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1965–66 Lancashire Cup

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1965–66 Lancashire Cup
StructureRegional knockout championship
Teams14
WinnersWarrington
Runners-upRochdale Hornets

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

Background

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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

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Round 1

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Involved 7 matches (with no bye but one “blank” fixture) and 14 clubs

Game No Fixture date Home team Score Away team Venue Att Rec Notes Ref
1 Fri 10 Sep 1965 St. Helens 7-8 Swinton Knowsley Road 14,500 [2]
2 Sat 11 Sep 1965 Blackpool Borough 9-14 Rochdale Hornets Borough Park
3 Sat 11 Sep 1965 Leigh 21-7 Liverpool City Hilton Park
4 Sat 11 Sep 1965 Oldham 21-14 Barrow Watersheddings
5 Sat 11 Sep 1965 Salford 14-5 Workington Town The Willows
6 Sat 11 Sep 1965 Widnes 9-12 Warrington Naughton Park [3][4]
7 Sat 11 Sep 1965 Wigan 25-23 Whitehaven Central Park [5]
8 blank blank

Round 2 - Quarter-finals

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Involved 3 matches (with one bye) and 7 clubs

Game No Fixture date Home team Score Away team Venue Att Rec Notes Ref
1 Wed 15 Sep 1965 Rochdale Hornets 4-0 Swinton Athletic Grounds
2 Wed 15 Sep 1965 Salford 5-8 Leigh The Willows
3 Thu '16 Sep 1965 Oldham 28-13 Wigan Watersheddings [5]
4 Warrington bye [4]

Round 3 – Semi-finals

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Involved 2 matches and 4 clubs

Game No Fixture date Home team Score Away team Venue Att Rec Notes Ref
1 Thu 23 Sep 1965 Rochdale Hornets 19-0 Leigh Athletic Grounds
2 Wed 06 Oct 1965 Warrington 21-10 Oldham Wilderspool [4]

Final

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Game No Fixture date Home team Score Away team Venue Att Rec Notes Ref
Friday 29 October 1965 Warrington 16-5 Rochdale Hornets Knowsley Road 21,360 £3,800 1 [4][6]

Teams and scorers

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Warrington Rochdale Hornets
teams
Geoff Bootle[1] 1 Roy Pritchard
Ray Fisher[2] 2 Tony Pratt
Joe Pickavance[3] 3 Graham Starkey
Jackie Melling[4] 4 J Chamberlain
Brian Glover[5] 5 Gerry Unsworth
Willie Aspinall 6 M Garforth
John Smith[6] 7 Johnny Fishwick
Bill Payne[7] 8 Peter Birchall
Geoffrey Oakes 9 Kevin Ashcroft
Charlie Winslade 10 Stan Owen
Geoff Robinson 11 Ken Parr
Mal Thomas[8] 12 Apisai Toga
Bill Hayes [9] 13 Mick Baxter
14 Voate Drui (for Parr)
15
16 score 5
10 HT 5
Scorers
Tries
Jackie Melling (2) T Graham Starkey
Brian Glover (1) T
Ray Fisher (1) T
Goals
Geoff Bootle (2) G Graham Starkey (2)
Drop Goals
DG
Referee Eric Clay (Rothwell)

Scoring - Try = three (3) points - Goal = two (2) points - Drop goal = two (2) points

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The road to success

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First round Second round Semi-finals Final
            
Widnes 9
Warrington 12
Warrington
bye
blank
blank
Warrington 21
Oldham 10
Oldham 21
Barrow 14
Oldham 28
Wigan 13
Wigan 25
Whitehaven 23
Warrington 16
Rochdale Hornets 5
Blackpool Borough 9
Rochdale Hornets 14
Rochdale Hornets 4
Swinton 0
St. Helens 7
Swinton 8
Rochdale Hornets 19
Leigh 0
Salford 14
Workington Town 5
Salford 5
Leigh 8
Leigh 21
Liverpool City 7

Notes and comments

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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

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References

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  1. ^ "Rugby League Project".
  2. ^ "Saints Heritage Society - History - Season 1896-97".
  3. ^ "Widnes Vikings - History - Season In Review - 1896-97".
  4. ^ a b c d e "Warrington Wolves - Results Archive - 1897". Archived from the original on 6 July 2010.
  5. ^ a b "Wigan "Cherry and White" archived results". Archived from the original on 21 February 2014. Retrieved 15 February 2014.
  6. ^ Raymond Fletcher and David Howes (1991). Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook 1991-100. Queen Anne Press. ISBN 0 35617852 8.
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