1983–84 Lancashire Cup
The 1983–84 Lancashire Cup was a Rugby league competition, won by Barrow who beat Widnes 12-8 in the final at Central Park, Wigan.
Background
This season saw no new clubs and no withdrawals, leaving the total number of entrants at the 16 level. With this full sixteen members there was no need for "blank" or "dummy" fixtures or any byes.Competition and Results
Round 1
Involved 8 matches and 16 Clubs| Game No | Fixture Date | Home Team | Score | Away Team | Venue | Att | Rec | Notes | Ref | ||
| 1 | Sat 03 Sep 1983 | Rochdale Hornets | 4-28 | St. Helens | Athletic Grounds | 720 | |||||
| 2 | Sun 04 Sep 1983 | Barrow | 13-6 | Whitehaven | Craven Park | 2707 | |||||
| 3 | Sun 04 Sep 1983 | Blackpool Borough | 4-30 | Warrington | Borough Park | 1756 | |||||
| 4 | Sun 04 Sep 1983 | Huyton | 12-13 | Swinton | Alt Park, Huyton | 306 | |||||
| 5 | Sun 04 Sep 1983 | Leigh | 52-10 | Carlisle | Hilton Park | 4000 | |||||
| 6 | Sun 04 Sep 1983 | Oldham | 26-20 | Workington Town | Watersheddings | 2567 | |||||
| 7 | Sun 04 Sep 1983 | Salford | 16-15 | Fulham | The Willows | 1986 | |||||
| 8 | Sun 04 Sep 1983 | Widnes | 36-20 | Wigan | Naughton Park | 7016 |
Round 2 - Quarter Finals
Involved 4 matches and 8 Clubs| Game No | Fixture Date | Home Team | Score | Away Team | Venue | Att | Rec | Notes | Ref | ||
| - | |||||||||||
| 1 | Wed 14 Sep 1983 | Leigh | 10-27 | Widnes | Hilton Park | 6500 | |||||
| 2 | Wed 14 Sep 1983 | St. Helens | 26-30 | Warrington | Knowsley Road | 5047 | |||||
| 3 | Wed 14 Sep 1983 | Salford | 2-13 | Barrow | The Willows | ||||||
| 4 | Wed 14 Sep 1983 | Swinton | 8-6 | Oldham | Station Road | 1881 |
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 21 Sep 1983 | Swinton | 8-22 | Widnes | Station Road | 2614 | |||||
| 2 | Wed'21 Sep 1983 | Warrington | 18-19 | Barrow | Wilderspool | 3349 |
Final
Teams and Scorers
| Barrow | № | Widnes |
| teams | ||
| Steve Tickle | 1 | Mick Burke |
| Terry Moore | 2 | Joe Lydon |
| Andy Whittle | 3 | Eric Hughes |
| Ian Ball | 4 | Keiron O'Loughlin |
| Dave Milby | 5 | John Basnett |
| Ralph McConnell | 6 | Tony Myler |
| David Cairns | 7 | Andy Gregory |
| Alan Hodkinson | 8 | Steve O'Neill |
| Les Wall | 9 | Keith Elwell |
| Mark McJennett | 10 | Kevin Tamati |
| Steve Herbert | 11 | Fred Whitfield |
| Eddie 'Smiler' Szymala | 12 | Eric Prescott |
| Steve Mossop | 13 | Mick Adams |
| Dave Elliott | 14 | Tony Garrity |
| Dave Tyson | 15 | Paul Houghton |
| Tommy Dawes | Coach | Vince Karalius & Harry Dawson |
| - | ||
| 12 | score | 8 |
| 6 | HT | 2 |
| Scorers | ||
| Tries | ||
| Ralph McConnell | T | Joe Lydon |
| Goals | ||
| Ian Ball | G | Joe Lydon |
| Drop Goals | ||
| Steve Tickle | DG | |
| Ian Ball | DG | |
| Referee | Kevin Allatt | |
| Man of the match | David Cairns - Barrow - | |
| sponsored by | Burtonwood Brewery | |
| Competition Sponsor | Forshaws |
Scoring - Try = four points - Goal = two points - Drop goal = one point