1930–31 Lancashire Cup
The 1930–31 Lancashire Cup was the twenty-third occasion on which the Lancashire Cup competition had been held. St Helens Recs won the trophy by beating Wigan in the final by the score of 5-4.
Competition and Results
The number of teams entering this year’s competition remained at 13 which resulted in 3 byes in the first round.Round 1
Involved 5 matches and 13 clubs| Game No | Fixture Date | Home Team | Score | Away Team | Venue | Att | Rec | Notes | Ref | ||
| - | |||||||||||
| 1 | Sat 11 Oct 1930 | Broughton Rangers | 12-7 | Wigan Highfield | The Cliff | ||||||
| 2 | Sat 11 Oct 1930 | Oldham | 7-2 | Salford | Watersheddings | ||||||
| 3 | Sat 11 Oct 1930 | Rochdale Hornets | 21-9 | Barrow | Athletic Grounds | ||||||
| 4 | Sat 11 Oct 1930 | Warrington | 2-10 | Swinton | Wilderspool | ||||||
| 5 | Sat 11 Oct 1930 | Wigan | 24-7 | St. Helens | Central Park | ||||||
| 6 | Leigh | bye | |||||||||
| 7 | St Helens Recs | bye | |||||||||
| 8 | Widnes | bye |
Round 2 - Quarter Finals
Involved 4 matches and 8 clubs| Game No | Fixture Date | Home Team | Score | Away Team | Venue | Att | Rec | Notes | Ref | ||
| - | - | ||||||||||
| 1 | Tue 21 Oct 1930 | Rochdale Hornets | 3-25 | Oldham | Athletic Grounds | ||||||
| 2 | Wed 22 Oct 1930 | Broughton Rangers | 10-0 | Widnes | The Cliff | ||||||
| 3 | Wed 22 Oct 1930 | Wigan | 14-9 | Swinton | Central Park | ||||||
| 4 | Thu 23 October 1930 | St Helens Recs | 24-7 | Leigh | City Road |
Round 3 – Semi-Finals
Involved 2 matches and 4 clubs| Game No | Fixture Date | Home Team | Score | Away Team | Venue | Att | Rec | Notes | Ref | ||
| - | - | ||||||||||
| 1 | Wed 05 Nov 1930 | Broughton Rangers | 0-9 | Wigan | The Cliff | 1 | |||||
| 2 | Thu 06 Nov 1930 | St Helens Recs | 6-4 | Oldham | City Road |
Final
The final was played at Station Road, Pendlebury, Salford,. The attendance was 16,710 and receipts were £1,030.| Game No | Fixture Date | Home Team | Score | Away Team | Venue | Att | Rec | Notes | Ref | ||
| - | - | ||||||||||
| Saturday 29 November 1930 | St Helens Recs | 18-3 | Wigan | Station Road | 16,710 | £1,030 | 2 | - |
Teams and Scorers
| St Helens Recs | № | Wigan |
| teams | ||
| possible team member | 1 | remainder unknown |
| 2 | - | |
| 3 | - | |
| 4 | - | |
| 5 | Johnny Ring | - |
| 6 | - | |
| 7 | - | |
| 8 | - | |
| 9 | - | |
| 10 | - | |
| Frank Bowen | 11 | |
| 12 | - | |
| 13 | - | |
| - | ||
| 18 | score | 3 |
| 10 | HT | 0 |
| Scorers | ||
| Tries | ||
| unknown | T | Johnny Ring |
| T | - | |
| T | - | |
| T | - | |
| Goals | ||
| G | - | |
| G | - | |
| Drop Goals | ||
| DG | - | |
| Referee | ||
Scoring - Try = three points - Goal = two points - Drop goal = two points