1982 Lancashire Cup

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The 1982 Rugby League Lancashire Cup competition

1982-83 Lancashire Cup
Structure Regional knockout championship
Number of teams 16
Winners Warrington
Runners-up St Helens
< 1981 Seasons 1983 >

1982 was the seventieth occasion on which the Lancashire Cup completion had been held.

Warrington won the trophy by beating St Helens by the score of 16-0
The match was played at Central Park, Wigan, (historically in the county of Lancashire). The attendance was 6,462 and receipts were £11,732.00

Background

This season saw no new clubs and no withdrawals, leaving the total number of entrants at the 16 level.
With this full sixteen members there was no need for “blank” or “dummy” fixtures or any byes.

Competition and Results[1][2]

Round 1

Involved 8 matches (with no byes) and 16 Clubs


Game No Fixture Date Home Team Score Away Team Venue Att Rec Notes Ref
1 Sat 04 Sep 1982 Workington Town 12-20 Barrow Derwent Park 1935
2 Sun 05 Sep 1982 Carlisle 16-8 Whitehaven Brunton Park 3595
3 Sun 05 Sep 1982 Leigh 32-20 Rochdale Hornets Hilton Park 3950
4 Sun 05 Sep 1982 Wigan 18-13 Salford Central Park 7033 [3]
5 Sun 05 Sep 1982 Blackpool Borough 10-27 Oldham Borough Park 2013
6 Sun 05 Sep 1982 Fulham 20-8 Swinton Craven Cottage 2796
7 Sun 05 Sep 1982 Warrington 43-5 Huyton Wilderspool 2042 [4]
8 Sun 05 Sep 1982 Widnes 12-14 St Helens Naughton Park 6704 [5][6]

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 Wed 15 Sep 1982 Barrow 6-9 St Helens Craven Park 3282 [6]
2 Wed 15 Sep 1982 Leigh 12-13 Carlisle Hilton Park 3939
3 Wed 15 Sep 1982 Wigan 4-15 Fulham Central Park 6054 [3]
4 Sun 19 Sep 1982 Warrington 16-14 Oldham Wilderspool 4174 [4]

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 Wed 29 Sep 1982 St Helens 7-7 Carlisle Knowsley Road 4746 [6]
2 Thu 30 Sep 1982 Warrington 17-8 Fulham Wilderspool 3356 [4]

Round 3 – Semi-Finals – Replays

Involved 1 matches and 2 Clubs


Game No Fixture Date Home Team Score Away Team Venue Att Rec Notes Ref
1 Wed 06 Oct 1982 Carlisle 5-9 St Helens Brunton Park 3406 [6]

Final


Game No Fixture Date Home Team Score Away Team Venue Att Rec Notes Ref
Saturday 23 October 1982 Warrington 16-0 St Helens Central Park 6462 11732 1 [4][6][7]

Teams and Scorers[6][4][7]

Warrington St Helens
teams
Steve Hesford 1 Brian Parkes[1]
Paul Fellows[2] 2 Barry Ledger
Ronnie Duane 3 Chris Arkwright
John Bevan 4 Roy Haggerty
Mick Kelly[3] 5 Dennis Litherland[4]
Paul Cullen 6 Steve Peters[5]
Ken Kelly (c) 7 Neil Holding
Neil Courtney 8 Mel James
Carl Webb[6] 9 Graham Liptrot
Tony Cooke[7] 10 Gary Bottell[8]
Bob Eccles 11 Gary Moorby[9]
John Fieldhouse 12 Peter Gorley
Mike Gregory 13 Harry Pinner
?? 14 Johnny Smith[10] (for Brian Parkes)
Dave Chisnall (for Tony Cooke) 15 Roy Mathias (for Gary Bottell)
Kevin Ashcroft Coach Billy Benyon
16 score 0
3 HT 0
Scorers
Tries
Paul Fellows (1) T
Mick Kelly (1) T
Ken Kelly (1) T
Bob Eccles (1) T
Goals
Steve Hesford (2) out of 9 attempts G
Referee J Holdsworth (Leeds)
Man of the match Steve Hesford - Warrington - Fullback
sponsored by Burtonwood Brewery
Competition Sponsor Forshaws (Burtonwood Brewery Co Ltd)

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
                       
Warrington 43
Huyton 5
Warrington 16
Oldham 14
Blackpool Borough 10
Oldham 27
Warrington 17
Fulham 8
Wigan 18
Salford 13
Wigan 4
Fulham 15
Fulham 20
Swinton 8
Warrington 16
St Helens 0
Workington Town 12
Barrow 20
Barrow 6
St Helens 9
Widnes 12
St Helens 14
St Helens 7-9
Carlisle 7-5
Leigh 32
Rochdale Hornets 20
Leigh 12
Carlisle 13
Carlisle 16
Whitehaven 8

Notes and comments

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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