| 1921–22 Lancashire Cup | |
|---|---|
| Structure | Regional knockout competition |
| Teams | 14 |
| Winners | Warrington |
| Runners-up | Oldham |
The 1921–22 Lancashire Cup competition, the fourteenth contest for this regional rugby league competition, saw a new name on the trophy, Warrington. They beat Oldham in the final at The Cliff, Broughton, Salford by a score of 7-5. The final was watched by 18,000 and receipts were £1,200.
Background
The number of teams entering this year’s competition remained at the previous level of 14, this enabled the competition to be run with only 2 byes in the first round.
Competition and results
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 | Sat 22 October 1921 | Broughton Rangers | 5-0 | Wigan | The Cliff | [2] | |||||
| 2 | Sat 22 October 1921 | Leigh | 3-2 | Wigan Highfield | Mather Lane | ||||||
| 3 | Sat 22 October 1921 | Rochdale Hornets | 0-2 | Oldham | Athletic Grounds | ||||||
| 4 | Sat 22 October 1921 | St Helens Recs | 0-0 | Swinton | City Road | ||||||
| 5 | Sat 22 October 1921 | Widnes | 6-0 | Salford | Lowerhouse Lane | [3] | |||||
| 6 | Sat 29 October 1921 | Barrow | 25-0 | Askam | Little Park, Roose | ||||||
| 7 | St. Helens | bye | [4] | ||||||||
| 8 | Warrington | bye | [5] | ||||||||
| Replay | |||||||||||
| 9 | Wed 26 October 1921 | Swinton | 2-8 | St Helens Recs | Chorley Road ground | ||||||
Round 2 – quarterfinals
| Game No | Fixture date | Home team | Score | Away team | Venue | Att | Rec | Notes | Ref | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sat 5 November 1921 | Barrow | 10-3 | Broughton Rangers | Little Park, Roose | ||||||
| 2 | Sat 5 November 1921 | St. Helens | 5-17 | Oldham | Knowsley Road | [4] | |||||
| 3 | Sat 5 November 1921 | Warrington | 5-3 | St Helens Recs | Wilderspool | [5] | |||||
| 4 | Sat 5 November 1921 | Widnes | 2-2 | Leigh | Lowerhouse Lane | [3] | |||||
| Replay | |||||||||||
| 1 | Wed 9 November 1921 | Leigh | 5-3 | Widnes | Mather Lane | [3] | |||||
Round 3 – semifinals
| Game No | Fixture date | Home team | Score | Away team | Venue | Att | Rec | Notes | Ref | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sat 19 November 1921 | Oldham | 17-8 | Barrow | Watersheddings | ||||||
| 2 | Sat 19 November 1921 | Warrington | 13-7 | Leigh | Wilderspool | [5] |
Final
| Game No | Fixture date | Home team | Score | Away team | Venue | Att | Rec | Notes | Ref | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saturday 3 December 1921 | Warrington | 7-5 | Oldham | The Cliff | 18000 | £1,200 | 1 | [6] |
Teams and scorers
| Warrington[5] | № | Oldham |
|---|---|---|
| complete team unknown | teams | team unknown |
| 1 | ||
| Bob Bradbury | 2 | |
| Charlie Collins | 3 | |
| Ben Jolley | 4 | |
| Bert Cartwright | 5 | |
| John "Jack" Harrison Prescott (c) | 6 | |
| Tommy Anderson | 7 | |
| Robert Mather | 8 | |
| Alfred Peacock | 9 | |
| 10 | ||
| George Ogden | 11 | |
| 12 | ||
| 13 | ||
| 7 | score | 5 |
| 2 | HT | 0 |
| Scorers | ||
| Tries | ||
| Bob Bradbury (1) | T | |
| Goals | ||
| Ben Jolley (2) | G | |
| Drop Goals | ||
| DG | ||
| Referee | ||
Scoring - Try = three (3) points - Goal = two (2) points - Drop goal = two (2) points
The road to success
| First round | Second round | Semifinals | Final | ||||||||||||||||
| Warrington | |||||||||||||||||||
| bye | |||||||||||||||||||
| Warrington | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||
| St Helens Recs | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||
| St Helens Recs | 0(8) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Swinton | 0(2) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Warrington | 13 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Leigh | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Widnes | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Salford | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Widnes | 2(3) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Leigh | 2(5) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Leigh | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Wigan Highfield | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Warrington | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Oldham | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||
| St. Helens | |||||||||||||||||||
| bye | |||||||||||||||||||
| St. Helens | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Oldham | 17 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Rochdale Hornets | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Oldham | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Oldham | 17 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Barrow | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Barrow | |||||||||||||||||||
| Askam | |||||||||||||||||||
| Barrow | 10 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Broughton Rangers | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Broughton Rangers | 25 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Wigan | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||
See also
Notes
- 1 The Willows was the home ground of Salford
References
- ↑ "Rugby League Project".
- ↑ "Wigan "Cherry and White" archived results".
- 1 2 3 "Widnes Vikings - History - Season In Review - 1921–22".
- 1 2 "Saints Heritage Society - History - Season 1921–22".
- 1 2 3 4 "Warrington Wolves - Results Archive - 1922".
- ↑ Raymond Fletcher and David Howes (1991). Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook 1991-1992. Queen Anne Press. ISBN 0 35617852 8.
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