1934–35 Lancashire Cup

Structure| Regional knockout championship
Teams| 13
Winners| Salford
Runners-up| Wigan

← 1933–34

1935–36 →

The 1934–35 Lancashire Cup was the 27th occasion on which the Lancashire Cup completion had been held. Salford won the trophy by beating Wigan by 21–12 in the final.

## Competition and results[edit]

The number of teams entering this year's competition remained at 13 and the same fixture format was retained. There was only one bye in the first round but now also a “blank” or “dummy” fixture. This also resulted in one bye in the second round.[1]

### Round 1[edit]

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

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1 | Sat 08 Sep 1934 | Oldham |  | 8-7 |  | Widnes | Watersheddings |  |  |  | [2]
2 | Sat 08 Sep 1934 | St Helens Recs |  | 8-20 |  | Wigan | City Road |  |  |  | [3]
3 | Sat 08 Sep 1934 | Liverpool Stanley |  | 9-3 |  | Broughton Rangers | Stanley Greyhound Stadium |  |  | 1 |
4 | Sat 08 Sep 1934 | Salford |  | 34-0 |  | Leigh | The Willows |  |  |  |
5 | Sat 08 Sep 1934 | Swinton |  | 16-8 |  | Barrow | Station Road |  |  |  |
6 | Mon 10 Sep 1934 | St. Helens |  | 24-18 |  | Rochdale Hornets | Knowsley Road |  |  |  | [4]
7 |  | Warrington |  |  |  | bye |  |  |  |  | [5]
8 |  | blank |  |  |  | blank |  |  |  |  |

### Round 2 – quarterfinals[edit]

Involved 3 matches (with one bye) and 7 clubs

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1 | Wed 19 Sep 1934 | Warrington |  | 5-23 |  | Salford | Wilderspool |  |  |  | [5]
2 | Mon 24 Sep 1934 | St. Helens |  | 9-9 |  | Liverpool Stanley | Knowsley Road |  |  |  | [4]
3 | Tue 25 Sep 1934 | Oldham |  | 8-12 |  | Wigan | Watersheddings |  |  |  | [3]
4 |  | Swinton |  |  |  | bye | Station Road |  |  |  |

### Round 2 – quarterfinals - First replays[edit]

Involved 1 match

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

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1 | Wed 26 Sep 1934 | Liverpool Stanley |  | 3-3 |  | St. Helens | Stanley Greyhound Sadium |  |  |  | [4]\-

### Round 2 – quarterfinals - Second replays[edit]

Involved 1 match

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

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1 | Fri 28 Sep 1934 | St. Helens |  | 9-12 |  | Liverpool Stanley | ?? |  |  | 2 | [4]\-

### Round 3 – semifinals[edit]

Involved 2 matches and 4 clubs

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

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1 | Wed 03 Oct 1934 | Swinton |  | 5-12 |  | Salford | Station Road |  |  |  |
2 | Wed 03 Oct 1934 | Wigan |  | 13-10 |  | Liverpool Stanley | Central Park |  |  |  | [3]

### Final[edit]

The match was played at Station Road, Pendlebury, Salford, (historically in the county of Lancashire). he attendance of 33,544 was a new record and more than 5,000 more than the previous best recorded in 1931, and receipts were also a record £2,191. This would turn out to be only the first of three consecutive Lancashire Cup finals in which Salford would beat Wigan.

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

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| Saturday 20 October 1934 | Salford |  | 21-12 |  | Wigan | Station Road | 33,544 | £2,191 | 3 4 | [3][6]

#### Teams and scorers[edit]

Salford | No.  | Wigan

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team unknown | 1 | Jim Sullivan
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| 3 | Gordon Innes
| 4 | George Bennett
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| 7 | Hector Gee
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21 | score | 12
4 | HT | 7
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| Tries |
| T | George Bennett
| T | Gordon Innes
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| G | Jim Sullivan (2)
| G | Hector Gee (1) maybe drop ?
| Drop Goals |
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Referee |  |
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Scoring - Try = three (3) points - Goal = two (2) points - Drop goal = two (2) points

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### The road to success[edit]

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

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| Swinton | 16 | | | |
| Barrow | 8 |
| | Swinton |  |
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| blank |  |
| | Swinton | 5 |
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| | | Salford | 12 |
| Warrington |  | |

| bye |  |
| | Warrington | 5 |
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| | | Salford | 23 |
| Salford | 34 |

| Leigh | 0 |
| | Salford | 21 |
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| | | Wigan | 12 |
| Oldham | 8 | | |

| Widnes | 7 |
| | Oldham | 8 |
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| | | Wigan | 12 |
| St Helens Recs | 8 |

| Wigan | 20 |
| | Wigan | 13 |
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| | | Liverpool Stanley | 10 |
| St. Helens | 24 | |

| Rochdale Hornets | 18 |
| | St. Helens | 9-3-9 |
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| | | Liverpool Stanley | 9-3-12 |
| Liverpool Stanley | 9 |

| Broughton Rangers | 3 |

## Notes and comments[edit]

1 * The first Lancashire Cup match to be played at this stadium and also by this (newly formed/named) club

2 *This second replay was played at a Neutral Ground according to St. Helens[4] official archives, but no ground is named.

3 * The attendance of 33,544 was a new record and more than 5,000 more than the previous best, and receipts were also a record £2191/=/=.

4 * Station Road was the home ground of Swinton from 1929 to 1992 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[edit]

* 1934–35 Northern Rugby Football League season
* Rugby league county cups

## References[edit]

1. ^ "Rugby League Project".
2. ^ "Widnes Vikings - History - Season In Review - 1896-97".
3. ^ a b c d e "Wigan "Cherry and White" archived results".
4. ^ a b c d e "Saints Heritage Society - History - Season 1896-97".
5. ^ a b "Warrington Wolves - Results Archive - 1897". Archived from the original on 6 July 2010.
6. ^ Raymond Fletcher and David Howes (1991). Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook 1991-100. Queen Anne Press. ISBN 0 35617852 8.

## External links[edit]

* 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

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