# 1937–38 Lancashire Cup

The 1937–38 Lancashire Cup was the thirtieth occasion on which the Lancashire Cup competition had been held. Warrington won the trophy by beating Barrow by 8–4.
The match was played at Central Park, Wigan, (historically in the county of Lancashire). The attendance was 14,000 and receipts were £800.

## Background

The number of teams entering this year's competition decreased by one with the withdrawal of Streatham & Mitcham, back to the previous total of 13 but the same fixture format was retained.
There was once again a bye in the first round, and there was still a "blank" or "dummy" fixture. The bye in the second round remained.

## Competition and results
### Round 1

Involved 6 matches (with one bye and one "blank" fixture) and 13 clubs
| Game No | Fixture date | Home team | Score | Away team | Venue |
| 1 | Sat 11 Sep 1937 | Barrow | 11–2 | St Helens Recs | Craven Park |
| 2 | Sat 11 Sep 1937 | Leigh | 18–3 | Rochdale Hornets | Mather Lane |
| 3 | Sat 11 Sep 1937 | Oldham | 2–4 | Warrington | Watersheddings |
| 4 | Sat 11 Sep 1937 | St. Helens | 0–11 | Broughton Rangers | Knowsley Road |
| 5 | Sat 11 Sep 1937 | Salford | 2–3 | Widnes | The Willows |
| 6 | Sat 11 Sep 1937 | Swinton | 9–9 | Wigan | Station Road |
| 7 | | Liverpool Stanley | | bye | |
| 8 | | blank | | blank | |

### Round 1 – replays

Involved 1 match
| Game No | Fixture date | Home team | Score | Away team | Venue | Att | Rec | Notes | Ref |
| 1 | Wed 15 Sep 1937 | Wigan | 24–5 | Swinton | Central Park | | | | |

### Round 2 – quarterfinals

Involved 3 matches (with one bye) and 7 clubs
| Game No | Fixture date | Home team | Score | Away team | Venue |
| 1 | Wed 22 Sep 1937 | Broughton Rangers | 12–8 | Leigh | Belle Vue Stadium |
| 2 | Thu 23 Sep 1937 | Barrow | 3–2 | Liverpool Stanley | Craven Park |
| 3 | Thu 23 Sep 1937 | Widnes | 26–5 | Wigan | Naughton Park |
| 4 | | Warrington | | bye | |

### Round 3 – semifinals

Involved 2 matches and 4 clubs
| Game No | Fixture date | Home team | Score | Away team | Venue | Att | Rec | Notes | Ref |
| 1 | Thu 30 Sep 1937 | Barrow | 5–2 | Broughton Rangers | Craven Park | | | | |
| 2 | Thu 07 Oct 1937 | Widnes | 0–3 | Warrington | Naughton Park | | | | |

### Final

| Game No | Fixture date | Home team | Score | Away team | Venue | Att | Rec | Notes | Ref |
| | Saturday 23 October 1937 | Warrington | 8–4 | Barrow | Central Park | 14,000 | £800 | 1 | |

#### Teams and scorers

| Warrington | № | Barrow |
| | teams | |
| Les Jones | 1 | Freddie French |
| Jack Garratt/J. W. Garr'''e'''tt | 2 | Val Cumberbatch |
| Dave Brown | 3 | John Higgin |
| Bill Shankland Captain (sports) (c) | 4 | Thomas "Tom my" Barr |
| Islwyn Davies | 5 | Buster Harris |
| Melville De Lloyd | 6 | Ian Lloyd |
| Francisco "Frank" Cueto | 7 | Billy Little |
| Sammy Hardman | 8 | George Blackburn |
| Dave Cotton | 9 | Dan McKeating |
| Jack Miller | 10 | William "Billy" Skelly |
| Jack Arkwright | 11 | Alec Troup (c) |
| Ivor Bennett | 12 | Bob Ayres |
| William "Bill" Chapman/William "Bill" Chapman | 13 | Gordon Askew Rawlings |
| Chris Brockbank | Coach | unknown |
| 8 | score | 4 |
| 0 | HT | 0 |
| | Scorers | |
| | Tries | |
| David Brown (2) | T | |
| | Goals | |
| Bill Shankland (1) | G | Freddie French (2) |
| | G | |
| | Drop Goals | |
| | DG | |
| Referee | | F. Peel (Bradford) |
Scoring – Try = three (3) points – Goal = two (2) points – Drop goal = two (2) points

### The road to success

| First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | | Final | Final | Final |
| Salford | Salford | 2 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Widnes | Widnes | 3 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Widnes | Widnes | 3 | Widnes | Widnes | 26 | | | | | | | |
| | | | Wigan | Wigan | 5 | | | | | | | |
| Swinton | Swinton | 9–5 | Wigan | Wigan | 5 | | | | | | | |
| Wigan | Wigan | 9–24 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Wigan | Wigan | 9–24 | | | | Widnes | Widnes | 0 | | | | |
| | | | | | | Warrington | Warrington | 3 | | | | |
| Oldham | Oldham | 2 | | | | | | | Warrington | Warrington | 3 | | | | |
| Warrington | Warrington | 4 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Warrington | Warrington | 4 | Warrington | Warrington | | | | | | | | |
| | | | bye | bye | | | | | | | | |
| blank | blank | | bye | bye | | | | | | | | |
| blank | blank | | | | | | | | | | | |
| blank | blank | | | | | | | | | Warrington | Warrington | 8 |
| | | | | | | | | | | Barrow | Barrow | 4 |
| Barrow | Barrow | 11 | | | | | | | | | | | Barrow | Barrow | 4 |
| St Helens Recs | St Helens Recs | 2 | | | | | | | | | | |
| St Helens Recs | St Helens Recs | 2 | Barrow | Barrow | 3 | | | | | | | |
| | | | Liverpool Stanley | Liverpool Stanley | 2 | | | | | | | |
| Liverpool Stanley | Liverpool Stanley | | Liverpool Stanley | Liverpool Stanley | 2 | | | | | | | |
| bye | bye | | | | | | | | | | | |
| bye | bye | | | | | Barrow | Barrow | 5 | | | | |
| | | | | | | Broughton Rangers | Broughton Rangers | 2 | | | | |
| St. Helens | St. Helens | 0 | | | | | | | Broughton Rangers | Broughton Rangers | 2 | | | | |
| Broughton Rangers | Broughton Rangers | 11 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Broughton Rangers | Broughton Rangers | 11 | Broughton Rangers | Broughton Rangers | 12 | | | | | | | |
| | | | Leigh | Leigh | 8 | | | | | | | |
| Leigh | Leigh | 18 | Leigh | Leigh | 8 | | | | | | | |
| Rochdale Hornets | Rochdale Hornets | 3 | | | | | | | | | | |

## Notes and comments

1 * 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