Английская Википедия:1992–93 Lancashire Cup
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The 1992 Lancashire Cup was the 80th and last occasion on which the Lancashire Cup completion was held. Wigan won the trophy by beating St. Helens by the score of 5-4 in the final.
Background
The failure of London Crusaders to enter, due primarily to financial pressures, resulted in the number of entrants this year decreasing by one to 16.
This resulted in a full fixture list, with no requirement for a preliminary round, nor any “blank” or “dummy” fixtures or any byes.
Competition and results
Round 1
Involved 8 matches (with no byes) and 16 clubs.[1]
| Game No | Fixture Date | Home Team | Score | Away Team | Venue | Att | Rec | Notes | Ref | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fri 11 Sep 1992 | Rochdale Hornets | 8-36 | Wigan | Spotland | 2936 | [2] | ||||
| 2 | Sun 13 Sep 1992 | Barrow | 2-36 | St. Helens | Craven Park | 2317 | [3] | ||||
| 3 | Sun 13 Sep 1992 | Blackpool Gladiators | 8-22 | Workington Town | Jepson Way, Blackpool | 736 | 1 | ||||
| 4 | Sun 13 Sep 1992 | Leigh | 50-9 | Chorley Borough (2) | Hilton Park | 1332 | |||||
| 5 | Sun 13 Sep 1992 | Oldham | 33-20 | Warrington | Watersheddings | 4041 | [4] | ||||
| 6 | Sun 13 Sep 1992 | Salford | 60-8 | Whitehaven | The Willows | 1985 | |||||
| 7 | Sun 13 Sep 1992 | Swinton | 40-10 | Highfield | Station Road | 616 | |||||
| 8 | Sun 13 Sep 1992 | Widnes | 52-8 | Carlisle | Naughton Park | 3733 | 2 | [5] |
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 23 Sep 1992 | Leigh | 14-26 | Oldham | Hilton Park | 3395 | |||||
| 2 | Wed 23 Sep 1992 | Salford | 42-20 | Workington Town | The Willows | 2143 | |||||
| 3 | Tue 29 Sep 1992 | Swinton | 0-78 | Wigan | Station Road | 3501 | [2] | ||||
| 4 | Wed 30 Sep 1992 | St. Helens | 10-8 | Widnes | Knowsley Road | 12573 | [3][5] |
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 | Tue 06 Oct 1992 | Wigan | 48-8 | Oldham | Central Park | 8954 | [2] | ||||
| 2 | Wed 07 Oct 1992 | St. Helens | 18-5 | Salford | Knowsley Road | 9289 | [3] |
Final
The match was played at Knowsley Road, Eccleston, St Helens, Merseyside, (historically in the county of Lancashire). The attendance was 20,534.
Teams and scorers
| Wigan | № | St. Helens |
|---|---|---|
| teams | ||
| Steve Hampson | 1 | Phil Veivers |
| Jason Robinson | 2 | Alan Hunte |
| Joe Lydon | 3 | Gary Connolly |
| Andrew Farrar | 4 | Jarrod McCracken |
| Martin Offiah | 5 | Anthony Sullivan |
| Frano Botica | 6 | Tea Ropati |
| Shaun Edwards | 7 | Jonathan Griffiths |
| Kelvin Skerrett | 8 | John Harrison[1] |
| Martin Dermott | 9 | Bernard Dwyer |
| Andy Platt | 10 | Kevin Ward |
| Denis Betts | 11 | Chris Joynt |
| Billy McGinty | 12 | Sonny Nickle |
| Dean Bell | 13 | Shane Cooper |
| Neil Cowie (for Steve Hampson 24min) | 14 | xGus O'Donnell[2] (for Phil Veivers 50min) |
| Martin Crompton (for Martin Offiah Half Time) | 15 | Paul Forber[3] (for John Harrison 65min) |
| John Monie | Coach | Mike McClennan |
The road to success
Notes and comments
1 * The attendance is given as 3,500 in the Widnes official archives[5] - RUGBYLEAGUEproject[1] gives it as 3,499||[5]
2 * The official Widnes archives[5] give the attendance as 3,700 - RUGBYLEAGUEproject[1] data gives it as 3,733
3 * St Helens won the toss for the home advantage
4 * 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 26 December 1949, for a league game between St Helens and Wigan
Postscript
To date, this was the last season for the Lancashire (and Yorkshire) Cup competitions, which except for the break due to the two World Wars, had taken place annually since its inauguration in the 1905–06 season.
It was fitting that the last name on the cup should be the same as the first, that of Wigan, and that the last final should be between the two clubs which had the best records in the competition.
It was only after the two county finals had been played that it was announced that the competitions were to be scrapped; news which came as a major surprise and shock to the fans. The reasons given by the ruling body, the Rugby Football League, were that it was deemed the cup was adding to fixture congestion for more successful sides and also that a local county cup did not fit the modern image of Rugby League.
Records from the Lancashire Cup competition
Club and individual records
| In the Final | Team | |||
| Most appearances | Wigan | 35 | ||
| Most wins | Wigan | 21 | ||
| Highest Score | Wigan | 34-8 | v Warrington 1985 | |
| Widest margin | St. Helens | 30-2 | v Oldham 1968 | |
| Biggest Attendance | 42795 | St. Helens v Wigan (at Swinton) 1953 | ||
| Individual | ||||
| Most tries | Brian Nordgren | 4 | Wigan v Leigh 1949 | |
| Most goals | Jim Ledgard | 7 | Leigh v Widnes 1955 | |
| Steve Hesford | 7 | Warrington v Wigan 1980 | ||
| David Stephenson | 7 | Wigan v Warrington 1985 | ||
| Most points | Steve Hesford | 17 (7g+1t) | Warrington v Widnes 1980 | |
| In the competition | ||||
| Highest Score | St. Helens | 112-0 | Carlisle 1986 | |
| Other score over 100 | St. Helens | 104-12 | v Trafford Borough 1991 | |
See also
References
External links
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