1980 Lancashire Cup
The 1980 Rugby League Lancashire Cup competition
| Structure | Regional knockout championship | |||
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| Number of teams | 14 | |||
| Winners | Warrington | |||
| Runners-up | Wigan | |||
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1980 was the sixty-eighth occasion on which the Lancashire Cup completion had been held.
Warrington won the trophy by beating Wigan by the score of 26-10
The match was played at Knowsley Road, Eccleston, St Helens, Merseyside, (historically in the county of Lancashire). The attendance was 6,279 and receipts were £8,629.00
Contents
Background
The total number of teams entering the competition remained at last season’s total of 14 with no junior/amateur clubs taking part.
The fixture format was revised to remove the “blank” or “dummy” fixture. This resulted in two byes in the first round, and no byes in the second round.
Competition and Results[1][2]
Round 1
Involved 6 matches (with two byes) and 14 Clubs
| Game No | Fixture Date | Home Team | Score | Away Team | Venue | Att | Rec | Notes | Ref | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Friday 15 August 1980 | Swinton | 5-11 | Oldham | Station Road | 2026 | |||||
| 2 | Sunday 17 August 1980 | Blackpool Borough | 2-31 | Widnes | Borough Park | 2200 | [3] | ||||
| 3 | Sunday 17 August 1980 | Huyton | 2-31 | Warrington | Wilderspool | 1937 | 1 | [4] | |||
| 4 | Sunday 17 August 1980 | Salford | 23-12 | Leigh | The Willows | 3579 | |||||
| 5 | Sunday 17 August 1980 | Wigan | 25-10 | Rochdale Hornets | Central Park | 3562 | [5] | ||||
| 6 | Sunday 17 August 1980 | Workington Town | 5-15 | St Helens | Derwent Park | 2957 | [6] | ||||
| 7 | Barrow | bye | |||||||||
| 8 | Whitehaven | bye |
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 | Sunday 24 August 1980 | Barrow | 9-16 | Warrington | Craven Park | 3328 | [4] | ||||
| 2 | Sunday 24 August 1980 | Oldham | 15-13 | Salford | Watersheddings | 3445 | |||||
| 3 | Sunday 24 August 1980 | Whitehaven | 10-13 | Wigan | Recreation Ground | 3910 | [5] | ||||
| 4 | Sunday 24 August 1980 | Widnes | 22-20 | St Helens | Naughton Park | 8427 | [3][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 | Wednesday 10 September 1980 | Oldham | 2-11 | Warrington | Watersheddings | 3963 | [4] | ||||
| 2 | Wednesday 10 September 1980 | Widnes | 10-14 | Wigan | Naughton Park | 6563 | [3][5] |
Final
| Game No | Fixture Date | Home Team | Score | Away Team | Venue | Att | Rec | Notes | Ref | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saturday 4 October 1980 | Warrington | 26-10 | Wigan | Knowsley Road | 6279 | 8629 | 2 3 | [4][5][7] |
Teams and Scorers[4][5][7]
| Warrington | № | Wigan |
|---|---|---|
| teams | ||
| Derek Finnegan/Finnigan[1] | 1 | George Fairbairn |
| Richard Thackray[2] | 2 | Dennis Ramsdale[3] |
| Ian Duane[4] | 3 | Dave Willicombe |
| John Bevan | 4 | Steve Davies[5] |
| Steve Hesford | 5 | Jimmy Hornby[6] |
| Ken Kelly (c) | 6 | Martin Foy[7] |
| Alan Gwilliam[8] | 7 | Les Bolton[9] |
| Neil Courtney | 8 | Steve Breheny[10] |
| Tony Waller[11] | 9 | John Pendlebury |
| Brian Case | 10 | Steve O'Neill |
| Tommy Martyn | 11 | Bill Melling[12] |
| Bob Eccles | 12 | John Clough[13] |
| Edwin Hunter[14] | 13 | Terry Hollingsworth[15] |
| ? | 14 | Bernard Coyle[16] (for Les Bolton) |
| Ian Potter (for Bob Eccles) | 15 | Malcolm Smith[17] (for John Pendlebury) |
| Billy Benyon | Coach | Maurice Bamford |
| 26 | score | 10 |
| 19 | HT | 5 |
| Scorers | ||
| Tries | ||
| Richard Thackray (1) | T | George Fairbairn (1) |
| John Bevan (1) | T | Dennis Ramsdale (1) |
| Steve Hesford (1) | T | |
| Tommy Martyn (1) | T | |
| Goals | ||
| Steve Hesford (7) | G | George Fairbairn (2) |
| Referee | D G (Gerry) Kershaw (York) | |
| Man of the match | Tony Waller - Warrington - Hooker | |
| sponsored by | Burtonwood Brewery | |
| Competition Sponsor | Forshaws (Burtonwood Brewery Co Ltd)[8] |
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 | ||||||||||||||||
| Swinton | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Oldham | 11 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Oldham | 15 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Salford | 13 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Salford | 23 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Leigh | 12 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Oldham | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Warrington | 11 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Barrow | |||||||||||||||||||
| bye | |||||||||||||||||||
| Barrow | 9 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Warrington | 16 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Huyton | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Warrington | 31 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Warrington | 26 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Wigan | 10 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Blackpool Borough | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Widnes | 31 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Widnes | 22 | ||||||||||||||||||
| St Helens | 20 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Workington Town | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||
| St Helens | 15 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Widnes | 10 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Wigan | 14 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Whitehaven | |||||||||||||||||||
| bye | |||||||||||||||||||
| Whitehaven | 10 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Wigan | 13 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Wigan | 25 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Rochdale Hornets | 10 | ||||||||||||||||||
Notes and comments
1 * This match played at nearby Warrington's Wilderspool because of the better facilities etc. (and in the hope of a bigger attendance )
2 * The attendance is given as 6,279 in Wigan[5]'s official archives, in RUGBYLEAGUEproject[1] files, and other articles - The attendance is given as 6,442 in Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook 1991-1992[7] 3 * 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 December 26, 1949 for a league game between St Helens and Wigan
See also
References
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