The 1959–60 Lancashire Cup was the forty-seventh occasion on which the competition had been held. Warrington won the trophy by beating St. Helens by the score of 5-4.
Background
With again no invitation to a junior club this season, the total number of teams entering the competition remained the same at 14. The same fixture format was retained, and due to the number of clubs this resulted in no bye but one “blank” or “dummy” fixture in the first round, and one bye in the second round
Competition and results
Round 1 Involved 7 matches (with no bye but one “blank” fixture) and 14 clubs
Game NoFixture dateHome team Score Away teamVenueAttRecNotesRef 1Sat 29 Aug 1959Widnes21-15BarrowNaughton Park2Sat 29 Aug 1959Leigh12-12Blackpool BoroughHilton Park1 3Sat 29 Aug 1959Salford45-8Liverpool CityThe Willows4Sat 29 Aug 1959Whitehaven23-5OldhamRecreation Ground5Sat 29 Aug 1959Wigan39-20Rochdale HornetsCentral Park6Sat 29 Aug 1959Swinton9-17St. HelensStation Road14,0007Sat 29 Aug 1959Workington Town12-33WarringtonDerwent Park8 blankblank
Round 1 - Replay Involved 1 match
Game NoFixture dateHome team Score Away teamVenueAttRecNotesRef 1Thu 03 Sep 1959Blackpool Borough7-13LeighSt Anne's Road Greyhound Stadium
Round 2 - quarterfinals Involved 3 matches (with one bye) and 7 clubs
Game NoFixture dateHome team Score Away teamVenueAttRecNotesRef 1Mon 07 Sep 1959Wigan39-15SalfordCentral Park2Wed 09 Sep 1959Leigh2-27WarringtonKirkhall Lane3Wed 09 Sep 1959Widnes9-24St. HelensNaughton Park16,6304 Whitehavenbye
Round 3 – semifinals Involved 2 matches and 4 clubs
Game NoFixture dateHome team Score Away teamVenueAttRecNotesRef 1Tue 15 Sep 1959Wigan13-15WarringtonCentral Park2Tue 29 Sep 1959Whitehaven2-18St. HelensRecreation Ground12,5002
Final The match was played at Central Park, Wigan, (historically in the county of Lancashire). The attendance was 39,237 and receipts were £6,424. This is the last time the attendance at a Lancashire Cup final would approach 40,000.
Game NoFixture dateHome team Score Away teamVenueAttRecNotesRef Saturday 31 October 1959Warrington5-4St. HelensCentral Park39,237£6,4241
Teams and scorers
Warrington№St. Helens Teams Eric Fraser1Austin RhodesBrian Bevan2Tom van VollenhovenJim Challinor 3Doug GreenallLaurie Gilfedder4Brian McGinnTerry O'Grady5Jan PrinslooBobby Greenough6Wilf SmithJackie Edwards7Alex MurphyNat Silcock8Abe TerryPaddy Lannon9Tom McKinneyAlastair Brindle10Alan PrescottJohn Arkwright11Brian BriggsHarry Major12Dick HuddartAlbert Naughton13Fred Terry 5score45HT4 Scorers Tries Brian Bevan (1)T Goals Eric Fraser (1)GAustin Rhodes (2)Referee Mr M Coates of Pudsey Touch-Judges Tangerine Flag - A Shaw of Leigh Pink Flag - J W Ellis of Widnes
Scoring - Try = three (3) points - Goal = two (2) points - Drop goal = two (2) points
The road to success
Notes and comments 1 * The first Lancashire Cup match to be played since the stadium was renamed after the former chairman James Hilton 2 * The fixture date was given in the official St. Helens archives as Wednesday 30 September - but RUGBY LEAGUE review gives the date as Tuesday 29 September 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 1959–60 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