1933–34 Lancashire Cup

Rugby league championship edition

Rugby league season

1933–34 Lancashire Cup
Structure	Regional knockout championship
Teams	13
Winners	Oldham
Runners-up	St Helens Recs
← 1932–33 1934–35 →

The 1933–34 Lancashire Cup was the twenty-sixth occasion on which the completion had been held. Oldham won the trophy by beating St Helens Recs by 12–0.

Background

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The number of teams entering this year's competition remained at 13 and the same fixture format was retained. There was only one bye in the first round but now also a "blank" or "dummy" fixture. This also resulted in one bye in the second round.

Competition and results

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Round 1

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Involved 6 matches (with one bye and one "blank" fixture) and 13 clubs

Game No	Fixture date	Home team	Score	Away team	Venue	Att
1	Sat 23 Sep 1933	St Helens Recs	5–2	Warrington	City Road	^[2]
2	Sat 30 Sep 1933	Oldham	2–0	Widnes	Watersheddings	^[3]
3	Sat 30 Sep 1933	Rochdale Hornets	19–10	London Highfield	Athletic Grounds	1
4	Sat 30 Sep 1933	St. Helens	12–8	Salford	Knowsley Road	^[4]
5	Sat 30 Sep 1933	Swinton	9–6	Leigh	Station Road
6	Sat 30 Sep 1933	Wigan	21–2	Barrow	Central Park	^[5]
7	Broughton Rangers	bye
8	blank	blank

Round 2 – quarterfinals

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Involved 3 matches (with one bye) and 7 clubs

Game No	Fixture date	Home team	Score	Away team	Venue	Att
1	Wed 11 Oct 1933	Broughton Rangers	0–12	Oldham	Belle Vue Stadium	2
2	Mon 16 Oct 1933	St. Helens	52–14	Rochdale Hornets	Knowsley Road	^[4]
3	Wed 18 Oct 1933	St Helens Recs	19–5	Swinton	City Road
4	Wigan	bye	^[5]

Round 3 – semifinals

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Involved 2 matches and 4 clubs

Game No	Fixture date	Home team	Score	Away team	Venue	Att	Rec	Notes	Ref
1	Wed 25 Oct 1933	Wigan	15–21	Oldham	Central Park	^[5]
2	Thu 02 Nov 1933	St Helens Recs	9–2	St. Helens	City Road	12,000	^[4]

Final

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The match was played at Station Road, Pendlebury, Salford, (historically in the county of Lancashire). The attendance was 9,085 and receipts 516ドル (both disappointing after last year's crowd of 28,500 and gate receipts of 1,675ドル.

Game No	Fixture date	Home team	Score	Away team	Venue	Att	Rec	Notes	Ref
Saturday 18 November 1933	Oldham	12–0	St Helens Recs	Station Road	9,085	516ドル	3	^[6]

Teams and scorers

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Oldham	No.	St Helens Recs
teams
Tommy Rees	1	Alf Frodsham
Albert Taylor	2	Laithwaite
Sam Bardsley	3	Albert Bailey
Jack Stephens	4	Heaton
Les Lewis	5	J. Turton
Tom Egan	6	W. Bowen
Jack Reynolds	7	W. Greenall
Jack Read	8	G. Highcock
Jack Scaife	9	Oliver Dolan
Ted Hodgson	10	W. Liptrot
Trevor Thomas	11	Mason
Abe Clayton	12	J. Green
Fred Ashworth	13	W. Grundy
12	score	0
0	HT	0
Scorers
Tries
Sam Bardsley	T
Jack Stephens	T
T
T
Goals
Tommy Rees (3)	G
G
Drop Goals
DG
Referee