
| RD4-score02=8
}}
Notes and comments
Lancashire Amateurs were a junior (or amateur) club from Lancashire. The match was played at Kirkhall Lane, Leigh.
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.
The attendance was a record-breaking 39,015, over 5,500 more than the previous record, set in 1934, and receipts were £5518-0-0, another record.
See also
References
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External links
- [http://www.saints.org.uk/saints.org.uk/home/viewpage.php?page_id=9 Saints Heritage Society]
- [http://wigan.rlfans.com/fusion_pages/index.php?page_id=319 1896–97 Northern Rugby Football Union season at wigan.rlfans.com]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20120302024838/http://www.hullfc.com/FixturesAndResults.aspx?sg=12&gi=3 Hull&Proud Fixtures & Results 1896/1897]
- [http://www.rugby.widnes.tv/seasonreview.php?mid=1896&smid=1896-97&mids=1896 Widnes Vikings – One team, one passion Season In Review – 1896–97]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20080828182311/http://www.warringtonwolves.org/HistoryB.ink The Northern Union at warringtonwolves.org]
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