1982–83 Lancashire Cup
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{{Infobox rugby football league season
| title = 1982–83 Lancashire Cup
| structure = Regional knockout championship
| season_champs = Warrington
| season_champ_name = Winners
| runner-up_name = Runner-up
| second_place = St. Helens
| prevseason_link = 1981 Lancashire Cup
| prevseason_year = 1981–82
| nextseason_link = 1983 Lancashire Cup
| nextseason_year = 1983–84
| no_of_teams = 16
}}
1982–83 was the seventieth occasion on which the Lancashire Cup completion had been held.
Warrington won the trophy by beating St. Helens by the score of 16-0
The match was played at Central Park, Wigan, (historically in the county of Lancashire). The attendance was 6,462 and receipts were £11,732.00
Background
This season saw no new clubs and no withdrawals, leaving the total number of entrants at the 16 level.
With this full sixteen members there was no need for “blank” or “dummy” fixtures or any byes.
Competition and results
= Round 1 =
Involved 8 matches (with no byes) and 16 clubs
= Round 2 - Quarter-finals =
Involved 4 matches and 8 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=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 | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wed 15 Sep 1982 | Barrow | 6-9 | St. Helens | Craven Park | 3282 | |||||
| 2 | Wed 15 Sep 1982 | Leigh | 12-13 | Carlisle | Hilton Park | 3939 | |||||
| 3 | Wed 15 Sep 1982 | Wigan | 4-15 | Fulham | Central Park | 6054 | |||||
| 4 | Sun 19 Sep 1982 | Warrington | 16-14 | Oldham | Wilderspool | 4174 |
= Round 3 – Semi-finals =
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=30 abbr="Att" |Att !width=30 abbr="Rec" |Rec !width=20 abbr="Notes" |Notes !width=30 abbr="Ref" |Ref | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wed 29 Sep 1982 | St. Helens | 7-7 | Carlisle | Knowsley Road | 4746 | |||||
| 2 | Thu 30 Sep 1982 | Warrington | 17-8 | Fulham | Wilderspool | 3356 |
= Round 3 – Semi-finals – replays =
Involved 1 matches and 2 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=30 abbr="Att" |Att !width=30 abbr="Rec" |Rec !width=20 abbr="Notes" |Notes !width=30 abbr="Ref" |Ref | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wed 06 Oct 1982 | Carlisle | 5-9 | St. Helens | Brunton Park | 3406 |
= 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=45 abbr="Att" |Att !width=60 abbr="Rec" |Rec !width=20 abbr="Notes" |Notes !width=30 abbr="Ref" |Ref | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saturday 23 October 1982 | Warrington | 16-0 | St. Helens | Central Park | 6462 | 11732 | 1 | {{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|Warrington
!width=60 abbr="Number"|№ !width=280 abbr=runner-up|St. Helens | ||
|---|---|---|
| teams | ||
| Steve Hesford | 1 | Brian Parkes[http://www.saints.org.uk/saints.org.uk/home/viewpage.php?page_id=10&num=16104] |
| Paul Fellows[http://wolvesplayers.thisiswarrington.co.uk/martini/results.asp?txtName=Fellows&ddlAppearances=0&ddlTries=0&ddlGoals=0&ddlPoints=0&code=%25&Search=Search] | 2 | Barry Ledger |
| Ronnie Duane | 3 | Chris Arkwright |
| John Bevan | 4 | Roy Haggerty |
| Mick Kelly[http://wolvesplayers.thisiswarrington.co.uk/martini/results.asp?txtName=Kelly&ddlAppearances=0&ddlTries=0&ddlGoals=0&ddlPoints=0&code=%25&Search=Search] | 5 | Dennis Litherland[http://www.saints.org.uk/saints.org.uk/home/viewpage.php?page_id=10&num=15853] |
| Paul Cullen | 6 | Steve Peters[http://www.saints.org.uk/saints.org.uk/home/viewpage.php?page_id=10&num=16141] |
| Ken Kelly (c) | 7 | Neil Holding |
| Neil Courtney | 8 | Mel James |
| Carl Webb[http://wolvesplayers.thisiswarrington.co.uk/martini/results.asp?txtName=Webb&ddlAppearances=0&ddlTries=0&ddlGoals=0&ddlPoints=0&code=%25&Search=Search] | 9 | Graham Liptrot |
| Tony Cooke[http://wolvesplayers.thisiswarrington.co.uk/martini/results.asp?txtName=Cooke&ddlAppearances=0&ddlTries=0&ddlGoals=0&ddlPoints=0&code=%25&Search=Search] | 10 | Gary Bottell[http://www.saints.org.uk/saints.org.uk/home/viewpage.php?page_id=10&num=14922] |
| Bob Eccles | 11 | Gary Moorby[http://www.saints.org.uk/saints.org.uk/home/viewpage.php?page_id=10&num=16010] |
| John Fieldhouse | 12 | Peter Gorley |
| Mike Gregory | 13 | Harry Pinner |
| ?? | 14 | Johnny Smith[http://www.saints.org.uk/saints.org.uk/home/viewpage.php?page_id=10&num=16352] (for Brian Parkes) |
| Dave Chisnall (for Tony Cooke) | 15 | Roy Mathias (for Gary Bottell) |
| Kevin Ashcroft | Coach | Billy Benyon |
| | | ||
| 16 | score | 0 |
| 3 | HT | 0 |
| Scorers | ||
| Tries | ||
| Paul Fellows (1) | T | |
| Mick Kelly (1) | T | |
| Ken Kelly (1) | T | |
| Bob Eccles (1) | T | |
| Goals | ||
| Steve Hesford (2) out of 9 attempts | G | |
| Referee | J Holdsworth (Leeds) | |
| Man of the match | Steve Hesford - Warrington - {{rlp|FB}} | |
| 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=Warrington
| RD1-score01=43
| RD1-seed02=
| RD1-team02=Huyton
| RD1-score02=5
| RD1-seed03=
| RD1-team03=Blackpool Borough
| RD1-score03=10
| RD1-seed04=
| RD1-team04=Oldham
| RD1-score04=27
| RD1-seed05=
| RD1-team05=Wigan
| RD1-score05=18
| RD1-seed06=
| RD1-team06=Salford
| RD1-score06=13
| RD1-seed07=
| RD1-team07=Fulham
| RD1-score07=20
| RD1-seed08=
| RD1-team08=Swinton
| RD1-score08=8
| RD1-seed09=
| RD1-team09=Workington Town
| RD1-score09=12
| RD1-seed10=
| RD1-team10=Barrow
| RD1-score10=20
| RD1-seed11=
| RD1-team11=Widnes
| RD1-score11=12
| RD1-seed12=
| RD1-team12=St. Helens
| RD1-score12=14
| RD1-seed13=
| RD1-team13=Leigh
| RD1-score13=32
| RD1-seed14=
| RD1-team14=Rochdale Hornets
| RD1-score14=20
| RD1-seed15=
| RD1-team15=Carlisle
| RD1-score15=16
| RD1-seed16=
| RD1-team16=Whitehaven
| RD1-score16=8
| RD2-seed01=
| RD2-team01=Warrington
| RD2-score01=16
| RD2-seed02=
| RD2-team02=Oldham
| RD2-score02=14
| RD2-seed03=
| RD2-team03=Wigan
| RD2-score03=4
| RD2-seed04=
| RD2-team04=Fulham
| RD2-score04=15
| RD2-seed05=
| RD2-team05=Barrow
| RD2-score05=6
| RD2-seed06=
| RD2-team06=St. Helens
| RD2-score06=9
| RD2-seed07=
| RD2-team07=Leigh
| RD2-score07=12
| RD2-seed08=
| RD2-team08=Carlisle
| RD2-score08=13
| RD3-seed01=
| RD3-team01=Warrington
| RD3-score01=17
| RD3-seed02=
| RD3-team02=Fulham
| RD3-score02=8
| RD3-seed03=
| RD3-team03=St. Helens
| RD3-score03=7-9
| RD3-seed04=
| RD3-team04=Carlisle
| RD3-score04=7-5
| RD4-seed01=
| RD4-team01=Warrington
| RD4-score01=16
| RD4-seed02=
| RD4-team02=St. Helens
| RD4-score02=0
}}
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
See also
References
{{Reflist}}
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] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140202123900/http://wigan.rlfans.com/fusion_pages/index.php?page_id=319 |date=2 February 2014 }}
- [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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