1937–38 Lancashire Cup

1937–38 was the thirtieth occasion on which the Lancashire Cup completion had been held.
Warrington won the trophy by beating Barrow by 8-4.
The match was played at Central Park, Wigan, (historically in the county of Lancashire). The attendance was 14,000 and receipts were £800.

1937-38 Lancashire Cup
Structure	Regional knockout championship
Teams	13
Winners	Warrington
Runners-up	Barrow

Background

The number of teams entering this year’s competition decreased by one with the withdrawal of Streatham & Mitcham, back to the previous total of 13 but the same fixture format was retained.
There was once again a bye in the first round, and there was still a “blank” or “dummy” fixture. The bye in the second round remained.

Competition and Results

[1]

Round 1

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 11 Sep 1937	Barrow		11-2		St Helens Recs	Craven Park
2	Sat 11 Sep 1937	Leigh		18-3		Rochdale Hornets	Mather Lane
3	Sat 11 Sep 1937	Oldham		2-4		Warrington	Watersheddings				[2]
4	Sat 11 Sep 1937	St. Helens		0-11		Broughton Rangers	Knowsley Road				[3]
5	Sat 11 Sep 1937	Salford		2-3		Widnes	The Willows				[4]
6	Sat 11 Sep 1937	Swinton		9-9		Wigan	Station Road				[5]
7		Liverpool Stanley				bye
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 15 Sep 1937	Wigan		24-5		Swinton	Central Park				[5]

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 22 Sep 1937	Broughton Rangers		12-8		Leigh	Belle Vue Stadium
2	Thu 23 Sep 1937	Barrow		3-2		Liverpool Stanley	Craven Park
3	Thu 23 Sep 1937	Widnes		26-5		Wigan	Naughton Park				[5][4]
4		Warrington				bye					[2]

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	Thu 30 Sep 1937	Barrow		5-2		Broughton Rangers	Craven Park
2	Thu 07 Oct 1937	Widnes		0-3		Warrington	Naughton Park				[4][2]

Final

Game No	Fixture Date	Home Team		Score		Away Team	Venue	Att	Rec	Notes	Ref
	Saturday 23 October 1937	Warrington		8-4		Barrow	Central Park	14,000	£800	1	[2][6]

Teams and Scorers

Warrington	№	Barrow
	teams
Les Jones	1	Freddie French
Jack Garratt/J. W. Garrett	2	Val Cumberbatch
Dave Brown	3	John Higgin
Bill Shankland Captain (sports) (c)	4	Thomas "Tom my" Barr
Islwyn Davies	5	Buster Harris
Melville De Lloyd	6	Ian Lloyd
Francisco "Frank" Cueto	7	Billy Little
Sammy Hardman	8	George Blackburn
Dave Cotton	9	Dan McKeating
Jack Miller	10	William "Billy" Skelly
Jack Arkwright	11	Alec Troup (c)
Ivor Bennett	12	Bob Ayres
William "Bill" Chapman/William "Bill" Chapman	13	Gordon Askew Rawlings
Chris Brockbank	Coach	unknown
8	score	4
0	HT	0
	Scorers
	Tries
David Brown (2)	T
	Goals
Bill Shankland (1)	G	Freddie French (2)
	G
	Drop Goals
	DG
Referee		F. Peel (Bradford)

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

[2][7][8][9]

The road to success

	First Round					Second Round					Semi Finals					Final
	Salford		2
	Widnes		3
						Widnes		26
						Wigan		5
	Swinton		9 - 5
	Wigan		9 - 24
											Widnes		0
											Warrington		3
	Oldham		2
	Warrington		4
						Warrington
						bye
	blank
	blank
																Warrington		8
																Barrow		4
	Barrow		11
	St Helens Recs		2
						Barrow		3
						Liverpool Stanley		2
	Liverpool Stanley
	bye
											Barrow		5
											Broughton Rangers		2
	St. Helens		0
	Broughton Rangers		11
						Broughton Rangers		12
						Leigh		8
	Leigh		18
	Rochdale Hornets		3

Notes and comments

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

See also

• 1937–38 Northern Rugby Football League season
• Rugby league county cups

References

1. "Rugby League Project".
2. "Warrington Wolves - Results Archive - 1897". Archived from the original on 2010-07-06.
3. "Saints Heritage Society - History - Season 1896-97".
4. "Widnes Vikings - History - Season In Review - 1896-97".
5. "Wigan "Cherry and White" archived results".
6. Raymond Fletcher and David Howes (1991). Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook 1991-100. Queen Anne Press. ISBN 0 35617852 8.
7. "Wire2Wolves Warrington archive". Archived from the original on 2014-02-22. Retrieved 2014-02-14.
8. "North West Evening Mail". Archived from the original on 2014-02-14. Retrieved 2014-02-14.
9. "News and Star". Archived from the original on 2014-02-21. Retrieved 2014-02-14.

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