1984–85 Lancashire Cup

1984–85 was the seventy-second occasion on which the Lancashire Cup completion had been held.

1984–85 Lancashire Cup
Structure	Regional knockout championship
Teams	16
Winners	St. Helens
Runners-up	Wigan

St. Helens won the trophy by beating Wigan by the score of 26–18.

The match was played at Central Park, Wigan, (historically in the county of Lancashire). The attendance was 26,074 and receipts were £6,2139.00

This was the first time in over twenty years that the attendance exceeded 20,000, and it would continue around this level for the next four seasons. The receipts climbed from last year's near-record £13,160.00 to £62,139.

Background

This season the total number of entrants remained at the 16 level.

With this, full sixteen members there was no need for “blank” or “dummy” fixtures or any byes.

Competition and results

[1][2]

Round 1

Involved 8 matches (with no byes) and 16 Clubs

Game No	Fixture Date	Home Team		Score		Away Team	Venue	Att	Rec	Notes	Ref
1	Fri 14 Sep 1984	St. Helens		58-14		Huyton	Knowsley Road	2766			[3]
2	Sun 16 Sep 1984	Barrow		38-4		Carlisle	Craven Park	2563
3	Sun 16 Sep 1984	Fulham		18-25		Swinton	Station Road	1545		1
4	Sun 16 Sep 1984	Leigh		22-14		Warrington	Hilton Park	5500			[4]
5	Sun 16 Sep 1984	Oldham		26-32		Blackpool Borough	Watersheddings	3366
6	Sun 16 Sep 1984	Salford		19-14		Whitehaven	The Willows	1700
7	Sun 16 Sep 1984	Wigan		28-8		Widnes	Central Park	10117			[5][6]
8	Sun 16 Sep 1984	Workington Town		0-11		Rochdale Hornets	Derwent Park	659

Round 2 - Quarter Finals

Involved 4 matches and 8 Clubs

Game No	Fixture Date	Home Team		Score		Away Team	Venue	Att	Rec	Notes	Ref
1	Wed 26 Sep 1984	Barrow		10-26		St. Helens	Craven Park	5573			[3]
2	Wed 26 Sep 1984	Rochdale Hornets		10-22		Leigh	Athletic Grounds	2189
3	Wed 26 Sep 1984	Swinton		6-32		Wigan	Station Road	6589			[5]
4	Thu 27 Sep 1984	Salford		15-6		Blackpool Borough	The Willows	1917

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 10 Oct 1984	St. Helens		31-10		Leigh	Knowsley Road	9282
2	Wed 10 Oct 1984	Salford		8-19		Wigan	The Willows	7492			[5]

Final

Game No	Fixture Date	Home Team		Score		Away Team	Venue	Att	Rec	Notes	Ref
	Sunday 28 October 1984	St. Helens		26-18		Wigan	Central Park	26074	62139	2 3	[5][3][7]

Teams and Scorers

[7][5][3]

St. Helens	No.	Wigan
	teams
Phil Veivers	1	Shaun Edwards
Barry Ledger	2	John Ferguson
Shaun Allen	3	David Stephenson
Mal Meninga	4	Colin Whitfield
Sean Day	5	Henderson Gill
Chris Arkwright	6	Mark Cannon
Neil Holding	7	Jimmy Fairhurst
Tony Burke	8	Neil Courtney
Graham Liptrot	9	Nicky Kiss
Peter Gorley	10	Brian Case
Andy Platt	11	Graeme West
Paul Round	12	Shaun Wane
Harry Pinner	13	Ian Potter
Johnny Smith (not used)	14	John Pendlebury (for Henderson Gill 64min)
Roy Haggerty (for Phil Veivers 23min)	15	?
Billy Benyon	Coach	Colin Clark and Alan McInnes
26	score	18
24	HT	2
	Scorers
	Tries
Mal Meninga (2)	T	Henderson Gill (1)
Roy Haggerty (1)	T	Graeme West (1)
Sean Day (1)	T	Nicky Kiss (1)
	Goals
Sean Day (5)	G	Colin Whitfield (3)
Referee		Ronnie Campbell (Widnes)
Man of the match		Mal Meninga - St Helens - Centre
sponsored by		Burtonwood Brewery
Competition Sponsor		Forshaws (Burtonwood Brewery Co Ltd)

Scoring - Try = four (4) points - Goal = two (2) points - Drop goal = one (1) point

The road to success

	First Round					Second Round					Semi Finals					Final
	Barrow		38
	Carlisle		4
						Barrow		10
						St. Helens		26
	St. Helens		58
	Huyton		14
											St. Helens		31
											Leigh		10
	Workington Town		0
	Rochdale Hornets		11
						Rochdale Hornets		10
						Leigh		22
	Leigh		22
	Warrington		14
																St. Helens		26
																Wigan		18
	Salford		19
	Whitehaven		14
						Salford		15
						Blackpool Borough		6
	Oldham		26
	Blackpool Borough		32
											Salford		8
											Wigan		19
	Fulham		18
	Swinton		25
						Swinton		6
						Wigan		32
	Wigan		28
	Widnes		8

Notes and comments

1 * Fulham did not have a home ground for this season and were very nomadic. This match played at Station Road
2 * Wigan won the coin toss for the home advantage after neither they nor St. Helens wanted to play at the chosen venue, Wilderspool, due to the low capacity 3 * Central Park was the home ground of Wigan with a final capacity of 18,000, although the record attendance was 47,747 for Wigan v St Helens 27 March 1959

See also

• 1984–85 Rugby Football League season
• Rugby league county cups

References

1. "Rugby League Project".
2. Jack Winstanley & Malcolm Ryding (1991). John Player Yearbook 1975-76. Queen Anne Press.
3. "Saints Heritage Society - History - Season 1896-97".
4. "Warrington Wolves - Results Archive - 1897". Archived from the original on 2014-02-02.
5. "Wigan "Cherry and White" archived results".
6. "Widnes Vikings - History - Season In Review - 1896-97".
7. 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