1980–81 Lancashire Cup























1980–81 Lancashire Cup
Structure Regional knockout championship
Teams 14
Winners Warrington
Runners-up Wigan

← 1979–80

Seasons
1981–82 →


1980–81 was the sixty-eighth occasion on which the Lancashire Cup completion had been held.


Warrington won the trophy by beating Wigan by the score of 26-10

The match was played at Knowsley Road, Eccleston, St Helens, Merseyside, (historically in the county of Lancashire). The attendance was 6,279 and receipts were £8,629.00




Contents






  • 1 Background


  • 2 Competition and Results[1][2]


    • 2.1 Round 1


    • 2.2 Round 2 - Quarter Finals


    • 2.3 Round 3 – Semi-Finals


    • 2.4 Final


      • 2.4.1 Teams and Scorers[4][5][7]




    • 2.5 The road to success




  • 3 Notes and comments


  • 4 See also


  • 5 References


  • 6 External links





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 fixture format was revised to remove the “blank” or “dummy” fixture. This resulted in two byes in the first round, and no byes in the second round.



Competition and Results[1][2]



Round 1


Involved 6 matches (with two byes) and 14 Clubs
















































































































































Game No
Fixture Date
Home Team

Score

Away Team
Venue
Att
Rec
Notes
Ref

1 Friday 15 August 1980 Swinton 5-11 Oldham Station Road 2026
2 Sunday 17 August 1980 Blackpool Borough 2-31 Widnes Borough Park 2200 [3]
3 Sunday 17 August 1980 Huyton 2-31 Warrington Wilderspool 1937 1 [4]
4 Sunday 17 August 1980 Salford 23-12 Leigh The Willows 3579
5 Sunday 17 August 1980 Wigan 25-10 Rochdale Hornets Central Park 3562 [5]
6 Sunday 17 August 1980 Workington Town 5-15 St. Helens Derwent Park 2957 [6]
7 Barrow bye
8 Whitehaven bye


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 Sunday 24 August 1980 Barrow 9-16 Warrington Craven Park 3328 [4]
2 Sunday 24 August 1980 Oldham 15-13 Salford Watersheddings 3445
3 Sunday 24 August 1980 Whitehaven 10-13 Wigan Recreation Ground 3910 [5]
4 Sunday 24 August 1980 Widnes 22-20 St. Helens Naughton Park 8427
[3][6]


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 Wednesday 10 September 1980 Oldham 2-11 Warrington Watersheddings 3963 [4]
2 Wednesday 10 September 1980 Widnes 10-14 Wigan Naughton Park 6563
[3][5]


Final













































Game No
Fixture Date
Home Team

Score

Away Team
Venue
Att
Rec
Notes
Ref

Saturday 4 October 1980 Warrington 26-10 Wigan Knowsley Road 6279 8629 2 3
[4][5][7]


Teams and Scorers[4][5][7]



















































































































































































Warrington


Wigan

teams

Derek Finnegan/Finnigan[1]
1
George Fairbairn

Richard Thackray[2]
2
Dennis Ramsdale[3]

Ian Duane[4]
3
Dave Willicombe
John Bevan 4
Steve Davies[5]
Steve Hesford 5
Jimmy Hornby[6]

Ken Kelly (c)
6
Martin Foy[7]

Alan Gwilliam[8]
7
Les Bolton[9]
Neil Courtney 8
Steve Breheny[10]

Tony Waller[11]
9
John Pendlebury
Brian Case 10
Steve O'Neill
Tommy Martyn 11
Bill Melling[12]
Bob Eccles 12
John Clough[13]

Edwin Hunter[14]
13
Terry Hollingsworth[15]
? 14
Bernard Coyle[16] (for Les Bolton)

Ian Potter (for Bob Eccles)
15
Malcolm Smith[17] (for John Pendlebury)
Billy Benyon Coach
George Fairbairn

26 score 10
19 HT 5

Scorers
Tries
Richard Thackray (1) T George Fairbairn (1)
John Bevan (1) T Dennis Ramsdale (1)
Steve Hesford (1) T
Tommy Martyn (1) T
Goals
Steve Hesford (7) G George Fairbairn (2)
Referee D G (Gerry) Kershaw (York)
Man of the match Tony Waller - Warrington - Hooker
sponsored by Burtonwood Brewery
Competition Sponsor Forshaws (Burtonwood Brewery Co Ltd)[8]

Scoring - Try = three (3) points - Goal = two (2) points - Drop goal = one (1) point



The road to success














































































































































































































































































































First Round
Second Round
Semi Finals
Final
                       

Swinton
5

Oldham
11

Oldham
15


Salford
13

Salford
23

Leigh
12

Oldham
2


Warrington
11

Barrow

bye


Barrow
9


Warrington
16

Huyton
2

Warrington
31

Warrington
26


Wigan
10

Blackpool Borough
2

Widnes
31

Widnes
22


St. Helens
20

Workington Town
5

St. Helens
15

Widnes
10


Wigan
14

Whitehaven

bye


Whitehaven
10


Wigan
13

Wigan
25

Rochdale Hornets
10


Notes and comments


1 * This match played at nearby Warrington's Wilderspool because of the better facilities etc. (and in the hope of a bigger attendance )

2 * The attendance is given as 6,279 in Wigan[5]'s official archives, in RUGBYLEAGUEproject[1] files, and other articles - The attendance is given as 6,442 in Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook 1991-1992[7]
3 * Knowsley Road was the home ground of St. Helens from 1890 to 2010. The final capacity was in the region of 18,000, although the actual record attendance was 35,695 set on December 26, 1949, for a league game between St Helens and Wigan



See also



  • 1980–81 Rugby Football League season

  • Rugby league county cups



References





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  5. ^ abcdef "Wigan "Cherry and White" archived results".


  6. ^ ab "Saints Heritage Society - History - Season 1896-97".


  7. ^ abc Raymond Fletcher and David Howes (1991). Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook 1991-100. Queen Anne Press. ISBN 0 35617852 8.


  8. ^ Club Programme dept. Match Programme. Warrington RLFC.




External links



  • Saints Heritage Society

  • 1896–97 Northern Rugby Football Union season at wigan.rlfans.com

  • Hull&Proud Fixtures & Results 1896/1897

  • Widnes Vikings - One team, one passion Season In Review - 1896-97

  • The Northern Union at warringtonwolves.org




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