1909–10 Lancashire Cup
| 1909–10 Lancashire Cup | |
|---|---|
| Structure | Regional knockout competition |
| Teams | 12 |
| Winners | Leigh |
The 1909–10 Lancashire Cup was the fifth year of this regional
Salford
, by 22–5. The attendance at the final was 14,000 and receipts £296.
Background
For the third year there were 12 teams participating in the competitions so four clubs were awarded byes in the first round.
Fixtures and results
Round 1
Involved 4 matches (with four byes) and 12 clubs
| Game No | Fixture date | Home team | Score | Away team | Venue | Att | Rec | Notes | Ref | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sat 16 October 1909 | Leigh |
15–3 | Barrow | Mather Lane | ||||||
| 2 | Sat 16 October 1909 | Rochdale Hornets | 6–38 | Oldham | Athletic Grounds | ||||||
| 3 | Sat 16 October 1909 | Widnes | 4–10 | St. Helens | Lowerhouse Lane | 1 | [2][3] | ||||
| 4 | Sat 16 October 1909 | Wigan | '15–8 | Warrington | Central Park | [4][5] | |||||
| 5 | Salford | bye | |||||||||
| 6 | Runcorn | bye | |||||||||
| 7 | Swinton | bye | |||||||||
| 8 | Broughton Rangers | bye |
Round 2 – quarterfinals
| Game No | Fixture date | Home team | Score | Away team | Venue | Att | Rec | Notes | Ref | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sat 30 October 1909 | Leigh |
13–6 | Salford | Mather Lane | ||||||
| 2 | Sat 30 October 1909 | Runcorn | 9–5 | Oldham | Canal Street | ||||||
| 3 | Sat 30 October 1909 | Swinton | 2–0 | St. Helens | Chorley Road ground | [2] | |||||
| 4 | Sat 30 October 1909 | Wigan | 16–0 | Broughton Rangers | Central Park | [4] |
Round 3 – semifinals
| Game No | Fixture date | Home team | Score | Away team | Venue | Att | Rec | Notes | Ref | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sat 13 November 1909 | Leigh |
11–8 | Runcorn | Mather Lane | ||||||
| 2 | Sat 13 November 1909 | Swinton | 0–8 | Wigan | Chorley Road ground | [4] |
Final
| Game No | Fixture date | Home team | Score | Away team | Venue | Att | Rec | Notes | Ref | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saturday 27 November 1909 | Wigan | 22–5 | Leigh |
Wheater's Field | 14000 | £296 | 2, 3 | [4][6] |
Teams and scorers
| Wigan[4] | No. | Leigh
|
|---|---|---|
| teams | ||
| Jim Sharrock | 1 | team not known |
| Jim Leytham | 2 | |
| Bert Jenkins | 3 | |
| Harry Price[1] | 4 | |
| Joe Miller | 5 | |
| Naddy Jones[2] | 6 | |
| Johnny Thomas | 7 | |
| Dick Silcock | 8 | |
| Dick Ramsdale | 9 | |
| Tom Whittaker | 10 | |
| Joseph Topping[3] | 11 | |
| Howell de Francis | 12 | |
| Jack Barton | 13 | |
| 22 | score | 5 |
| 5 | HT | 5 |
| Scorers | ||
| Tries | ||
| Joe Miller (2) | T | unknown |
| Jim Leytham (1) | T | |
| Johnny Thomas (1) | T | |
| Naddy Jones (1) | T | |
| Howell De Francis (1) | T | |
| Goals | ||
| Jim Leytham (2) | G | |
| 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 | ||||||||||||||||
| Swinton | |||||||||||||||||||
| bye | |||||||||||||||||||
| Swinton | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||
| St. Helens | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Widnes | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||
| St. Helens | 10 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Swinton | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Wigan | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Wigan | 15 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Warrington | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Wigan | 16 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Broughton Rangers | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Broughton Rangers | |||||||||||||||||||
| bye | |||||||||||||||||||
| Wigan | 22 | ||||||||||||||||||
Leigh
| 5 | ||||||||||||||||||
Leigh
| 15 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Barrow | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||
Leigh
| 13 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Salford | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Salford | |||||||||||||||||||
| bye | |||||||||||||||||||
Leigh
| 11 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Runcorn | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Runcorn | |||||||||||||||||||
| bye | |||||||||||||||||||
| Runcorn | 9 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Oldham | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Rochdale Hornets | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Oldham | 38 | ||||||||||||||||||
Notes and comments
- 1 The first time St Helens had won a game in the competition
- 2 Wheater's Field was the home ground of Broughton Rangers with a capacity of 20,000
- 3 Joe Millar was the first player to score more than one try in the final