1935–36 Lancashire Cup

1935–36 was the twenty-eighth occasion on which the Lancashire Cup completion had been held.
Salford won the trophy by beating Wigan by 15-7.
The match was played at Wilderspool, Warrington, now in the County Palatine of Chester but (historically in the county of Lancashire. The attendance was 16,500 and receipts were £950.
This was the second of the three consecutive Lancashire Cup finals in which Salford would beat Wigan.

1935-36 Lancashire Cup
Structure	Regional knockout championship
Teams	14
Winners	Salford
Runners-up	Wigan

Background

The number of teams entering this year’s competition was increased by one with the addition of Streatham & Mitcham (hardly a Lancashire club, but useful to make the numbers up). This brought the number up to 14 and the same fixture format was retained. There was now no need for a bye in the first round, but there was still a "blank" or "dummy" fixture. The bye in the second round remained.

Competition and Results

[1]

Round 1

Involved 7 matches (with one "blank" fixture) and 14 clubs

Game No	Fixture Date	Home Team		Score		Away Team	Venue	Att	Rec	Notes	Ref
1	Wed 11 Sep 1935	St. Helens		10-7		Streatham & Mitcham	Knowsley Road			1	[2]
2	Sat 14 Sep 1935	Leigh		5-2		Broughton Rangers	Mather Lane
3	Sat 14 Sep 1935	St Helens Recs		17-5		Barrow	City Road
4	Sat 14 Sep 1935	Liverpool Stanley		7-14		Salford	Stanley Greyhound Sadium
5	Sat 14 Sep 1935	Rochdale Hornets		5-7		Oldham	Athletic Grounds
6	Sat 14 Sep 1935	Swinton		2-2		Warrington	Station Road				[3]
7	Sat 14 Sep 1935	Wigan		6-5		Widnes	Central Park				[4][5]
8		blank				blank

Round 1 - Replays

Involved 1 match

Game No	Fixture Date	Home Team		Score		Away Team	Venue	Att	Rec	Notes	Ref
1	Wed 18 Sep 1935	Warrington		14-8		Swinton	Wilderspool				[3]

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 25 Sep 1935	St. Helens		2-2		St Helens Recs	Knowsley Road				[2]
2	Wed 25 Sep 1935	Salford		11-0		Warrington	The Willows				[3]
3	Wed 25 Sep 1935	Wigan		16-7		Leigh	Central Park				[4]
4		Oldham				bye

Round 2 - Quarter Finals - First Replays

Involved 1 match

Game No	Fixture Date	Home Team		Score		Away Team	Venue	Att	Rec	Notes	Ref
1	Mon 31 Sep 1935	St Helens Recs		8-21		St. Helens	City Road				[2]

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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 2 Oct 1935	Wigan		9-4		Oldham	Central Park				[4]
2	Wed 9 Oct 1935	Salford		19-6		St. Helens	The Willows				[2]

Final

Game No	Fixture Date	Home Team		Score		Away Team	Venue	Att	Rec	Notes	Ref
	Saturday 19 October 1935	Salford		15-7		Wigan	Wilderspool	16,500	£950	2	[4][6]

Teams and Scorers

Salford	№	Wigan
	teams
team unknown	1	Jim Sullivan
	2
	3
	4	Gwyne Davies
	5
	6
	7
	8
	9
	10
	11
	12
	13
15	score	7
10	HT	7
	Scorers
	Tries
	T	Gwyne Davies (1)
	T
	T
	Goals
	G	Jim Sullivan (2)
	G
	Drop Goals
	DG
Referee

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

[4]

The road to success

	First Round					Second Round					Semi Finals					Final
	Liverpool Stanley		7
	Salford		14
						Salford		11
						Warrington		0
	Swinton		2 - 8
	Warrington		2 - 14
											Salford		19
											St. Helens		6
	St. Helens		10
	Streatham & Mitcham		7
						St. Helens		2 - 21
						St Helens Recs		2 - 8
	St Helens Recs		17
	Barrow		5
																Salford		15
																Wigan		7
	Wigan		6
	Widnes		5
						Wigan		15
						Leigh		7
	Leigh		5
	Broughton Rangers		2
											Wigan		9
											Oldham		4
	Rochdale Hornets		5
	Oldham		7
						Oldham
						bye
	blank
	blank

Notes and comments

1 * First Lancashire Cup match by new London club Streatham & Mitcham

2 * Wilderspool was the home ground of Warrington from 1883 to the end of the 2003 Summer season when they moved into the new purpose built Halliwell Jones Stadium. Wilderspool remained as a sports/Ruugby League ground and is/was used by Woolston Rovers/Warrington Wizards junior club. The ground had a final capacity of 9,000 although the record attendance was set in a Challenge cup third round match on 13 March 1948 when 34,304 spectators saw Warrington lose to Wigan 10-13.

See also

• 1935–36 Northern Rugby Football League season
• Rugby league county cups

References

1. "Rugby League Project".
2. "Saints Heritage Society - History - Season 1896-97".
3. "Warrington Wolves - Results Archive - 1897". Archived from the original on 6 July 2010.
4. "Wigan "Cherry and White" archived results".
5. "Widnes Vikings - History - Season In Review - 1896-97".
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