1909–10 Lancashire Cup

Rugby league season

1909–10 Lancashire Cup
Structure	Regional knockout competition
Teams	12
Winners	Wigan
Runners-up	Leigh
← 1908–09 1910–11 →

The 1909–10 Lancashire Cup was the fifth year of this regional rugby league competition and for the first time the defending champions retained the trophy as Wigan beat Leigh in the final at Wheater's Field, Broughton, Salford, by 22–5. The attendance at the final was 14,000 and receipts 296ドル.

Background

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For the third year there were 12 teams participating in the competitions so four clubs were awarded byes in the first round.

Fixtures and results

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Round 1

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Involved 4 matches (with four byes) and 12 clubs

Game No	Fixture date	Home team	Score	Away team	Venue	Att	Rec
1	Sat 16 October 1909	Leigh	15–3	Barrow	Mather Lane
2	Sat 16 October 1909	Rochdale Hornets	6–38	Oldham	Athletic Grounds
3	Sat 16 October 1909	Widnes	4–10	St. Helens	Lowerhouse Lane	1	^[2]^[3]
4	Sat 16 October 1909	Wigan	'15–8	Warrington	Central Park	^[4]^[5]
5	Salford	bye
6	Runcorn	bye
7	Swinton	bye
8	Broughton Rangers	bye

Round 2 – quarterfinals

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Game No	Fixture date	Home team	Score	Away team	Venue	Att
1	Sat 30 October 1909	Leigh	13–6	Salford	Mather Lane
2	Sat 30 October 1909	Runcorn	9–5	Oldham	Canal Street
3	Sat 30 October 1909	Swinton	2–0	St. Helens	Chorley Road ground	^[2]
4	Sat 30 October 1909	Wigan	16–0	Broughton Rangers	Central Park	^[4]

Round 3 – semifinals

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Game No	Fixture date	Home team	Score	Away team	Venue	Att	Rec	Notes	Ref
1	Sat 13 November 1909	Leigh	11–8	Runcorn	Mather Lane
2	Sat 13 November 1909	Swinton	0–8	Wigan	Chorley Road ground	^[4]

Final

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Game No	Fixture date	Home team	Score	Away team	Venue	Att	Rec	Notes	Ref
Saturday 27 November 1909	Wigan	22–5	Leigh	Wheater's Field	14000	296ドル	2, 3	^[4]^[6]

Teams and scorers

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Wigan ^[4]	No.	Leigh
teams
Jim Sharrock	1	Ellis Clarkson
Jim Leytham	2	Sam Johnson
Bert Jenkins	3	Dai Davies
Harry Price [1]	4	Dan Isherwood (c)
Joe Miller	5	Tom Johnson
Naddy Jones [2]	6	Mick Bolewski
Johnny Thomas	7	Frank Battersby
Dick Silcock	8	Paddy O’Neill
Dick Ramsdale	9	Aaron Lee
Tom Whittaker	10	Dick Gallop
Jo seph Topping [3]	11	Herbert Woods
Howell de Francis	12	Edward Jones
Jack Barton	13	Harry Marsh
22	score	5
5	HT	5
Scorers
Tries
Joe Miller (2)	T	Sam Johnson
Jim Leytham (1)	T
Johnny Thomas (1)	T
Naddy Jones (1)	T
Howell De Francis (1)	T
Goals
Jim Leytham (2)	G	Frank Battersby
G
Drop Goals
DG
Referee

Scoring – Try = three (3) points – Goal = two (2) points – Drop goal = two (2) points

The road to success

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First round Second round Semifinals Final

Swinton

bye

Swinton 2

St. Helens 0

Widnes 4

St. Helens 10

Swinton 0

Wigan 8

Wigan 15

Warrington 8

Wigan 16

Broughton Rangers 0

Broughton Rangers

bye

Wigan 22

Leigh 5

Leigh 15

Barrow 3

Leigh 13

Salford 6

Salford

bye

Leigh 11

Runcorn 8

Runcorn

bye

Runcorn 9

Oldham 5

Rochdale Hornets 6

Oldham 38

Notes and comments

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1 The first time St Helens had won a game in the competition
2 Wheater's Field was the home ground of Broughton Rangers with a capacity of 20,000
3 Joe Millar was the first player to score more than one try in the final