1934 Lancashire Cup

Structure

Regional knockout championship

Number of teams

Winners

Runners-up

< 1933	Seasons	1935 >

The 1934 Lancashire Cup was the 27th occasion on which the Lancashire Cup completion had been held. Salford won the trophy by beating Wigan by 21-12 in the final.

Competition and Results

The number of teams entering this year’s competition remained at 13 and the same fixture format was retained. There was only one bye in the first round but now also a “blank” or “dummy” fixture. This also resulted in one bye in the second round.^[1]

Round 1

Involved 6 matches (with one bye and one “blank” fixture) and 13 clubs

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

1	Sat 08 Sep 1934	Oldham	8-7	Widnes	Watersheddings		^[2]
2	Sat 08 Sep 1934	St Helens Recs	8-20	Wigan	City Road		^[3]
3	Sat 08 Sep 1934	Liverpool Stanley	9-3	Broughton Rangers	Stanley Greyhound Stadium	1
4	Sat 08 Sep 1934	Salford	34-0	Leigh	The Willows
5	Sat 08 Sep 1934	Swinton	16-8	Barrow	Station Road
6	Mon 10 Sep 1934	St Helens	24-18	Rochdale Hornets	Knowsley Road		^[4]
7		Warrington		bye			^[5]
8		blank		blank

Round 2 - Quarter Finals

Involved 3 matches (with one bye) and 7 clubs

Game No	Fixture Date	Home Team	Score	Away Team	Venue	Ref

1	Wed 19 Sep 1934	Warrington	5-23	Salford	Wilderspool	^[5]
2	Mon 24 Sep 1934	St Helens	9-9	Liverpool Stanley	Knowsley Road	^[4]
3	Tue 25 Sep 1934	Oldham	8-12	Wigan	Watersheddings	^[3]
4		Swinton		bye	Station Road

Round 2 - Quarter Finals - First Replays

Involved 1 match

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

1	Wed 26 Sep 1934	Liverpool Stanley		3-3		St Helens	Stanley Greyhound Sadium				^[4]-

Round 2 - Quarter Finals - Second Replays

Involved 1 match

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

1	Fri 28 Sep 1934	St Helens		9-12		Liverpool Stanley	??			2	^[4]-

Round 3 – Semi-Finals

Involved 2 matches and 4 Clubs

Game No	Fixture Date	Home Team	Score	Away Team	Venue	Ref

1	Wed 03 Oct 1934	Swinton	5-12	Salford	Station Road
2	Wed 03 Oct 1934	Wigan	13-10	Liverpool Stanley	Central Park	^[3]

Final

The match was played at Station Road, Pendlebury, Salford, (historically in the county of Lancashire). he attendance of 33,544 was a new record and more than 5,000 more than the previous best recorded in 1931, and receipts were also a record £2,191. This would turn out to be only the first of three consecutive Lancashire Cup finals in which Salford would beat Wigan.

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

	Saturday 20 October 1934	Salford		21-12		Wigan	Station Road	33,544	£2,191	3 4	^[3]^[6]

Teams and Scorers ^[3]

Salford	№	Wigan

	teams
team unknown	1	Jim Sullivan
	2
	3	Gordon Innes
	4	George Bennett
	5
	6
	7	Hector Gee
	8
	9
	10
	11
	12
	13

21	score	12
4	HT	7

	Scorers
	Tries
	T	George Bennett
	T	Gordon Innes
	T
	T
	Goals
	G	Jim Sullivan (2)
	G	Hector Gee (1) maybe drop ?
	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


Swinton	16

Barrow	8
		Swinton

		bye
blank

blank
				Swinton	5

				Salford	12
Warrington

bye
		Warrington	5

		Salford	23
Salford	34

Leigh	0
						Salford	21

						Wigan	12
Oldham	8

Widnes	7
		Oldham	8

		Wigan	12
St Helens Recs	8

Wigan	20
				Wigan	13

				Liverpool Stanley	10
St Helens	24

Rochdale Hornets	18
		St Helens	9-3-9

		Liverpool Stanley	9-3-12
Liverpool Stanley	9

Broughton Rangers	3

Notes and comments

1 * The first Lancashire Cup match to be played at this stadium and also by this (newly formed/named) club

2 *This second replay was played at a Neutral Ground according to St Helens^[4] official archives, but no ground is named.

3 * The attendance of 33,544 was a new record and more than 5,000 more than the previous best, and receipts were also a record £2191/=/=.

4 * 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

References

↑ "Rugby League Project".
↑ "Widnes Vikings - History - Season In Review - 1896-97".
1 2 3 4 5 "Wigan "Cherry and White" archived results".
1 2 3 4 5 "Saints Heritage Society - History - Season 1896-97".
1 2 "Warrington Wolves - Results Archive - 1897".
↑ Raymond Fletcher and David Howes (1991). Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook 1991-100. Queen Anne Press. ISBN 0 35617852 8.

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