1981 Lancashire Cup
The 1981 Rugby League Lancashire Cup competition
| Structure | Regional knockout championship | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number of teams | 16 | |||
| Winners | Leigh | |||
| Runners-up | Widnes | |||
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1981 was the sixty-ninth occasion on which the Lancashire Cup completion had been held.
Leigh won the trophy by beating Widnes by the score of 8-3
The match was played at Central Park, Wigan, (historically in the county of Lancashire). The attendance was 9,011 and receipts were £14,029.00
Contents
Background
This season saw the introduction of two new clubs, Carlisle and Fulham, neither in Lancashire, but classed as “Western”. Thus the total number of teams entering the competition increased from 14 to a full complement of 16.
With this full sixteen members there was no need for “blank” or “dummy” fixtures or any byes.
Competition and Results[1][2]
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 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fri 14 Aug 1981 | Oldham | 7-17 | Salford | Watersheddings | 2915 | |||||
| 2 | Sun 16 Aug 1981 | Barrow | 15-7 | Warrington | Craven Park | 3197 | [3] | ||||
| 3 | Sun 16 Aug 1981 | Blackpool Borough | 0-28 | St Helens | Borough Park | 2239 | [4] | ||||
| 4 | Sun 16 Aug 1981 | Carlisle | 6-9 | Wigan | Brunton Park | 2779 | 1 | [5] | |||
| 5 | Sun 16 Aug 1981 | Fulham | 32-15 | Swinton | Craven Cottage | 3207 | 2 | ||||
| 6 | Sun 16 Aug 1981 | Leigh | 37-2 | Whitehaven | Hilton Park | 3915 | |||||
| 7 | Sun 16 Aug 1981 | Rochdale Hornets | 8-14 | Widnes | Athletic Grounds | 1054 | [6] | ||||
| 8 | Sun 16 Aug 1981 | Workington Town | 35-2 | Huyton | Derwent Park | 1417 |
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 | Sun 23 Aug 1981 | Leigh | 32-17 | Workington Town | Hilton Park | 4283 | |||||
| 2 | Sun 23 Aug 1981 | St Helens | 40-17 | Barrow | Knowsley Road | 4303 | [4] | ||||
| 3 | Sun 23 Aug 1981 | Salford | 19-3 | Fulham | The Willows | 3462 | |||||
| 4 | Sun 23 Aug 1981 | Wigan | 11-26 | Widnes | Central Park | 6711 | [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 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wed 02 Sep 1981 | Leigh | 20-6 | St Helens | Hilton Park | 8196 | [4] | ||||
| 2 | Wed 02 Sep 1981 | Widnes | 33-2 | Salford | Naughton Park | 5849 | [6] |
Final
| Game No | Fixture Date | Home Team | Score | Away Team | Venue | Att | Rec | Notes | Ref | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saturday 26 September 1981 | Leigh | 8-3 | Widnes | Central Park | 9011 | 14029 | 3 | [6][7] |
Teams and Scorers[6][7]
| Leigh | № | Widnes |
|---|---|---|
| teams | ||
| Mick Hogan | 1 | Mick Burke |
| Des Drummond | 2 | Mick George[1] |
| Terry Bilsbury | 3 | Eric Hughes |
| Steve Donlan | 4 | Eddie Cunningham |
| Graham Worgan | 5 | Keith Bentley |
| John Woods | 6 | Dave Moran[2] |
| Ken Green | 7 | Andy Gregory |
| Alf Wilkinson | 8 | Steve O'Neill |
| Ray Tabern | 9 | Keith Elwell |
| Tony Cooke | 10 | Brian Lockwood |
| Thomas Martyn | 11 | Les Gorley |
| Geoffrey Clarkson | 12 | Eric Prescott |
| Mick McTigue | 13 | Mick Adams |
| ?? | 14 | |
| Platt (for Tommy Martyn) | 15 | |
| 8 | score | 3 |
| 5 | HT | 0 |
| Scorers | ||
| Tries | ||
| Terry Bilsbury (1) | T | Keith Bentley (1) |
| Goals | ||
| John Woods (2) | G | |
| Drop Goals | ||
| Steve Donlan (1) | DG | |
| Referee | W H (Billy) Thompson (Huddersfield) | |
| Man of the match | Ray Tabern - Leigh - Hooker | |
| sponsored by | Burtonwood Brewery | |
| Competition Sponsor | Forshaws (Burtonwood Brewery Co Ltd) |
Scoring - Try = three (3) points - Goal = two (2) points - Drop goal = one (1) point
The road to success
| First Round | Second Round | Semi Finals | Final | ||||||||||||||||
| Leigh | 37 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Whitehaven | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Leigh | 32 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Workington Town | 17 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Workington Town | 35 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Huyton | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Leigh | 20 | ||||||||||||||||||
| St Helens | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Blackpool Borough | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| St Helens | 28 | ||||||||||||||||||
| St Helens | 40 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Barrow | 17 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Barrow | 15 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Warrington | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Leigh | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Widnes | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Carlisle | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Wigan | 9 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Wigan | 11 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Widnes | 26 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Rochdale Hornets | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Widnes | 14 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Widnes | 33 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Salford | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Oldham | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Salford | 17 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Salford | 19 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Fulham | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Fulham | 32 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Swinton | 15 | ||||||||||||||||||
Notes and comments
1 * The first Lancashire Cup match played by the newly elected Carlisle team and also at this stadium, Carlisle United's Brunton Park
2 * The first Lancashire Cup match played by the newly elected Fulham team and also at this stadium, Fulham's Craven Cottage
3 * 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
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