1922–23 Lancashire Cup

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1922–23 Lancashire Cup
StructureRegional knockout competition
Teams13
Winners
1923–24 →

The 1922–23 Lancashire Cup was the fifteenth staging of this regional

Salford, by a score of 20–2. The attendance at the final was 15,000 and receipts £1,200 (based on increases in average earnings, this would be approximately £232,200 in 2018).[1]

Background

The number of teams entering this year's competition was reduced by one to 13. Wigan Highfield continued to participate, but now as full league members after joining the league. Askam who had played in the previous two tournaments were not invited to take part this year and no other junior/amateur club was invited to take part. With 13 teams, 3 teams were given 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 14 October 1922 Barrow 5–14 Swinton Little Park, Roose
2 Sat 14 October 1922 Rochdale Hornets 2–5 Wigan Athletic Grounds [3]
3 Sat 14 October 1922 St. Helens 25–8 Salford Knowsley Road [4]
4 Sat 14 October 1922 Warrington 8–5 Broughton Rangers Wilderspool [5]
5 Sat 14 October 1922 Wigan Highfield 0–0 Oldham Tunstall Lane 1
6 St Helens Recs bye
7
Leigh
 bye
8 Widnes bye [6]
Replay
9 Mon 16 October 1922 Oldham 20–5 Wigan Highfield Watersheddings

Round 2 – quarterfinals

Game No Fixture date Home team Score Away team Venue Att Rec Notes Ref
1 Sat 28 October 1922
Leigh
 13–8 Oldham Mather Lane
2 Sat 28 October 1922 St. Helens 4–17 Warrington Knowsley Road [5][4]
3 Sat 28 October 1922 Widnes 7–0 Swinton Lowerhouse Lane [6]
4 Sat 28 October 1922 Wigan 14–3 St Helens Recs Central Park [3]

Round 3 – semifinals

Game No Fixture date Home team Score Away team Venue Att Rec Notes Ref
1 Sat 11 November 1922
Leigh
 5–2 Widnes Mather Lane [6]
2 Sat 11 November 1922 Warrington 2–8 Wigan Wilderspool [5][3]

Final

Game No Fixture date Home team Score Away team Venue Att Rec Notes Ref
Saturday 25 November 1922 Wigan 20–2
Leigh
 The Willows 15000 £1,200–0–0 2 [3][7]

Teams and scorers

Wigan[3] No.
Leigh
Teams
Jim Sullivan
 1 Tommy Clarkson
Danny Hurcombe 2 Abe Johnson
Jerry Shea 3 Wyndham Emery
Tommy Howley 4 Emlyn Thomas
Johnny Ring 5 Reg Taylor
George Owens 6 Bert Ganley
Syd Jerram
 7 Walter Mooney (c)
Wilf Hodder
 8 Jim Winstanley
Tom Woods 9 Joe Cartwright
Bert Webster 10 Albert Worrall
Percy Coldrick 11 Dai Davies
Harry Banks 12 Jack Armstrong
Fred Roffey 13 Ernie Boardman
20 score 2
13 HT 2
Scorers
Tries
Bert Webster (2) T
Tommy Howley] (1) T
Johnny Ring (1) T
Goals
Jim Sullivan(4) G Walter Mooney (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
            
St. Helens 25
Salford 8
St. Helens 4
Warrington 17
Warrington 8
Broughton Rangers 5
Warrington 2
Wigan 8
Rochdale Hornets 2
Wigan 5
Wigan 14
St Helens Recs 3
St Helens Recs
bye
Wigan 20
Leigh
2
Leigh
bye
Leigh
13
Oldham 8
Wigan Highfield 0(5)
Oldham 0(20)
Leigh
5
Widnes 2
Widnes
bye
Widnes 7
Swinton 0
Barrow 5
Swinton 14

See also

Notes

  • 1 This was also the first game in the competition to be played at Tunstall Lane
  • 2 The Willows was the home ground of Salford w

References

  1. ^ "Measuring Worth – Relative Value of UK Pounds". Measuring Worth. 31 December 2018. Retrieved 1 January 2019.
  2. ^ "Rugby League Project".
  3. ^ a b c d e "Wigan "Cherry and White" archived results".
  4. ^ a b "Saints Heritage Society – History – Season 1922–23".
  5. ^ a b c "Warrington Wolves – Results Archive – 1922".
  6. ^ a b c "Widnes Vikings – History – Season In Review – 1922–23".
  7. ISBN 0 35617852 8
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