1956–57 Lancashire Cup

1956–57 was the forty-fourth occasion on which the Lancashire Cup completion had been held.
Oldham won the trophy by beating St. Helens by the score of 10-3
The match was played at Central Park, Wigan, (historically in the county of Lancashire). The excellent attendance was 39,544 and receipts were £6,274
This was the first of Oldham's three consecutive triumphs. 1958 would be the last time they would win the trophy, although they did later appear 4 times as runners-up (in 1966, 1969, 1987 and 1989

1956–57 Lancashire Cup
Structure	Regional knockout championship
Teams	15
Winners	Oldham
Runners-up	St. Helens

Background

With the invitation to junior club “County Amateurs”, the number of clubs remained the same at 15.
The same pre-war fixture format was retained, and due to the number of clubs this resulted in one bye in the first round.

Competition and results

[1]

Round 1

Involved 7 matches (with one bye but no “blank” fixture) and 15 clubs

Game No	Fixture Date	Home Team		Score		Away Team	Venue	Att	Rec	Notes	Ref
1	Sat 01 Sep 1956	Blackpool Borough		15-12		Whitehaven	St Anne's Road Greyhound Stadium
2	Sat 01 Sep 1956	Liverpool City		24-7		County Amateurs	Mill Yard, Knotty Ash			1
3	Sat 01 Sep 1956	St. Helens		27-7		Swinton	Knowsley Road	17,000			[2]
4	Sat 01 Sep 1956	Salford		17-9		Workington Town	The Willows
5	Sat 01 Sep 1956	Warrington		31-8		Rochdale Hornets	Wilderspool				[3]
6	Sat 01 Sep 1956	Widnes		7-17		Barrow	Naughton Park				[4]
7	Sat 01 Sep 1956	Wigan		16-18		Oldham	Central Park				[5]
8		Leigh				bye

[6]

Round 2 - Quarter Finals

Involved 3 matches (with no bye) and 8 clubs

Game No	Fixture Date	Home Team		Score		Away Team	Venue	Att	Rec	Notes	Ref
1	Tue 11 Sep 1956	St. Helens		34-3		Liverpool City	Knowsley Road	9,000			[2]
2	Tue 11 Sep 1956	Salford		0-31		Oldham	The Willows
3	Wed 12 Sep 1956	Leigh		25-3		Blackpool Borough	Kirkhall Lane
4	Thu 13 Sep 1956	Warrington		5-2		Barrow	Wilderspool				[3]

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 19 Sep 1956	Leigh		9-18		Oldham	Kirkhall Lane
2	Thu 20 Sep 1956	Warrington		9-17		St. Helens	Wilderspool	26,000			[3][2]

Final

Game No	Fixture Date	Home Team		Score		Away Team	Venue	Att	Rec	Notes	Ref
	Saturday 20 October 1956	Oldham		10-3		St. Helens	Central Park	39,544	£6,274	2	[2][7][6]

Teams and Scorers

Oldham	№	St. Helens
	teams
	1	Glyn Moses
John Etty	2	Steve Llewellyn
	3	Doug Greenall
	4	Bill Finnan
	5	Frank Carlton
Frank Stirrup (c)	6	Austin Rhodes
	7	John Dickinson
	8	Alan Prescott
	9	Len McIntyre
	10	Nat Silcock, Jr.
	11	George Parsons
	12	Josh Gaskell
	13	Vince Karalius
10	score	3
7	HT	3
	Scorers
	Tries
John Etty (1)	T
	Goals
	G
	G
	Drop Goals
	DG
Referee

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

[2]

The road to success

	First Round					Second Round					Semi Finals					Final
	Leigh
	bye
						Leigh		25
						Blackpool Borough		3
	Blackpool Borough		15
	Whitehaven		12
											Leigh		9
											Oldham		18
	Salford		17
	Workington Town		9
						Salford		0
						Oldham		31
	Wigan		16
	Oldham		18
																Oldham		10
																St. Helens		3
	Warrington		31
	Rochdale Hornets		8
						Warrington		5
						Barrow		2
	Widnes		7
	Barrow		17
											Warrington		9
											St. Helens		17
	#REF!		27
		Swinton	7
						St. Helens		34
						Liverpool City		3
	Liverpool City		24
	County Amateurs		7

Notes and comments

1 * County Amateurs were a Junior (amateur) club from ??
2 * 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

• 1956–57 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 2010-07-06.
4. "Widnes Vikings - History - Season In Review - 1896-97".
5. "Wigan "Cherry and White" archived results".
6. David Jack (1957). Empire News Football Annual 1957–58 - 71st year. Empire News and Sunday Chronicle.
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