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1971–72 Lancashire Cup
| 1971–72 Lancashire Cup |
|---|
| Regional knockout championship |
| 14 |
| Wigan |
| Widnes |
The 1971–72 Lancashire Cup was the fifty-ninth occasion on which the completion had been held. Wigan won the trophy by beating Widnes by the score of 15-8 in the final. The match was played at Knowsley Road, Eccleston, St Helens, (historically in the county of Lancashire). The attendance was 6,970 and receipts were £2,204.00 (the first final after the UK went decimal)
The total number of teams entering the competition decreased by two down to a total of 14, due to no junior/amateur clubs taking part.
The same fixture format was retained, but due to the decrease in the number of participating clubs, resulted in one "blank" or "dummy" fixtures in the first round, and one bye in the second round.
Involved 7 matches (with one "blank" fixture) and 14 clubs
Involved 3 matches (with one bye) and 7 clubs
Involved 2 matches and 4 clubs
| Wigan | № | Widnes |
|---|---|---|
| teams | ||
| Colin Tyrer | 1 | Ray Dutton |
| Phil Eastham[1] | 2 | Dennis Brown |
| Bill Francis | 3 | Mick McLoughlin[2] |
| Chris Fuller [3] | 4 | Mal Aspey |
| Stuart Wright | 5 | Johnny Gaydon[4] |
| David Hill | 6 | Dennis O'Neill |
| Warren Ayres[5] | 7 | Reg Bowden[6] |
| Dennis Ashcroft[7] | 8 | John Warlow |
| Colin Clarke | 9 | John Foran[8] |
| Geoff Fletcher | 10 | Joe Doughty[9] |
| Bill Ashurst | 11 | John Kirwan[10] |
| Kevin O'Loughlin[11] | 12 | Alan Walsh[12] |
| Doug Laughton | 13 | George Nicholls |
| Dave Gandy[13] (for Stuart Wright) | 14 | Ged Lowe[14] (for Alan Walsh) |
| ? | 15 | ? |
| Eric Ashton | Coach | ? |
| 15 | score | 8 |
| 5 | HT | 3 |
| Scorers | ||
| Tries | ||
| Warren Ayres (1) | T | Dennis O'Neill (1) |
| Bill Francis (1) | T | Johnny Gaydon (1) |
| Phil Eastham (1) | T | |
| Goals | ||
| Colin Tyrer (3) | G | Mal Aspey (1) |
| Referee | W H (Billy) Thompson (Huddersfield) | |
Scoring - Try = three (3) points - Goal = two (2) points - Drop goal = two (2) points
1 * 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 26 December 1949, for a league game between St Helens and Wigan
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British rugby league system
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1971–72 Northern Rugby Football League season
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Rugby league county cups
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List of defunct rugby league clubs
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Saints Heritage Society
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1896–97 Northern Rugby Football Union season at wigan.rlfans.com Archived 2 February 2014 at the Wayback Machine
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Hull&Proud Fixtures & Results 1896/1897
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Widnes Vikings - One team, one passion Season In Review - 1896-97
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The Northern Union at warringtonwolves.org
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