1908–09 Lancashire Cup
The 1908–09 Lancashire Cup was the fourth year for this regional rugby league competition and saw a final between two previous cup winners. The cup was won by Wigan who beat Oldham in the final at Wheater's Field, Broughton, Salford, by a score of 10-9. The attendance for the final was 20,000 and receipts £600.
| 1908–09 Lancashire Cup | |
|---|---|
| Structure | Regional knockout competition |
| Teams | 12 |
| Winners | Wigan |
| Runners-up | Oldham |
Background
This format of the 1908 competition was the same as the previous year, there were the same 12 semi-professional clubs entered and four clubs awarded byes in the first round.
The tournament saw several replays. In the first round Broughton Rangers played Runcorn three times, the first two matches both ending in draws. In the quarter-finals Wigan and Leigh also played each other three times. The first game ended in a draw, in the second game the score finished 11-5 in favour of Wigan, but Leigh complained to the governing body that a Wigan player had left the pitch without the referee's permission. The complain was upheld, the result was declared void, and the teams had to meet again, this time Wigan triumphed 17-3.
Competition and Results
Source:[1]
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 7 November 1908 | Oldham | 20-5 | Salford | Watersheddings | ||||||
| 2 | Sat 7 November 1908 | Runcorn | 5-5 | Broughton Rangers | Canal Street | ||||||
| 3 | Sat 7 November 1908 | St. Helens | 6-21 | Warrington | Knowsley Road | [2][3] | |||||
| 4 | Sat 7 November 1908 | Widnes | 2-14 | Wigan | Lowerhouse Lane | [4][5] | |||||
| 5 | Barrow | bye | |||||||||
| 6 | Leigh | bye | |||||||||
| 7 | Rochdale Hornets | bye | |||||||||
| 8 | Swinton | bye | |||||||||
| ** First replay | |||||||||||
| 9 | Mon 9 November 1908 | Broughton Rangers | 8-8 | Runcorn | Wheater's Field | ||||||
| ** Second replay | |||||||||||
| 10 | Wed 11 November 1908 | Runcorn | 10-7 | Broughton Rangers | Watersheddings | 1 | |||||
Round 2 - Quarter Finals
| Game No | Fixture Date | Home Team | Score | Away Team | Venue | Att | Rec | Notes | Ref | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sat 21 November 1908 | Barrow | 3-5 | Runcorn | Canendish Park | ||||||
| 2 | Sat 21 November 1908 | Leigh | 3-3 | Wigan | Mather Lane | [4] | |||||
| 3 | Sat 21 November 1908 | Oldham | 28-3 | Rochdale Hornets | Watersheddings | ||||||
| 4 | Sat 21 November 1908 | Swinton | 2-6 | Warrington | Chorley Road ground | [6] | |||||
| ** First replay | |||||||||||
| 5 | Mon 23 November 1908 | Wigan | 11-5 | Leigh | Central Park | 2 | [4] | ||||
| ** Second replay | |||||||||||
| 6 | Mon 30 November 1908 | Wigan | 17-3 | Leigh | Central Park | [4] | |||||
Round 3 – Semi-Finals
| Game No | Fixture Date | Home Team | Score | Away Team | Venue | Att | Rec | Notes | Ref | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sat 5 December 1908 | Oldham | 26-7 | Runcorn | Watersheddings | ||||||
| 2 | Sat 5 December 1908 | Wigan | 15-10 | Warrington | Central Park | [3][4] |
Final
| Game No | Fixture Date | Home Team | Score | Away Team | Venue | Att | Rec | Notes | Ref | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saturday 19 December 1908 | Wigan | 10-9 | Oldham | Wheater's Field | 20000 | £600-0-0 | 3 4 | [4][7] |
Teams and scorers
| Wigan[4] | № | Oldham |
|---|---|---|
| teams | ||
| Jim Sharrock | 1 | Alf Wood |
| Jim Leytham | 2 | George Tyson |
| Bert Jenkins | 3 | George William Smith |
| Lance Todd | 4 | Tom Llewellyn |
| Joe Miller | 5 | George Cook[8] |
| Johnny Thomas | 6 | Tom White |
| Fred Gleave | 7 | William "Billy" Dixon[9] |
| Jack Barton | 8 | Albert Avery |
| Walter Cheetham[10] | 9 | Joe Ferguson |
| Massa Johnston | 10 | Bill Longworth |
| Dick Ramsdale | 11 | William "Billy" Nansen[11] |
| Dick Silcock | 12 | Arthur Smith |
| Thomas Whittaker | 13 | James "Jimmy" Wright[12] |
| 10 | score | 9 |
| 5 | HT | 7 |
| Scorers | ||
| Tries | ||
| Massa Johnston (1) | T | George Cook (1) |
| Johnny Thomas (1) | T | |
| Goals | ||
| Jim Sharrock (1) | G | Alf Wood (3) |
| Jim Leytham (1) | G | |
| G | ||
| Drop Goals | ||
| DG | ||
| Referee | Frank Renton (Hunslet) | |
The road to success
| First Round | Second Round | Semi Finals | Final | ||||||||||||||||
| Oldham | 20 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Salford | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Oldham | 28 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Rochdale Hornets | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Rochdale Hornets | |||||||||||||||||||
| bye | |||||||||||||||||||
| Oldham | 26 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Runcorn | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Barrow | |||||||||||||||||||
| bye | |||||||||||||||||||
| Barrow | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Runcorn | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Runcorn | 5 (8) (10) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Broughton Rangers | 5 (8) (7) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Oldham | 9 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Wigan | 10 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Leigh | |||||||||||||||||||
| bye | |||||||||||||||||||
| Leigh | 3 X 3 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Wigan | 3 X 17 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Widnes | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Wigan | 14 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Wigan | 15 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Warrington | 10 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Swinton | |||||||||||||||||||
| bye | |||||||||||||||||||
| Swinton | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Warrington | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||
| St. Helens | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Warrington | 21 | ||||||||||||||||||
Notes
1 * Watersheddings was the home ground of Oldham.
2 * This game was ordered to be replayed again as an objection by Leigh was upheld. Leigh had objected to a Wigan player leaving the pitch without the referee's permission (W. Johnson left the field without the permission of the referee to change his jersey). Wigan had won this game 11-5.[4]
3 * Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook 1991-1992[7] gives the attendance as 20,000 - but the Wigan official archives[4] give the attendance as 21,000
4 * The Cliff was the home ground of Broughton Rangers from 1913 and until they moved out to Belle Vue in 1933. In 1938 Manchester United moved in and used it as both a match ground for academy teams etc. and a general a training ground. They purchased the ground outright in 1951 and downgraded it to Junior team use in the early 2000s.
References
- "Rugby League Project".
- "Saints Heritage Society - History - Season 1908–09".
- "Warrington Wolves - Results Archive - 1908".
- "Wigan "Cherry and White" archived results".
- "Widnes Vikings - History - Season In Review - 1909–09".
- "Warrington Wolves - Results Archive - 1897". Archived from the original on 2010-07-06.
- Raymond Fletcher and David Howes (1991). Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook 1991-1992. Queen Anne Press. ISBN 0-35617852-8.
- "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2005-04-07. Retrieved 2015-02-25.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
- "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2015-09-24. Retrieved 2015-02-25.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
- "Wigan Warriors Rugby League Fan Site - WWW.cherryandwhite.co.uk".
- http://www.orl-heritagetrust.org.uk/HTML%20docs/player_stats_n.htm
- http://www.orl-heritagetrust.org.uk/HTML%20docs/player_stats_w.htm