1982–83 was the seventieth occasion on which the Lancashire Cup completion had been held.
Warrington won the trophy by beating St. Helens by the score of 16-0 The match was played at Central Park, Wigan, (historically in the county of Lancashire). The attendance was 6,462 and receipts were £11,732.00
Background
This season saw no new clubs and no withdrawals, leaving the total number of entrants at the 16 level. With this full sixteen members there was no need for “blank” or “dummy” fixtures or any byes.
Competition and results
Round 1 Involved 8 matches (with no byes) and 16 clubs Game NoFixture DateHome team Score Away teamVenueAttRecNotesRef 1Sat 04 Sep 1982Workington Town12-20BarrowDerwent Park19352Sun 05 Sep 1982Carlisle16-8WhitehavenBrunton Park35953Sun 05 Sep 1982Leigh32-20Rochdale HornetsHilton Park39504Sun 05 Sep 1982Wigan18-13SalfordCentral Park70335Sun 05 Sep 1982Blackpool Borough10-27OldhamBorough Park20136Sun 05 Sep 1982Fulham20-8SwintonCraven Cottage27967Sun 05 Sep 1982Warrington43-5HuytonWilderspool20428Sun 05 Sep 1982Widnes12-14St. HelensNaughton Park6704
Round 2 - Quarter-finals Involved 4 matches and 8 clubs
Game NoFixture DateHome team Score Away teamVenueAttRecNotesRef 1Wed 15 Sep 1982Barrow6-9St. HelensCraven Park32822Wed 15 Sep 1982Leigh12-13CarlisleHilton Park39393Wed 15 Sep 1982Wigan4-15FulhamCentral Park60544Sun 19 Sep 1982Warrington16-14OldhamWilderspool4174
Round 3 – Semi-finals Involved 2 matches and 4 clubs
Game NoFixture DateHome team Score Away teamVenueAttRecNotesRef 1Wed 29 Sep 1982St. Helens7-7CarlisleKnowsley Road47462Thu 30 Sep 1982Warrington17-8FulhamWilderspool3356
Round 3 – Semi-finals – replays Involved 1 matches and 2 clubs
Game NoFixture DateHome team Score Away teamVenueAttRecNotesRef 1Wed 06 Oct 1982Carlisle5-9St. HelensBrunton Park3406
Final Game NoFixture DateHome team Score Away teamVenueAttRecNotesRef Saturday 23 October 1982Warrington16-0St. HelensCentral Park6462117321
Teams and scorers
Warrington№St. Helens teams Steve Hesford1Brian ParkesPaul Fellows2Barry LedgerRonnie Duane3Chris ArkwrightJohn Bevan4Roy HaggertyMick Kelly 5Dennis LitherlandPaul Cullen6Steve PetersKen Kelly (c)7Neil HoldingNeil Courtney8Mel JamesCarl Webb9Graham LiptrotTony Cooke10Gary BottellBob Eccles11Gary MoorbyJohn Fieldhouse12Peter GorleyMike Gregory13Harry Pinner??14Johnny Smith (for Brian Parkes)Dave Chisnall (for Tony Cooke)15Roy Mathias (for Gary Bottell)Kevin AshcroftCoach Billy Benyon 16score03HT0 Scorers Tries Paul Fellows (1)TMick Kelly (1)TKen Kelly (1)TBob Eccles (1)T Goals Steve Hesford (2) out of 9 attemptsGRefereeJ Holdsworth (Leeds)Man of the matchSteve Hesford - Warrington - sponsored byBurtonwood BreweryCompetition SponsorForshaws (Burtonwood Brewery Co Ltd) Scoring - Try = three points - Goal = two points - Drop goal = one point
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 1982–83 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