1967–68 was the fifty-fifth occasion on which the Lancashire Cup completion had been held.
In the final, held on Saturday 7 October at Central Park, Wigan, (historically in the county of Lancashire), St. Helens drew 2–2 with Warrington. At half-time Warrington were leading St Helens by 2–0.
The attendance at this match was 16,897, receipts were £3,886, and the half time score 0–2.

In the replay held eight weeks later on 2 December, St. Helens won the trophy by beating Warrington by the score of 13–10.
The replay was held at Station Road, Pendlebury, Lancashire) and the halftime score was 3–3.
The attendance at the replay was only 7,577 and receipts were £2,485-0-0.
This was the first of two consecutive Lancashire Cup final wins for St. Helens, and what is more, the sixth of the seven occasions on which the club will win the trophy in the successive nine years.

The total number of teams entering the competition remained the same at 14.
The same fixture format was retained, and due to the number of clubs this resulted in no bye but one "blank" or "dummy" fixture in the first round, and one bye in the second round

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

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
2 * Station Road was the home ground of Swinton from 1929 to 1992 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

• 1967–68 Northern Rugby Football League season
• Rugby league county cups