1938–39 Lancashire Cup

1938–39 was the thirty-first occasion on which the Lancashire Cup completion was held. Wigan won the trophy by beating Salford by a score of 10-7. The match was played at Station Road, Pendlebury, Salford, (historically in the county of Lancashire). The attendance was 27,940 and receipts were £1,708.

1938–39 Lancashire Cup
Structure	Regional knockout championship
Teams	13
Winners	Wigan
Runners-up	Salford
← 1937–78 1939–40 →

Background

The number of teams entering this year's competition remained the same at 13, and the same fixture format was retained. There was once again one bye and one "blank" or "dummy" fixture in the first round. The bye in the second round remained.

Competition and results

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Round 1

Round 1 involved six matches (with one bye and one "blank" fixture) and 13 clubs.

Game no.	Fixture date	Home team		Score		Away team	Venue	Att	Rec	Notes	Ref
1	Sat 10 Sep 1938	Salford		8-4		Broughton Rangers	The Willows
2	Sat 10 Sep 1938	St Helens Recs		12-7		Barrow	City Road
3	Sat 10 Sep 1938	Rochdale Hornets		5-19		Widnes	Athletic Grounds				[2]
4	Sat 10 Sep 1938	Leigh		8-24		Warrington	Mather Lane				[3]
5	Sat 10 Sep 1938	Wigan		12-8		Swinton	Central Park				[4]
6	Mon 12 Sep 1938	St. Helens		5-10		Liverpool Stanley	Knowsley Road				[5]
7		Oldham				bye
8		blank				blank

Round 2 – quarterfinals

Round 2's quarterfinals involved three matches (with one bye) and seven clubs.

Game no.	Fixture date	Home team		Score		Away team	Venue	Att	Rec	Notes	Ref
1	Wed 21 Sep 1938	Oldham		4-13		Wigan	Watersheddings				[4]
2	Wed 21 Sep 1938	St Helens Recs		8-10		Liverpool Stanley	City Road
3	Wed 21 Sep 1938	Warrington		5-4		Widnes	Wilderspool				[2][3]
4		Salford				bye

Round 3 – semifinals

Round 3's semifinals involved two matches and four clubs.

Game no.	Fixture date	Home team		Score		Away team	Venue	Att	Rec	Notes	Ref
1	Wed 28 Sep 1938	Wigan		13-9		Liverpool Stanley	Central Park				[4]
2	Thu 29 Sep 1938	Warrington		6-12		Salford	Wilderspool				[3]

Final

Game no.	Fixture date	Home team		Score		Away team	Venue	Att	Rec	Notes	Ref
	Saturday 22 October 1938	Wigan		10-7		Salford	Station Road	27,940	£1,708	1	[4][6]

Teams and scorers

Wigan	No.	Salford
	Teams
Jim Sullivan	1	Harold Osbaldestin
Jack Morley	2	Barney Hudson
Ted Ward	3	Albert Gear
Gwynne Davies	4	Bob Brown
Gwyn Williams	5	Alan Edwards
Jack Garvey	6	Gus Risman
Hector Gee	7	Billy Watkins
George Banks	8	David Davies
Joe Egan	9	Bert Day
Ken Gee	10	Joe Bradbury
Ike Jones[7]	11	Paddy Dalton
Trevor Thomas	12	Harold Thomas
Jackie Bowen	13	Jack Feetham
10	Score	7
4	HT	2
	Scorers
	Tries
	Goals
Jim Sullivan (5)	G
	G
	Drop goals
	DG
Referee

Scoring - Try = three (3) points - Goal = two (2) points - Drop goal = two (2) points ^[4]

The road to success

	First round					Second round					Semifinals					Final
	Oldham
	bye
						Oldham		4
						Wigan		13
	Wigan		12
	Swinton		8
											Wigan		13
											Liverpool Stanley		9
	St Helens Recs		12
	Barrow		7
						St Helens Recs		8
						Liverpool Stanley		10
	St. Helens		5
	Liverpool Stanley		10
																Wigan		10
																Salford		7
	Leigh		8
	Warrington		24
						Warrington		5
						Widnes		4
	Rochdale Hornets		5
	Widnes		19
											Warrington		6
											Salford		12
	Salford		8
	Broughton Rangers		4
						Salford
						bye
	blank
	blank

See also

• 1938–39 Northern Rugby Football League season
• Rugby league county cups