The 1928–29 Lancashire Cup was the 21st running of this regional rugby league competition. Wigan took the trophy for the 6th time, by beating Widnes by 5–4 in the final played at Wilderspool, Warrington. The attendance was 19,000 and receipts £1,150.
Background
The number of teams entering this year's competition remained at 13 which resulted in 3 byes in the first round.
Competition and results
Round 1
Involved 5 matches (with three byes) and 13 clubs
| Game No | Fixture date | Home team | Score | Away team | Venue | Att | Rec | Notes | Ref | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sat 13 October 1928 | Broughton Rangers | 10–15 | St. Helens | The Cliff | [2] | |||||
| 2 | Sat 13 October 1928 | St Helens Recs | 7–7 | Warrington | Knowsley Road | 1 | [3] | ||||
| 3 | Sat 13 October 1928 | Swinton | 7–3 | Leigh | Chorley Road ground | ||||||
| 4 | Sat 13 October 1928 | Widnes | 4–0 | Wigan Highfield | Lowerhouse Lane | [4] | |||||
| 5 | Sat 13 October 1928 | Wigan | 37–13 | Barrow | Central Park | [5] | |||||
| 6 | Rochdale Hornets | bye | |||||||||
| 7 | Oldham | bye | |||||||||
| 8 | Salford | bye | |||||||||
| Replay | |||||||||||
| 9 | Wed 17 October 1928 | Warrington | 10–2 | St Helens Recs | Wilderspool | 2 | [3] | ||||
Round 2 – quarterfinals
| Game No | Fixture date | Home team | Score | Away team | Venue | Att | Rec | Notes | Ref | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mon 22 October 1928 | Rochdale Hornets | 2–15 | Widnes | Athletic Grounds | [4] | |||||
| 2 | Wed 24 October 1928 | Oldham | 12–2 | Salford | Watersheddings | ||||||
| 3 | Wed 24 October 1928 | Swinton | 3–21 | Wigan | Chorley Road ground | [5] | |||||
| 4 | Wed 24 October 1928 | Warrington | 14–11 | St. Helens | Wilderspool | [3][2] |
Round 3 – semifinals
| Game No | Fixture date | Home team | Score | Away team | Venue | Att | Rec | Notes | Ref | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mon 5 November 1928 | Oldham | 5–5 | Wigan | Watersheddings | [5] | |||||
| 2 | Thu 8 November 1928 | Widnes | 25–5 | Warrington | Lowerhouse Lane | [4][3] | |||||
| Replay | |||||||||||
| 1 | Wed 7 November 1928 | Wigan | 21–0 | Oldham | Central Park | [5] | |||||
Final
| Game No | Fixture date | Home team | Score | Away team | Venue | Att | Rec | Notes | Ref | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saturday 24 November 1928 | Wigan | 5–4 | Widnes | Wilderspool | 19000 | £1,150 | 3 | [5][4][6] |
Teams and scorers
| Wigan[5] | No. | Widnes[4] |
|---|---|---|
| teams | ||
| Jim Sullivan | 1 | Bob Fraser[1] |
| Lou Brown | 2 | Jack Dennett[2] |
| Roy Kinnear | 3 | Peter Topping[3] |
| Tommy Parker | 4 | Alec Higgins |
| Johnny Ring | 5 | Joe Stanley[4] |
| Arthur Binks | 6 | Paddy Douglas[5] |
| Syd Abram | 7 | Jerry Laughton[6] (probably Captain) |
| Tom Beetham | 8 | Frederick Kelsall |
| Jack Bennett | 9 | George Stevens[7] |
| Wilf Hodder | 10 | Nat Silcock |
| Len Mason | 11 | Jack Higgins[8] |
| Frank Stephens | 12 | Jack Gregory[9] |
| John Sherrington | 13 | Jimmy Hoey |
| 5 | score | 4 |
| 0 | HT | 0 |
| Scorers | ||
| Tries | ||
| Lou Brown (1) | T | nil |
| Goals | ||
| Jim Sullivan (1) | G | Jimmy Hoey (1) |
| Drop Goals | ||
| nil | DG | Paddy Douglas (1) |
| 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 | ||||||||||||||||
| Oldham | |||||||||||||||||||
| bye | |||||||||||||||||||
| Oldham | 12 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Salford | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Salford | |||||||||||||||||||
| bye | |||||||||||||||||||
| Oldham | 5(0) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Wigan | 5(21) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Swinton | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Leigh | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Swinton | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Wigan | 21 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Wigan | 37 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Barrow | 13 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Wigan | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Widnes | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Rochdale Hornets | |||||||||||||||||||
| bye | |||||||||||||||||||
| Rochdale Hornets | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Widnes | 15 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Widnes | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Wigan Highfield | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Widnes | 25 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Warrington | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||
| St Helens Recs | 7(2) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Warrington | 7(10) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Warrington | 14 | ||||||||||||||||||
| St. Helens | 11 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Broughton Rangers | 10 | ||||||||||||||||||
| St. Helens | 15 | ||||||||||||||||||
See also
Notes
- 1 This match was transferred to the neighbouring St Helens stadium due to the better facilities offered
- 2 The official Warrington archives give the score for the replayed match as 13–3 – the details given by "RUGBY LEAGUE projects"[1] show the score as 10–2
- 3 Watersheddings was the home ground of Oldham RLFC from 1889 to 1997
References
- ^ a b "Rugby League Project".
- ^ a b "Saints Heritage Society – History – Season 1928–1929".
- ^ a b c d "Warrington Wolves – Results Archive – 1928".
- ^ a b c d e "Widnes Vikings – History – Season In Review – 1928–29".
- ^ a b c d e f "Wigan "Cherry and White" archived results".
- ^ Raymond Fletcher and David Howes (1991). Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook 1991–1992. Queen Anne Press. ISBN 0 35617852 8.
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