1960–61 Lancashire Cup

1960–61 Lancashire Cup
StructureRegional knockout championship
Teams14
WinnersSt. Helens
Runners-upSwinton

1960–61 was the forty-eighth occasion on which the Lancashire Cup completion had been held.
St. Helens won the trophy by beating Swinton by the score of 15-9
The match was played at Central Park, Wigan, (historically in the county of Lancashire). The attendance was 31,755 and receipts were £5,337.
This was the first of what, unknown to St. Helens, were to be five consecutive Lancashire Cup final triumphs, and what is more, the first of seven victories in a period of nine successive seasons.
It was also to be the first of three successive Lancashire Cup final runner-up spots for Swinton

Background

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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

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Round 1

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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
1 Saturday 27 August 1960 Barrow 6-10 Swinton Craven Park
2 Saturday 27 August 1960 Widnes 17-19 St. Helens Naughton Park 9,500 [3][4]
3 Saturday 27 August 1960 Wigan 19-5 Oldham Central Park [5]
4 Saturday 27 August 1960 Salford 11-3 Rochdale Hornets The Willows
5 Saturday 27 August 1960 Leigh 37-15 Workington Town Hilton Park
6 Saturday 27 August 1960 Liverpool City 10-29 Warrington Mill Yard, Knotty Ash [6]
7 Saturday 27 August 1960 Blackpool Borough 15-5 Whitehaven St Anne's Road Greyhound Stadium
8 blank blank

Round 2 - quarterfinals

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Involved 3 matches (with one bye) and 7 clubs

Game No Fixture date Home team Score Away team Venue Att Rec Notes Ref
1 Tuesday 6 September 1960 Warrington 8-9 Leigh Wilderspool [6]
2 Wednesday 7 September 1960 St. Helens 7-4 Wigan Knowsley Road 27,000 [4][5]
3 Wednesday 7 September 1960 Salford 6-9 Swinton The Willows 8,000
4 Blackpool Borough bye

Round 3 – semifinals

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Involved 2 matches and 4 clubs

Game No Fixture date Home team Score Away team Venue Att Rec Notes Ref
1 Wednesday 5 October 1960 Blackpool Borough 0-10 Swinton St Anne's Road Greyhound Stadium
2 Monday 17 October 1960 Leigh 2-15 St. Helens Knowsley Road 14,500 [4]

Final

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Game No Fixture date Home team Score Away team Venue Att Rec Notes Ref
Saturday 29 October 1960 St. Helens 15-9 Swinton Central Park 31,755 £5,337 1 [4][7]

Teams and scorers

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St. Helens Swinton
teams
Percy Landsberg [1] 1 Ken Gowers
Tom van Vollenhoven 2 John Speed
Ken Large [2] 3 Peter Smethurst
Brian McGinn [3] 4 Alan Buckley
Jan Prinsloo 5 Ken McGregor
Austin Rhodes 6 George Parkinson
Alex Murphy 7 Tony Dyson
Abe Terry 8 Bill Bretherton
Bob Dagnall 9 Trevor Roberts
Fred Leyland [4] 10 Dai Moses
Don Vines 11 Ken Roberts
Dick Huddart 12 Peter Norburn
Vince Karalius (c) 13 Albert Blan (c)
15 score 9
8 HT 2
Scorers
Tries
Austin Rhodes (1) T Ken McGregor (1)
Tom van Vollenhoven (1) T
Ken Large (1) T
Goals
Austin Rhodes (3) G Albert Blan (3)
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

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First round Second round Semifinals Final
            
Liverpool City 10
Warrington 29
Warrington 8
Leigh 9
Leigh 37
Workington Town 15
Leigh 2
St. Helens 15
Widnes 17
St. Helens 19
St. Helens 7
Wigan 4
Wigan 19
Oldham 5
St. Helens 15
Swinton 9
Blackpool Borough 15
Whitehaven 5
Blackpool Borough
bye
blank
blank
Blackpool Borough 0
Swinton 10
Salford 11
Rochdale Hornets 3
Salford 6
Swinton 9
Barrow 6
Swinton 10

Notes and comments

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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

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References

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  1. ^ "Rugby League Project".
  2. ^ David Jack and Malcolm Gunn (1959). Empire News Football Annual 19560–61 - 74th year. Empire News and Sunday Chronicle.
  3. ^ "Widnes Vikings - History - Season In Review - 1896-97".
  4. ^ a b c d e "Saints Heritage Society - History - Season 1896-97".
  5. ^ a b "Wigan "Cherry and White" archived results".
  6. ^ a b "Warrington Wolves - Results Archive - 1897". Archived from the original on 6 July 2010.
  7. ^ Raymond Fletcher and David Howes (1991). Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook 1991-100. Queen Anne Press. ISBN 0 35617852 8.
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