The 1983–84 Lancashire Cup, known as the Burtonwood Brewery Lancashire Cup for sponsorship reasons, was the 71st occasion on which the Lancashire Cup competition had been held.
It was won by Barrow, who beat Widnes 12–8 in the final at Central Park, Wigan.
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 First round Involved 8 matches (with no byes) and 16 clubs Game NoFixture DateHome team Score Away teamVenueAttRecNotesRef 1Sat 03 Sep 1983Rochdale Hornets4-28St. HelensAthletic Grounds7202Sun 04 Sep 1983Barrow13-6WhitehavenCraven Park27073Sun 04 Sep 1983Blackpool Borough4-30WarringtonBorough Park17564Sun 04 Sep 1983Huyton12-13SwintonAlt Park, Huyton3065Sun 04 Sep 1983Leigh52-10CarlisleHilton Park40006Sun 04 Sep 1983Oldham26-20Workington TownWatersheddings25677Sun 04 Sep 1983Salford16-15FulhamThe Willows19868Sun 04 Sep 1983Widnes36-20WiganNaughton Park7016
Second round Involved 4 matches and 8 clubs
Game NoFixture DateHome team Score Away teamVenueAttRecNotesRef 1Wed 14 Sep 1983Leigh10-27WidnesHilton Park65002Wed 14 Sep 1983St. Helens26-30WarringtonKnowsley Road50473Wed 14 Sep 1983Salford2-13BarrowThe Willows4Wed 14 Sep 1983Swinton8-6OldhamStation Road1881
Semi-finals Involved 2 matches and 4 clubs
Game NoFixture DateHome team Score Away teamVenueAttRecNotesRef 1Wed 21 Sep 1983Swinton8-22WidnesStation Road26142Wed 21 Sep 1983Warrington18-19BarrowWilderspool3349
Final
BarrowNo.Widnes Teams Steve Tickle1Mick BurkeTerry Moore2Joe LydonAndy Whittle3Eric Hughes (c)Ian Ball4Keiron O'LoughlinDave Milby5John BasnettRalph McConnell6Tony MylerDavid Cairns7Andy GregoryAlan Hodkinson (c)8Steve O'NeillLes Wall9Keith ElwellMark McJennett10Kevin TamatiSteve Herbert11Fred WhitfieldEddie Szymala12Eric PrescottSteve Mossop13Mick AdamsDave Elliott14Tony GarrityDave Tyson15Paul HoughtonTommy DawesCoachVince Karalius & Harry Dawson
The road to success
See also 1983–84 Rugby Football League season Rugby league county cups
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