1991–92 Lancashire Cup

1991–92 Lancashire Cup
StructureRegional knockout championship
Teams17
WinnersSt Helens
Runners-upRochdale Hornets

The 1991–92 Lancashire Cup was the 79th occasion on which the Lancashire Cup competition had been held. St Helens won the trophy by beating Rochdale Hornets by the score of 24–14 in the final.

Background

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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.

Competition and results

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Preliminary round

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Involved one match and two clubs. Widnes were the reigning Lancashire Cup champions, and their defeat to Second Division Workington Town was considered a major upset.

Game No Fixture Date Home Team Score Away Team Venue Att Ref
Sun 25 Aug 1991 Workington Town 27–18 Widnes Derwent Park 3499 [2]

First Round

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Involved eight matches and 16 clubs. Trafford Borough's 12–104 loss to St Helens was a club record defeat.

Game No Fixture Date Home Team Score Away Team Venue Att Ref
1 Sun 15 Sep 1991 Highfield 11–34 Rochdale Hornets Hoghton Road Stadium 700
2 Sun 15 Sep 1991 Leigh 59–12 Chorley Borough Hilton Park 2415
3 Sun 15 Sep 1991 London Crusaders 10–38 Wigan Barnet Copthall 1893 [3]
4 Sun 15 Sep 1991 St. Helens 104–12 Trafford Borough Knowsley Road 4550 [4]
5 Sun 15 Sep 1991 Salford 22–16 Warrington The Willows 3656 [5]
6 Sun 15 Sep 1991 Swinton 21–22 Oldham Station Road 3285
7 Sun 15 Sep 1991 Whitehaven 12–44 Carlisle Recreation Ground 873
8 Sun 15 Sep 1991 Workington Town 12–6 Barrow Derwent Park 2721

Second Round

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Involved four matches and eight clubs.

Game No Fixture Date Home Team Score Away Team Venue Att Ref
1 Thu 26 Sep 1991 Rochdale Hornets 25–18 Salford Spotland 1829
2 Thu 26 Sep 1991 St. Helens 39–26 Oldham Knowsley Road 7025 [4]
3 Thu 26 Sep 1991 Wigan 42–12 Leigh Central Park 11153 [3]
4 Thu 26 Sep 1991 Workington Town 2–11 Carlisle Derwent Park 4278

Semi-finals

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Involved 2 matches and 4 clubs

Game No Fixture Date Home Team Score Away Team Venue Att Ref
1 Thu 10 Oct 1991 Rochdale Hornets 19–6 Carlisle Spotland 1842
2 Thu 10 Oct 1991 St. Helens 28–16 Wigan Knowsley Road 17125 [3][4]

Final

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The match was played at Wilderspool, Warrington. The attendance was 9,269 and receipts were £44,278. St Helens won the final, but the victory was marred by the dismissal of Paul Bishop, who was sent off after the end of the match for stamping on Hornets stand-off Brett Clark.[6]

20 October 1991
St. Helens 24 – 14 Rochdale Hornets
Tries: Veivers (2), Mann (2), Bishop
Goals: Bishop (2)
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Tries: Duane, Abram, Kuiti
Goals: Whitfield
Wilderspool, Warrington
Attendance: 9,269
Referee: David Campbell (Widnes)
Player of the Match: Bob Marsden

Teams

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St. Helens Rochdale Hornets
Dave Tanner 1 Colin Whitfield (c)
Mike Riley 2 Phil Fox
Gary Connolly 3 Darren Abram
Tea Ropati 4 Ronnie Duane
Anthony Sullivan 5 Tony Garrity
Phil Veivers 6 Brett Clark
Paul Bishop 7 Steve Gartland
Jon Neill 8 Tony Humphries
Paul Groves 9 Martin Hall
Kevin Ward 10 Bob Marsden
John Harrison 11 Cliff Eccles
George Mann 12 Paul Okesene
Shane Cooper (c) 13 Mike Kuiti
Subs
Mark Bailey (for Connolly) 14 Matt Calland (for Fox)
Paul Forber (for Neill) 15 Simon Bamber (for Eccles)
Mike McClennan Coach Allan Agar

The road to success

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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 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

See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ "Rugby League Project".
  2. ^ "Widnes Vikings - History - Season In Review - 1896–97".
  3. ^ a b c "Wigan "Cherry and White" archived results". Archived from the original on 21 February 2014. Retrieved 16 February 2014.
  4. ^ a b c "Saints Heritage Society - History - Season 1896–97".
  5. ^ "Warrington Wolves - Results Archive - 1897". Archived from the original on 2 February 2014.
  6. ^ "First final at Wilderspool since Bishop's red card shocker". Warrington Guardian. 14 November 2003. Retrieved 2 January 2024.
  7. ^ "Saints march on". The Guardian. London. 21 October 1991. p. 17. ProQuest 187216921.

References

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