1938–39 Lancashire Cup


1938–39 was the thirty-first occasion on which the Lancashire Cup completion had been held. Wigan won the trophy by beating Salford by the score of 10-7. The match was played at Station Road, Pendlebury, Salford,. The attendance was 27,940 and receipts were £1,708

Background

The number of teams entering this year’s competition remained the same at 13 and the same fixture format was retained. There was once again one bye and one “blank” or “dummy” fixture in the first round. The bye in the second round remained.

Competition and results

Round 1

Involved 6 matches and 13 Clubs
Game NoFixture DateHome TeamScoreAway TeamVenueAttRecNotesRef
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1Sat 10 Sep 1938Salford8-4Broughton RangersThe Willows
2Sat 10 Sep 1938St Helens Recs12-7BarrowCity Road
3Sat 10 Sep 1938Rochdale Hornets5-19WidnesAthletic Grounds
4Sat 10 Sep 1938Leigh8-24WarringtonMather Lane
5Sat 10 Sep 1938Wigan12-8SwintonCentral Park
6Mon 12 Sep 1938St. Helens5-10Liverpool StanleyKnowsley Road
7Oldhambye
8blankblank

Round 2 - quarter finals

Involved 3 matches and 7 Clubs
Game NoFixture DateHome TeamScoreAway TeamVenueAttRecNotesRef
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1Wed 21 Sep 1938Oldham4-13WiganWatersheddings
2Wed 21 Sep 1938St Helens Recs8-10Liverpool StanleyCity Road
3Wed 21 Sep 1938Warrington5-4WidnesWilderspool
4Salfordbye

Round 3 – semi-finals

Involved 2 matches and 4 Clubs
Game NoFixture DateHome TeamScoreAway TeamVenueAttRecNotesRef
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1Wed 28 Sep 1938Wigan13-9Liverpool StanleyCentral Park
2Thu 29 Sep 1938Warrington6-12SalfordWilderspool

Final

Teams and scorers

WiganSalford
teams
Jim Sullivan1Harold Osbaldestin
Jack Morley2Barney Hudson
Ted Ward3Albert Gear
Gwynne Davies4Bob Brown
Gwyn Williams5Alan Edwards
Jack Garvey6Gus Risman
Hector Gee7Billy Watkins
George Banks8David Davies
Joe Egan9Bert Day
Ken Gee10Joe Bradbury
Ike Jones 11Paddy Dalton
Trevor Thomas12Harold Thomas
Jackie Bowen13Jack Feetham
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10score7
4HT2
Scorers
Tries
Goals
Jim Sullivan G
G-
Drop Goals
DG-
Referee

Scoring - Try = three points - Goal = two points - Drop goal = two points

The road to success