1912–13 Lancashire Cup

1912–13 Lancashire Cup
Structure	Regional knockout competition
Teams	13
Winners	Wigan
Runners-up	Rochdale Hornets
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The 1912 Lancashire Cup was the eighth year of this regional

by a score of 21–5. The attendance at the final was 6,000 and receipts £200.

Background

As in 1911 the 12 semi-professional clubs and Warwickshire side Coventry. With a total of entrants 13, there were 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 19 October 1912	Barrow		0–18		Salford	Cavendish Park
2	Sat 19 October 1912	Runcorn		7–13		Oldham	Canal Street
3	Sat 19 October 1912	Swinton		0–11		Broughton Rangers	Chorley Road ground
4	Sat 19 October 1912	Widnes		36–0		Coventry	Lowerhouse Lane			1	[2]
5	Sat 19 October 1912	Wigan		24–6		Leigh	Central Park				[3]
6		Rochdale Hornets				bye
7		St. Helens				bye					[4]
8		Warrington				bye					[5]

Round 2 – quarterfinals

Game No	Fixture date	Home team		Score		Away team	Venue	Att	Rec	Notes	Ref
1	Sat 2 November 1912	Broughton Rangers		0–0		Rochdale Hornets	Wheater's Field
2	Sat 2 November 1912	St. Helens		18–10		Warrington	Knowsley Road				[5][4]
3	Sat 2 November 1912	Salford		16–3		Widnes	The Willows				[2]
4	Sat 2 November 1912	Wigan		24–8		Oldham	Central Park				[3]
Replay
5	Tue 5 November 1912	Rochdale Hornets		18–4		Broughton Rangers	Athletic Grounds

Round 3 – semifinals

Game No	Fixture date	Home team		Score		Away team	Venue	Att	Rec	Notes	Ref
1	Sat 16 November 1912	Rochdale Hornets		10–8		St. Helens	Athletic Grounds				[4]
2	Sat 16 November 1912	Salford		5–13		Wigan	The Willows				[3]

Final

Game No	Fixture date	Home team		Score		Away team	Venue	Att	Rec	Notes	Ref
	Wednesday 11 December 1912	Wigan		21–5		Rochdale Hornets	The Willows	6000	£200	2	[3]

Teams and scorers

Wigan[3]	№	Rochdale Hornets
	teams
Jim Sharrock	1	J. Baxter
Lewis Bradley	2	H.L. Paddon
Bert Jenkins	3	J.E. Robinson
Lance Todd	4	T. West
Robert Curwen[1]	5	J. Hopwood
Fred Gleave	6	R. Schofield
Johnny Thomas	7	E.W. Jones
Charlie Seeling	8	T. Woods
Dick Ramsdale	9	J. Deardon
Arthur Francis	10	Walter Roman
Percy Coldrick	11	S. Carter
Dick Silcock	12	V.B. Slade
Thomas Whittaker	13	Turner
21	score	5
10	HT	5
	Scorers
	Tries
Lew Bradley (2)	T	J.E. Robinson (1)
Lance Todd (1)	T
Charlie Seeling (1)	T
Percy Coldrick (1)	T
	Goals
Jim Sharrock (2)	G	H.L. Paddon (1)
Johnny Thomas (1)	G
	Drop Goals
	DG
Referee		Bob Robinson (Bradford)

Scoring – Try = three (3) points – Goal = two (2) points – Drop goal = two (2) points

The road to success

	First round					Second round					Semifinals					Final
	Barrow		0
	Salford		18
						Salford		16
						Widnes		3
	Widnes		36
	Coventry		9
											Salford		5
											Wigan		13
	Wigan		24
	Leigh		6
						Wigan		24
						Oldham		8
	Runcorn		7
	Oldham		13
																Wigan		21
																Rochdale Hornets		5
	Swinton		0
	Broughton Rangers		10
						Broughton Rangers		0(4)
						Rochdale Hornets		0(18)
	Rochdale Hornets
	bye
											Rochdale Hornets		10
											St. Helens		8
	St. Helens
	bye
						St. Helens		18
						Warrington		10
	Warrington
	bye

See also

• 1912–13 Northern Rugby Football Union season

Notes

• 1 According to the Widnes official archives the score was 36–0,^[2] but according to "RUGBY LEAGUE project" the score was 36–9^[1]
• 2 The Willows was the home ground of Salford

References