1975–76 Lancashire Cup

1975–76 was the sixty-third occasion on which the Lancashire Cup completion had been held.

1975–76 Lancashire Cup
Structure	Regional knockout championship
Teams	14
Winners	Widnes
Runners-up	Salford
← 1974–75 1976–77 →

Widnes won the trophy by beating Salford by the score of 16-7
The match was played at Central Park, Wigan, (historically in the county of Lancashire). The attendance was 7,566 and receipts were £3,880.00

Background

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 decrease in the number of participating clubs, 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

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 30 Aug 1975	Oldham		17-19		St. Helens	Watersheddings	3011			[3]
2	Sun 31 Aug 1975	Barrow		9-14		Swinton	Craven Park
3	Sun 31 Aug 1975	Blackpool Borough		3-11		Leigh	Borough Park
4	Sun 31 Aug 1975	Rochdale Hornets		10-22		Workington Town	Athletic Grounds
5	Sun 31 Aug 1975	Salford		44-17		Huyton	The Willows
6	Sun 31 Aug 1975	Warrington		14-39		Wigan	Wilderspool				[4][5]
7	Sun 31 Aug 1975	Widnes		19-7		Whitehaven	Naughton Park				[6]
8		blank				blank

Round 2 - Quarter-finals

Involved 3 matches (with one bye) and 7 clubs

Game No	Fixture date	Home team		Score		Away team	Venue	Att	Rec	Notes	Ref
1	Sat 13 Sep 1975	Wigan		21-22		Workington Town	Central Park				[4]
2	Sun 14 Sep 1975	Leigh		6-23		Salford	Hilton Park
3	Sun 14 Sep 1975	Swinton		2-17		St. Helens	Station Road	4029			[3]
4		Widnes				bye					[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	Tue 16 Sep 1975	Workington Town		2-16		Widnes	Derwent Park				[6]
2	Tue 23 Sep 1975	St. Helens		8-21		Salford	Knowsley Road	9000			[3]

Final

Game No	Fixture date	Home team		Score		Away team	Venue	Att	Rec	Notes	Ref
	Saturday 4 October 1975	Widnes		16-7		Salford	Central Park	7,566	3,880	1	[6][7][8][9]

Teams and scorers

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Widnes	№	Salford
	teams
Ray Dutton	1	David Watkins
Alan Prescott	2	Keith Fielding
Mick George	3	Butler
Mal Aspey	4	Chris Hesketh
David Jenkins	5	Maurice Richards
Eric Hughes	6	Ken Gill
Reg Bowden	7	Steve Nash
Jim Mills	8	Fiddler
Derek Hammond (but see note 2)	9	Roy Hawksley
Nick Nelson	10	Colin Dixon
John Foran	11	Turnbull
Jim Fitzpatrick	12	Knighton
Mick Adams	13	Eric Prescott
	14
Barry Sheridan (for Jim Fitzpatrick)	15	Mackay (for Dixon)
16	score	7
8	HT	5
	Scorers
	Tries
Alan Prescott (1)	T	Maurice Richards (1)
Mick George (1)	T
Mal Aspey (1)	T
	Goals
Ray Dutton (3)	G	David Watkins (2)
	Drop Goals
Ray Dutton (1)	DG
Referee		W H (Billy) Thompson (Huddersfield)
Man of the match		Mick George - Widnes - Centre
sponsored by		Rugby Leaguer

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

The road to success

	First round					Second round					Semi-finals					Final
	Warrington		14
	Wigan		39
						Wigan		21
						Workington Town		22
	Rochdale Hornets		10
	Workington Town		22
											Workington Town		2
											Widnes		16
	Widnes		19
	blank		7
						Widnes
						bye
	blank
	blank
																Widnes		16
																Salford		7
	Barrow		9
	Swinton		14
						Swinton		2
						St. Helens		17
	Oldham		17
	St. Helens		19
											St. Helens		8
											Salford		21
	Blackpool Borough		3
	Leigh		11
						Leigh		6
						Salford		23
	Salford		44
	Huyton		17

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
2 * Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook 1991-1992^[7] Names Keith Elwell as number 9 (hooker) - The Widnes official archives^[6] name the hooker as Derek Hammond

See also

• 1975–76 Northern Rugby Football League season
• Rugby league county cups