The 1937–38 Lancashire Cup was the thirtieth occasion on which the Lancashire Cup competition had been held. Warrington won the trophy by beating Barrow by 8–4. The match was played at Central Park, Wigan, (historically in the county of Lancashire). The attendance was 14,000 and receipts were £800.
Background The number of teams entering this year's competition decreased by one with the withdrawal of Streatham & Mitcham, back to the previous total of 13 but the same fixture format was retained. There was once again a bye in the first round, and there was still a "blank" or "dummy" fixture. The bye in the second round remained.
Competition and results
Round 1 Involved 6 matches (with one bye and one "blank" fixture) and 13 clubs
Game NoFixture dateHome team Score Away teamVenueAttRecNotesRef 1Sat 11 Sep 1937Barrow11–2St Helens RecsCraven Park2Sat 11 Sep 1937Leigh18–3Rochdale HornetsMather Lane3Sat 11 Sep 1937Oldham2–4WarringtonWatersheddings4Sat 11 Sep 1937St. Helens0–11Broughton RangersKnowsley Road5Sat 11 Sep 1937Salford2–3WidnesThe Willows6Sat 11 Sep 1937Swinton9–9WiganStation Road7 Liverpool Stanleybye8 blankblank
Round 1 – replays Involved 1 match
Game NoFixture dateHome team Score Away teamVenueAttRecNotesRef 1Wed 15 Sep 1937Wigan24–5SwintonCentral Park
Round 2 – quarterfinals Involved 3 matches (with one bye) and 7 clubs
Game NoFixture dateHome team Score Away teamVenueAttRecNotesRef 1Wed 22 Sep 1937Broughton Rangers12–8LeighBelle Vue Stadium2Thu 23 Sep 1937Barrow3–2Liverpool StanleyCraven Park3Thu 23 Sep 1937Widnes26–5WiganNaughton Park4 Warringtonbye
Round 3 – semifinals Involved 2 matches and 4 clubs
Game NoFixture dateHome team Score Away teamVenueAttRecNotesRef 1Thu 30 Sep 1937Barrow5–2Broughton RangersCraven Park2Thu 07 Oct 1937Widnes0–3WarringtonNaughton Park
Final Game NoFixture dateHome team Score Away teamVenueAttRecNotesRef Saturday 23 October 1937Warrington8–4BarrowCentral Park14,000£8001
Teams and scorers
Warrington№Barrow Teams Les Jones1Freddie FrenchJack Garratt2Val CumberbatchDave Brown3John HigginBill Shankland (c)4Tommy BarrIslwyn Davies5Buster HarrisMel De Lloyd6Ian LloydFrank Cueto7William LittleSammy Hardman8George BlackburnDave Cotton9Dan McKeatingJack Miller10Billy SkellyJack Arkwright11Alec Troup (c)Ivor Bennett12Bob AyresBill Chapman13Gordon RawlingsChris BrockbankCoachunknown 8score40HT0 Scorers Tries David Brown (2)T Goals Bill Shankland (1)G Freddie French (2)G Drop Goals DGReferee F. Peel (Bradford) Scoring – Try = three (3) points – Goal = two (2) points – Drop goal = two (2) points
The road to success
Notes and comments
1 * 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 1937–38 Northern Rugby Football League season Rugby league county cups
References
External links Saints Heritage Society 1896–97 Northern Rugby Football Union season at wigan.rlfans.com Hull&Proud Fixtures & Results 1896/1897 Widnes Vikings – One team, one passion Season In Review – 1896–97 The Northern Union at warringtonwolves.org