1921 Lancashire Cup

Structure

Regional knockout competition

Number of teams

Winners

Runners-up

< 1920	Seasons	1922 >

The 1921 Lancashire Cup competition, the fourteenth contest for this regional rugby league competition, saw a new name on the trophy, Warrington. They beat Oldham in the final at The Cliff, Broughton, Salford by a score of 7-5. The final was watched by 18,000 and receipts were £1,200.

Background

The number of teams entering this year’s competition remained at the previous level of 14, this enabled the competition to be run with only 2 byes in the first round.

Competition and results ^[1]

Round 1

Involved 6 matches (with two byes) and 14 Clubs

Game No	Fixture Date	Home Team	Score	Away Team	Venue	Ref

1	Sat 22 October 1921	Broughton Rangers	5-0	Wigan	The Cliff	^[2]
2	Sat 22 October 1921	Leigh	3-2	Wigan Highfield	Mather Lane
3	Sat 22 October 1921	Rochdale Hornets	0-2	Oldham	Athletic Grounds
4	Sat 22 October 1921	St Helens Recs	0-0	Swinton	City Road
5	Sat 22 October 1921	Widnes	6-0	Salford	Lowerhouse Lane	^[3]
6	Sat 29 October 1921	Barrow	25-0	Askam	Little Park, Roose
7		St Helens		bye		^[4]
8		Warrington		bye		^[5]
Replay
9	Wed 26 October 1921	Swinton	2-8	St Helens Recs	Chorley Road ground

Round 2 - Quarter Finals

Game No	Fixture Date	Home Team	Score	Away Team	Venue	Ref

1	Sat 05 November 1921	Barrow	10-3	Broughton Rangers	Little Park, Roose
2	Sat 05 November 1921	St Helens	5-17	Oldham	Knowsley Road	^[4]
3	Sat 05 November 1921	Warrington	5-3	St Helens Recs	Wilderspool	^[5]
4	Sat 05 November 1921	Widnes	2-2	Leigh	Lowerhouse Lane	^[3]
Replay
1	Wed 09 November 1921	Leigh	5-3	Widnes	Mather Lane	^[3]

Round 3 – Semi-Finals

Game No	Fixture Date	Home Team	Score	Away Team	Venue	Ref

1	Sat 19 November 1921	Oldham	17-8	Barrow	Watersheddings
2	Sat 19 November 1921	Warrington	13-7	Leigh	Wilderspool	^[5]

Final

Game No	Fixture Date	Home Team		Score		Away Team	Venue	Att	Rec	Notes	Ref

	Saturday 3 December 1921	Warrington		7-5		Oldham	The Cliff	18000	£1,200	1	^[6]

Teams and scorers

Warrington^[5]	№	Oldham

	teams
complete team unknown	1	team unknown
Bob Bradbury	2
	3
Ben Jolley	4
	5
	6
Jack Prescott (c)	7
	8
	9
	10
	11
	12
	13

7	score	5
2	HT	0

	Scorers
	Tries
Bob Bradbury (1)	T
	Goals
Ben Jolley (2)	G
	Drop Goals
	DG
Referee

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

The road to success

First Round		Second Round		Semi Finals		Final


Warrington

bye
		Warrington	5

		St Helens Recs	3
St Helens Recs	0(8)

Swinton	0(2)
				Warrington	13

				Leigh	7
Widnes	6

Salford	0
		Widnes	2(3)

		Leigh	2(5)
Leigh	3

Wigan Highfield	2
						Warrington	7

						Oldham	5
St Helens

bye
		St Helens	5

		Oldham	17
Rochdale Hornets	0

Oldham	2
				Oldham	17

				Barrow	8
Barrow

Askam
		Barrow	10

		Broughton Rangers	3
Broughton Rangers	25

Wigan	0

Notes

1 The Willows was the home ground of Salford

References

↑ "Rugby League Project".
↑ "Wigan "Cherry and White" archived results".
1 2 3 "Widnes Vikings - History - Season In Review - 1921–22".
1 2 "Saints Heritage Society - History - Season 1921–22".
1 2 3 4 "Warrington Wolves - Results Archive - 1922".
↑ Raymond Fletcher and David Howes (1991). Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook 1991-1992. Queen Anne Press. ISBN 0 35617852 8.

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