1932–33 Lancashire Cup

The 1932–33 Lancashire Cup was the twenty-fifth occasion on which the Lancashire Cup completion had been held. Warrington won the trophy by beating St. Helens by 10–9 in the final.

1932–33 Lancashire Cup
StructureRegional knockout championship
Teams13
WinnersWarrington
Runners-upSt. Helens

Competition and results

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The number of teams entering this year's competition remained at 13 and the same fixture format was retained. There was only one bye in the first round but now also a "blank" or "dummy" fixture. This also resulted in one bye in the second round.[1]

Round 1

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Involved 6 matches (with one bye and one "blank" fixture) and 13 clubs

Game No Fixture date Home team Score Away team Venue Att Rec Notes Ref
1 Sat 08 Oct 1932 Broughton Rangers 8–6 Wigan Highfield The Cliff
2 Sat 08 Oct 1932 St Helens Recs 5–5 Oldham City Road
3 Sat 08 Oct 1932 Rochdale Hornets 8–8 Salford Athletic Grounds
4 Sat 08 Oct 1932 Warrington 24–14 Barrow Wilderspool [2]
5 Sat 08 Oct 1932 Widnes 5–10 St. Helens Naughton Park [3][4]
6 Sat 08 Oct 1932 Wigan 14–3 Leigh Central Park [5]
7 Swinton bye
8 blank blank

Round 1 – replays

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Involved 2 matches

Game No Fixture date Home team Score Away team Venue Att Rec Notes Ref
1 Mon 10 Oct 1932 Oldham 4–0 St Helens Recs Watersheddings 1
2 Wed 12 Oct 1932 Salford 26–13 Rochdale Hornets The Willows

Round 1 – Second replays

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Involved 1 match

Game No Fixture date Home team Score Away team Venue Att Rec Notes Ref
1 Thu 13 Oct 1932 Oldham 7–7 St Helens Recs Watersheddings

Round 1 – Third replays

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Involved 1 match

Game No Fixture date Home team Score Away team Venue Att Rec Notes Ref
1 Mon 17 Oct 1932 St Helens Recs 9–6 Oldham The Willows

Round 2 – quarterfinals

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Involved 3 matches (with one bye) and 7 clubs

Game No Fixture date Home team Score Away team Venue Att Rec Notes Ref
1 Wed 19 Oct 1932 Salford 25–11 Swinton The Willows
2 Mon 24 Oct 1932 St. Helens 22–4 Broughton Rangers Knowsley Road [4]
3 Wed 26 Oct 1932 Warrington 11–8 St Helens Recs Wilderspool [2]
4 Wigan bye [5]

Round 3 – semifinals

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Involved 2 matches and 4 clubs

Game No Fixture date Home team Score Away team Venue Att Rec Notes Ref
1 Wed 02 Nov 1932 Salford 2–2 St. Helens The Willows [4]
2 Thu 03 Nov 1932 Warrington 21–10 Wigan Wilderspool [5][2]

Round 3 – semifinals – replays

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Involved 1 match

Game No Fixture date Home team Score Away team Venue Att Rec Notes Ref
1 Mon 07 Nov 1932 St. Helens 17–10 Salford Knowsley Road [4]

Final

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The final was played at Central Park, Wigan, (historically in the county of Lancashire). The attendance was 28,500 and receipts £1,675. The attendance was again a new record – beating last year's total of 26,471.

Game No Fixture date Home team Score Away team Venue Att Rec Notes Ref
Saturday 19 November 1932 Warrington 10–9 St. Helens Central Park 28,500 £1,675 2 3 [2][4][6]

Teams and scorers

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Warrington No. St. Helens
teams
Billy Holding 1 R. E. "Bob" Jones[1]
Thomas "Tubby" Thompson 2 Roy A. Hardgrave[2]
Billy Dingsdale 3 George Lewis
Bill Shankland 4 Teddy Butler[3]
Steve Ray 5 Alf Ellaby
Jack Oster 6 Jack Garvey
Dai Davies 7 Harry Frodsham[4]
Jack Miller 8 Bob Atkin[5]
Nat Bentham 9 Dave Cotton[6]
Sammy Hardman 10 Ben Halfpenny
Bill Jones 11 Albert Fildes
Candy Evans 12 Jack Arkwright
Charlie Seeling Jr. 13 Walter Groves[7]
unknown Coach unknown
10 score 9
5 HT 7
Scorers
Tries
Dai Davies (1) T Albert Fildes (1)
Thomas "Tubby" Thompson (1) T
Goals
Billy Holding (2) G George Lewis (3)
Referee A. Brown (Wakefield)

Scoring – Try = three (3) points – Goal = two (2) points – Drop goal = two (2) points

[4][2][7]

The road to success

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First round Second round Semifinals Final
            
Warrington 24
Barrow 14
Warrington 11
St Helens Recs 8
St Helens Recs 5-0A-7-9
Oldham 5-4A-7-6
Warrington 21
Wigan 10
Wigan 14
Leigh 3
Wigan
bye
blank
blank
Warrington 10
St. Helens 9
Rochdale Hornets 8–13
Salford 8–26
Salford 25
Swinton 11
Swinton
bye
Salford 2–10
St. Helens 2–17
Widnes 5
St. Helens 10
St. Helens 22
Broughton Rangers 4
Broughton Rangers 8
Wigan Highfield 6

Notes and comments

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1 * Match abandoned after 40 minutes

2 * The attendance of 28,500 was a new record for a Lancashire Cup final attendance

3 * 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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References

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  1. ^ "Rugby League Project".
  2. ^ a b c d e "Warrington Wolves – Results Archive – 1897". Archived from the original on 6 July 2010.
  3. ^ "Widnes Vikings – History – Season In Review – 1896–97".
  4. ^ a b c d e f "Saints Heritage Society – History – Season 1896–97".
  5. ^ a b c "Wigan "Cherry and White" archived results".
  6. ^ Raymond Fletcher and David Howes (1991). Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook 1991-100. Queen Anne Press. ISBN 0 35617852 8.
  7. ^ "Wire2Wolves Warrington archive". Archived from the original on 22 February 2014. Retrieved 14 February 2014.
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