1924–25 Lancashire Cup

The 1924–25 Lancashire Cup competition was the seventeenth in the history of this regional rugby league competition and the cup was won by Oldham who beat the holders and last year's winners St Helens Recs in the final at The Willows, Salford, by a score of 10–0. The attendance at the final was 15,000 and receipts £1,116.

1924–25 Lancashire Cup
Structure	Regional knockout competition
Teams	13
Winners	Oldham
Runners-up	St Helens Recs
← 1923–24 1925–26 →

Background

The number of teams entering the competition remained at 13 which resulted in 3 byes in the first round.

Competition and results

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Round 1

Involved 5 matches (with three byes) and 13 clubs

Game No	Fixture date	Home team		Score		Away team	Venue	Att	Rec	Notes	Ref
1	Sat 11 October 1924	Leigh		0–8		Warrington	Mather Lane				[2]
2	Sat 11 October 1924	St Helens Recs		17–2		Wigan	City Road				[3]
3	Sat 11 October 1924	Rochdale Hornets		8–0		Swinton	Athletic Grounds
4	Sat 11 October 1924	Salford		5–3		Wigan Highfield	The Willows
5	Sat 11 October 1924	Widnes		7–7		St. Helens	Lowerhouse Lane				[4][5]
6		Barrow				bye
7		Broughton Rangers				bye
8		Oldham				bye
Replay
9	Wed 15 October 1924	St. Helens		19–5		Widnes	Knowsley Road				[4][5]

Round 2 – quarterfinals

Game No	Fixture date	Home team		Score		Away team	Venue	Att	Rec	Notes	Ref
1	Sat 25 October 1924	Barrow		11–2		Broughton Rangers	Little Park, Roose
2	Sat 25 October 1924	Oldham		11–5		Rochdale Hornets	Watersheddings
3	Sat 25 October 1924	St Helens Recs		36–5		Salford	City Road
4	Sat 25 October 1924	St. Helens		15–5		Warrington	Knowsley Road				[2][5]

Round 3 – semifinals

Game No	Fixture date	Home team		Score		Away team	Venue	Att	Rec	Notes	Ref
1	Sat 8 November 1924	Barrow		5–7		St Helens Recs	Little Park, Roose
2	Sat 8 November 1924	St. Helens		9–16		Oldham	Knowsley Road				[5]

Final

Game No	Fixture date	Home team		Score		Away team	Venue	Att	Rec	Notes	Ref
	Saturday 22 November 1924	Oldham		10–0		St Helens Recs	The Willows	15000	£1,116	1	[6]

Teams and scorers

Oldham	№	St Helens Recs
	teams
Ernie Knapman	1
	2
Evan Davies	3
Sid Rix	4
Joe Corsi	5
	6
	7
Herman Hilton	8
	9
Bob Sloman	10	Henry 'Harry' Grundy
Rothwell Marlor	11	Frank Bowen
Albert Brough	12
George Hesketh	13
10	score	0
5	HT	0
	Scorers
	Tries
	T
	T
	Goals
	G
	G
	Drop Goals
	DG
Referee

Scoring – Try = three (3) points – Goal = two (2) points – Drop goal = two (2) points

The road to success

	First round					Second round					Semifinals					Final
	Widnes		7(5)
	St. Helens		7(19)
						St. Helens		15
						Warrington		5
	Leigh		0
	Warrington		8
											St. Helens		9
											Oldham		16
	Oldham
	bye
						Oldham		11
						Rochdale Hornets		5
	Rochdale Hornets		8
	Swinton		0
																Oldham		10
																St Helens Recs		0
	Barrow
	bye
						Barrow		11
						Broughton Rangers		2
	Broughton Rangers
	bye
											Barrow		5
											St Helens Recs		7
	St Helens Recs		17
	Wigan		2
						St Helens Recs		36
						Salford		5
	Salford		5
	Wigan Highfield		3

See also

• 1924–25 Northern Rugby Football League season

Notes

• 1 The Willows was the home ground of Salford.