1984–85 Lancashire Cup

1984–85 Lancashire Cup
1984–85 Lancashire Cup
Structure	Regional knockout championship
Teams	16
Winners	St. Helens
Runners-up	Wigan
	← 1983–84 1985–86 →

1984–85 was the seventy-second occasion on which the Lancashire Cup completion had been held.

St. Helens won the trophy by beating Wigan by the score of 26–18.

The match was played at Central Park, Wigan, (historically in the county of Lancashire). The attendance was 26,074 and receipts were £6,2139.00

This was the first time in over twenty years that the attendance exceeded 20,000, and it would continue around this level for the next four seasons. The receipts climbed from last year's near-record £13,160.00 to £62,139.

Background

This season the total number of entrants remained at the 16 level.

With this, full sixteen members there was no need for “blank” or “dummy” fixtures or any byes.

Competition and results

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Round 1

Involved 8 matches (with no byes) and 16 clubs

Game No	Fixture Date	Home Team	Score	Away Team	Venue	Att	Notes	Ref

1	Fri 14 Sep 1984	St. Helens	58-14	Huyton	Knowsley Road	2766		^[3]
2	Sun 16 Sep 1984	Barrow	38-4	Carlisle	Craven Park	2563
3	Sun 16 Sep 1984	Fulham	18-25	Swinton	Station Road	1545	1
4	Sun 16 Sep 1984	Leigh	22-14	Warrington	Hilton Park	5500		^[4]
5	Sun 16 Sep 1984	Oldham	26-32	Blackpool Borough	Watersheddings	3366
6	Sun 16 Sep 1984	Salford	19-14	Whitehaven	The Willows	1700
7	Sun 16 Sep 1984	Wigan	28-8	Widnes	Central Park	10117		^[5]^[6]
8	Sun 16 Sep 1984	Workington Town	0-11	Rochdale Hornets	Derwent Park	659

Round 2 - Quarter-finals

Involved 4 matches and 8 clubs

Game No	Fixture Date	Home Team	Score	Away Team	Venue	Att	Ref

1	Wed 26 Sep 1984	Barrow	10-26	St. Helens	Craven Park	5573	^[3]
2	Wed 26 Sep 1984	Rochdale Hornets	10-22	Leigh	Athletic Grounds	2189
3	Wed 26 Sep 1984	Swinton	6-32	Wigan	Station Road	6589	^[5]
4	Thu 27 Sep 1984	Salford	15-6	Blackpool Borough	The Willows	1917

Round 3 – Semi-finals

Involved 2 matches and 4 clubs

Game No	Fixture Date	Home Team	Score	Away Team	Venue	Att	Ref

1	Wed 10 Oct 1984	St. Helens	31-10	Leigh	Knowsley Road	9282
2	Wed 10 Oct 1984	Salford	8-19	Wigan	The Willows	7492	^[5]

Final

Game No	Fixture Date	Home Team		Score		Away Team	Venue	Att	Rec	Notes	Ref

	Sunday 28 October 1984	St. Helens		26-18		Wigan	Central Park	26074	62139	2 3	^[5]^[3]^[7]

Teams and scorers

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St. Helens	No.	Wigan

	teams
Phil Veivers	1	Shaun Edwards
Barry Ledger	2	John Ferguson
Shaun Allen	3	David Stephenson
Mal Meninga	4	Colin Whitfield
Sean Day [1]	5	Henderson Gill
Chris Arkwright	6	Mark Cannon [2]
Neil Holding	7	Jimmy Fairhurst [3]
Tony Burke [4]	8	Neil Courtney
Graham Liptrot	9	Nicky Kiss
Peter Gorley	10	Brian Case
Andy Platt	11	Graeme West
Paul Round	12	Shaun Wane
Harry Pinner	13	Ian Potter
Johnny Smith [5] (not used)	14	John Pendlebury (for Henderson Gill 64min)
Roy Haggerty (for Phil Veivers 23min)	15	?
Billy Benyon	Coach	Colin Clark and Alan McInnes

26	score	18
24	HT	2

	Scorers
	Tries
Mal Meninga (2)	T	Henderson Gill (1)
Roy Haggerty (1)	T	Graeme West (1)
Sean Day (1)	T	Nicky Kiss (1)
	Goals
Sean Day (5)	G	Colin Whitfield (3)
Referee		Ronnie Campbell (Widnes)
Man of the match		Mal Meninga - St Helens - Centre
sponsored by		Burtonwood Brewery
Competition Sponsor		Forshaws (Burtonwood Brewery Co Ltd)

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

The road to success

First round		Second round		Semi-finals		Final

Barrow	38

Carlisle	4
		Barrow	10

		St. Helens	26
St. Helens	58

Huyton	14
				St. Helens	31

				Leigh	10
Workington Town	0

Rochdale Hornets	11
		Rochdale Hornets	10

		Leigh	22
Leigh	22

Warrington	14
						St. Helens	26

						Wigan	18
Salford	19

Whitehaven	14
		Salford	15

		Blackpool Borough	6
Oldham	26

Blackpool Borough	32
				Salford	8

				Wigan	19
Fulham	18

Swinton	25
		Swinton	6

		Wigan	32
Wigan	28

Widnes	8

Notes and comments

1 * Fulham did not have a home ground for this season and were very nomadic. This match played at Station Road
2 * Wigan won the coin toss for the home advantage after neither they nor St. Helens wanted to play at the chosen venue, Wilderspool, due to the low capacity 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

References

^ "Rugby League Project".
^ Jack Winstanley & Malcolm Ryding (1991). John Player Yearbook 1975-76. Queen Anne Press.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Saints Heritage Society - History - Season 1896-97".
^ "Warrington Wolves - Results Archive - 1897". Archived from the original on 2 February 2014.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e "Wigan "Cherry and White" archived results". Archived from the original on 21 February 2014. Retrieved 16 February 2014.
^ "Widnes Vikings - History - Season In Review - 1896-97".
^ ^a ^b Raymond Fletcher and David Howes (1991). Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook 1991-100. Queen Anne Press. ISBN 0 35617852 8.

External links

[RLP.orgMisc-1] "Rugby League Project".

[JP1975-76Misc-2] Jack Winstanley & Malcolm Ryding (1991). John Player Yearbook 1975-76. Queen Anne Press.

[SaintsMisc-3] "Saints Heritage Society - History - Season 1896-97".

[WiresMisc-4] "Warrington Wolves - Results Archive - 1897". Archived from the original on 2 February 2014.

[CherryMisc-5] "Wigan "Cherry and White" archived results". Archived from the original on 21 February 2014. Retrieved 16 February 2014.

[ChemicsMisc-6] "Widnes Vikings - History - Season In Review - 1896-97".

[Roth1991-92Misc-7] Raymond Fletcher and David Howes (1991). Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook 1991-100. Queen Anne Press. ISBN 0 35617852 8.

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