1958–59 Lancashire Cup

1958–59 was the forty-sixth occasion on which the Lancashire Cup completion had been held.
Oldham won the trophy by beating St. Helens by the score of 12-2
The match was played at Station Road, Pendlebury, (historically in the county of Lancashire). The attendance was 38,780 and receipts were £6,933; another excellent attendance.
This was the third (and final one) of Oldham's three consecutive triumphs. It 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).

The 1958 Rugby League Lancashire Cup competition

1958–59 Lancashire Cup
Structure	Regional knockout championship
Teams	14
Winners	Oldham
Runners-up	St. Helens

Background

With again no invitation to a junior club this season, the total number of teams entering the competition remained the same at 14.
The same pre-war fixture format was retained, and due to the number of clubs this resulted in no bye but one “blank” or “dummy” fixture in the first round, and one bye in the second round.

Competition and results

[1][2]

Round 1

Involved 7 matches (with no bye but one “blank” fixture) and 14 clubs

Game No	Fixture Date	Home Team		Score		Away Team	Venue	Att	Rec	Notes	Ref
1	Sat 30 Aug 1958	Warrington		10-16		Leigh	Wilderspool				[3]
2	Sat 30 Aug 1958	Widnes		44-13		Salford	Naughton Park				[4]
3	Sat 30 Aug 1958	Workington Town		25-12		Liverpool City	Derwent Park
4	Sat 30 Aug 1958	Rochdale Hornets		15-20		St. Helens	Athletic Grounds	8,257			[5]
5	Sat 30 Aug 1958	Swinton		12-31		Wigan	Station Road				[6]
6	Sat 30 Aug 1958	Oldham		49-5		Whitehaven	Watersheddings
7	Sat 30 Aug 1958	Barrow		28-12		Blackpool Borough	Craven Park
8		blank				blank

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	Mon 08 Sep 1958	Barrow		23-17		Workington Town	Craven Park
2	Mon 08 Sep 1958	Leigh		2-12		St. Helens	Kirkhall Lane	14,800			[5]
3	Tue 16 Sep 1958	Oldham		19-7		Wigan	Watersheddings				[6]
4		Widnes				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 17 Sep 1958	St. Helens		18-6		Barrow	Knowsley Road	23,000			[5]
2	Tue 30 Sep 1958	Oldham		9-4		Widnes	Watersheddings				[4]

Final

Game No	Fixture Date	Home Team		Score		Away Team	Venue	Att	Rec	Notes	Ref
	Saturday 25 October 1958	Oldham		12-2		St. Helens	Station Road	38,780	£6,933		[2][5][7]

Teams and Scorers

Oldham	№	St. Helens
	teams
Bernard Ganley	1	Peter Fearis
Dick Cracknell	2	Tom van Vollenhoven
Alan Davies	3	Doug Greenall
John Noon	4	Ken Large
John Etty	5	Frank Carlton
Alan Kellett	6	Brian Howard
Frank Stirrup (c)	7	Alex Murphy
Ron Rowbottom	8	Abe Terry
Jack Keith	9	Tom McKinney
Ken Jackson	10	Derek Brown
Charlie Winslade	11	Brian Briggs
Des McKeown	12	Walter Delves
Derek Turner	13	Vince Karalius
12	score	2
7	HT	2
	Scorers
	Tries
	T
	T
	Goals
	G
	G
	Drop Goals
	DG
Referee		R. Gelder, Wakefield

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

[5]

The road to success

	First Round					Second Round					Semi Finals					Final
	Oldham		49
	Whitehaven		5
						Oldham		19
						Wigan		7
	Swinton		12
	Wigan		31
											Oldham		9
											Widnes		4
	Widnes		44
	Salford		13
						Widnes
						bye
	blank
	blank
																Oldham		12
																St. Helens		2
	Warrington		10
	Leigh		16
						Leigh		2
						St. Helens		12
	Rochdale Hornets		15
	St. Helens		20
											St. Helens		18
											Barrow		6
	Barrow		28
	Blackpool Borough		12
						Barrow		23
						Workington Town		17
	Workington Town		25
	Liverpool City		12

Notes and comments

1 Station Road was the home ground of Swinton from 1929 to 1992 and at its peak was one of the finest rugby league grounds in the country and it boasted a capacity of 60,000. The actual record attendance was for the Challenge Cup semi-final on 7 April 1951 when 44,621 watched Wigan beat Warrington 3-2

See also

• 1958–59 Northern Rugby Football League season
• Rugby league county cups

References

1. "Rugby League Project".
2. David Jack (1957). Empire News Football Annual 1957–58 - 71st year. Empire News and Sunday Chronicle.
3. "Warrington Wolves - Results Archive - 1897". Archived from the original on 2010-07-06.
4. "Widnes Vikings - History - Season In Review - 1896-97".
5. "Saints Heritage Society - History - Season 1896-97".
6. "Wigan "Cherry and White" archived results".
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