The 1907–08 Lancashire Cup was the third year for this regional rugby league competition and saw its third different winner. The cup was won by Oldham, who beat the previous year's winners, Broughton Rangers, at The Athletic Grounds, Rochdale by a score of 16–9. The attendance for the final was 14,000 and receipts £340.
The venue was the third different venue used in the three years which the competition had run.
Background For this season's competition, with the loss of Wigan Highfield, there were now only 12 semi-professional clubs, and with no junior team involved, this led to there being four clubs awarded byes in the first round
Competition and results
Round 1 Involved 4 matches (with four byes) and 12 Clubs Game NoFixture dateHome team Score Away teamVenueAttRecNotesRef 1Sat 12 October 1907Broughton Rangers28-0Rochdale HornetsWheater's Field 2Sat 12 October 1907Oldham22-3BarrowWatersheddings 3Sat 12 October 1907Runcorn2-15WarringtonCanal Street4Sat 12 October 1907Swinton7-0St. HelensChorley Road ground 5 Leighbye. 6 Salfordbye 7 Wiganbye 8 Widnesbye
Round 2 - Quarterfinals Game NoFixture dateHome team Score Away teamVenueAttRecNotesRef 1Sat 26 October 1907Leigh13-11WarringtonMather Lane 2Sat 26 October 1907Oldham13-0SwintonWatersheddings 3Sat 26 October 1907Salford10-8WiganThe Willows 4Sat 26 October 1907Widnes0-14Broughton RangersLowerhouse Lane
Round 3 – semifinals Game NoFixture dateHome team Score Away teamVenueAttRecNotesRef 1Sat 16 November 1907Leigh8-26Broughton RangersMather Lane2Sat 16 November 1907Salford7-8OldhamThe Willows
Final Game NoFixture dateHome team Score Away teamVenueAttRecNotesRefSaturday 30 November 1907Oldham16-9Broughton RangersAthletic Grounds14000£340
Teams and scorers OldhamNo.Broughton Rangers Teams Dicky Thomas1Billy BarlowGeorge Tyson2Billy HarrisBilly Dixon3Andy HoggTom Llewellyn4Bob WilsonArthur Oldershaw5Jack FlynnTom White6Sam JamesDavid Benyon7HortonJoe Ferguson8George RuddickBert Avery9Jack BeethamArthur Smith10J. GraineyBilly Longworth11Jim ClampittHarry Topham12C.J. DarlisonJoe Wilkinson13Mottram 16score98HT3 Scorers Tom LlewellynTries Arthur OldershawTAndy HoggJoe Ferguson, Arthur SmithT Goals Joe Ferguson (2)GBilly Barlow (3) Drop Goals DGRefereeH. Farrar (Keighley) Scoring - Try = three (3) points - Goal = two (2) points - Drop goal = two (2) points
The road to success
See also 1907–08 Northern Rugby Football Union season Rugby league county cups
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