1990 Lancashire Cup

1990 Lancashire Cup
Structure Regional knockout championship
Number of teams 17
Winners Widnes
Runners-up Salford
< 1989 Seasons 1991 >

The 1990 Lancashire Cup was the seventy-eighth occasion on which the completion had been held. Widnes won the trophy by beating Salford by the score of 24-18 in the final. The match was played at Central Park, Wigan, (historically in the county of Lancashire). The attendance was 7,485 and receipts were £36,867.00.

Background

The total entrants remained the same as last season, i.e. at 17.
This necessitated the need for a preliminary round (consisting of just 1 game. The first round (proper) then involved 16 clubs, thus removing the need of any “blank” or “dummy” fixtures or any byes.

Competition and Results[1][2]

Preliminary Round

Involved 1 match and 2 Clubs

Game No Fixture Date Home Team Score Away Team Venue Att Rec Notes Ref
1Sun 19 Aug 1990Rochdale Hornets12-41SalfordSpotland20491

Round 1

Involved 8 matches (with no byes) and 16 Clubs

Game No Fixture Date Home Team Score Away Team Venue Att Rec Notes Ref
1Sun 26 Aug 1990Carlisle38-18Workington TownGifford Park1104
2Sun 26 Aug 1990Fulham50-0Runcorn HighfieldCrystal Palace NSC6232
3Sun 26 Aug 1990Leigh26-6SwintonHilton Park3137
4Sun 26 Aug 1990St Helens56-24Trafford BoroughKnowsley Road4827[3]
5Sun 26 Aug 1990Salford27-24OldhamThe Willows4236
6Sun 26 Aug 1990Warrington36-8Chorley Borough (2)Wilderspool3143[4]
7Sun 26 Aug 1990Whitehaven6-70WidnesRecreation Ground4054[5]
8Sun 26 Aug 1990Wigan70-8BarrowCentral Park8377[6]

Round 2 - Quarter Finals

Involved 4 matches and 7 Clubs

Game No Fixture Date Home Team Score Away Team Venue Att Rec Notes Ref
1Sun 02 Sep 1990Carlisle7-28WarringtonGifford Park1596[4]
2Sun 02 Sep 1990Leigh40-8FulhamHilton Park2909
3Sun 02 Sep 1990Salford21-7St HelensThe Willows5574[3]
4Sun 02 Sep 1990Widnes24-22WiganNaughton Park14035[5][6]

Round 3 – Semi-Finals

Involved 2 matches and 4 Clubs

Game No Fixture Date Home Team Score Away Team Venue Att Rec Notes Ref
1Wed 12 Sep 1990Salford16-7LeighThe Willows6939
2Wed 12 Sep 1990Widnes20-4WarringtonNaughton Park117083 [4][5]

Final

Game No Fixture Date Home Team Score Away Team Venue Att Rec Notes Ref
Saturday 29 September 1990Widnes24-18SalfordCentral Park7485368674[5][7]

Teams and Scorers[5][7]

Widnes № Salford
teams
Alan Tait1Steve Gibson
Darren Wright2xTex Evans
Andy Currier3Martin Birkett
Jonathan Davies4Peter Williams
Martin Offiah5Adrian Hadley
Tony Myler (c)6David Fell
David Hulme7Steve Kerry
Kurt Sorensen8Ian Sherratt
Phil McKenzie9Mark Lee
Chris Ashurst10Chris Whiteley
Richard Eyres11Arthur Bradshaw
Emosi Koloto12Ian Blease (c)
Les Holliday13Andrew Burgess
John Devereux14Frank Cassidy (for Steve Kerry 72mins)
David Smith (for Chris Ashurst 31mins)15Shane Hansen (for Chris Whiteley 31mins)
Doug LaughtonCoach Kevin Tamati
24score18
12HT12
Scorers
Tries
Andy Currier (1)TPeter Williams (1)
Tony Myler (1)TIan Blease (1)
David Smith (1)TDavid Fell (1)
Martin Offiah (1)T
Goals
Jonathan Davies (4)GSteve Kerry (3)
RefereeAlan Burke (Oldham)
Man of the matchDavid Fell - Salford - Stand-off/Five-eighth
sponsored byGreenall Whitley
Competition SponsorGreenalls

Scoring - Try = four (4) points - Goal = two (2) points - Drop goal = one (1) point

The road to success

(This chart excludes the match in the preliminary round)

First Round Second Round Semi Finals Final
            
Whitehaven 6
Widnes 70
Widnes 24
Wigan 22
Wigan 70
Barrow 8
Widnes 20
Warrington 4
Carlisle 38
Workington Town 18
Carlisle 7
Warrington 28
Warrington 36
Chorley Borough (2) 8
Widnes 24
Salford 18
Salford 27
Oldham 24
Salford 21
St Helens 7
St Helens 56
Trafford Borough 24
Salford 16
Leigh 7
Leigh 26
Swinton 6
Leigh 40
Fulham 8
Fulham 50
Runcorn Highfield 0

Notes and comments

1 * The first Lancashire Cup match to be played at Rochdale Hornets's new ground
2 * The first Lancashire Cup match to be played on this ground, one of many used by Fulham during the nomadic period between 1985-1993
3 * The attendance is given as 11,708 in the official Widnes archives[5] - RUGBYLEAGUEproject[1] gives the attendance as 12,028
4 * Central Park was the home ground of Wigan with a final capacity of 18,000, although the record attendance was 47,747 for Wigan v St Helens 27 March 1959

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "Rugby League Project".
  2. ↑ Jack Winstanley & Malcolm Ryding (1991). John Player Yearbook 1975-76. Queen Anne Press.
  3. 1 2 "Saints Heritage Society - History - Season 1896-97".
  4. 1 2 3 "Warrington Wolves - Results Archive - 1897". Archived from the original on 2014-02-02.
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Widnes Vikings - History - Season In Review - 1896-97".
  6. 1 2 "Wigan "Cherry and White" archived results".
  7. 1 2 Raymond Fletcher and David Howes (1991). Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook 1991-100. Queen Anne Press. ISBN 0 35617852 8.

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