1946–47 Lancashire Cup Explained

1946–47 Lancashire Cup
Structure:Regional knockout championship
Season Champs:Wigan
Season Champ Name:Winners
Runner-Up Name:Runner-up
Second Place:Belle Vue Rangers
Prevseason Link:1945–46 Lancashire Cup
Prevseason Year:1945–46
Nextseason Link:1947–48 Lancashire Cup
Nextseason Year:1947–48
No Of Teams:13

The 1946–47 Lancashire Cup was the thirty-fourth occasion on which the Lancashire Cup competition had been held.

Wigan won the trophy by beating Belle Vue Rangers by the score of 9–3.

The match was played at Station Road, Pendlebury, (historically in the county of Lancashire). The attendance was 21,648 and receipts were £2,658.

Although it could not have been known at this time, this was to be the first of Wigan's record breaking run of six consecutive Lancashire Cup victories.

It was also to be the first of two consecutive finals to be competed for by these two teams.

Background

The number of teams entering showed little change from before the war.

Leigh returned to the sport using a rented athletic stadium while their purpose built stadium was under construction.

Overall, the number of teams entering this year's competition increased by one with the return of Leigh bringing the total up to 13.

The same pre-war fixture format was retained. This season saw one bye and one "blank" or "dummy" fixture in the first round. The second round also had one bye, but now no "blank" fixture".

As last season, all the first round ties of the competition was played on the basis of two legged, home and away, ties. In addition, this season, the second round was also on a two leg, home and away basis.

Competition and results

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Round 1

Involved 6 matches (with one bye and one "blank" fixture) and 13 clubs

width=20 abbr="No" Game Nowidth=100 abbr="Date"Fixture datewidth=150 abbr="Home team"Home teamwidth=5 abbr="space" width=20 abbr="Score" Scorewidth=5 abbr="space" width=150 abbr="Away team" Away teamwidth=150 abbr="Venue" Venuewidth=50 abbr="agg" aggwidth=30 abbr="Att" Attwidth=30 abbr="Rec" Recwidth=20 abbr="Notes" Noteswidth=30 abbr="Ref" Ref
1Sat 07 Sep 1946Liverpool Stanley0–7Belle Vue RangersStanley Greyhound Stadium
2Sat 07 Sep 1946St. Helens5–14LeighKnowsley Road10,000[2]
3Sat 07 Sep 1946Salford10–3WarringtonThe Willows[3]
4Sat 07 Sep 1946Widnes26–5BarrowNaughton Park[4]
5Sat 07 Sep 1946Wigan49–4Rochdale HornetsCentral Park[5]
6Sat 07 Sep 1946Workington Town2–8OldhamBorough Park
7Swintonbye
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Round 1 – second leg

Involved 6 matches (with two "blank" fixture) and 12 clubs. These are the reverse fixture from the first leg

width=20 abbr="No" Game Nowidth=100 abbr="Date"Fixture datewidth=150 abbr="Home team"Home teamwidth=5 abbr="space" width=20 abbr="Score" Scorewidth=5 abbr="space" width=150 abbr="Away team" Away teamwidth=150 abbr="Venue" Venuewidth=50 abbr="agg" aggwidth=30 abbr="Att" Attwidth=30 abbr="Rec" Recwidth=20 abbr="Notes" Noteswidth=30 abbr="Ref" Ref
1Sat 14 Sep 1946Belle Vue Rangers11–5Liverpool StanleyBelle Vue Stadium18–5
2Sat 14 Sep 1946Leigh17–4St. HelensMadeley Park31–99,200
3Sat 14 Sep 1946Warrington10–5SalfordWilderspool13–15
4Sat 14 Sep 1946Barrow10–3WidnesCraven Park15–29
5Sat 14 Sep 1946Rochdale Hornets5–32WiganAthletic Grounds9–81
6Sat 14 Sep 1946Oldham19–10Workington TownWatersheddings27–12
7Swintonbye
8blankblank

Round 2 – quarterfinals – first leg

Involved 3 matches (with one bye) and 7 clubs

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1Tue 24 Sep 1946Oldham20–8LeighWatersheddings
2Wed 25 Sep 1946Swinton6–8WidnesStation Road
3Wed 25 Sep 1946Wigan31–0SalfordCentral Park
4Belle Vue Rangersbye

Round 2 – quarterfinals – second leg

Involved 3 matches (with one bye) and 7 clubs. These are the reverse fixture from the first leg

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1Wed 02 Oct 1946Leigh6–11OldhamMadeley Park14–31
2Thu 03 Oct 1946Widnes9–2SwintonNaughton Park17–8
2Wed 02 Oct 1946Salford0–19WiganThe Willows0–50
3Belle Vue Rangersbye

Round 3 – semifinals

Involved 2 matches and 4 clubs

width=20 abbr="No" Game Nowidth=100 abbr="Date"Fixture datewidth=150 abbr="Home team"Home teamwidth=5 abbr="space" width=20 abbr="Score" Scorewidth=5 abbr="space" width=150 abbr="Away team" Away teamwidth=150 abbr="Venue" Venuewidth=50 abbr="agg" aggwidth=30 abbr="Att" Attwidth=30 abbr="Rec" Recwidth=20 abbr="Notes" Noteswidth=30 abbr="Ref" Ref
1Tue 15 Oct 1946Oldham7–21WiganWatersheddings
2Wed 16 Oct 1946Belle Vue Rangers5–0WidnesBelle Vue Stadium

Final

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Saturday 26 October 1946Wigan9–3Belle Vue RangersStation Road21,648£2,6584[6]

Teams and scorers

width=280 abbr="Wigan"Wiganwidth=60 abbr="Number"№width=280 abbr="Wigan"Belle Vue Rangers
teams
Martin Ryan1A. Harris
Brian Nordgren2T. Tolan
Johnny Lawrenson3J. Waring
Ernie Ashcroft4Stanley Powell
Gordon Ratcliffe5T. Barr
Ced Mountford6T. Kenny
Tommy Bradshaw7Billy Watkins
Ken Gee8D. Thomas
Joe Egan9Glyn Jones
George Banks10A. Glendenning
Harry Atkinson http://wigan.rlfans.com/readarticle.php?article_id=12511Elwyn Gwyther
Billy Blan12W. Brown
Jack Blan http://wigan.rlfans.com/readarticle.php?article_id=18213Dick Manning
9score3
7HT3
Scorers
Tries
Jack Blan (1)TDick Manning (1)
Goals
Johnny Lawrenson (3)G
RefereeAlbert Dobson (Pontefract)
Scoring – Try = three (3) points – Goal = two (2) points – Drop goal = two (2) points

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The road to success

All the first and second round ties were played on a two leg (home and away) basis.

The first club named in each of the first and second round ties played the first leg at home.

the scores shown in the first and second round are the aggregate score over the two legs.

Notes and comments

  1. The first Lancashire Cup match played by the newly name club
  2. Leigh's belated return to the sport after the war years
  3. The first Lancashire Cup match to be played at Leigh's temporary home
  4. Station Road was the home ground of Swinton from 1929 to 1932 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

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Rugby League Project.
  2. Web site: Saints Heritage Society – History – Season 1896–97.
  3. Web site: Warrington Wolves – Results Archive – 1897 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20100706043029/http://www.warringtonwolves.org/results-archive?y=1897 . 2010-07-06 .
  4. Web site: Widnes Vikings – History – Season In Review – 1896–97.
  5. Web site: Wigan "Cherry and White" archived results.
  6. Book: Raymond Fletcher and David Howes. Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook 1991-100. 1991. Queen Anne Press. 0 35617852 8.

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