1981–82 Lancashire Cup























1981–82 Lancashire Cup
Structure Regional knockout championship
Teams 16
Winners Leigh
Runners-up Widnes

← 1980–81

Seasons
1982–83 →


1981–82 was the sixty-ninth occasion on which the Lancashire Cup completion had been held.


Leigh won the trophy by beating Widnes by the score of 8-3

The match was played at Central Park, Wigan, (historically in the county of Lancashire). The attendance was 9,011 and receipts were £14,029.00




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[6][7]




    • 2.5 The road to success




  • 3 Notes and comments


  • 4 See also


  • 5 References


  • 6 External links





Background


This season saw the introduction of two new clubs, Carlisle and Fulham, neither in Lancashire, but classed as “Western”. Thus the total number of teams entering the competition increased from 14 to a full complement of 16.

With this full sixteen members there was no need for “blank” or “dummy” fixtures or any byes.



Competition and Results[1][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

1 Fri 14 Aug 1981 Oldham 7-17 Salford Watersheddings 2915
2 Sun 16 Aug 1981 Barrow 15-7 Warrington Craven Park 3197 [3]
3 Sun 16 Aug 1981 Blackpool Borough 0-28 St. Helens Borough Park 2239 [4]
4 Sun 16 Aug 1981 Carlisle 6-9 Wigan Brunton Park 2779 1 [5]
5 Sun 16 Aug 1981 Fulham 32-15 Swinton Craven Cottage 3207 2
6 Sun 16 Aug 1981 Leigh 37-2 Whitehaven Hilton Park 3915
7 Sun 16 Aug 1981 Rochdale Hornets 8-14 Widnes Athletic Grounds 1054 [6]
8 Sun 16 Aug 1981 Workington Town 35-2 Huyton Derwent Park 1417


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 Sun 23 Aug 1981 Leigh 32-17 Workington Town Hilton Park 4283
2 Sun 23 Aug 1981 St. Helens 40-17 Barrow Knowsley Road 4303 [4]
3 Sun 23 Aug 1981 Salford 19-3 Fulham The Willows 3462
4 Sun 23 Aug 1981 Wigan 11-26 Widnes Central Park 6711
[5][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 Wed 02 Sep 1981 Leigh 20-6 St. Helens Hilton Park 8196 [4]
2 Wed 02 Sep 1981 Widnes 33-2 Salford Naughton Park 5849 [6]


Final













































Game No
Fixture Date
Home Team

Score

Away Team
Venue
Att
Rec
Notes
Ref

Saturday 26 September 1981 Leigh 8-3 Widnes Central Park 9011 14029 3
[6][7]


Teams and Scorers[6][7]









































































































































































Leigh


Widnes

teams
Mick Hogan 1
Mick Burke
Des Drummond 2
Mick George[1]
Terry Bilsbury 3
Eric Hughes
Steve Donlan 4
Eddie Cunningham
Graham Worgan 5
Keith Bentley
John Woods 6
Dave Moran[2]
Ken Green 7
Andy Gregory
Alf Wilkinson 8
Steve O'Neill
Ray Tabern 9
Keith Elwell
Tony Cooke 10
Brian Lockwood
Thomas Martyn 11
Les Gorley
Geoffrey Clarkson 12
Eric Prescott
Mick McTigue 13
Mick Adams
?? 14
x Billy Platt (for Thomas Martyn) 15

8 score 3
5 HT 0

Scorers
Tries
Terry Bilsbury (1) T Keith Bentley (1)
Goals
John Woods (2) G
Drop Goals
Steve Donlan (1) DG
Referee W H (Billy) Thompson (Huddersfield)
Man of the match Ray Tabern - Leigh - Hooker
sponsored by Burtonwood Brewery
Competition Sponsor Forshaws (Burtonwood Brewery Co Ltd)

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
                       

Leigh
37

Whitehaven
2

Leigh
32


Workington Town
17

Workington Town
35

Huyton
2

Leigh
20


St. Helens
6

Blackpool Borough
0

St. Helens
28

St. Helens
40


Barrow
17

Barrow
15

Warrington
7

Leigh
8


Widnes
3

Carlisle
6

Wigan
9

Wigan
11


Widnes
26

Rochdale Hornets
8

Widnes
14

Widnes
33


Salford
2

Oldham
7

Salford
17

Salford
19


Fulham
3

Fulham
32

Swinton
15


Notes and comments


1 * The first Lancashire Cup match played by the newly elected Carlisle team and also at this stadium, Carlisle United's Brunton Park

2 * The first Lancashire Cup match played by the newly elected Fulham team and also at this stadium, Fulham's Craven Cottage

3 * 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



  • 1981–82 Rugby Football League season

  • Rugby league county cups



References





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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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