1991–92 Lancashire Cup

The 1991–92 Lancashire Cup was the seventy-ninth occasion on which the completion had been held. St. Helens won the trophy by beating Rochdale Hornets by the score of 24-14 in the final. The match was played at Wilderspool, Warrington, now in the County Palatine of Chester but (historically in the county of Lancashire). The attendance was 9,269 and receipts were £ ?

1991–92 Lancashire Cup
StructureRegional knockout championship
Teams16
WinnersSt. Helens
Runners-upRochdale Hornets

Background

The total entrants remained the same as last season, i.e. at 17.
This necessitated the need for a preliminary round (consisting of just 1 game). The first round (proper) then involved 16 clubs, thus removing the need of any “blank” or “dummy” fixtures or any byes.

Competition and results

[1]

Preliminary round

Involved 1 match and 2 clubs

Game No Fixture Date Home Team Score Away Team Venue Att Rec Notes Ref
Sun 25 Aug 1991Workington Town'27-18WidnesDerwent Park34991[2]

Round 1

Involved 8 matches (with no byes) and 16 clubs

Game No Fixture Date Home Team Score Away Team Venue Att Rec Notes Ref
1Sun 15 Sep 1991Highfield11-34Rochdale HornetsHoghton Road Stadium7002
2Sun 15 Sep 1991Leigh59-12Chorley Borough (2)Hilton Park2415
3Sun 15 Sep 1991London Crusaders10-38WiganBarnet Copthall18933[3]
4Sun 15 Sep 1991St. Helens104-12Trafford BoroughKnowsley Road45504[4]
5Sun 15 Sep 1991Salford22-16WarringtonThe Willows3656[5]
6Sun 15 Sep 1991Swinton21-22OldhamStation Road3285
7Sun 15 Sep 1991Whitehaven12-44CarlisleRecreation Ground873
8Sun 15 Sep 1991Workington Town'12-6BarrowDerwent Park2721

Round 2 - Quarter-finals

Involved 4 matches and 8 clubs

Game No Fixture Date Home Team Score Away Team Venue Att Rec Notes Ref
1Thu 26 Sep 1991Rochdale Hornets25-18SalfordSpotland1829
2Thu 26 Sep 1991St. Helens39-26OldhamKnowsley Road7025[4]
3Thu 26 Sep 1991Wigan42-12LeighCentral Park11153[3]
4Thu 26 Sep 1991Workington Town2-11CarlisleDerwent Park4278

Round 3 – Semi-finals

Involved 2 matches and 4 clubs

Game No Fixture Date Home Team Score Away Team Venue Att Rec Notes Ref
1Thu 10 Oct 1991Rochdale Hornets19-6CarlisleSpotland1842
2Thu 10 Oct 1991St. Helens28-16WiganKnowsley Road17125[3][4]

Final

Game No Fixture Date Home Team Score Away Team Venue Att Rec Notes Ref
Sunday 20 October 1991St. Helens24-14Rochdale HornetsWilderspool92695[4]

Teams and scorers

St. Helens Rochdale Hornets
Teams
Dave Tanner1Colin Whitfield
Mike Riley2Phil Fox
Gary Connolly3Darren Abram
Tea Ropati4Ronnie Duane
Anthony Sullivan5Tony Garrity
Phil Veivers6Brett Clark
Paul Bishop7Steve Gartland
Jon Neill8Tony Humphries
Paul Groves9Martin Hall
Kevin Ward10Bob Marsden
John Harrison11Cliff Eccles
George Mann12Paul Okesene
Shane Cooper13Mike Kuiti
Mark Bailey (for Connolly)14Matt Calland (for Fox)
Paul Forber (for Neill)15Simon Bamber (for Eccles)
Mike McClennancoachAllan Agar
24score14
8HT10
Scorers
Tries
Phil Veivers (2)TDarren Abram (1)
Paul Bishop (1)TRonnie Duane (1)
George Mann (2)TMike Kuiti (1)
Goals
Paul Bishop (2)GColin Whitfield (1)
RefereeR (Ronnie) Campbell (Widnes)
Man of the match??
sponsored byGreenall Whitley
Competition SponsorGreenalls

Scoring - Try = four points - Goal = two points - Drop goal = one point

[4]

The road to success

This chart excludes the match in the preliminary round

First round Second round Semi-finals Final
            
St. Helens 104
Trafford Borough 2
St. Helens 39
Oldham 26
Swinton 21
Oldham 22
St. Helens 28
Wigan 16
London Crusaders 10
Wigan 38
Wigan 49
Leigh 12
Leigh 59
Chorley Borough (2) 12
St. Helens 24
Rochdale Hornets 14
Highfield 11
Rochdale Hornets 34
Rochdale Hornets 25
Salford 18
Salford 22
Warrington 16
Rochdale Hornets 19
Carlisle 6
Workington Town 12
Barrow 6
Workington Town 2
Carlisle 11
Whitehaven 12
Carlisle 44

Notes and comments

1 * The attendance is given as 3,500 in the Widnes official archives[2] - RUGBYLEAGUEproject[1] gives it as 3,499||[2]
2 * First Lancashire Cup match by newly named/reformed club and also at this stadium, home at the time of St Helens Town A.F.C.
3 * The first Lancashire Cup match to be played on this ground, one of many used by Fulham during the nomadic period between 1985-1993
4 * The second score of over 100 points (and the second highest score) in the history of the competition when ||St. Helens beat Trafford Borough by 104 to 12. The highest occurred on 14 September 1986 when St. Helens beat Carlisle by 112 to 0
4 * Wilderspool was the home ground of Warrington from 1883 to the end of the 2003 Summer season when they moved into the new purpose built Halliwell Jones Stadium. Wilderspool remained as a sports/Ruugby League ground and is/was used by Woolston Rovers/Warrington Wizards junior club.
The ground had a final capacity of 9,000 although the record attendance was set in a Challenge cup third round match on 13 March 1948 when 34,304 spectators saw Warrington lose to Wigan 10-13.

See also

References

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