1962–63 Lancashire Cup

1962–63 Lancashire Cup
Structure	Regional knockout championship
Teams	14
Winners	St. Helens
Runners-up	Swinton
← 1961–62 1963–64 →

1962–63 was the fiftieth occasion on which the Lancashire Cup completion had been held.

St. Helens won the trophy by beating Swinton by the score of 7-4

The match was played at Central Park, Wigan, (historically in the county of Lancashire). The attendance was 23,523 and receipts were £4,122

This was the third of five consecutive Lancashire Cup final wins for St. Helens, and what is more, the third of the seven occasions on which the club will win the trophy in the nine-year period.
It was also the third of Swinton’s three successive Lancashire Cup final runner-up positions.

Background

With again no invitation to a junior club this season, the total number of teams entering the competition remained the same at 14.

The same fixture format was retained, and due to the number of clubs this resulted in no bye but one “blank” or “dummy” fixture in the first round, and one bye in the second round

Competition and results

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Round 1

Involved 7 matches (with no bye but one “blank” fixture) and 14 clubs

Game No	Fixture date	Home team	Score	Away team	Venue	Att	Ref

1	Friday 7 September 1962	Whitehaven	2-11	Oldham	Recreation Ground
2	Saturday 8 September 1962	Blackpool Borough	32-9	Salford	St Anne's Road Greyhound Stadium
3	Saturday 8 September 1962	Rochdale Hornets	11-3	Barrow	Athletic Grounds
4	Saturday 8 September 1962	St. Helens	22-0	Liverpool City	Knowsley Road	11,500	^[2]
5	Saturday 8 September 1962	Swinton	5-2	Widnes	Station Road	10,218	^[3]
6	Saturday 8 September 1962	Wigan	11-3	Warrington	Central Park		^[4]^[5]
7	Saturday 8 September 1962	Workington Town	43-2	Leigh	Derwent Park
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	Att	Ref

1	Monday 17 September 1962	Workington Town	16-8	Wigan	Derwent Park		^[4]
2	Tuesday 18 September 1962	Blackpool Borough	3-14	St. Helens	Blackpool	4,000	^[2]
3	Tuesday 18 September 1962	Oldham	14-3	Rochdale Hornets	Watersheddings
4		Swinton		bye

Round 3 – Semi-finals

Involved 2 matches and 4 clubs

Game No	Fixture date	Home team	Score	Away team	Venue	Att	Ref

1	Tuesday 2 October 1962	Oldham	8-10	St. Helens	Watersheddings	14,000	^[2]
2	Wednesday 3 October 1962	Swinton	24-5	Workington Town	Station Road	10,004

Final

Game No	Fixture date	Home team		Score		Away team	Venue	Att	Rec	Notes	Ref

	Saturday 27 October 1962	St. Helens		7-4		Swinton	Central Park	23,523	£4,122	1	^[2]^[6]^[7]

Teams and scorers

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St. Helens	№	Swinton

	teams
Kel Coslett	1	Ken Gowers
Tom van Vollenhoven	2	Bernard McMahon
John Donovan [1]	3	Frank Halliwell
Wilf Smith [2]	4	Alan Buckley
Mick Sullivan	5	John Speed
Billy Benyon	6	George Parkinson
Jeff Heaton	7	Albert Cartwright
Jack Arkwright [3]	8	Ken Roberts
Bob Dagnall	9	Trevor Roberts
Cliff Watson	10	Ron Morgan
John Tembey	11	Peter Norburn
Dick Huddart	12	Dick Bonser
Bill Major [4]	13	Albert Blan (c)

7	score	4
7	HT	0

	Scorers
	Tries
Tom van Vollenhoven (1)	T
	Goals
Kel Coslett (2)	G	Albert Blan (2)
	G
	Drop Goals
	DG
Referee		M. Coates (Pudsey)

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

Whitehaven	2

Oldham	11
		Oldham	14

		Rochdale Hornets	3
Rochdale Hornets	11

Barrow	3
				Oldham	8

				St. Helens	10
Blackpool Borough	32

Salford	9
		Blackpool Borough	3

		St. Helens	14
St. Helens	22

Liverpool City	0
						St. Helens	7

						Swinton	4
Swinton	5

Widnes	2
		Swinton

		bye
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				Swinton	24

				Workington Town	5
Workington Town	43

Leigh	2
		Workington Town	16

		Wigan	8
Wigan	11

Warrington	3

Notes and comments

1 * Central Park was the home ground of Wigan with a final capacity of 18,000, although the record attendance was 47,747 for Wigan v St Helens 27 March 1959