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
Round 1 Involved 8 matches (with no byes) and 16 clubs Game NoFixture DateHome team Score Away teamVenueAttRecNotesRef 1Fri 14 Sep 1984St. Helens58-14HuytonKnowsley Road27662Sun 16 Sep 1984Barrow38-4CarlisleCraven Park25633Sun 16 Sep 1984Fulham18-25SwintonStation Road15451 4Sun 16 Sep 1984Leigh22-14WarringtonHilton Park55005Sun 16 Sep 1984Oldham26-32Blackpool BoroughWatersheddings33666Sun 16 Sep 1984Salford 19-14WhitehavenThe Willows17007Sun 16 Sep 1984Wigan28-8WidnesCentral Park101178Sun 16 Sep 1984Workington Town0-11Rochdale HornetsDerwent Park659
Round 2 - Quarter-finals Involved 4 matches and 8 clubs
Game NoFixture DateHome team Score Away teamVenueAttRecNotesRef 1Wed 26 Sep 1984Barrow10-26St. HelensCraven Park55732Wed 26 Sep 1984Rochdale Hornets10-22LeighAthletic Grounds21893Wed 26 Sep 1984Swinton6-32WiganStation Road65894Thu 27 Sep 1984Salford15-6Blackpool BoroughThe Willows1917
Round 3 – Semi-finals Involved 2 matches and 4 clubs
Game NoFixture DateHome team Score Away teamVenueAttRecNotesRef 1Wed 10 Oct 1984St. Helens31-10LeighKnowsley Road92822Wed 10 Oct 1984Salford8-19WiganThe Willows7492
Final Game NoFixture DateHome team Score Away teamVenueAttRecNotesRef Sunday 28 October 1984St. Helens26-18WiganCentral Park26074621392 3
Teams and scorers
St. HelensNo.Wigan Teams Phil Veivers1Shaun EdwardsBarry Ledger2John FergusonShaun Allen3David StephensonMal Meninga4Colin WhitfieldSean Day5Henderson GillChris Arkwright6Mark CannonNeil Holding7Jimmy FairhurstTony Burke8Neil CourtneyGraham Liptrot9Nicky KissPeter Gorley10Brian CaseAndy Platt11Graeme WestPaul Round12Shaun WaneHarry Pinner13Ian PotterSubsJohnny Smith (not used)14John Pendlebury (for Henderson Gill 64min)Roy Haggerty (for Phil Veivers 23min)15?Billy BenyonCoachColin Clark and Alan McInnes 26score1824HT2 Scorers Tries Mal Meninga (2)THenderson Gill (1)Roy Haggerty (1)TGraeme West (1)Sean Day (1)TNicky Kiss (1) Goals Sean Day (5)GColin Whitfield (3)RefereeRon Campbell (Widnes)Man of the matchMal Meninga - St Helens - sponsored byBurtonwood BreweryCompetition SponsorForshaws (Burtonwood Brewery Co Ltd) Scoring - Try = four points - Goal = two points - Drop goal = one point
The road to success
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
See also 1984–85 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