1921–22 Lancashire Cup

1921–22 Lancashire Cup
Structure	Regional knockout competition
Teams	14
Winners	Warrington
Runners-up	Oldham
← 1920–21 1922–23 →

The 1921–22 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.

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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 – quarterfinals

Game No	Fixture date	Home team	Score	Away team	Venue	Ref

1	Sat 5 November 1921	Barrow	10–3	Broughton Rangers	Little Park, Roose
2	Sat 5 November 1921	St. Helens	5–17	Oldham	Knowsley Road	^[4]
3	Sat 5 November 1921	Warrington	5–3	St Helens Recs	Wilderspool	^[5]
4	Sat 5 November 1921	Widnes	2–2	Leigh	Lowerhouse Lane	^[3]
Replay
1	Wed 9 November 1921	Leigh	5–3	Widnes	Mather Lane	^[3]

Round 3 – semifinals

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

complete team unknown	teams	team unknown
	1
Bob Bradbury	2
Charlie Collins	3
Ben Jolley[1]	4
Bert Cartwright	5
John "Jack" Harrison Prescott [2] (c)	6
Tommy Anderson	7
Robert Mather	8
Alfred Peacock	9
	10
George Ogden	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		Semifinals		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