1911–12 Lancashire Cup

1911 Lancashire Cup
Structure	Regional knockout competition
Teams	13
Winners	1912 →

The 1911 Lancashire Cup was the seventh year of this regional

, by a score of 12–5. The attendance at the final was 20,000 and receipts £630.

Background

The number of teams entering the competition was increased to 13 with the addition of recent newcomers Coventry. Although not a Lancashire club Coventry and were invited to play to increase the number of games played (the previous year they had played in the Yorkshire Cup on the same basis).

With a total of entrants now at 13, there were only three byes in the first round.

Competition and results

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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 21 October 1911	Barrow		2–13		Oldham	Canendish Park
2	Sat 21 October 1911	Broughton Rangers		24–2		Runcorn	Wheater's Field
3	Sat 21 October 1911	Rochdale Hornets		13–0		Swinton	Athletic Grounds
4	Sat 21 October 1911	St. Helens		18–7		Salford	Knowsley Road				[2]
5	Sat 21 October 1911	Widnes		9–5		Warrington	Lowerhouse Lane				[3][4]
6		Leigh				bye
7		Coventry				bye
8		Wigan				bye					[5]

Round 2 – quarterfinals

Game No	Fixture date	Home team		Score		Away team	Venue	Att	Rec	Notes	Ref
1	Sat 4 November 1911	Broughton Rangers		3–18		Rochdale Hornets	Wheater's Field
2	Sat 4 November 1911	Oldham		23–0		Leigh	Watersheddings
3	Sat 4 November 1911	Widnes		22–3		Coventry	Lowerhouse Lane				[3]
4	Sat 4 November 1911	Wigan		22–8		St. Helens	Central Park				[5][2]

Round 3 – semifinals

Game No	Fixture date	Home team		Score		Away team	Venue	Att	Rec	Notes	Ref
1	Sat 18 November 1911	Rochdale Hornets		8–8		Widnes	Athletic Grounds				[3]
2	Sat 18 November 1911	Wigan		0–3		Oldham	Central Park				[5]
Replay
3	Wed 22 November 1911	Widnes		0–11		Rochdale Hornets	Lowerhouse Lane				[3]

Final

Game No	Fixture date	Home team		Score		Away team	Venue	Att	Rec	Notes	Ref
	Saturday 2 December 1911	Rochdale Hornets		12–5		Oldham	Wheater's Field	20000	£630–0–0	1	[6]

Teams and scorers

Rochdale Hornets	No.	Oldham
	teams
team unknown	1	team unknown
	2
	3
	4
	5
	6
	7
	8
	9
	10
	11
	12
	13
12	score	5
4	HT	0
	Scorers
	Tries
unknown	T	unknown
	T
	Goals
	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
	Broughton Rangers		24
	Runcorn		2
						Broughton Rangers		3
						Rochdale Hornets		18
	Rochdale Hornets		13
	Swinton		0
											Rochdale Hornets		8 (11)
											Widnes		8 (0)
	Widnes		9
	Warrington		5
						Widnes		22
						Coventry		3
	Coventry
	bye
																Rochdale Hornets		12
																Oldham		5
	Wigan
	bye
						Wigan		22
						St. Helens		8
	St. Helens		18
	Salford		7
											Wigan		0
											Oldham		3
	Barrow		2
	Oldham		13
						Oldham		23
						Leigh		0
	Leigh
	bye

Notes and comments

• 1 Wheater's Field was the home ground of Broughton Rangers with a capacity of 20,000

See also

• 1911–12 Northern Rugby Football Union season

References