1990 Lancashire Cup
| Structure | Regional knockout championship | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number of teams | 17 | |||
| Winners | Widnes | |||
| Runners-up | Salford | |||
| ||||
The 1990 Lancashire Cup was the seventy-eighth occasion on which the completion had been held. Widnes won the trophy by beating Salford by the score of 24-18 in the final. The match was played at Central Park, Wigan, (historically in the county of Lancashire). The attendance was 7,485 and receipts were £36,867.00.
Background
The total entrants remained the same as last season, i.e. at 17.
This necessitated the need for a preliminary round (consisting of just 1 game. The first round (proper) then involved 16 clubs, thus removing the need of any “blank” or “dummy” fixtures or any byes.
Competition and Results[1][2]
Preliminary Round
Involved 1 match and 2 Clubs
| Game No | Fixture Date | Home Team | Score | Away Team | Venue | Att | Rec | Notes | Ref | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sun 19 Aug 1990 | Rochdale Hornets | 12-41 | Salford | Spotland | 2049 | 1 |
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 | Sun 26 Aug 1990 | Carlisle | 38-18 | Workington Town | Gifford Park | 1104 | ||||||
| 2 | Sun 26 Aug 1990 | Fulham | 50-0 | Runcorn Highfield | Crystal Palace NSC | 623 | 2 | |||||
| 3 | Sun 26 Aug 1990 | Leigh | 26-6 | Swinton | Hilton Park | 3137 | ||||||
| 4 | Sun 26 Aug 1990 | St Helens | 56-24 | Trafford Borough | Knowsley Road | 4827 | [3] | |||||
| 5 | Sun 26 Aug 1990 | Salford | 27-24 | Oldham | The Willows | 4236 | ||||||
| 6 | Sun 26 Aug 1990 | Warrington | 36-8 | Chorley Borough (2) | Wilderspool | 3143 | [4] | |||||
| 7 | Sun 26 Aug 1990 | Whitehaven | 6-70 | Widnes | Recreation Ground | 4054 | [5] | |||||
| 8 | Sun 26 Aug 1990 | Wigan | 70-8 | Barrow | Central Park | 8377 | [6] |
Round 2 - Quarter Finals
Involved 4 matches and 7 Clubs
| Game No | Fixture Date | Home Team | Score | Away Team | Venue | Att | Rec | Notes | Ref | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sun 02 Sep 1990 | Carlisle | 7-28 | Warrington | Gifford Park | 1596 | [4] | ||||
| 2 | Sun 02 Sep 1990 | Leigh | 40-8 | Fulham | Hilton Park | 2909 | |||||
| 3 | Sun 02 Sep 1990 | Salford | 21-7 | St Helens | The Willows | 5574 | [3] | ||||
| 4 | Sun 02 Sep 1990 | Widnes | 24-22 | Wigan | Naughton Park | 14035 | [5][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 | Wed 12 Sep 1990 | Salford | 16-7 | Leigh | The Willows | 6939 | |||||
| 2 | Wed 12 Sep 1990 | Widnes | 20-4 | Warrington | Naughton Park | 11708 | 3 | [4][5] |
Final
| Game No | Fixture Date | Home Team | Score | Away Team | Venue | Att | Rec | Notes | Ref | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saturday 29 September 1990 | Widnes | 24-18 | Salford | Central Park | 7485 | 36867 | 4 | [5][7] |
Teams and Scorers[5][7]
| Widnes | № | Salford |
|---|---|---|
| teams | ||
| Alan Tait | 1 | Steve Gibson |
| Darren Wright | 2 | xTex Evans |
| Andy Currier | 3 | Martin Birkett |
| Jonathan Davies | 4 | Peter Williams |
| Martin Offiah | 5 | Adrian Hadley |
| Tony Myler (c) | 6 | David Fell |
| David Hulme | 7 | Steve Kerry |
| Kurt Sorensen | 8 | Ian Sherratt |
| Phil McKenzie | 9 | Mark Lee |
| Chris Ashurst | 10 | Chris Whiteley |
| Richard Eyres | 11 | Arthur Bradshaw |
| Emosi Koloto | 12 | Ian Blease (c) |
| Les Holliday | 13 | Andrew Burgess |
| John Devereux | 14 | Frank Cassidy (for Steve Kerry 72mins) |
| David Smith (for Chris Ashurst 31mins) | 15 | Shane Hansen (for Chris Whiteley 31mins) |
| Doug Laughton | Coach | Kevin Tamati |
| 24 | score | 18 |
| 12 | HT | 12 |
| Scorers | ||
| Tries | ||
| Andy Currier (1) | T | Peter Williams (1) |
| Tony Myler (1) | T | Ian Blease (1) |
| David Smith (1) | T | David Fell (1) |
| Martin Offiah (1) | T | |
| Goals | ||
| Jonathan Davies (4) | G | Steve Kerry (3) |
| Referee | Alan Burke (Oldham) | |
| Man of the match | David Fell - Salford - Stand-off/Five-eighth | |
| sponsored by | Greenall Whitley | |
| Competition Sponsor | Greenalls |
Scoring - Try = four (4) points - Goal = two (2) points - Drop goal = one (1) point
The road to success
(This chart excludes the match in the preliminary round)
| First Round | Second Round | Semi Finals | Final | ||||||||||||||||
| Whitehaven | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Widnes | 70 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Widnes | 24 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Wigan | 22 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Wigan | 70 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Barrow | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Widnes | 20 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Warrington | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Carlisle | 38 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Workington Town | 18 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Carlisle | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Warrington | 28 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Warrington | 36 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Chorley Borough (2) | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Widnes | 24 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Salford | 18 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Salford | 27 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Oldham | 24 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Salford | 21 | ||||||||||||||||||
| St Helens | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||
| St Helens | 56 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Trafford Borough | 24 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Salford | 16 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Leigh | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Leigh | 26 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Swinton | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Leigh | 40 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Fulham | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Fulham | 50 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Runcorn Highfield | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||
Notes and comments
1 * The first Lancashire Cup match to be played at Rochdale Hornets's new ground
2 * The first Lancashire Cup match to be played on this ground, one of many used by Fulham during the nomadic period between 1985-1993
3 * The attendance is given as 11,708 in the official Widnes archives[5] - RUGBYLEAGUEproject[1] gives the attendance as 12,028
4 * 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
References
- 1 2 "Rugby League Project".
- ↑ Jack Winstanley & Malcolm Ryding (1991). John Player Yearbook 1975-76. Queen Anne Press.
- 1 2 "Saints Heritage Society - History - Season 1896-97".
- 1 2 3 "Warrington Wolves - Results Archive - 1897". Archived from the original on 2014-02-02.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Widnes Vikings - History - Season In Review - 1896-97".
- 1 2 "Wigan "Cherry and White" archived results".
- 1 2 Raymond Fletcher and David Howes (1991). Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook 1991-100. Queen Anne Press. ISBN 0 35617852 8.
External links
- 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