1956–57 Lancashire Cup
1956–57 was the forty-fourth occasion on which the Lancashire Cup completion had been held.
Oldham won the trophy by beating St. Helens by the score of 10-3
The match was played at Central Park, Wigan,. The excellent attendance was 39,544 and receipts were £6,274
This was the first of Oldham's three consecutive triumphs. 1958 would be the last time they would win the trophy, although they did later appear 4 times as runners-up (in 1966, 1969, 1987 and 1989
Background
With the invitation to junior club “County Amateurs”, the number of clubs remained the same at 15.The same pre-war fixture format was retained, and due to the number of clubs this resulted in one bye in the first round.
Competition and results
Round 1
Involved 7 matches and 15 clubs| Game No | Fixture Date | Home Team | Score | Away Team | Venue | Att | Rec | Notes | Ref | ||
| 1 | Sat 01 Sep 1956 | Blackpool Borough | 15-12 | Whitehaven | St Anne's Road Greyhound Stadium | ||||||
| 2 | Sat 01 Sep 1956 | Liverpool City | 24-7 | County Amateurs | Mill Yard, Knotty Ash | 1 | |||||
| 3 | Sat 01 Sep 1956 | St. Helens | 27-7 | Swinton | Knowsley Road | 17,000 | |||||
| 4 | Sat 01 Sep 1956 | Salford | 17-9 | Workington Town | The Willows | ||||||
| 5 | Sat 01 Sep 1956 | Warrington | 31-8 | Rochdale Hornets | Wilderspool | ||||||
| 6 | Sat 01 Sep 1956 | Widnes | 7-17 | Barrow | Naughton Park | ||||||
| 7 | Sat 01 Sep 1956 | Wigan | 16-18 | Oldham | Central Park | ||||||
| 8 | Leigh | bye |
Round 2 - Quarter Finals
Involved 3 matches and 8 clubs| Game No | Fixture Date | Home Team | Score | Away Team | Venue | Att | Rec | Notes | Ref | ||
| - | |||||||||||
| 1 | Tue 11 Sep 1956 | St. Helens | 34-3 | Liverpool City | Knowsley Road | 9,000 | |||||
| 2 | Tue 11 Sep 1956 | Salford | 0-31 | Oldham | The Willows | ||||||
| 3 | Wed 12 Sep 1956 | Leigh | 25-3 | Blackpool Borough | Kirkhall Lane | ||||||
| 4 | Thu 13 Sep 1956 | Warrington | 5-2 | Barrow | Wilderspool |
Round 3 – Semi-Finals
Involved 2 matches and 4 clubs| Game No | Fixture Date | Home Team | Score | Away Team | Venue | Att | Rec | Notes | Ref | ||
| - | |||||||||||
| 1 | Wed 19 Sep 1956 | Leigh | 9-18 | Oldham | Kirkhall Lane | ||||||
| 2 | Thu 20 Sep 1956 | Warrington | 9-17 | St. Helens | Wilderspool | 26,000 |
Final
Teams and Scorers
| Oldham | № | St. Helens |
| teams | ||
| 1 | Glyn Moses | - |
| John Etty | 2 | Steve Llewellyn |
| 3 | Doug Greenall | - |
| 4 | Bill Finnan | - |
| 5 | Frank Carlton | - |
| Frank Stirrup | 6 | Austin Rhodes |
| 7 | John Dickinson | - |
| 8 | Alan Prescott | - |
| 9 | Len McIntyre | - |
| 10 | Nat Silcock, Jr. | - |
| 11 | George Parsons | - |
| 12 | Josh Gaskell | - |
| 13 | Vince Karalius | - |
| - | ||
| 10 | score | 3 |
| 7 | HT | 3 |
| Scorers | ||
| Tries | ||
| John Etty | T | |
| Goals | ||
| G | - | |
| G | - | |
| Drop Goals | ||
| DG | - | |
| Referee | ||
Scoring - Try = three points - Goal = two points - Drop goal = two points