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1930–31 Lancashire Cup

The 1930–31 Lancashire Cup was the twenty-third occasion on which the Lancashire Cup competition had been held. St Helens Recs won the trophy by beating Wigan in the final by the score of 5–4.


1930–31 Lancashire Cup
Regional knockout championship
13
St Helens Recs
Wigan

The 1930–31 Lancashire Cup was the twenty-third occasion on which the Lancashire Cup competition had been held. St Helens Recs won the trophy by beating Wigan in the final by the score of 5–4.

The number of teams entering this year's competition remained at 13 which resulted in 3 byes in the first round.

Involved 5 matches (with three byes) and 13 clubs

Involved 4 matches and 8 clubs

Involved 2 matches and 4 clubs

The final was played at Station Road, Pendlebury, Salford, (historically in the county of Lancashire). The attendance was 16,710 and receipts were £1,030.

St Helens RecsNo.Wigan
teams
Tommy Dingsdale1Jim Sullivan
J. Wilson2Johnny Ring
W. Bowen3Gwynne Davies
Alf Frodsham4Tommy Parker
Albert Bailey5Roy Kinnear
W. Greenhall6Frank Jones
P. Martin7Syd Abram
Oliver Dolan8Tom Beetham
George Highcock9Jack Bennett
Frank Bowen10Hal Jones
T. Smith11Wilf Hodder
Jennion12Len Mason
Billy Mulvanney13John Sherrington
18score3
10HT0
Scorers
Tries
DingsdaleTJohnny Ring
BaileyT
Jennion (2)T
MulvanneyT
Goals
Dingsdale (3)G
G
Drop Goals
DG
RefereeBob Robinson (Bradford)

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

1 * RUGBYLEAGUEproject shows Broughton Rangers as the home team with the match played at City Road but the official Wigan archives give Wigan as the home team playing at Central Park

2 * Station Road was the home ground of Swinton from 1929 to 1992 and at its peak was one of the finest rugby league grounds in the country and it boasted a capacity of 60,000. The actual record attendance was for the Challenge Cup semi-final on 7 April 1951 when 44,621 watched Wigan beat Warrington 3–2

  • 1930–31 Northern Rugby Football League season

  • List of defunct rugby league clubs

  • 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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