1950_Lancashire_Cup

1950–51 Lancashire Cup

1950–51 Lancashire Cup

Rugby league competition


The 1950–51 Lancashire Cup was the thirty-eighth occasion on which the RFL Lancashire Cup competition had been held.

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Wigan won the trophy by beating Warrington by the score of 28–5

The match was played at Station Road, Pendlebury, (historically in the county of Lancashire). The attendance was 42,541 and receipts were £6,222.

The attendance was a new record for the Lancashire Cup final and would only ever be broken once in the future

This was the fifth 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 total of 14.

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 – and the remainder of the rounds remaining on straight forward knock-out basis.

Competition and results

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Round 1 – first leg

Involved 7 matches (with no bye and one "blank" fixture) and 14 clubs

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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.

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Round 2 – quarterfinals

Involved 3 matches (with one bye) and 7 clubs

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Round 3 – semifinals

Involved 2 matches and 4 clubs

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Final

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Teams and scorers

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

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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.

First round Second round Semifinals Final
            
Swinton 13
St. Helens 30
St. Helens 20
Salford 3
Widnes 15
Salford 20
St. Helens 7
Wigan 9
Whitehaven 4
Wigan 54
Wigan
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Wigan 28
Warrington 5
Belle Vue Rangers 11
Workington Town 55
Workington Town 8
Oldham 15
Oldham 35
Rochdale Hornets 7
Oldham 0
Warrington 5
Leigh 33
Barrow 14
Leigh 14
Warrington 28
Liverpool City 5
Warrington 91

Notes and comments

1 * The attendance of 42,541 was a new record for the Lancashire Cup final beating the previous by just over 3,500, and would only ever be broken once in the future

2 * 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. Raymond Fletcher and David Howes (1991). Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook 1991-100. Queen Anne Press. ISBN 0 35617852 8.

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