1981–82 Lancashire Cup
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{{Infobox rugby football league season
| title = 1981–82 Lancashire Cup
| structure = Regional knockout championship
| season_champs = Leigh
| season_champ_name = Winners
| runner-up_name = Runner-up
| second_place = Widnes
| prevseason_link = 1980 Lancashire Cup
| prevseason_year = 1980–81
| nextseason_link = 1982 Lancashire Cup
| nextseason_year = 1982–83
| no_of_teams = 16
}}
The 1981–82 Lancashire Cup (known as the Forshaws Lancashire Cup for sponsorship reasons) was the 69th staging of the rugby league knockout competition, the Lancashire Cup.
Background
This season saw the introduction of two new non-Lancashire clubs, Carlisle and Fulham, increasing the number of clubs in the competition from 14 to 16, meaning there was no longer a need for any teams to receive byes in the first round.
In his column for the Manchester Evening News, Warrington player Ken Kelly was especially critical of the addition of London-based Fulham, arguing it made a mockery of the competition.{{cite news |title=Fulham in Lancashire |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0004985/19810815/023/0023 |work=Manchester Evening News |department=Super Pink |date=15 August 1981 |page=5 |issue=34920 |via=British Newspaper Archive |url-access=subscription}}
Competition and results
= First round =
The first round involved eight matches and 16 clubs. Carlisle's match against Wigan was the club's first ever competitive fixture.
= Second round =
The second round involved four matches and eight clubs.
| 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=40 abbr="Score" |Score !width=150 abbr="Away Team" |Away team !width=150 abbr="Venue" |Venue !width=30 abbr="Att" |Att !width=30 abbr="Ref" |Ref | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 23 August 1981 | Leigh | 32–17 | Workington Town | Hilton Park | 4283 | |
| 2 | 23 August 1981 | St. Helens | 40–17 | Barrow | Knowsley Road | 4303 | |
| 3 | 23 August 1981 | Salford | 19–3 | Fulham | The Willows | 3462 | |
| 4 | 23 August 1981 | Wigan | 11–26 | Widnes | Central Park | 6711 |
= Semifinals =
The semifinals involved two matches and four clubs.
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| width=20 abbr="No" |Game no.
!width=120 abbr="Date"|Fixture date !width=150 abbr="Home Team"|Home team !width=20 abbr="Score" |Score !width=150 abbr="Away Team" |Away team !width=150 abbr="Venue" |Venue !width=30 abbr="Att" |Att !width=30 abbr="Ref" |Ref | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 September 1981 | Leigh | 20–6 | St. Helens | Hilton Park | 8196 | |
| 2 | 2 September 1981 | Widnes | 33–2 | Salford | Naughton Park | 5849 |
= Final =
The final was played at Central Park, Wigan. The attendance was 9,011 and receipts were £14,029. This was Leigh's first Lancashire Cup since the 1970–71 season.{{sfnp|Fletcher|Howes|1982|p=148}}
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| width=20 abbr="No" |Game no.
!width=100 abbr="Date"|Fixture date !width=150 abbr="Home Team"|Home team !width=20 abbr="Score" |Score !width=150 abbr="Away Team" |Away team !width=150 abbr="Venue" |Venue !width=45 abbr="Att" |Att !width=30 abbr="Ref" |Ref | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26 September 1981 | Leigh | 8–3 | Widnes | Central Park | 9011 | {{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 ==
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;" | ||
| width=280 abbr=winner|Leigh
!width=60 abbr="Number"|No. !width=280 abbr=runner-up|Widnes | ||
|---|---|---|
| Mick Hogan | 1 | Mick Burke |
| Des Drummond | 2 | Mick George[http://www.rugby.widnes.tv/search.php?q=George] |
| Terry Bilsbury | 3 | Eric Hughes |
| Steve Donlan | 4 | Eddie Cunningham |
| Graham Worgan | 5 | Keith Bentley |
| John Woods | 6 | Dave Moran[http://www.rugby.widnes.tv/search.php?q=Moran] |
| Ken Green | 7 | Andy Gregory |
| Alf Wilkinson | 8 | Mike O'Neill |
| Ray Tabern | 9 | Keith Elwell |
| Tony Cooke | 10 | Brian Lockwood |
| Thomas Martyn | 11 | Les Gorley |
| Geoffrey Clarkson | 12 | Eric Prescott |
| Mick McTigue | 13 | Mick Adams |
| ?? | 14 | |
| x Billy Platt (for Thomas Martyn) | 15 | |
| | | ||
| 8 | Score | 3 |
| 5 | HT | 0 |
| Scorers | ||
| Tries | ||
| Terry Bilsbury (1) | T | Keith Bentley (1) |
| Goals | ||
| John Woods (2) | G | |
| Drop goals | ||
| Steve Donlan (1) | DG | |
| Referee | W H (Billy) Thompson (Huddersfield) | |
| Man of the match | Ray Tabern - Leigh - {{rlp|HK}} | |
| Sponsored by | Burtonwood Brewery | |
| Competition sponsor | Forshaws (Burtonwood Brewery Co Ltd) |
Scoring - Try = three points - Goal = two points - Drop goal = one point
= The road to success =
{{16TeamBracket
| RD1=First round
| RD2=Second round
| RD3=Semi-finals
| RD4=Final
| RD1-seed01=
| RD1-team01=Leigh
| RD1-score01=37
| RD1-seed02=
| RD1-team02=Whitehaven
| RD1-score02=2
| RD1-seed03=
| RD1-team03=Workington Town
| RD1-score03=35
| RD1-seed04=
| RD1-team04=Huyton
| RD1-score04=2
| RD1-seed05=
| RD1-team05=Blackpool Borough
| RD1-score05=0
| RD1-seed06=
| RD1-team06=St. Helens
| RD1-score06=28
| RD1-seed07=
| RD1-team07=Barrow
| RD1-score07=15
| RD1-seed08=
| RD1-team08=Warrington
| RD1-score08=7
| RD1-seed09=
| RD1-team09=Carlisle
| RD1-score09=6
| RD1-seed10=
| RD1-team10=Wigan
| RD1-score10=9
| RD1-seed11=
| RD1-team11=Rochdale Hornets
| RD1-score11=8
| RD1-seed12=
| RD1-team12=Widnes
| RD1-score12=14
| RD1-seed13=
| RD1-team13=Oldham
| RD1-score13=7
| RD1-seed14=
| RD1-team14=Salford
| RD1-score14=17
| RD1-seed15=
| RD1-team15=Fulham
| RD1-score15=32
| RD1-seed16=
| RD1-team16=Swinton
| RD1-score16=15
| RD2-seed01=
| RD2-team01=Leigh
| RD2-score01=32
| RD2-seed02=
| RD2-team02=Workington Town
| RD2-score02=17
| RD2-seed03=
| RD2-team03=St. Helens
| RD2-score03=40
| RD2-seed04=
| RD2-team04=Barrow
| RD2-score04=17
| RD2-seed05=
| RD2-team05=Wigan
| RD2-score05=11
| RD2-seed06=
| RD2-team06=Widnes
| RD2-score06=26
| RD2-seed07=
| RD2-team07=Salford
| RD2-score07=19
| RD2-seed08=
| RD2-team08=Fulham
| RD2-score08=3
| RD3-seed01=
| RD3-team01=Leigh
| RD3-score01=20
| RD3-seed02=
| RD3-team02=St. Helens
| RD3-score02=6
| RD3-seed03=
| RD3-team03=Widnes
| RD3-score03=33
| RD3-seed04=
| RD3-team04=Salford
| RD3-score04=2
| RD4-seed01=
| RD4-team01=Leigh
| RD4-score01=8
| RD4-seed02=
| RD4-team02=Widnes
| RD4-score02=3
}}
See also
Notes
{{Reflist}}
References
- {{cite book |editor-last1=Fletcher |editor-first1=Raymond |editor-last2=Howes |editor-first2=David |title=Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook 1982-83 |date=1982 |publisher=Rothmans Publications |isbn=978-0-907574-15-6}}
External links
- {{cite web |title=Lancashire Cup 1981/82 - Results |url=https://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/competitions/lancashire-cup-1981-82/results.html |website=Rugby League Project}}
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