1967–68 Lancashire Cup

Rugby league season

1967–68 Lancashire Cup

Structure| Regional knockout championship
Teams| 14
Winners| St. Helens
Runners-up| Warrington

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1967–68 was the fifty-fifth occasion on which the Lancashire Cup completion had been held.
In the final, held on Saturday 7 October at Central Park, Wigan, (historically in the county of Lancashire), St. Helens drew 2–2 with Warrington. At half-time Warrington were leading St Helens by 2–0.
The attendance at this match was 16,897, receipts were £3,886, and the half time score 0–2.

In the replay held eight weeks later on 2 December, St. Helens won the trophy by beating Warrington by the score of 13–10.
The replay was held at Station Road, Pendlebury, Lancashire) and the halftime score was 3–3.
The attendance at the replay was only 7,577 and receipts were £2,485-0-0.
This was the first of two consecutive Lancashire Cup final wins for St. Helens, and what is more, the sixth of the seven occasions on which the club will win the trophy in the successive nine years.

## Background

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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

## Competition and results

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### Round 1

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Involved 7 matches (with no bye but one "blank" fixture) and 14 clubs

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

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1 | Fri 18 Aug 1967 | St. Helens |  | 7-4 |  | Rochdale Hornets | Knowsley Road | 6,000 |  |  | [2]
2 | Fri 18 Aug 1967 | Widnes |  | 9-12 |  | Swinton | Naughton Park |  |  |  | [3]
3 | Sat 19 Aug 1967 | Oldham |  | 17-11 |  | Leigh | Watersheddings |  |  |  |
4 | Sat 19 Aug 1967 | Warrington |  | 17-10 |  | Blackpool Borough | Wilderspool |  |  |  | [4]
5 | Sat 19 Aug 1967 | Whitehaven |  | 10-13 |  | Liverpool City | Recreation Ground |  |  |  |
6 | Sat 19 Aug 1967 | Wigan |  | 14-18 |  | Salford | Central Park |  |  |  | [5]
7 | Sat 19 Aug 1967 | Workington Town |  | 35-6 |  | Barrow | Derwent Park |  |  |  |
8 |  | blank |  |  |  | blank |  |  |  |  |

### Round 2 - Quarter-finals

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Involved 3 matches (with one bye) and 7 clubs

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

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1 | Mon 04 Sep 1967 | Workington Town |  | 33-0 |  | Salford | Derwent Park |  |  |  |
2 | Wed 06 Sep 1967 | Warrington |  | 14-5 |  | Liverpool City | Wilderspool |  |  |  | [4]
3 | Thu 07 Sep 1967 | Swinton |  | 11-8 |  | Oldham | Station Road |  |  |  |
4 |  | St. Helens |  |  |  | bye |  |  |  |  | [2]

### Round 3 – Semi-finals

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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 | Sat 16 Sep 1967 | Workington Town |  | 13-23 |  | Warrington | Derwent Park |  |  |  | [4]
2 | Tue 19 Sep 1967 | Swinton |  | 8-12 |  | St. Helens | Station Road | 10,733 |  |  | [2]

### Final

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

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| Saturday 7 October 1967 | St. Helens |  | 2-2 |  | Warrington | Central Park | 16,897 | £3,886 | 1 | [2][4][6]

### Final – Replay

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

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| Saturday 2 December 1967 | St. Helens |  | 13-10 |  | Warrington | Station Road | 7,577 | £2485-0-0 | 2 | [2][4][6]

#### Teams and scorers

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St. Helens | No.  | Warrington

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Frank Barrow[1] | 1 | Keith Affleck[2] Archived 23 February 2015 at the Wayback Machine
Tom van Vollenhoven | 2 | John Coupe[3] Archived 23 February 2015 at the Wayback Machine
Billy Benyon | 3 | Jackie Melling[4]
Alan Whittle | 4 | Peter Harvey[5] Archived 23 February 2015 at the Wayback Machine
Tony Barrow[6] | 5 | Brian Glover[7]
Peter Douglas[8] | 6 | Willie Aspinall
Tommy Bishop | 7 | Parry Gordon
John Warlow | 8 | Keith Ashcroft
Bill Sayer | 9 | Dave Harrison[9] Archived 23 February 2015 at the Wayback Machine
Cliff Watson | 10 | Brian Brady[10] Archived 23 February 2015 at the Wayback Machine
Brian Hogan | 11 | Ken Parr
John Mantle | 12 | Barry Briggs[11] Archived 23 February 2015 at the Wayback Machine
Kel Coslett | 13 | Ray Clarke[12] Archived 23 February 2015 at the Wayback Machine
Peter Gartland[13] | 14 | Joe Pickavance[14] (for Peter Harvey)
Tony Karalius | 15 | ?
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2 | score | 2
0 | HT | 2
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Kel Coslett (1) | G |
| Drop Goals |
| DG | Willie Aspinall (1)
Referee |  | G. Fred Lindop (Wakefield)
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Replay | Replay | Replay
Frank Barrow[15] | 1 | Tommy Conroy[16] Archived 23 February 2015 at the Wayback Machine
Tom van Vollenhoven | 2 | John Coupe[17] Archived 23 February 2015 at the Wayback Machine
Wilf Smith[18] | 3 | Jackie Melling[19]
Billy Benyon | 4 | Bill Allen[20] Archived 23 February 2015 at the Wayback Machine
Les Jones | 5 | Brian Glover[21]
Peter Douglas[22] | 6 | Tony Scahill[23] Archived 23 February 2015 at the Wayback Machine
Tommy Bishop | 7 | Parry Gordon
John Warlow | 8 | Keith Ashcroft
Bill Sayer | 9 | Dave Harrison[24] Archived 23 February 2015 at the Wayback Machine
Cliff Watson | 10 | Joe Price[25] Archived 23 February 2015 at the Wayback Machine
Eric Chisnall | 11 | Barry Briggs[26] Archived 23 February 2015 at the Wayback Machine
Kel Coslett | 12 | Ken Parr
John Houghton[27] (for Peter Douglas) | 13 | Ray Clarke[28] Archived 23 February 2015 at the Wayback Machine
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Cliff Evans | Coach | Joe Egan
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13 | score | 10
3 | HT | 3
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Les Jones (1) | T | Jackie Melling (1)
John Warlow (1) | T | Parry Gordon (1)
Eric Chisnall (1) | T |
| Goals |
John Houghton (2) | T | Bill Allen (2)
Referee |  | G. Fred Lindop (Wakefield)
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- Try = three (3) points - Goal = two (2) points - Drop goal = two (2) points

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### The road to success

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| First round | | | Second round | | | Semi-finals | | | Final |

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| Widnes | 9 | | | |
| Swinton | 12 |
| | Swinton | 11 |
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| | | Oldham | 8 |
| Oldham | 17 |

| Leigh | 11 |
| | Swinton | 8 |
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| St. Helens | 7 | |

| Rochdale Hornets | 4 |
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| | St. Helens | 2-13 |
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| | | Warrington | 2-10 |
| Workington Town | 35 | | |

| Barrow | 6 |
| | Workington Town | 33 |
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| Wigan | 14 |

| Salford | 18 |
| | Workington Town | 13 |
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| | | Warrington | 23 |
| Warrington | 17 | |

| Blackpool Borough | 10 |
| | Warrington | 14 |
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| | | Liverpool City | 5 |
| Whitehaven | 10 |

| Liverpool City | 13 |

## Notes and comments

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1 * 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
2 * 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

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* 1967–68 Northern Rugby Football League season
* Rugby league county cups

## References

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

## External links

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* 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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