1968–69 Lancashire Cup | |
Structure: | Regional knockout championship |
Season Champs: | St. Helens |
Season Champ Name: | Winners |
Runner-Up Name: | Runner-up |
Second Place: | Oldham |
Prevseason Link: | 1967 Lancashire Cup |
Prevseason Year: | 1967–68 |
Nextseason Link: | 1969 Lancashire Cup |
Nextseason Year: | 1969–70 |
No Of Teams: | 14 |
The 1968–69 Rugby League Lancashire Cup competition was the fifty-sixth occasion on which the Lancashire Cup completion had been held. St. Helens won the trophy by beating Oldham by the score of 30-2. The match was played at Central Park, Wigan, (historically in the county of Lancashire). The attendance was 17,008 and receipts were £4644. This was the second of two consecutive Lancashire Cup final wins for St. Helens, and what is more, the seventh of the seven occasions on which the club will win the trophy in nine successive seasons.
The total number of teams entering the competition remained the same at 14.
The same 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.
Involved 7 matches (with no bye but one “blank” fixture) and 14 clubs
width=20 abbr="No" | Game No | width=100 abbr="Date" | Fixture date | width=150 abbr="Home team" | Home team | width=5 abbr="space" | width=20 abbr="Score" | Score | width=5 abbr="space" | width=150 abbr="Away team" | Away team | width=150 abbr="Venue" | Venue | width=30 abbr="Att" | Att | width=30 abbr="Rec" | Rec | width=20 abbr="Notes" | Notes | width=30 abbr="Ref" | Ref | ||
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1 | Fri 06 Sep 1968 | Rochdale Hornets | 5-17 | Oldham | Athletic Grounds | ||||||||||||||||||
2 | Fri 06 Sep 1968 | Salford | 14-3 | Warrington | The Willows | [2] | |||||||||||||||||
3 | Fri 06 Sep 1968 | Widnes | 16-15 | Huyton | Naughton Park | 1 | [3] | ||||||||||||||||
4 | Sat 07 Sep 1968 | Leigh | 15-15 | Blackpool Borough | Hilton Park | ||||||||||||||||||
5 | Sat 07 Sep 1968 | St. Helens | 19-16 | Wigan | Knowsley Road | 13500 | [4] [5] | ||||||||||||||||
6 | Sat 07 Sep 1968 | Swinton | 11-14 | Workington Town | Station Road | ||||||||||||||||||
7 | Sat 0704 Sep 1968 | Whitehaven | 19-9 | Barrow | Recreation Ground | ||||||||||||||||||
8 | blank | blank |
Involved 1 match
width=20 abbr="No" | Game No | width=100 abbr="Date" | Fixture date | width=150 abbr="Home team" | Home team | width=5 abbr="space" | width=20 abbr="Score" | Score | width=5 abbr="space" | width=150 abbr="Away team" | Away team | width=150 abbr="Venue" | Venue | width=30 abbr="Att" | Att | width=30 abbr="Rec" | Rec | width=20 abbr="Notes" | Notes | width=30 abbr="Ref" | Ref | ||
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1 | Wed 11 Sep 1968 | Blackpool Borough | 15-32 | Leigh | Borough Park |
Involved 3 matches (with one bye) and 7 clubs
width=20 abbr="No" | Game No | width=100 abbr="Date" | Fixture date | width=150 abbr="Home team" | Home team | width=5 abbr="space" | width=20 abbr="Score" | Score | width=5 abbr="space" | width=150 abbr="Away team" | Away team | width=150 abbr="Venue" | Venue | width=30 abbr="Att" | Att | width=30 abbr="Rec" | Rec | width=20 abbr="Notes" | Notes | width=30 abbr="Ref" | Ref | ||
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1 | Mon 16 Sep 1968 | Oldham | 7-5 | Workington Town | Watersheddings | ||||||||||||||||||
2 | Tue 18 Sep 1968 | Widnes | 17-20 | St. Helens | Naughton Park | 10300 | |||||||||||||||||
3 | Sat 22 Sep 1968 | Whitehaven | 4-17 | Salford | Recreation Ground | ||||||||||||||||||
4 | Leigh | bye |
Involved 2 matches and 4 clubs
width=20 abbr="No" | Game No | width=100 abbr="Date" | Fixture date | width=150 abbr="Home team" | Home team | width=5 abbr="space" | width=20 abbr="Score" | Score | width=5 abbr="space" | width=150 abbr="Away team" | Away team | width=150 abbr="Venue" | Venue | width=30 abbr="Att" | Att | width=30 abbr="Rec" | Rec | width=20 abbr="Notes" | Notes | width=30 abbr="Ref" | Ref | ||
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1 | Mon 07 Oct 1968 | Leigh | 6-17 | St. Helens | Hilton Park | 12750 | |||||||||||||||||
2 | Wed 09 Oct 1968 | Salford | 9-12 | Oldham | The Willows | ||||||||||||||||||
width=20 abbr="No" | Game No | width=100 abbr="Date" | Fixture date | width=150 abbr="Home team" | Home team | width=5 abbr="space" | width=20 abbr="Score" | Score | width=5 abbr="space" | width=150 abbr="Away team" | Away team | width=150 abbr="Venue" | Venue | width=45 abbr="Att" | Att | width=60 abbr="Rec" | Rec | width=20 abbr="Notes" | Notes | width=30 abbr="Ref" | Ref | ||
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Friday 25 October 1968 | St. Helens | 30-2 | Oldham | Central Park | 17,008 | £4,644 | 2 | [6] |
1 * This was the first Lancashire Cup match played by new/newly renamed club Huyton (who were "homeless" for this their first season)
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