1976–77 Lancashire Cup

1976–77 Lancashire Cup
StructureRegional knockout championship
Teams14
WinnersWidnes
Runners-upWorkington Town

1976–77 was the sixty-fourth occasion on which the Lancashire Cup completion had been held.

Widnes won the trophy by beating Workington Town by the score of 16-11

The match was played at Central Park, Wigan, (historically in the county of Lancashire). The attendance was 9,399 and receipts were £6,414.00

Background

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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 number of participating clubs, this resulted in one “blank” or “dummy” fixture in the first round, and one bye in the second round.

Competition and results

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Round 1

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Involved 7 matches (with one “blank” fixture) and 14 clubs

Game No Fixture date Home team Score Away team Venue Att Rec Notes Ref
1 Sat 21 Aug 1976 Wigan 37-5 St. Helens Central Park 2370 [4][5]
2 Sun 22 Aug 1976 Barrow 7-40 Warrington Craven Park [6]
3 Sun 22 Aug 1976 Blackpool Borough 17-10 Oldham Borough Park
4 Sun 22 Aug 1976 Leigh 41-13 Whitehaven Hilton Park
5 Sun 22 Aug 1976 Salford 46-14 Huyton The Willows
6 Sun 22 Aug 1976 Widnes 25-13 Rochdale Hornets Naughton Park [7]
7 Sun 22 Aug 1976 Workington Town 15-11 Swinton Derwent Park
8 blank blank

Round 2 - Quarter-finals

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Involved 3 matches (with one bye) and 7 clubs

Game No Fixture date Home team Score Away team Venue Att Rec Notes Ref
1 Sun 29 Aug 1976 Warrington 14-13 Salford Wilderspool [6]
2 Sun 29 Aug 1976 Wigan 14-16 Leigh Central Park [4]
3 Sun 29 Aug 1976 Workington Town 30-8 Blackpool Borough Derwent Park
4 Widnes bye [7]

Round 3 – Semi-finals

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Involved 2 matches and 4 clubs

Game No Fixture date Home team Score Away team Venue Att Rec Notes Ref
1 Wed 08 Sep 1976 Leigh 16-24 Widnes Hilton Park [7]
2 Tue 21 Sep 1976 Warrington 9-9 Workington Town Wilderspool [6]

Round 3 – Semi-finals - replays

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Involved 1 match and 2 clubs

Game No Fixture date Home team Score Away team Venue Att Rec Notes Ref
1 Wed 29 Sep 1976 Workington Town 26-15 Warrington Derwent Park [6]

Final

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Game No Fixture date Home team Score Away team Venue Att Rec Notes Ref
Saturday 30 October 1976 Widnes 16-11 Workington Town Central Park 9,399 6,414 1 2 3 [7][8][3]

Teams and scorers

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Widnes Workington Town
teams
Ray Dutton 1 Paul Charlton
Stuart Wright 2 David Collister
Mal Aspey 3 Ray Wilkins
Mick George[1] 4 Ian Wright[2]
Alan Prescott[3] 5 Iain McCorquodale[4][5]
David Eckersley 6 Brian Lauder
Reg Bowden[6] 7 Arnold "Boxer" Walker
Bill Ramsey 8 Jim Mills
Keith Elwell 9 Alan Banks
Nick Nelson[7] 10 Ralph Calvin
Mick Adams 11 Eddie Bowman
Alan Dearden[8] 12 Les Gorley
Doug Laughton 13 Bill Pattinson
Paul Woods 14 Harry Marland
Barry Sheridan 15 Peter Gorley (for Bill Pattinson
16 score 11
9 HT 5
Scorers
Tries
Stuart Wright (1) T Ray Wilkins (1)
Mick George (1) T
Goals
Ray Dutton (4) G Iain McCorquodale (4)
Drop Goals
Ray Dutton (1) DG
Reg Bowden (1) DG
Referee W H (Billy) Thompson (Huddersfield)
Man of the match David Eckersley - Widnes - stand-off
sponsored by Rugby Leaguer
Competition Sponsor Forshaws (Burtonwood Brewery Co Ltd)

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

The road to success

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First round Second round Semi-finals Final
            
Wigan 27
St. Helens 5
Wigan 14
Leigh 16
Leigh 41
Whitehaven 13
Leigh 19
Widnes 24
Widnes 25
Rochdale Hornets 13
Widnes
bye
blank
blank
Widnes 16
Workington Town 11
Barrow 7
Warrington 40
Warrington 14
Salford 13
Salford 46
Huyton 14
Warrington 9-26
Workington Town 9-15
Workington Town 15
Swinton 11
Workington Town 30
Blackpool Borough 8
Blackpool Borough 17
Oldham 10

Notes and comments

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1 * News of the World Football annual of 1976–77[3] has the score as 17-11 - other publications and archived records e.g. Widnes[7] official archives have the score as 16-11

2 * Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook 1991-92[8] gives the attendance as 7,566 - RUGBYLEAGUEprojects[1] give the attendance as 9,399

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

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References

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  1. ^ a b "Rugby League Project".
  2. ^ Jack Winstanley & Malcolm Ryding (1991). John Player Yearbook 1975–76. Queen Anne Press.
  3. ^ a b c Frank Butler and Patrick Collins (1976). News of the World Football Annual 1976–77 - 90th year. News of the World Ltd.
  4. ^ a b "Wigan "Cherry and White" archived results". Archived from the original on 21 February 2014. Retrieved 15 February 2014.
  5. ^ "Saints Heritage Society - History - Season 1896-97".
  6. ^ a b c d "Warrington Wolves - Results Archive - 1897". Archived from the original on 2 February 2014.
  7. ^ a b c d e f "Widnes Vikings - History - Season In Review - 1896-97".
  8. ^ a b c Raymond Fletcher and David Howes (1991). Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook 1991-100. Queen Anne Press. ISBN 0 35617852 8.
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