1964–65 was the fifty-second occasion on which the Lancashire Cup completion had been held.
St. Helens won the trophy by beating Swinton by the score of 12-4
The match was played at Central Park, Wigan, (historically in the county of Lancashire). The attendance was 17,383 and receipts were £3,393
This was the fifth of five consecutive Lancashire Cup final wins for St. Helens, and what is more, the fifth of seven victories in a period of nine successive seasons.<br/ > It is also the fourth time in the last five years that Swinton have been defeated finalists.
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 4 September 1964Whitehaven10-31OldhamRecreation Ground2Saturday 5 September 1964Barrow10-5Blackpool BoroughCraven Park3Saturday 5 September 1964Leigh10-13WarringtonHilton Park4Saturday 5 September 1964Liverpool City11-41St. HelensMill Yard, Knotty Ash3,5005Saturday 5 September 1964Widnes33-0Rochdale HornetsNaughton Park6Saturday 5 September 1964Wigan36-6SalfordCentral Park7Saturday 5 September 1964Workington Town2-6SwintonDerwent Park8 blankblank
Round 2 - Quarter-finals Involved 3 matches (with one bye) and 7 clubs
Game NoFixture dateHome team Score Away teamVenueAttRecNotesRef 1Monday 14 September 1964Barrow11-22St. HelensCraven Park8,1252Monday 14 September 1964Swinton11-5WiganStation Road13,4223Monday 21 September 1964Warrington19-4OldhamWilderspool4 Widnesbye
Round 3 – Semi-finals Involved 2 matches and 4 clubs
Game NoFixture dateHome team Score Away teamVenueAttRecNotesRef 1Tuesday 29 September 1964Warrington8-10St. HelensWilderspool19,2582Wednesday 30 September 1964Swinton11-7WidnesStation Road9,250
Final Game NoFixture dateHome team Score Away teamVenueAttRecNotesRef Saturday 24 October 1964St. Helens12-4SwintonCentral Park17,383£3,3931
Teams and scorers
St. HelensNo.Swinton teams Frank Barrow1 Ken Gowers (c)Tom Pimblett2 David HarriesKeith Northey3 Bob FleetBilly Benyon4 Alan BuckleyLen Killeen5 John SpeedPeter Harvey6 George ParkinsonAlex Murphy7 Graham WilliamsJohn Tembey8 Harold BateBob Dagnall9 Derek ClarkeJohn Warlow10 Ken HalliwellRay French11 Graham ReesMervyn Hicks12 Barry SimpsonDoug Laughton13 Derek HurtTony Barrow (non-playing substitute)14 Billy DaviesCliff Watson15 Albert Cartwright 12score45HT0 Scorers Tries Billy Benyon (1)TMervyn Hicks (1)TT Goals Len Kileen (3)G Ken Gowers (2)G Drop Goals DGReferee E. Clay (Leeds) 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 1964–65 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