1969–70 Lancashire Cup
StructureRegional knockout championship
Teams16
WinnersSwinton
Runners-upLeigh

The season of 1969–70 was the fifty-seventh occasion on which the Lancashire Cup completion had been held.
Swinton won the trophy by beating Leigh by the score of 11-2
The match was played at Central Park, Wigan, (historically in the county of Lancashire). The attendance was 13,532 and receipts were £3,651-0s-0d

Background

The total number of teams entering the competition increased by two, up to the total of 16. This was as a result of inviting two junior (or amateur) clubs, St Helens Amateurs and Maryport.
The same fixture format was retained, and due to the increase in the number of participating clubs, resulted in a full fixture list with no byes or “blank” or “dummy” fixtures.

Competition and results

[1]

Round 1

Involved 8 matches (with no bye or “blank” fixture) and 16 clubs

Game No Fixture date Home team Score Away team Venue Att Rec Notes Ref
1Saturday 15 August 1969Leigh15-12WarringtonHilton Park[2]
2Saturday 16 August 1969Oldham24-28SwintonWatersheddings
3Saturday 16 August 1969Whitehaven24-10BarrowRecreation Ground
4Saturday 16 August 1969Wigan25-9SalfordCentral Park[3]
5Sunday 17 August 1969Huyton13-16Blackpool BoroughAlt Park, Huyton1
6Sunday 17 August 1969Rochdale Hornets42-5St Helens AmateursAthletic Grounds1
7Sunday 17 August 1969Widnes16-15Workington TownNaughton Park[4]
8Monday 1 September 1969St. Helens58-5MaryportKnowsley Road3[5]

Round 2 - Quarter-finals

Involved 4 matches (with no bye) and 8 clubs

Game No Fixture date Home team Score Away team Venue Att Rec Notes Ref
1Wednesday 17 September 1969Swinton59-5Blackpool BoroughStation Road
2Monday 22 September 1969Wigan38-12WhitehavenCentral Park[3]
3Monday 29 September 1969Widnes22-14St. HelensNaughton Park[4][5]
4Wednesday 1 October 1969Rochdale Hornets10-11LeighAthletic Grounds

Round 3 – Semi-finals

Involved 2 matches and 4 clubs

Game No Fixture date Home team Score Away team Venue Att Rec Notes Ref
1Wednesday 1 October 1969Leigh15-4WidnesHilton Park[4]
2Wednesday 8 October 1969Swinton9-6WiganStation Road12,326[3]

Final

Game No Fixture date Home team Score Away team Venue Att Rec Notes Ref
Saturday 1 November 1969Swinton11-2LeighCentral Park13,532£3,6514[6]

Teams and scorers

Swinton Leigh
teams
Ken Gowers1Tom Grainey
John Gomersall2Rod Tickle
Bob Fleet (c)3Tom Warburton
Alan Buckley4Mick Collins
Mick Philbin5Harold Stringer
Billy Davies6David Eckersley
Peter Kenny7Alex Murphy (c)
Harold Bate8Dave Chisnall
Derek Clarke9Kevin Ashcroft
Graham Mackay10Derek Watts
Bill Holliday11Bob Welding
Rod Smith12Jimmy Fiddler
Dave Robinson13Geoff Lyon
Jeff Price (not used)14Dennis Brown (for Harold Stringer)
Malcolm Cummings (not used)15Paul Grimes (not used)
11score2
2HT0
Scorers
Tries
Mick Philbin (1)T
Drop Goals
Peter Kenny (4)DGAlex Murphy (1)
RefereeEric Clay, Leeds

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

[6][7]

The road to success

First round Second round Semi-finals Final
            
Oldham 24
Swinton 28
Swinton 59
Blackpool Borough 5
Huyton 13
Blackpool Borough 16
Swinton 9
Wigan 6
Wigan 25
Salford 9
Wigan 38
Whitehaven 12
Whitehaven 24
Barrow 10
Swinton 11
Leigh 2
Rochdale Hornets 42
St Helens Amateurs 5
Rochdale Hornets 10
Leigh 11
Leigh 15
Warrington 12
Leigh 15
Widnes 4
Widnes 16
Workington Town 15
Widnes 22
St. Helens 14
St. Helens 58
Maryport 5

Notes and comments

1 * The first Lancashire Cup match to be played at Huyton's newly completed new stadium
2 * St Helens Amateurs were a junior (or amateur) club
3 * Maryport a junior (or amateur) club from Cumberland[8]
4 * 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

References

  1. "Rugby League Project".
  2. "Warrington Wolves - Results Archive - 1897". Archived from the original on 6 July 2010.
  3. 1 2 3 "Wigan "Cherry and White" archived results". Archived from the original on 21 February 2014. Retrieved 15 February 2014.
  4. 1 2 3 "Widnes Vikings - History - Season In Review - 1896-97".
  5. 1 2 "Saints Heritage Society - History - Season 1896-97".
  6. 1 2 Raymond Fletcher and David Howes (1991). Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook 1991-100. Queen Anne Press. ISBN 0 35617852 8.
  7. "Swinton Lions Tales".
  8. "Maryport".
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