1975–76 Lancashire Cup


1975–76 was the sixty-third occasion on which the Lancashire Cup completion had been held.

Widnes won the trophy by beating Salford by the score of 16-7

The match was played at Central Park, Wigan,. The attendance was 7,566 and receipts were £3,880.00

Background

The total number of teams entering the competition remained at last season’s total of 14 with no junior/amateur clubs taking part.

The same fixture format was retained, but due to the decrease in the number of participating clubs, resulted in one “blank” or “dummy” fixture in the first round, and one bye in the second round.

Competition and Results

Round 1

Involved 7 matches and 14 Clubs
Game NoFixture DateHome TeamScoreAway TeamVenueAttRecNotesRef
1Sat 30 Aug 1975Oldham17-19St. HelensWatersheddings3011
2Sun 31 Aug 1975Barrow9-14SwintonCraven Park
3Sun 31 Aug 1975Blackpool Borough3-11LeighBorough Park
4Sun 31 Aug 1975Rochdale Hornets10-22Workington TownAthletic Grounds
5Sun 31 Aug 1975Salford44-17HuytonThe Willows
6Sun 31 Aug 1975Warrington14-39WiganWilderspool
7Sun 31 Aug 1975Widnes19-7WhitehavenNaughton Park
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Round 2 - Quarter Finals

Involved 3 matches and 7 Clubs
Game NoFixture DateHome TeamScoreAway TeamVenueAttRecNotesRef
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1Sat 13 Sep 1975Wigan21-22Workington TownCentral Park
2Sun 14 Sep 1975Leigh6-23SalfordHilton Park
3Sun 14 Sep 1975Swinton2-17St. HelensStation Road4029
4Widnesbye

Round 3 – Semi-Finals

Involved 2 matches and 4 Clubs
Game NoFixture DateHome TeamScoreAway TeamVenueAttRecNotesRef
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1Tue 16 Sep 1975Workington Town2-16WidnesDerwent Park
2Tue 23 Sep 1975St. Helens8-21SalfordKnowsley Road9000

Final

Teams and Scorers

WidnesSalford
teams
Ray Dutton1David Watkins
Alan Prescott2Keith Fielding
Mick George3Butler
Mal Aspey4Chris Hesketh
David Jenkins5Maurice Richards
Eric Hughes6Ken Gill
Reg Bowden7Steve Nash
Jim Mills8Fiddler
Derek Hammond 9Roy Hawksley
Nick Nelson10Colin Dixon
John Foran11Turnbull
Jim Fitzpatrick12Knighton
Mick Adams13Eric Prescott
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Barry Sheridan 15Mackay
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16score7
8HT5
Scorers
Tries
Alan Prescott TMaurice Richards
Mick George T
Mal Aspey T
Goals
Ray Dutton GDavid Watkins
Drop Goals
Ray Dutton DG
RefereeW H Thompson
Man of the matchMick George - Widnes -
sponsored byRugby Leaguer

Scoring - Try = three points - Goal = two points - Drop goal = one point

The road to success