1938–39 Lancashire Cup

Sports competition

Rugby league season

1938–39 Lancashire Cup
Structure	Regional knockout championship
Teams	13
Winners	Wigan
Runners-up	Salford
← 1937–78 1939–40 →

1938–39 was the thirty-first occasion on which the Lancashire Cup completion was held. Wigan won the trophy by beating Salford by a score of 10-7. The match was played at Station Road, Pendlebury, Salford, (historically in the county of Lancashire). The attendance was 27,940 and receipts were 1,708ドル.

Background

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The number of teams entering this year's competition remained the same at 13, and the same fixture format was retained. There was once again one bye and one "blank" or "dummy" fixture in the first round. The bye in the second round remained.

Competition and results

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Round 1

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Round 1 involved six matches (with one bye and one "blank" fixture) and 13 clubs.

Game no.	Fixture date	Home team	Score	Away team	Venue	Att
1	Sat 10 Sep 1938	Salford	8-4	Broughton Rangers	The Willows
2	Sat 10 Sep 1938	St Helens Recs	12-7	Barrow	City Road
3	Sat 10 Sep 1938	Rochdale Hornets	5-19	Widnes	Athletic Grounds	^[2]
4	Sat 10 Sep 1938	Leigh	8-24	Warrington	Mather Lane	^[3]
5	Sat 10 Sep 1938	Wigan	12-8	Swinton	Central Park	^[4]
6	Mon 12 Sep 1938	St. Helens	5-10	Liverpool Stanley	Knowsley Road	^[5]
7	Oldham	bye
8	blank	blank

Round 2 – quarterfinals

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Round 2's quarterfinals involved three matches (with one bye) and seven clubs.

Game no.	Fixture date	Home team	Score	Away team	Venue	Att
1	Wed 21 Sep 1938	Oldham	4-13	Wigan	Watersheddings	^[4]
2	Wed 21 Sep 1938	St Helens Recs	8-10	Liverpool Stanley	City Road
3	Wed 21 Sep 1938	Warrington	5-4	Widnes	Wilderspool	^[2]^[3]
4	Salford	bye

Round 3 – semifinals

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Round 3's semifinals involved two matches and four clubs.

Game no.	Fixture date	Home team	Score	Away team	Venue	Att	Rec	Notes	Ref
1	Wed 28 Sep 1938	Wigan	13-9	Liverpool Stanley	Central Park	^[4]
2	Thu 29 Sep 1938	Warrington	6-12	Salford	Wilderspool	^[3]

Final

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Game no.	Fixture date	Home team	Score	Away team	Venue	Att	Rec	Notes	Ref
Saturday 22 October 1938	Wigan	10-7	Salford	Station Road	27,940	1,708ドル	1	^[4]^[6]

Teams and scorers

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Wigan	No.	Salford
Teams
Jim Sullivan	1	Harold Osbaldestin
Jack Morley	2	Barney Hudson
Ted Ward	3	Albert Gear
Gwynne Davies	4	Bob Brown
Gwyn Williams	5	Alan Edwards
Jack Garvey	6	Gus Risman
Hector Gee	7	Billy Watkins
George Banks	8	David Davies
Joe Egan	9	Bert Day
Ken Gee	10	Joe Bradbury
Ike Jones^[7]	11	Paddy Dalton
Trevor Thomas	12	Harold Thomas
Jackie Bowen	13	Jack Feetham
10	Score	7
4	HT	2
Scorers
Tries
Goals
Jim Sullivan (5)	G
G
Drop goals
DG
Referee