1965–66 was the fifty-third occasion on which the Lancashire Cup completion had been held.
Warrington won the trophy by beating Rochdale Hornets by the score of 16-5
The match was played at Knowsley Road, Eccleston, St Helens, Merseyside, (historically in the county of Lancashire). The attendance was 21,360 and receipts were £3,800
It would be almost another 20 years before the attendance would again exceed 20,000<br/ >
Background
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
Round 1 Involved 7 matches (with no bye but one “blank” fixture) and 14 clubs
Game NoFixture dateHome team Score Away teamVenueAttRecNotesRef 1Fri 10 Sep 1965St. Helens7-8SwintonKnowsley Road14,5002Sat 11 Sep 1965Blackpool Borough9-14Rochdale HornetsBorough Park3Sat 11 Sep 1965Leigh21-7Liverpool CityHilton Park4Sat 11 Sep 1965Oldham21-14BarrowWatersheddings5Sat 11 Sep 1965Salford14-5Workington TownThe Willows6Sat 11 Sep 1965Widnes9-12WarringtonNaughton Park7Sat 11 Sep 1965Wigan25-23WhitehavenCentral Park8 blankblank
Round 2 - Quarter-finals Involved 3 matches (with one bye) and 7 clubs
Game NoFixture dateHome team Score Away teamVenueAttRecNotesRef 1Wed 15 Sep 1965Rochdale Hornets4-0SwintonAthletic Grounds2Wed 15 Sep 1965Salford5-8LeighThe Willows3Thu '16 Sep 1965Oldham28-13WiganWatersheddings4 Warringtonbye
Round 3 – Semi-finals Involved 2 matches and 4 clubs
Game NoFixture dateHome team Score Away teamVenueAttRecNotesRef 1Thu 23 Sep 1965Rochdale Hornets19-0LeighAthletic Grounds2Wed 06 Oct 1965Warrington21-10OldhamWilderspool
Final Game NoFixture dateHome team Score Away teamVenueAttRecNotesRef Friday 29 October 1965Warrington16-5Rochdale HornetsKnowsley Road21,360£3,8001
Teams and scorers
Warrington№Rochdale Hornets Teams Geoff Bootle 1 Roy PritchardRay Fisher 2 Tony PrattJoe Pickavance 3 Graham StarkeyJackie Melling 4 J ChamberlainBrian Glover 5 Gerry UnsworthWillie Aspinall 6 M GarforthJohn Smith 7 Johnny FishwickBill Payne 8 Peter BirchallGeoff Oakes 9 Kevin AshcroftCharlie Winslade 10 Stan OwenGeoff Robinson 11 Ken ParrMal Thomas 12 Apisai TogaBill Hayes 13 Mick Baxter14Voate Drui (for Parr)15 16score510HT5 Scorers Tries Jackie Melling (2)TGraham StarkeyBrian Glover (1)TRay Fisher (1)T GoalsGeoff Bootle (2)GGraham Starkey (2) Drop Goals DGReferee Eric Clay (Rothwell) Scoring - Try = three (3) points - Goal = two (2) points - Drop goal = two (2) points
The road to success
Notes and comments 1 * Knowsley Road was the home ground of St. Helens from 1890 to 2010. The final capacity was in the region of 18,000, although the actual record attendance was 35,695, set on 26 December 1949, for a league game between St Helens and Wigan
See also 1965–66 Northern Rugby Football League season Rugby league county cups
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