1934–35 Lancashire Cup

The 1934–35 Lancashire Cup was the 27th occasion on which the Lancashire Cup completion had been held. Salford won the trophy by beating Wigan by 21-12 in the final.

1934–35 Lancashire Cup
Structure	Regional knockout championship
Teams	13
Winners	Salford
Runners-up	Wigan

Competition and Results

The number of teams entering this year’s competition remained at 13 and the same fixture format was retained. There was only one bye in the first round but now also a “blank” or “dummy” fixture. This also resulted in one bye in the second round.[1]

Round 1

Involved 6 matches (with one bye and one “blank” fixture) and 13 clubs

Game No	Fixture Date	Home Team		Score		Away Team	Venue	Att	Rec	Notes	Ref
1	Sat 08 Sep 1934	Oldham		8-7		Widnes	Watersheddings				[2]
2	Sat 08 Sep 1934	St Helens Recs		8-20		Wigan	City Road				[3]
3	Sat 08 Sep 1934	Liverpool Stanley		9-3		Broughton Rangers	Stanley Greyhound Stadium			1
4	Sat 08 Sep 1934	Salford		34-0		Leigh	The Willows
5	Sat 08 Sep 1934	Swinton		16-8		Barrow	Station Road
6	Mon 10 Sep 1934	St. Helens		24-18		Rochdale Hornets	Knowsley Road				[4]
7		Warrington				bye					[5]
8		blank				blank

Round 2 - Quarter Finals

Involved 3 matches (with one bye) and 7 clubs

Game No	Fixture Date	Home Team		Score		Away Team	Venue	Att	Rec	Notes	Ref
1	Wed 19 Sep 1934	Warrington		5-23		Salford	Wilderspool				[5]
2	Mon 24 Sep 1934	St. Helens		9-9		Liverpool Stanley	Knowsley Road				[4]
3	Tue 25 Sep 1934	Oldham		8-12		Wigan	Watersheddings				[3]
4		Swinton				bye	Station Road

Round 2 - Quarter Finals - First Replays

Involved 1 match

Game No	Fixture Date	Home Team		Score		Away Team	Venue	Att	Rec	Notes	Ref
1	Wed 26 Sep 1934	Liverpool Stanley		3-3		St. Helens	Stanley Greyhound Sadium				[4]-

Round 2 - Quarter Finals - Second Replays

Involved 1 match

Game No	Fixture Date	Home Team		Score		Away Team	Venue	Att	Rec	Notes	Ref
1	Fri 28 Sep 1934	St. Helens		9-12		Liverpool Stanley	??			2	[4]-

Round 3 – Semi-Finals

Involved 2 matches and 4 Clubs

Game No	Fixture Date	Home Team		Score		Away Team	Venue	Att	Rec	Notes	Ref
1	Wed 03 Oct 1934	Swinton		5-12		Salford	Station Road
2	Wed 03 Oct 1934	Wigan		13-10		Liverpool Stanley	Central Park				[3]

Final

The match was played at Station Road, Pendlebury, Salford, (historically in the county of Lancashire). he attendance of 33,544 was a new record and more than 5,000 more than the previous best recorded in 1931, and receipts were also a record £2,191. This would turn out to be only the first of three consecutive Lancashire Cup finals in which Salford would beat Wigan.

Game No	Fixture Date	Home Team		Score		Away Team	Venue	Att	Rec	Notes	Ref
	Saturday 20 October 1934	Salford		21-12		Wigan	Station Road	33,544	£2,191	3 4	[3][6]

Teams and Scorers

Salford	№	Wigan
	teams
team unknown	1	Jim Sullivan
	2
	3	Gordon Innes
	4	George Bennett
	5
	6
	7	Hector Gee
	8
	9
	10
	11
	12
	13
21	score	12
4	HT	7
	Scorers
	Tries
	T	George Bennett
	T	Gordon Innes
	T
	T
	Goals
	G	Jim Sullivan (2)
	G	Hector Gee (1) maybe drop ?
	Drop Goals
	DG
Referee

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

[3]

The road to success

	First Round					Second Round					Semi Finals					Final
	Swinton		16
	Barrow		8
						Swinton
						bye
	blank
	blank
											Swinton		5
											Salford		12
	Warrington
	bye
						Warrington		5
						Salford		23
	Salford		34
	Leigh		0
																Salford		21
																Wigan		12
	Oldham		8
	Widnes		7
						Oldham		8
						Wigan		12
	St Helens Recs		8
	Wigan		20
											Wigan		13
											Liverpool Stanley		10
	St. Helens		24
	Rochdale Hornets		18
						St. Helens		9-3-9
						Liverpool Stanley		9-3-12
	Liverpool Stanley		9
	Broughton Rangers		3

Notes and comments

1 * The first Lancashire Cup match to be played at this stadium and also by this (newly formed/named) club

2 *This second replay was played at a Neutral Ground according to St. Helens[4] official archives, but no ground is named.

3 * The attendance of 33,544 was a new record and more than 5,000 more than the previous best, and receipts were also a record £2191/=/=.

4 * Station Road was the home ground of Swinton from 1929 to 1992 and at its peak was one of the finest rugby league grounds in the country and it boasted a capacity of 60,000. The actual record attendance was for the Challenge Cup semi-final on 7 April 1951 when 44,621 watched Wigan beat Warrington 3-2

See also

• 1934–35 Northern Rugby Football League season
• Rugby league county cups

References

1. "Rugby League Project".
2. "Widnes Vikings - History - Season In Review - 1896-97".
3. "Wigan "Cherry and White" archived results".
4. "Saints Heritage Society - History - Season 1896-97".
5. "Warrington Wolves - Results Archive - 1897". Archived from the original on 2010-07-06.
6. Raymond Fletcher and David Howes (1991). Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook 1991-100. Queen Anne Press. ISBN 0 35617852 8.

External links

• Saints Heritage Society
• 1896–97 Northern Rugby Football Union season at wigan.rlfans.com
• Hull&Proud Fixtures & Results 1896/1897
• Widnes Vikings - One team, one passion Season In Review - 1896-97
• The Northern Union at warringtonwolves.org