The 1930–31 Lancashire Cup was the twenty-third occasion on which the Lancashire Cup competition had been held. St Helens Recs won the trophy by beating Wigan in the final by the score of 5–4.
Competition and results The number of teams entering this year's competition remained at 13 which resulted in 3 byes in the first round.
Round 1 Involved 5 matches (with three byes) and 13 clubs
Game NoFixture dateHome team Score Away teamVenueAttRecNotesRef 1Sat 11 Oct 1930Broughton Rangers12–7Wigan HighfieldThe Cliff2Sat 11 Oct 1930Oldham7–2SalfordWatersheddings3Sat 11 Oct 1930Rochdale Hornets21–9BarrowAthletic Grounds4Sat 11 Oct 1930Warrington2–10SwintonWilderspool5Sat 11 Oct 1930Wigan24–7St. HelensCentral Park6 Leighbye7 St Helens Recsbye8 Widnesbye
Round 2 – quarterfinals Involved 4 matches and 8 clubs
Game NoFixture dateHome team Score Away teamVenueAttRecNotesRef 1Tue 21 Oct 1930Rochdale Hornets3–25OldhamAthletic Grounds2Wed 22 Oct 1930Broughton Rangers10–0WidnesThe Cliff3Wed 22 Oct 1930Wigan14–9SwintonCentral Park4Thu 23 October 1930St Helens Recs24–7LeighCity Road
Round 3 – semifinals Involved 2 matches and 4 clubs
Game NoFixture dateHome team Score Away teamVenueAttRecNotesRef 1Wed 05 Nov 1930Broughton Rangers0–9WiganThe Cliff12Thu 06 Nov 1930St Helens Recs6–4OldhamCity Road
Final The final was played at Station Road, Pendlebury, Salford, (historically in the county of Lancashire). The attendance was 16,710 and receipts were £1,030. Game NoFixture dateHome team Score Away teamVenueAttRecNotesRef Saturday 29 November 1930St Helens Recs18–3WiganStation Road16,710£1,0302
Teams and scorers
St Helens RecsNo.Wigan teams Tommy Dingsdale1Jim SullivanJ. Wilson2Johnny RingW. Bowen3Gwynne DaviesAlf Frodsham4Tommy ParkerAlbert Bailey5Roy KinnearW. Greenhall6Frank Jones P. Martin7Syd AbramOliver Dolan8Tom BeethamGeorge Highcock9Jack BennettFrank Bowen10Hal JonesT. Smith11Wilf HodderJennion12Len MasonBilly Mulvanney13John Sherrington 18score310HT0 Scorers Tries DingsdaleTJohnny RingBaileyTJennion (2)TMulvanneyT Goals Dingsdale (3)GG Drop Goals DGRefereeBob Robinson (Bradford) Scoring – Try = three (3) points – Goal = two (2) points – Drop goal = two (2) points
The road to success
Notes
1 * RUGBYLEAGUEproject shows Broughton Rangers as the home team with the match played at City Road but the official Wigan archives give Wigan as the home team playing at Central Park
2 * Station Road was the home ground of Swinton from 1929 to 1992 and at its peak was one of the finest rugby league grounds in the country and it boasted a capacity of 60,000. The actual record attendance was for the Challenge Cup semi-final on 7 April 1951 when 44,621 watched Wigan beat Warrington 3–2
See also 1930–31 Northern Rugby Football League season List of defunct rugby league clubs
References
External links Saints Heritage Society 1896–97 Northern Rugby Football Union season at wigan.rlfans.com Hull&Proud Fixtures & Results 1896/1897 Widnes Vikings – One team, one passion Season In Review – 1896–97 The Northern Union at warringtonwolves.org