The season of 1969–70 was the fifty-seventh occasion on which the Lancashire Cup completion had been held. Swinton won the trophy by beating Leigh by the score of 11-2 The match was played at Central Park, Wigan, (historically in the county of Lancashire). The attendance was 13,532 and receipts were £3,651-0s-0d
Background
The total number of teams entering the competition increased by two, up to the total of 16. This was as a result of inviting two junior (or amateur) clubs, St Helens Amateurs and Maryport. The same fixture format was retained, and due to the increase in the number of participating clubs, resulted in a full fixture list with no byes or “blank” or “dummy” fixtures.
Competition and results
Round 1 Involved 8 matches (with no bye or “blank” fixture) and 16 clubs
Game NoFixture dateHome team Score Away teamVenueAttRecNotesRef 1Saturday 15 August 1969Leigh15-12WarringtonHilton Park2Saturday 16 August 1969Oldham24-28SwintonWatersheddings3Saturday 16 August 1969Whitehaven24-10BarrowRecreation Ground4Saturday 16 August 1969Wigan25-9SalfordCentral Park5Sunday 17 August 1969Huyton13-16Blackpool BoroughAlt Park, Huyton1 6Sunday 17 August 1969Rochdale Hornets42-5St Helens AmateursAthletic Grounds1 7Sunday 17 August 1969Widnes16-15Workington TownNaughton Park8Monday 1 September 1969St. Helens58-5MaryportKnowsley Road3
Round 2 - Quarter-finals Involved 4 matches (with no bye) and 8 clubs
Game NoFixture dateHome team Score Away teamVenueAttRecNotesRef 1Wednesday 17 September 1969Swinton59-5Blackpool BoroughStation Road2Monday 22 September 1969Wigan38-12WhitehavenCentral Park3Monday 29 September 1969Widnes22-14St. HelensNaughton Park4Wednesday 1 October 1969Rochdale Hornets10-11LeighAthletic Grounds
Round 3 – Semi-finals Involved 2 matches and 4 clubs
Game NoFixture dateHome team Score Away teamVenueAttRecNotesRef 1Wednesday 1 October 1969Leigh15-4WidnesHilton Park2Wednesday 8 October 1969Swinton9-6WiganStation Road12,326
Final Game NoFixture dateHome team Score Away teamVenueAttRecNotesRef Saturday 1 November 1969Swinton11-2LeighCentral Park13,532£3,6514
Teams and scorers
Swinton№Leigh teams Ken Gowers1Tom GraineyJohn Gomersall2Rod TickleBob Fleet (c)3Tom WarburtonAlan Buckley4Mick CollinsMick Philbin5Harold StringerBilly Davies6David EckersleyPeter Kenny7Alex Murphy (c)Harold Bate8Dave ChisnallDerek Clarke9Kevin AshcroftGraham Mackay10Derek WattsBill Holliday11Bob WeldingRod Smith12Jimmy FiddlerDave Robinson13Geoff LyonJeff Price (not used)14Dennis Brown (for Harold Stringer)Malcolm Cummings (not used)15Paul Grimes (not used) 11score22HT0 Scorers Tries Mick Philbin (1)T Drop Goals Peter Kenny (4)DGAlex Murphy (1)RefereeEric Clay, Leeds Scoring - Try = three (3) points - Goal = two (2) points - Drop goal = two (2) points
The road to success
Notes and comments 1 * The first Lancashire Cup match to be played at Huyton's newly completed new stadium 2 * St Helens Amateurs were a junior (or amateur) club 3 * Maryport a junior (or amateur) club from Cumberland<br/ > 4 * 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 1969–70 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