1921–22 Lancashire Cup

The 1921–22 Lancashire Cup competition, the fourteenth contest for this regional rugby league competition, saw a new name on the trophy, Warrington. They beat Oldham in the final at The Cliff, Broughton, Salford by a score of 7-5. The final was watched by 18,000 and receipts were £1,200.

1921–22 Lancashire Cup
Structure	Regional knockout competition
Teams	14
Winners	Warrington
Runners-up	Oldham

Background

The number of teams entering this year’s competition remained at the previous level of 14, this enabled the competition to be run with only 2 byes in the first round.

Competition and results

[1]

Round 1

Involved 6 matches (with two byes) and 14 Clubs

Game No	Fixture Date	Home Team		Score		Away Team	Venue	Att	Rec	Notes	Ref
1	Sat 22 October 1921	Broughton Rangers		5-0		Wigan	The Cliff				[2]
2	Sat 22 October 1921	Leigh		3-2		Wigan Highfield	Mather Lane
3	Sat 22 October 1921	Rochdale Hornets		0-2		Oldham	Athletic Grounds
4	Sat 22 October 1921	St Helens Recs		0-0		Swinton	City Road
5	Sat 22 October 1921	Widnes		6-0		Salford	Lowerhouse Lane				[3]
6	Sat 29 October 1921	Barrow		25-0		Askam	Little Park, Roose
7		St. Helens				bye					[4]
8		Warrington				bye					[5]
Replay
9	Wed 26 October 1921	Swinton		2-8		St Helens Recs	Chorley Road ground

Round 2 - Quarter Finals

Game No	Fixture Date	Home Team		Score		Away Team	Venue	Att	Rec	Notes	Ref
1	Sat 5 November 1921	Barrow		10-3		Broughton Rangers	Little Park, Roose
2	Sat 5 November 1921	St. Helens		5-17		Oldham	Knowsley Road				[4]
3	Sat 5 November 1921	Warrington		5-3		St Helens Recs	Wilderspool				[5]
4	Sat 5 November 1921	Widnes		2-2		Leigh	Lowerhouse Lane				[3]
Replay
1	Wed 9 November 1921	Leigh		5-3		Widnes	Mather Lane				[3]

Round 3 – Semi-Finals

Game No	Fixture Date	Home Team		Score		Away Team	Venue	Att	Rec	Notes	Ref
1	Sat 19 November 1921	Oldham		17-8		Barrow	Watersheddings
2	Sat 19 November 1921	Warrington		13-7		Leigh	Wilderspool				[5]

Final

Game No	Fixture Date	Home Team		Score		Away Team	Venue	Att	Rec	Notes	Ref
	Saturday 3 December 1921	Warrington		7-5		Oldham	The Cliff	18000	£1,200	1	[6]

Teams and scorers

Warrington[5]	№	Oldham
complete team unknown	teams	team unknown
	1
Bob Bradbury	2
Charlie Collins	3
Ben Jolley	4
Bert Cartwright	5
John "Jack" Harrison Prescott (c)	6
Tommy Anderson	7
Robert Mather	8
Alfred Peacock	9
	10
George Ogden	11
	12
	13
7	score	5
2	HT	0
	Scorers
	Tries
Bob Bradbury (1)	T
	Goals
Ben Jolley (2)	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					Semi Finals					Final
	Warrington
	bye
						Warrington		5
						St Helens Recs		3
	St Helens Recs		0(8)
	Swinton		0(2)
											Warrington		13
											Leigh		7
	Widnes		6
	Salford		0
						Widnes		2(3)
						Leigh		2(5)
	Leigh		3
	Wigan Highfield		2
																Warrington		7
																Oldham		5
	St. Helens
	bye
						St. Helens		5
						Oldham		17
	Rochdale Hornets		0
	Oldham		2
											Oldham		17
											Barrow		8
	Barrow
	Askam
						Barrow		10
						Broughton Rangers		3
	Broughton Rangers		25
	Wigan		0

See also

• 1921–22 Northern Rugby Football Union season

Notes

• 1 The Willows was the home ground of Salford

References

1. "Rugby League Project".
2. "Wigan "Cherry and White" archived results".
3. "Widnes Vikings - History - Season In Review - 1921–22".
4. "Saints Heritage Society - History - Season 1921–22".
5. "Warrington Wolves - Results Archive - 1922".
6. Raymond Fletcher and David Howes (1991). Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook 1991-1992. Queen Anne Press. ISBN 0 35617852 8.