The 1928–29 Lancashire Cup was the 21st running of this regional rugby league competition. Wigan took the trophy for the 6th time, by beating Widnes by 5–4 in the final played at Wilderspool, Warrington. The attendance was 19,000 and receipts £1,150.
Background The number of teams entering this year's competition remained at 13 which resulted in 3 byes in the first round.
Competition and results
Round 1 Involved 5 matches (with three byes) and 13 clubs Game NoFixture dateHome team Score Away teamVenueAttRecNotesRef 1Sat 13 October 1928Broughton Rangers10–15St. HelensThe Cliff2Sat 13 October 1928St Helens Recs7–7WarringtonKnowsley Road13Sat 13 October 1928Swinton7–3LeighChorley Road ground4Sat 13 October 1928Widnes4–0Wigan HighfieldLowerhouse Lane5Sat 13 October 1928Wigan37–13BarrowCentral Park6 Rochdale Hornetsbye7 Oldhambye8 SalfordbyeReplay9Wed 17 October 1928Warrington10–2St Helens RecsWilderspool2
Round 2 – quarterfinals Game NoFixture dateHome team Score Away teamVenueAttRecNotesRef 1Mon 22 October 1928Rochdale Hornets2–15WidnesAthletic Grounds2Wed 24 October 1928Oldham12–2SalfordWatersheddings3Wed 24 October 1928Swinton3–21WiganChorley Road ground4Wed 24 October 1928Warrington14–11St. HelensWilderspool
Round 3 – semifinals Game NoFixture dateHome team Score Away teamVenueAttRecNotesRef 1Mon 5 November 1928Oldham5–5WiganWatersheddings2Thu 8 November 1928Widnes25–5WarringtonLowerhouse LaneReplay1Wed 7 November 1928Wigan21–0OldhamCentral Park
Final Game NoFixture dateHome team Score Away teamVenueAttRecNotesRef Saturday 24 November 1928Wigan5–4WidnesWilderspool19000£1,1503
Teams and scorers WiganNo.Widnes teams Jim Sullivan1Bob FraserLou Brown2Jack DennettRoy Kinnear3Peter ToppingTommy Parker4Alec HigginsJohnny Ring5Joe StanleyArthur Binks6Paddy DouglasSyd Abram7Jerry Laughton (probably Captain)Tom Beetham8Frederick KelsallJack Bennett9George StevensWilf Hodder10Nat SilcockLen Mason11Jack HigginsFrank Stephens12Jack GregoryJohn Sherrington13Jimmy Hoey 5score40HT0 Scorers Tries Lou Brown (1)Tnil Goals Jim Sullivan (1)GJimmy Hoey (1) Drop Goals nilDGPaddy Douglas (1)Referee Scoring – Try = three (3) points – Goal = two (2) points – Drop goal = two (2) points
The road to success
See also 1928–29 Northern Rugby Football League season
Notes 1 This match was transferred to the neighbouring St Helens stadium due to the better facilities offered 2 The official Warrington archives give the score for the replayed match as 13–3 – the details given by "RUGBY LEAGUE projects" show the score as 10–2 3 Watersheddings was the home ground of Oldham RLFC from 1889 to 1997
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