1962–63 Lancashire Cup
1962–63 was the fiftieth occasion on which the Lancashire Cup completion had been held.
St. Helens won the trophy by beating Swinton by the score of 7-4
The match was played at Central Park, Wigan,. The attendance was 23,523 and receipts were £4,122
This was the third of five consecutive Lancashire Cup final wins for St. Helens, and what is more, the third of the seven occasions on which the club will win the trophy in the nine-year period.
It was also the third of Swinton’s three successive Lancashire Cup final runner-up positions.
Background
With again no invitation to a junior club this season, 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
Round 1
Involved 7 matches and 14 clubs| Game No | Fixture Date | Home Team | Score | Away Team | Venue | Att | Rec | Notes | Ref | ||
| 1 | Friday 7 September 1962 | Whitehaven | 2-11 | Oldham | Recreation Ground | ||||||
| 2 | Saturday 8 September 1962 | Blackpool Borough | 32-9 | Salford | St Anne's Road Greyhound Stadium | ||||||
| 3 | Saturday 8 September 1962 | Rochdale Hornets | 11-3 | Barrow | Athletic Grounds | ||||||
| 4 | Saturday 8 September 1962 | St. Helens | 22-0 | Liverpool City | Knowsley Road | 11,500 | |||||
| 5 | Saturday 8 September 1962 | Swinton | 5-2 | Widnes | Station Road | 10,218 | |||||
| 6 | Saturday 8 September 1962 | Wigan | 11-3 | Warrington | Central Park | ||||||
| 7 | Saturday 8 September 1962 | Workington Town | 43-2 | Leigh | Derwent Park | ||||||
| 8 | blank | blank |
Round 2 - Quarter Finals
Involved 3 matches and 7 clubs| Game No | Fixture Date | Home Team | Score | Away Team | Venue | Att | Rec | Notes | Ref | ||
| - | |||||||||||
| 1 | Monday 17 September 1962 | Workington Town | 16-8 | Wigan | Derwent Park | ||||||
| 2 | Tuesday 18 September 1962 | Blackpool Borough | 3-14 | St. Helens | Blackpool | 4,000 | |||||
| 3 | Tuesday 18 September 1962 | Oldham | 14-3 | Rochdale Hornets | Watersheddings | ||||||
| 4 | Swinton | bye |
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 | Tuesday 2 October 1962 | Oldham | 8-10 | St. Helens | Watersheddings | 14,000 | |||||
| 2 | Wednesday 3 October 1962 | Swinton | 24-5 | Workington Town | Station Road | 10,004 |
Final
Teams and Scorers
| St. Helens | № | Swinton |
| teams | ||
| Kel Coslett | 1 | Ken Gowers |
| Tom van Vollenhoven | 2 | Bernard McMahon |
| John Donovan | 3 | Frank Halliwell |
| Wilf Smith | 4 | Alan Buckley |
| Mick Sullivan | 5 | John Speed |
| Billy Benyon | 6 | George Parkinson |
| Jeff Heaton | 7 | Albert Cartwright |
| Jack Arkwright | 8 | Ken Roberts |
| Bob Dagnall | 9 | Trevor Roberts |
| Cliff Watson | 10 | Ron Morgan |
| John Tembey | 11 | Peter Norburn |
| Dick Huddart | 12 | Dick Bonser |
| Bill Major | 13 | Albert Blan |
| - | ||
| 7 | score | 4 |
| 7 | HT | 0 |
| Scorers | ||
| Tries | ||
| Tom van Vollenhoven | T | |
| Goals | ||
| Kel Coslett | G | Albert Blan |
| G | - | |
| Drop Goals | ||
| DG | - | |
| Referee | M. Coates | |
Scoring - Try = three points - Goal = two points - Drop goal = two points