1964 Lancashire Cup

The 1964 Rugby League Lancashire Cup competition

1964-65 Lancashire Cup
Structure Regional knockout championship
Number of teams 14
Winners St Helens
Runners-up Swinton
< 1963 Seasons 1965 >

1964 was the fifty-second occasion on which the Lancashire Cup completion had been held.
St Helens won the trophy by beating Swinton by the score of 12-4
The match was played at Central Park, Wigan, (historically in the county of Lancashire). The attendance was 17,383 and receipts were £3,393
This was the fifth of five consecutive Lancashire Cup final wins for St Helens, and what is more, the fifth of seven victories in a period of nine successive seasons.
It is also the fourth time in the last five years that Swinton have been defeated finalists.

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[1]

Round 1

Involved 7 matches (with no bye but one “blank” fixture) and 14 clubs

Game No Fixture Date Home Team Score Away Team Venue Att Rec Notes Ref
1Friday 4 September 1964Whitehaven10-31OldhamRecreation Ground
2Saturday 5 September 1964Barrow10-5Blackpool BoroughCraven Park
3Saturday 5 September 1964Leigh10-13WarringtonHilton Park[2]
4Saturday 5 September 1964Liverpool City11-41St HelensMill Yard, Knotty Ash3,500[3]
5Saturday 5 September 1964Widnes33-0Rochdale HornetsNaughton Park[4]
6Saturday 5 September 1964Wigan36-6SalfordCentral Park[5]
7Saturday 5 September 1964Workington Town2-6SwintonDerwent Park
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Round 2 - Quarter Finals

Involved 3 matches (with one bye) and 7 clubs

Game No Fixture Date Home Team Score Away Team Venue Att Rec Notes Ref
1Monday 14 September 1964Barrow11-22St HelensCraven Park8,125[3]
2Monday 14 September 1964Swinton11-5WiganStation Road13,422[5]
3Monday 21 September 1964Warrington19-4OldhamWilderspool[2]
4 Widnesbye[4]

Round 3 – Semi-Finals

Involved 2 matches and 4 clubs

Game No Fixture Date Home Team Score Away Team Venue Att Rec Notes Ref
1Tuesday 29 September 1964Warrington8-10St HelensWilderspool19,258[2][3]
2Wednesday 30 September 1964Swinton11-7WidnesStation Road9,250[4]

Final

Game No Fixture Date Home Team Score Away Team Venue Att Rec Notes Ref
Saturday 24 October 1964St Helens12-4SwintonCentral Park17,383£3,3931[3][6]

Teams and Scorers[3]

St Helens № Swinton
teams
Frank Barrow1 Ken Gowers (c)
Tom Pimblett2 David Harries
Keith Northey3 Bob Fleet
Billy Benyon4 Alan Buckley
Len Killeen5 John Speed
Peter Harvey6 George Parkinson
Alex Murphy7 Graham Williams
John Tembey8 Harold Bate
Bob Dagnall9 Derek Clarke
John Warlow10 Ken Halliwell
Ray French11 Graham Rees
Mervyn Hicks12 Barry Simpson
Doug Laughton13 Derek Hurt
Tony Barrow14 Billy Davies
Cliff Watson15 Albert Cartwright
12score4
5HT0
Scorers
Tries
Billy Benyon (1)T
Mervyn Hicks (1)T
T
Goals
Len Kileen (3)G Ken Gowers (2)
G
Drop Goals
DG
Referee E. Clay (Leeds)

Scoring - Try = three (3) points - Goal = two (2) points - Drop goal = two (2) points

The road to success

First Round Second Round Semi Finals Final
            
Leigh 10
Warrington 13
Warrington 19
Oldham 4
Whitehaven 10
Oldham 31
Warrington 8
St Helens 10
Barrow 10
Blackpool Borough 5
Barrow 11
St Helens 22
Liverpool City 11
St Helens 41
St Helens 12
Swinton 4
Workington Town 2
Swinton 6
Swinton 11
Wigan 5
Wigan 36
Salford 6
Swinton 11
Widnes 7
Widnes 33
Rochdale Hornets 0
Widnes
bye
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Notes and comments

1 * Central Park was the home ground of Wigan with a final capacity of 18,000, although the record attendance was 47,747 for Wigan v St Helens 27 March 1959

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Rugby League Project".
  2. 1 2 3 "Warrington Wolves - Results Archive - 1897". Archived from the original on 2010-07-06.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 "Saints Heritage Society - History - Season 1896-97".
  4. 1 2 3 "Widnes Vikings - History - Season In Review - 1896-97".
  5. 1 2 "Wigan "Cherry and White" archived results".
  6. ↑ Raymond Fletcher and David Howes (1991). Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook 1991-100. Queen Anne Press. ISBN 0 35617852 8.

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