1960–61 Lancashire Cup

1960–61 was the forty-eighth occasion on which the Lancashire Cup completion had been held.
St. Helens won the trophy by beating Swinton by the score of 15-9
The match was played at Central Park, Wigan, (historically in the county of Lancashire). The attendance was 31,755 and receipts were £5,337.
This was the first of what, unknown to St. Helens, were to be five consecutive Lancashire Cup final triumphs, and what is more, the first of seven victories in a period of nine successive seasons.
It was also to be the first of three successive Lancashire Cup final runner-up spots for Swinton

1960–61 Lancashire Cup
Structure	Regional knockout championship
Teams	14
Winners	St. Helens
Runners-up	Swinton
← 1959–60 1961–62 →

Background

With again no invitation to a junior club this season, the total number of teams entering the competition remained the same at 14.
The same fixture format was retained, and due to the number of clubs this resulted in no bye but 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

Involved 7 matches (with no bye but one “blank” fixture) and 14 clubs

Game No	Fixture date	Home team		Score		Away team	Venue	Att	Rec	Notes	Ref
1	Saturday 27 August 1960	Barrow		6-10		Swinton	Craven Park
2	Saturday 27 August 1960	Widnes		17-19		St. Helens	Naughton Park	9,500			[3][4]
3	Saturday 27 August 1960	Wigan		19-5		Oldham	Central Park				[5]
4	Saturday 27 August 1960	Salford		11-3		Rochdale Hornets	The Willows
5	Saturday 27 August 1960	Leigh		37-15		Workington Town	Hilton Park
6	Saturday 27 August 1960	Liverpool City		10-29		Warrington	Mill Yard, Knotty Ash				[6]
7	Saturday 27 August 1960	Blackpool Borough		15-5		Whitehaven	St Anne's Road Greyhound Stadium
8		blank				blank

Round 2 - quarterfinals

Involved 3 matches (with one bye) and 7 clubs

Game No	Fixture date	Home team		Score		Away team	Venue	Att	Rec	Notes	Ref
1	Tuesday 6 September 1960	Warrington		8-9		Leigh	Wilderspool				[6]
2	Wednesday 7 September 1960	St. Helens		7-4		Wigan	Knowsley Road	27,000			[4][5]
3	Wednesday 7 September 1960	Salford		6-9		Swinton	The Willows	8,000
4		Blackpool Borough				bye

Round 3 – semifinals

Involved 2 matches and 4 clubs

Game No	Fixture date	Home team		Score		Away team	Venue	Att	Rec	Notes	Ref
1	Wednesday 5 October 1960	Blackpool Borough		0-10		Swinton	St Anne's Road Greyhound Stadium
2	Monday 17 October 1960	Leigh		2-15		St. Helens	Knowsley Road	14,500			[4]

Final

Game No	Fixture date	Home team		Score		Away team	Venue	Att	Rec	Notes	Ref
	Saturday 29 October 1960	St. Helens		15-9		Swinton	Central Park	31,755	£5,337	1	[4][7]

Teams and scorers

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St. Helens	№	Swinton
	teams
Percy Landsberg	1	Ken Gowers
Tom van Vollenhoven	2	John Speed
Ken Large	3	Peter Smethurst
Brian McGinn	4	Alan Buckley
Jan Prinsloo	5	Ken McGregor
Austin Rhodes	6	George Parkinson
Alex Murphy	7	Tony Dyson
Abe Terry	8	Bill Bretherton
Bob Dagnall	9	Trevor Roberts
Fred Leyland	10	Dai Moses
Don Vines	11	Ken Roberts
Dick Huddart	12	Peter Norburn
Vince Karalius (c)	13	Albert Blan (c)
15	score	9
8	HT	2
	Scorers
	Tries
Austin Rhodes (1)	T	Ken McGregor (1)
Tom van Vollenhoven (1)	T
Ken Large (1)	T
	Goals
Austin Rhodes (3)	G	Albert Blan (3)
	G
	Drop Goals
	DG
Referee		E. Clay (Leeds)

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

The road to success

	First round					Second round					Semifinals					Final
	Liverpool City		10
	Warrington		29
						Warrington		8
						Leigh		9
	Leigh		37
	Workington Town		15
											Leigh		2
											St. Helens		15
	Widnes		17
	St. Helens		19
						St. Helens		7
						Wigan		4
	Wigan		19
	Oldham		5
																St. Helens		15
																Swinton		9
	Blackpool Borough		15
	Whitehaven		5
						Blackpool Borough
						bye
	blank
	blank
											Blackpool Borough		0
											Swinton		10
	Salford		11
	Rochdale Hornets		3
						Salford		6
						Swinton		9
	Barrow		6
	Swinton		10

Notes and comments

1 * 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

• 1960–61 Northern Rugby Football League season
• Rugby league county cups