1992 Lancashire Cup

1992 Lancashire Cup
Structure Regional knockout championship
Number of teams 16
Winners Wigan
Runners-up St Helens
< 1991 Seasons  

The 1992 Lancashire Cup was the eightieth occasion on which the completion had been held. Wigan won the trophy by beating St Helens by the score of 5-4 in the final. The match was played at Knowsley Road, Eccleston, St Helens, Merseyside, (historically in the county of Lancashire). The attendance was 20,534.

Background

The failure of London Crusaders to enter, due primarily to financial pressures, resulted in the number of entrants this year decreasing by one to 16.
This resulted in a full fixture list, with no requirement for a preliminary round, nor any “blank” or “dummy” fixtures or any byes.

Competition and Results[1]

Round 1

Involved 8 matches (with no byes) and 16 Clubs

Game No Fixture Date Home Team Score Away Team Venue Att Rec Notes Ref
1Fri 11 Sep 1992Rochdale Hornets8-36WiganSpotland2936[2]
2Sun 13 Sep 1992Barrow2-36St HelensCraven Park2317[3]
3Sun 13 Sep 1992Blackpool Gladiators8-22Workington TownJepson Way, Blackpool7361
4Sun 13 Sep 1992Leigh50-9Chorley Borough (2)Hilton Park1332
5Sun 13 Sep 1992Oldham33-20WarringtonWatersheddings4041[4]
6Sun 13 Sep 1992Salford60-8WhitehavenThe Willows1985
7Sun 13 Sep 1992Swinton40-10HighfieldStation Road616
8Sun 13 Sep 1992Widnes52-8CarlisleNaughton Park37332 [5]

Round 2 - Quarter Finals

Involved 4 matches and 8 Clubs

Game No Fixture Date Home Team Score Away Team Venue Att Rec Notes Ref
1Wed 23 Sep 1992Leigh14-26OldhamHilton Park3395
2Wed 23 Sep 1992Salford 42-20Workington TownThe Willows2143
3Tue 29 Sep 1992Swinton0-78WiganStation Road3501[2]
4Wed 30 Sep 1992St Helens10-8WidnesKnowsley Road12573[3][5]

Round 3 – Semi-Finals

Involved 2 matches and 4 Clubs

Game No Fixture Date Home Team Score Away Team Venue Att Rec Notes Ref
1Tue 06 Oct 1992Wigan48-8OldhamCentral Park8954[2]
2Wed 07 Oct 1992St Helens18-5SalfordKnowsley Road9289[3]

Final

Game No Fixture Date Home Team Score Away Team Venue Att Rec Notes Ref
Sunday 18 October 1992Wigan5-4St HelensKnowsley Road205343 4[2][3]

Teams and Scorers[3]

Wigan № St Helens
teams
Steve Hampson1Phil Veivers
Jason Robinson2Alan Hunte
Joe Lydon3Gary Connolly
Andrew Farrar4Jarrod McCracken
Martin Offiah5Anthony Sullivan
Frano Botica6Tea Ropati
Shaun Edwards7Jonathan Griffiths
Kelvin Skerrett8John Harrison
Martin Dermott9Bernard Dwyer
Andy Platt10Kevin Ward
Denis Betts11Chris Joynt
Billy McGinty12Sonny Nickle
Dean Bell13Shane Cooper
Neil Cowie (for Steve Hampson 24min)14xGus O'Donnell (for Phil Veivers 50min)
Martin Crompton (for Martin Offiah Half Time)15Paul Forber (for John Harrison 65min)
John MonieCoach Mike McClennan
5score4
5HT0
Scorers
Goals
Frano Botica (2)GBernard Dwyer (2)
Drop Goals
Frano Botica (1)DG
RefereeStuart Cummings (Widnes)
Man of the match ?
sponsored byGreenall Whitley
Competition SponsorGreenalls

Scoring - Try = four (4) points - Goal = two (2) points - Drop goal = one (1) point

The road to success

First Round Second Round Semi Finals Final
            
Swinton 40
Highfield 10
Swinton 0
Wigan 78
Rochdale Hornets 8
Wigan 36
Wigan 48
Oldham 8
Leigh 50
Chorley Borough (2) 9
Leigh 14
Oldham 26
Oldham 33
Warrington 20
Wigan 5
St Helens 4
Barrow 2
St Helens 36
St Helens 10
Widnes 8
Widnes 52
Carlisle 8
St Helens 18
Salford 5
Salford 60
Whitehaven 8
Salford 42
Workington Town 20
Blackpool Gladiators 8
Workington Town 22

Notes and comments

1 * The attendance is given as 3,500 in the Widnes official archives[5] - RUGBYLEAGUEproject[1] gives it as 3,499||[5]
2 * The official Widnes archives[5] give the attendance as 3,700 - RUGBYLEAGUEproject[1] data gives it as 3,733
3 * St Helens won the toss for the home advantage
4 * Knowsley Road was the home ground of St Helens from 1890 to 2010. The final capacity was in the region of 18,000, although the actual record attendance was 35,695 set on December 26, 1949 for a league game between St Helens and Wigan

Postscript

To date, this was the last season for the Lancashire (and Yorkshire) Cup competitions, which except for the break due to the two World Wars, had taken place annually since its inauguration in the 1905–06 season.
It was fitting that the last name on the cup should be the same as the first, that of Wigan, and that the last final should be between the two clubs which had the best records in the competition.
It was only after the two county finals had been played that it was announced that the competitions were to be scrapped; news which came as a major surprise and shock to the fans. The reasons given by the ruling body, the Rugby Football League, were that it was deemed the cup was adding to fixture congestion for more successful sides and also that a local county cup did not fit the modern image of Rugby League.

Records from the Lancashire Cup competition

Club and individual records

In the FinalTeam
Most appearancesWigan35
Most winsWigan21
Highest ScoreWigan34-8v Warrington 1985
Widest marginSt Helens30-2v Oldham 1968
Biggest Attendance42795St Helens v Wigan (at Swinton) 1953
Individual
Most tries Brian Nordgren4Wigan v Leigh 1949
Most goalsJim Ledgard7Leigh v Widnes 1955
Steve Hesford7Warrington v Wigan 1980
David Stephenson7Wigan v Warrington 1985
Most pointsSteve Hesford17 (7g+1t)Warrington v Widnes 1980
In the competition
Highest ScoreSt Helens112-0Carlisle 1986
Other score over 100St Helens104-12v Trafford Borough 1991

Entrants, number of final & semi-final appearances by clubs, and years

This table lists all the semi-professional clubs which have entered the competition and the number (and dates) of their cup final wins, cup final runner-up spots, and losing semi-final appearances.

No. cup winner No, runner-up No losing Semi-Final appearances
Acton & Willesden
Barrow 21954, 1983 11937 91919 (spring), 1921, 1924, 1925, 1931, 1936, 1955, 1958, 1979
Broughton Rangers 21906, 1920, 11907 31930, 1937, 1945
Belle Vue Rangers 21946, 1947 21948, 1951
Blackpool Borough/successors 21960, 1966
Carlisle 21982, 1991
London Crusaders 11982
Huyton
Leigh 41952, 1955, 1970, 1981 81905 (after replay), 1909, 1920, 1922, 1949, 1951, 1963, 1969 131907, 1913, 1921, 1953, 1954, 1956, 1965, 1968, 1974, 1976, 1978, 1984, 1990
Liverpool Stanley 21934, 1938
Liverpool City
London Highfield
Oldham 91907, 1910, 1913, 1919, 1924, 1933, 1956, 1957, 1958 91908, 1911, 1919 (spring), 1921, 1954,1966, 1968, 1986, 1989 171905, 1906, 1923, 1925, 1928, 1929, 1930, 1935, 1946, 1948, 1950, 1951, 1962, 1963, 1965, 1980, 1992
Rochdale Hornets 31911, 1914, 1919 (spring), 41912, 1919, 1965, 1991 61969, 1910, 1939, 1947, 1957, 1969
Runcorn 21906, 1908, 1909
Runcorn Highfield
St Helens 111926, 1953, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1967 (after replay), 1968, 1984, 1991 81932, 1952, 1956, 1958, 1959, 1970, 1982, 1992 151912, 1913, 1924, 1933, 1935, 1939, 1950, 1957, 1960, 1971, 1975, 1977, 1981, 1985, 1986,
St Helens Recs 21923, 1930 31924, 1926, 1933 31920, 1936, 1945
Salford 51931, 1934, 1935, 1936, 1972 71929, 1938, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1988, 1990 111907, 1912, 1926, 1927, 1932, 1961, 1968, 1978, 1981, 1984, 1992
Streatham & Mitcham
Swinton 41925, 1927, 1939, 1969 81910, 1923, 1931, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1964, 1972 91909, 1914, 1919 (Aut), 1929, 1934, 1967, 1971, 1983, 1987
Warrington 91921, 1929, 1932, 1967, 1959, 1965, 1980, 1982, 1989 61906, 1948, 1950, 1967 (after replay), 1985, 1987 211908, 1910, 1914, 1922, 1923, 1927, 1928, 1938, 1949, 1952, 1953, 1955, 1956, 1963, 1964, 1966, 1976, 1979, 1983, 1988, 1990,
Whitehaven 21959, 1973
Widnes 71945, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1978, 1979, 1990 61928, 1939, 1955, 1971, 1981, 1983 201905, 1911, 1919 (Aut), 1920, 1922, 1926, 1931, 1937, 1946, 1958, 1961, 1964, 1970, 1972, 1980, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989
Wigan 211905 (after replay), 1908, 1909, 1912, 1922, 1928, 1938, 1946, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1966, 1971, 1973, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1992 141913, 1914, 1925, 1927, 1930, 1934, 1935, 1936, 1945, 1953, 1957, 1977, 1980, 1984 111911, 1919 (Spring), 1932, 1933, 1959, 1969, 1970, 1972, 1977, 1989, 1991
Wigan Highfield
Workington Town 11977 31976, 1978, 1979 91947, 1949, 1952, 1954, 1962, 1967, 1973, 1974, 1975

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Rugby League Project".
  2. 1 2 3 4 "Wigan "Cherry and White" archived results".
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 "Saints Heritage Society - History - Season 1896-97".
  4. ↑ "Warrington Wolves - Results Archive - 1897". Archived from the original on 2010-07-06.
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 "Widnes Vikings - History - Season In Review - 1896-97".

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