1966–67 Lancashire Cup


1966–67 was the fifty-fourth occasion on which the Lancashire Cup completion had been held.
Wigan won the trophy by beating Oldham by the score of 16-13
The match was played at Station Road, Pendlebury,. The attendance was 14,193 and receipts were £3,558

Background

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 NoFixture DateHome TeamScoreAway TeamVenueAttRecNotesRef
1Fri 02 Sep 1966Widnes26-13BarrowNaughton Park
2Sat 03 Sep 1966Leigh4-18WiganHilton Park
3Sat 03 Sep 1966Oldham16-13SwintonWatersheddings
4Sat 03 Sep 1966Rochdale Hornets16-18St. HelensAthletic Grounds3,770
5Sat 03 Sep 1966Warrington29-12Liverpool CityWilderspool
6Sat 03 Sep 1966Whitehaven2-5Blackpool BoroughRecreation Ground
7Sat 03 Sep 1966Workington Town9-17SalfordDerwent Park
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Round 2 - Quarter Finals

Involved 3 matches and 7 Clubs
Game NoFixture DateHome TeamScoreAway TeamVenueAttRecNotesRef
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1Wed 14 Sep 1966Blackpool Borough19-7WidnesBorough Park
2Wed 14 Sep 1966Wigan11-9St. HelensCentral Park13,141
3Wed 15 Sep 1966Salford'2-7OldhamThe Willows
4Warringtonbye

Round 3 – Semi-Finals

Involved 2 matches and 4 Clubs
Game NoFixture DateHome TeamScoreAway TeamVenueAttRecNotesRef
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1Tue 27 Sep 1966Blackpool Borough5-15OldhamBorough Park
2Wed 28 Sep 1966Wigan16-7WarringtonCentral Park

Final

Teams and Scorers

WiganOldham
teams
Ray Ashby1Stan McLeod
Billy Boston2Terry Dolly
Eric Ashton3Jim McCormack
Keith Holden4John Donovan
Trevor Lake5Trevor Simms
Cliff Hill6Tommy Warburton
Frank Parr7 /
Danny Gardiner8Ken Wilson
Colin Clarke9Kevin Taylor
John Stephens10Geoff Fletcher
Geoff Lyon11Peter Smethurst
Laurie Gilfedder12Robert Irving
Harry Major13Mick Mooney
14Peter Holroyd-
15Alan Ogden-
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16score13
11HT4
Scorers
Tries
Eric Ashton TJohn Donovan
Billy Boston T
Colin Clarke T
Laurie Gilfedder T
Goals
Laurie Gilfedder GTommy Warburton
G-
Drop Goals
DG-
RefereePeter Geraghty

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

The road to success