1929–30 Lancashire Cup

Rugby league season

1929–30 Lancashire Cup

Structure| Regional knockout competitionm
Teams| 13
Champions| Warrington
Runners-up| Salford

← 1928–29

1930–31 →

The 1929–30 Lancashire Cup was the 22nd occasion on which this regional rugby league competition had been held. Warrington won the trophy by beating Salford in the final by 15–2. The match was played at Central Park, Wigan. The attendance at the final was 21,012 and receipts £1,250.

## Background

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The number of teams entering this year's competition remained at 13 which resulted in 3 byes in the first round.

The semi-final clash between Salford and Swinton took two replays to decide. This resulted in Salford playing 5 matches (a semi-final, a league match, two replays and a final) within 11 days.

## Competition and results

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### Round 1

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Involved 5 matches (with three byes) and 13 clubs

Game No  | Fixture date  | Home team  |  | Score  |  | Away team  | Venue  | Att  | Rec  | Notes  | Ref

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1 | Sat 12 October 1929 | Barrow |  | 12–0 |  | Widnes | Little Park, Roose |  |  |  | [2]
2 | Sat 12 October 1929 | Broughton Rangers |  | 9–10 |  | St. Helens | The Cliff |  |  |  | [3]
3 | Sat 12 October 1929 | Leigh |  | 3–6 |  | Warrington | Mather Lane |  |  |  | [4]
4 | Sat 12 October 1929 | Rochdale Hornets |  | 15–11 |  | Wigan Highfield | Athletic Grounds |  |  |  |
5 | Sat 12 October 1929 | Wigan |  | 5–10 |  | Oldham | Central Park |  |  |  | [5]
6 |  | St Helens Recs |  |  |  | bye |  |  |  |  |
7 |  | Salford |  |  |  | bye |  |  |  |  |
8 |  | Swinton |  |  |  | bye |  |  |  |  |

### Round 2 – quarter-finals

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Game No  | Fixture date  | Home team  |  | Score  |  | Away team  | Venue  | Att  | Rec  | Notes  | Ref

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1 | Mon 21 October 1929 | Oldham |  | 8–2 |  | St Helens Recs | Watersheddings |  |  |  |
2 | Wed 23 October 1929 | St. Helens |  | 8–8 |  | Salford | Knowsley Road |  |  |  | [3]
3 | Wed 23 October 1929 | Swinton |  | 38–3 |  | Rochdale Hornets | Station Road |  |  | 1 |
4 | Thu 24 October 1929 | Barrow |  | 7–9 |  | Warrington | Little Park, Roose |  |  |  | [4]
Replay
5 | Sat 30 October 1929 | Salford |  | 13–3 |  | St. Helens | The Willows |  |  |  | [3]

### Round 3 – semi-finals

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Game No  | Fixture date  | Home team  |  | Score  |  | Away team  | Venue  | Att  | Rec  | Notes  | Ref

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1 | Mon 11 November 1929 | Oldham |  | 5–7 |  | Warrington | Watersheddings |  |  |  | [4]
2 | Wed 13 November 1929 | Swinton |  | 3–3 |  | Salford | Station Road |  |  | 2 |
1st Replay
3 | Mon 18 November 1929 | Salford |  | 0–0 |  | Swinton | The Willows |  |  | 2 |
2nd Replay
4 | Wed 20 November 1929 | Swinton |  | 0–8 |  | Salford | The Cliff |  |  |  |

### Final

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Game No  | Fixture date  | Home team  |  | Score  |  | Away team  | Venue  | Att  | Rec  | Notes  | Ref

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| Saturday 23 November 1929 | Warrington |  | 15–2 |  | Salford | Central Park | 21,012 | £1,250 | 2 3 | [4][6]

#### Teams and scorers

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Warrington[4] | №  | Salford

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Billy Holding | 1 | Gus Risman
Tommy Blinkhorn | 2 | Sid Boyd
Les Perkins (c) | 3 | Richard Manning
Billy Dingsdale | 4 | George Dobing
Thomas "Tubby" Thompson | 5 | Barney Hudson
William "Billy" Kirk | 6 | Sammy Miller
Tommy Flynn | 7 | Reg Meek
Jack Miller | 8 | Billy Williams
Alfred Peacock | 9 | Fred Shaw
Billy Cunliffe | 10 | Jack Muir
Frank Williams | 11 | Teddy Haines
Jesse Meredith | 12 | Alf Middleton
Charlie Seeling Jr. | 13 | Aubrey Casewell
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15 | score | 2
7 | HT | 0
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| Scorers |
| Tries |
William "Billy" Kirk (1) | T |
Jesse Meredith (1) | T |
Tommy Blinkhorn (1) | T |
| Goals |
Billy Holding (3) | G | George Dobing
| Drop Goals |
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Referee |  |
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Scoring – Try = three points; Goal = two points; Drop goal = two points

### The road to success

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| First round | | | Second round | | | Semifinals | | | Final |

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| Wigan | 5 | | | |
| Oldham | 10 |
| | Oldham | 8 |
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| | | St Helens Recs | 2 |
| St Helens Recs |  |

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| | Oldham | 5 |
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| | | Warrington | 7 |
| Barrow | 12 | |

| Widnes | 0 |
| | Barrow | 7 |
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| | | Warrington | 9 |
| Leigh | 3 |

| Warrington | 6 |
| | Warrington | 15 |
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| | | Salford | 2 |
| Swinton |  | | |

| bye |  |
| | Swinton | 38 |
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| | | Rochdale Hornets | 3 |
| Rochdale Hornets | 15 |

| Wigan Highfield | 11 |
| | Swinton | 3(0)(0) |
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| | | Salford | 3(0)(8) |
| Broughton Rangers | 9 | |

| St. Helens | 10 |
| | St. Helens | 8(3) |
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| | | Salford | 8(13) |
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| bye |  |

## See also

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* 1929–30 Northern Rugby Football League season

## Notes

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1. ^ "Rugby League Project".
2. ^ "Widnes Vikings – History – Season In Review – 1929–30".
3. ^ a b c "Saints Heritage Society – History – Season 1929–30".
4. ^ a b c d e "Warrington Wolves – Results Archive – 1929".
5. ^ "Wigan "Cherry and White" archived results".
6. ^ Raymond Fletcher and David Howes (1991). Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook 1991–1992. Queen Anne Press. ISBN 0 35617852 8.

## References

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* Saxton, Irvin (ed.). History of Rugby League: No.35 1929–1930. League Publications. p. 10.

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