1906–07 Lancashire Cup

The 1906–07 Lancashire Cup was the second year that the competition was conducted and saw two clubs fight it out for the right to hold the trophy. This year, the cup was won by Broughton Rangers who beat Warrington at Central Park, Wigan, (historically in the county of Lancashire), by a score of 15-6. The attendance for the final was 14,048 and receipts £392.

1906–07 Lancashire Cup
Structure	Regional knockout competition
Teams	13
Winners	Broughton Rangers
Runners-up	Warrington

Background

For this season’s competition, Morecambe had left the league and no junior/amateur club were included, but in their place were new league entrants, Wigan Highfield. This resulted in there being 13 teams in the competition (one less than the preceding year) which resulted in three clubs awarded byes in the first round.

Fixtures and results

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Round 1

Involved 5 matches (with three byes) and 16 Clubs

Game No	Fixture Date	Home Team		Score		Away Team	Venue	Att	Rec	Notes	Ref
1	Sat 13 October 1906	Broughton Rangers		56-3		Liverpool City	Wheater's Field
2	Sat 13 October 1906	St. Helens		14-17		Oldham	Knowsley Road				[2]
3	Sat 13 October 1906	Salford		12-3		Wigan	The Willows				[3]
4	Sat 13 October 1906	Warrington		31-18		Leigh	Wilderspool				[4]
5	Sat 13 October 1906	Widnes		5-14		Runcorn	Lowerhouse Lane				[5]
6		Swinton				bye
7		Rochdale Hornets				bye
8		Barrow				bye

Round 2 - Quarter Finals

Game No	Fixture Date	Home Team		Score		Away Team	Venue	Att	Rec	Notes	Ref
1	Sat 27 October 1906	Broughton Rangers		25-2		Swinton	Wheater's Field
2	Sat 27 October 1906	Oldham		20-2		Rochdale Hornets	Watersheddings
3	Sat 27 October 1906	Salford		2-3		Runcorn	The Willows
4	Sat 27 October 1906	Warrington		47-14		Barrow	Wilderspool				[4]

Round 3 – Semi-Finals

Game No	Fixture Date	Home Team		Score		Away Team	Venue	Att	Rec	Notes	Ref
1	Sat 17 November 1906	Broughton Rangers		5-0		Runcorn	Wheater's Field
2	Sat 17 November 1906	Warrington		10-2		Oldham	Wilderspool				[4]

Final

Game No	Fixture Date	Home Team		Score		Away Team	Venue	Att	Rec	Notes	Ref
	Saturday 1 December 1906	Broughton Rangers		15-6		Warrington	Central Park	14048	£392-0-0	1	[4][6]

Teams and scorers

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Broughton Rangers	№	Warrington
	teams
generally unknown	1	generally unknown
	2
	3
	4
	5
	6
	7
George Ruddick	8
at 8 or 10	9
	10
	11
	12
	13
15	score	6
5	HT	0
	Scorers
	Tries
unknown	T	Ernest Brooks (1)
	T	George Dickenson (1)
	Goals
	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
	Broughton Rangers		56
	Wigan Highfield		3
						Broughton Rangers		25
						Swinton		2
	Swinton
	bye
											Broughton Rangers		5
											Runcorn		0
	Salford		12
	Wigan		3
						Salford		2
						Runcorn		3
	Widnes		5
	Runcorn		14
																Broughton Rangers		15
																Warrington		6
	Warrington		31
	Leigh		18
						Warrington		47
						Barrow		14
	Barrow
	bye
											Warrington		10
											Oldham		2
	St. Helens		14
	Oldham		17
						Oldham		20
						Rochdale Hornets		2
	Rochdale Hornets
	bye

See also

• British rugby league system
• 1906–07 Northern Rugby Football Union season
• Rugby league county cups

Notes

1 * 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

References

1. "Rugby League Project - Lancashire Cup".
2. "Saints Heritage Society - History - Season 1906–07".
3. "Wigan "Cherry and White" archived results".
4. "Warrington Wolves - Results Archive - 1906".
5. "Widnes Vikings - History - Season In Review - 1906–07".
6. Raymond Fletcher and David Howes (1991). Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook 1991-1992. Queen Anne Press. ISBN 0 35617852 8.