1932–33 Lancashire Cup
| 1932–33 Lancashire Cup | |
|---|---|
| Structure | Regional knockout championship |
| Teams | 13 |
| Winners | Warrington |
| Runners-up | St. Helens |
The 1932–33 Lancashire Cup was the twenty-fifth occasion on which the Lancashire Cup completion had been held. Warrington won the trophy by beating St. Helens by 10–9 in the final.
Competition and results
[edit]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
[edit]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 Oct 1932 | Broughton Rangers | 8–6 | Wigan Highfield | The Cliff | ||||||
| 2 | Sat 08 Oct 1932 | St Helens Recs | 5–5 | Oldham | City Road | ||||||
| 3 | Sat 08 Oct 1932 | Rochdale Hornets | 8–8 | Salford | Athletic Grounds | ||||||
| 4 | Sat 08 Oct 1932 | Warrington | 24–14 | Barrow | Wilderspool | [2] | |||||
| 5 | Sat 08 Oct 1932 | Widnes | 5–10 | St. Helens | Naughton Park | [3][4] | |||||
| 6 | Sat 08 Oct 1932 | Wigan | 14–3 | Leigh | Central Park | [5] | |||||
| 7 | Swinton | bye | |||||||||
| 8 | blank | blank |
Round 1 – replays
[edit]Involved 2 matches
| Game No | Fixture date | Home team | Score | Away team | Venue | Att | Rec | Notes | Ref | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mon 10 Oct 1932 | Oldham | 4–0 | St Helens Recs | Watersheddings | 1 | |||||
| 2 | Wed 12 Oct 1932 | Salford | 26–13 | Rochdale Hornets | The Willows |
Round 1 – Second replays
[edit]Involved 1 match
| Game No | Fixture date | Home team | Score | Away team | Venue | Att | Rec | Notes | Ref | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Thu 13 Oct 1932 | Oldham | 7–7 | St Helens Recs | Watersheddings |
Round 1 – Third replays
[edit]Involved 1 match
| Game No | Fixture date | Home team | Score | Away team | Venue | Att | Rec | Notes | Ref | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mon 17 Oct 1932 | St Helens Recs | 9–6 | Oldham | The Willows |
Round 2 – quarterfinals
[edit]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 Oct 1932 | Salford | 25–11 | Swinton | The Willows | ||||||
| 2 | Mon 24 Oct 1932 | St. Helens | 22–4 | Broughton Rangers | Knowsley Road | [4] | |||||
| 3 | Wed 26 Oct 1932 | Warrington | 11–8 | St Helens Recs | Wilderspool | [2] | |||||
| 4 | Wigan | bye | [5] |
Round 3 – semifinals
[edit]Involved 2 matches and 4 clubs
| Game No | Fixture date | Home team | Score | Away team | Venue | Att | Rec | Notes | Ref | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wed 02 Nov 1932 | Salford | 2–2 | St. Helens | The Willows | [4] | |||||
| 2 | Thu 03 Nov 1932 | Warrington | 21–10 | Wigan | Wilderspool | [5][2] |
Round 3 – semifinals – replays
[edit]Involved 1 match
| Game No | Fixture date | Home team | Score | Away team | Venue | Att | Rec | Notes | Ref | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mon 07 Nov 1932 | St. Helens | 17–10 | Salford | Knowsley Road | [4] |
Final
[edit]The final was played at Central Park, Wigan, (historically in the county of Lancashire). The attendance was 28,500 and receipts £1,675. The attendance was again a new record – beating last year's total of 26,471.
| Game No | Fixture date | Home team | Score | Away team | Venue | Att | Rec | Notes | Ref | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saturday 19 November 1932 | Warrington | 10–9 | St. Helens | Central Park | 28,500 | £1,675 | 2 3 | [2][4][6] |
Teams and scorers
[edit]| Warrington | No. | St. Helens |
|---|---|---|
| teams | ||
| Billy Holding | 1 | R. E. "Bob" Jones[1] |
| Thomas "Tubby" Thompson | 2 | Roy A. Hardgrave[2] |
| Billy Dingsdale | 3 | George Lewis |
| Bill Shankland | 4 | Teddy Butler[3] |
| Steve Ray | 5 | Alf Ellaby |
| Jack Oster | 6 | Jack Garvey |
| Dai Davies | 7 | Harry Frodsham[4] |
| Jack Miller | 8 | Bob Atkin[5] |
| Nat Bentham | 9 | Dave Cotton[6] |
| Sammy Hardman | 10 | Ben Halfpenny |
| Bill Jones | 11 | Albert Fildes |
| Candy Evans | 12 | Jack Arkwright |
| Charlie Seeling Jr. | 13 | Walter Groves[7] |
| unknown | Coach | unknown |
| 10 | score | 9 |
| 5 | HT | 7 |
| Scorers | ||
| Tries | ||
| Dai Davies (1) | T | Albert Fildes (1) |
| Thomas "Tubby" Thompson (1) | T | |
| Goals | ||
| Billy Holding (2) | G | George Lewis (3) |
| Referee | A. Brown (Wakefield) | |
Scoring – Try = three (3) points – Goal = two (2) points – Drop goal = two (2) points
The road to success
[edit]| First round | Second round | Semifinals | Final | ||||||||||||||||
| Warrington | 24 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Barrow | 14 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Warrington | 11 | ||||||||||||||||||
| St Helens Recs | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||
| St Helens Recs | 5-0A-7-9 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Oldham | 5-4A-7-6 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Warrington | 21 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Wigan | 10 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Wigan | 14 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Leigh | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Wigan | |||||||||||||||||||
| bye | |||||||||||||||||||
| blank | |||||||||||||||||||
| blank | |||||||||||||||||||
| Warrington | 10 | ||||||||||||||||||
| St. Helens | 9 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Rochdale Hornets | 8–13 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Salford | 8–26 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Salford | 25 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Swinton | 11 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Swinton | |||||||||||||||||||
| bye | |||||||||||||||||||
| Salford | 2–10 | ||||||||||||||||||
| St. Helens | 2–17 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Widnes | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||
| St. Helens | 10 | ||||||||||||||||||
| St. Helens | 22 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Broughton Rangers | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Broughton Rangers | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Wigan Highfield | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||
Notes and comments
[edit]1 * Match abandoned after 40 minutes
2 * The attendance of 28,500 was a new record for a Lancashire Cup final attendance
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
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Rugby League Project".
- ^ a b c d e "Warrington Wolves – Results Archive – 1897". Archived from the original on 6 July 2010.
- ^ "Widnes Vikings – History – Season In Review – 1896–97".
- ^ a b c d e f "Saints Heritage Society – History – Season 1896–97".
- ^ a b c "Wigan "Cherry and White" archived results".
- ^ Raymond Fletcher and David Howes (1991). Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook 1991-100. Queen Anne Press. ISBN 0 35617852 8.
- ^ "Wire2Wolves Warrington archive". Archived from the original on 22 February 2014. Retrieved 14 February 2014.