1973–74 Lancashire Cup


The 1973–74 Lancashire Cup was the sixty-first occasion of the Lancashire Cup. Wigan won the trophy by beating Salford by the score of 19–9 in the final. The match was played at Wilderspool, Warrington. The attendance was 8,012 and receipts were £2,750.

Background

The total number of teams entering the competition remained at last season’s total of 14 with no junior/amateur clubs taking part.

The same fixture format was retained, but due to the decrease in the number of participating clubs, resulted in one "blank" or "dummy" fixtures 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 31 August 1973Barrow4-24SwintonCraven Park1,200
2Fri 31 September 1973Salford12-11WidnesThe Willows5,399
3Sat 1 September 1973Huyton12-29Rochdale HornetsAlt Park, Huyton350
4Sat 1 September 1973Oldham12-20WiganWatersheddings2,410
5Sun 2 September 1973Blackpool Borough8-15WhitehavenBorough Park8501
6Sun 2 September 1973Warrington20-15LeighWilderspool7,984
7Sun 2 September 1973Workington Town11-5St. HelensDerwent Park1,800
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Round 2 - Quarter Finals

Involved 3 matches and 7 clubs
Game NoFixture DateHome TeamScoreAway TeamVenueAttRecNotesRef
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1Sat 8 September 1973Workington Town11-7SwintonDerwent Park1,664
2Tue 11 September 1973Whitehaven19-8WarringtonRecreation Ground3,309
3Fri 4 September 1973Salford24-3Rochdale HornetsThe Willows6,365
4Wiganbye

Round 3 – Semi-Finals

Involved 2 matches and 4 clubs
Game NoFixture DateHome TeamScoreAway TeamVenueAttRecNotesRef
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1Thu 20 September 1973Workington Town4-20WiganDerwent Park3,040
2Tue 25 September 1973Whitehaven9-23SalfordRecreation Ground5,000

Final

Teams and Scorers

WiganSalford
teams
Bill Francis1Paul Charlton
Green Vigo2Keith Fielding
David Hill3David Watkins
Keiron O'Loughlin4Chris Hesketh
Stuart Wright5Holland
Terry Cassidy6Ken Gill
Warren Ayres7Peter Banner
Peter Smethurst8Graham Mackay
Colin Clarke9Walker
John Gray10Davies
Robert Irving11Colin Dixon
Dave Robinson12Kear
Eddie Cunningham13Eric Prescott
?14Knighton
?15Grice
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19score9
7HT4
Scorers
Tries
Keiron O'Loughlin TDavid Watkins
Stuart Wright T
Goals
Warren Ayres GDavid Watkins
John Gray G
RefereeW H Thompson

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

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