1936–37 Lancashire Cup

1936–37 was the twenty-ninth occasion on which the Lancashire Cup completion had been held.
Salford won the trophy by beating Wigan by 5-2
The match was played at Wilderspool, Warrington, now in the County Palatine of Chester but (historically in the county of Lancashire. The attendance was 17,500 and receipts were £1,160.
This was the third of the three consecutive Lancashire Cup finals in which Salford would beat Wigan

1936-37 Lancashire Cup
Structure	Regional knockout championship
Teams	14
Winners	Salford
Runners-up	Wigan

Background

The number of teams entering this year’s competition remained the same, with Streatham & Mitcham (hardly a Lancashire club, but useful to make the numbers up) playing in their second (and what was to be their final) season. The total entrants remained at 14 and the same fixture format was retained.
There was 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	Sat 12 Sep 1936	Broughton Rangers		17-12		Widnes	Belle Vue Stadium			1	[2]
2	Sat 12 Sep 1936	St Helens Recs		7-7		Leigh	City Road
3	Sat 12 Sep 1936	Liverpool Stanley		3-14		St. Helens	Stanley Greyhound Sadium				[3]
4	Sat 12 Sep 1936	Salford		8-4		Oldham	The Willows
5	Sat 12 Sep 1936	Streatham & Mitcham		8-23		Barrow	Mitcham Stadium			2
6	Sat 12 Sep 1936	Swinton		15-0		Rochdale Hornets	Station Road
7	Sat 12 Sep 1936	Warrington		6-7		Wigan	Wilderspool				[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 16 Sep 1936	Leigh		4-8		St Helens Recs	Mather Lane

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 23 Sep 1936	St Helens Recs		10-4		St. Helens	City Road				[3]
2	Wed 23 Sep 1936	Salford		11-3		Swinton	The Willows
3	Thu 24 Sep 1936	Barrow		9-8		Broughton Rangers	Craven Park
4		Wigan				bye					[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 30 Sep 1936	Salford		15-15		Barrow	The Willows
2	Wed 30 Sep 1936	Wigan		15-2		St Helens Recs	Central Park				[4]

Semi-Finals - First Replays

Involved 1 match

Game No	Fixture Date	Home Team		Score		Away Team	Venue	Att	Rec	Notes	Ref
1	Thu 8 Oct 1936	Barrow		13-19		Salford	Craven Park

Final

Game No	Fixture Date	Home Team		Score		Away Team	Venue	Att	Rec	Notes	Ref
	Saturday 17 October 1936	Salford		5-2		Wigan	Wilderspool	17,500	£1,160	3	}

Teams and Scorers

Salford	№	Wigan
	teams
team unknown	1	Jim Sullivan
	2
	3
	4
	5
	6
	7
	8
	9
	10
	11
	12
	13
5	score	2
3	HT	0
	Scorers
	Tries
	T
	Goals
	G	Jim Sullivan (1)
	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
	Salford		8
	Oldham		4
						Salford		11
						Swinton		3
	Swinton		15
	Rochdale Hornets		0
											Salford		15 - 19
											Barrow		15 - 13
	Streatham & Mitcham		8
	Barrow		23
						Barrow		9
						Broughton Rangers		8
	Broughton Rangers		17
	Widnes		12
																Salford		5
																Wigan		2
	St Helens Recs		7 - 8
	Leigh		7 - 4
						St Helens Recs		10
						St. Helens		4
	Liverpool Stanley		3
	St. Helens		14
											Wigan		15
											St Helens Recs		2
	Warrington		6
	Wigan		7
						Wigan
						bye
	blank
	blank

Notes and comments

1 * RUGBYLEAGUEproject[1] show that Broughton Rangers were at home and the match was played at Belle Vue Stadium, but Widnes[2] official archives show that Widnes were at home at Naughton Park

2 * The first (and only) Lancashire Cup match played at "home" and at this (Mitcham Stadium) by London club Streatham & Mitcham

3 * 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

• 1936–37 Northern Rugby Football League season
• Rugby league county cups

References

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