1962–63 was the fiftieth occasion on which the Lancashire Cup completion had been held.
St. Helens won the trophy by beating Swinton by the score of 7–4.
The match was played at Central Park, Wigan (historically in the county of Lancashire). The attendance was 23,523 and receipts were £4,122.
This was the third of five consecutive Lancashire Cup final wins for St. Helens, and what is more, the third of the seven occasions on which the club will win the trophy in the nine-year period.<br/ > It was also the third of Swinton’s three successive Lancashire Cup final runner-up positions.
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 1Friday 7 September 1962Whitehaven2-11OldhamRecreation Ground2Saturday 8 September 1962Blackpool Borough32-9SalfordSt Anne's Road Greyhound Stadium 3Saturday 8 September 1962Rochdale Hornets11-3BarrowAthletic Grounds4Saturday 8 September 1962St. Helens22-0Liverpool CityKnowsley Road11,5005Saturday 8 September 1962Swinton5-2WidnesStation Road10,2186Saturday 8 September 1962Wigan11-3WarringtonCentral Park7Saturday 8 September 1962Workington Town43-2LeighDerwent Park8 blankblank
Round 2 - Quarter-finals Involved 3 matches (with one bye) and 7 clubs
Game NoFixture dateHome team Score Away teamVenueAttRecNotesRef 1Monday 17 September 1962Workington Town16-8WiganDerwent Park2Tuesday 18 September 1962Blackpool Borough3-14St. HelensBlackpool4,0003Tuesday 18 September 1962Oldham14-3Rochdale HornetsWatersheddings4 Swintonbye
Round 3 – Semi-finals Involved 2 matches and 4 clubs
Game NoFixture dateHome team Score Away teamVenueAttRecNotesRef 1Tuesday 2 October 1962Oldham8-10St. HelensWatersheddings14,0002Wednesday 3 October 1962Swinton24-5Workington TownStation Road10,004
Final Game NoFixture dateHome team Score Away teamVenueAttRecNotesRef Saturday 27 October 1962St. Helens7-4SwintonCentral Park23,523£4,1221
Teams and scorers
St. HelensNo.Swinton teams Kel Coslett1Ken GowersTom van Vollenhoven2Bernard McMahonJohn Donovan 3Frank HalliwellWilf Smith 4Alan BuckleyMick Sullivan5John SpeedBilly Benyon6George ParkinsonJeff Heaton7Albert CartwrightJack Arkwright 8Ken RobertsBob Dagnall9Trevor RobertsCliff Watson10Ron MorganJohn Tembey11Peter NorburnDick Huddart12Dick BonserBill Major 13Albert Blan (c) 7score47HT0 Scorers Tries Tom van Vollenhoven (1)T Goals Kel Coslett (2)GAlbert Blan (2)G Drop Goals DGReferee M. Coates (Pudsey) Scoring - Try = three (3) points - Goal = two (2) points - Drop goal = two (2) points
The road to success
Notes and comments
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 1962–63 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