# 1932–33 Lancashire Cup

The 1932–33 Lancashire Cup was the twenty-fifth occasion on which the Lancashire Cup completion had been held. Warrington won the trophy by beating St. Helens by 10–9 in the final.

## Competition and results

The number of teams entering this year's competition remained at 13 and the same fixture format was retained. There was only one bye in the first round but now also a "blank" or "dummy" fixture. This also resulted in one bye in the second round.

### 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 08 Oct 1932 | Broughton Rangers | 8–6 | Wigan Highfield | The Cliff |
| 2 | Sat 08 Oct 1932 | St Helens Recs | 5–5 | Oldham | City Road |
| 3 | Sat 08 Oct 1932 | Rochdale Hornets | 8–8 | Salford | Athletic Grounds |
| 4 | Sat 08 Oct 1932 | Warrington | 24–14 | Barrow | Wilderspool |
| 5 | Sat 08 Oct 1932 | Widnes | 5–10 | St. Helens | Naughton Park |
| 6 | Sat 08 Oct 1932 | Wigan | 14–3 | Leigh | Central Park |
| 7 | | Swinton | | bye | |
| 8 | | blank | | blank | |

### Round 1 – replays

Involved 2 matches
| Game No | Fixture date | Home team | Score | Away team | Venue | Att | Rec | Notes | Ref |
| 1 | Mon 10 Oct 1932 | Oldham | 4–0 | St Helens Recs | Watersheddings | | | 1 | |
| 2 | Wed 12 Oct 1932 | Salford | 26–13 | Rochdale Hornets | The Willows | | | | |

### Round 1 – Second replays

Involved 1 match
| Game No | Fixture date | Home team | Score | Away team | Venue | Att | Rec | Notes | Ref |
| 1 | Thu 13 Oct 1932 | Oldham | 7–7 | St Helens Recs | Watersheddings | | | | |

### Round 1 – Third replays

Involved 1 match
| Game No | Fixture date | Home team | Score | Away team | Venue | Att | Rec | Notes | Ref |
| 1 | Mon 17 Oct 1932 | St Helens Recs | 9–6 | Oldham | The Willows | | | | |

### Round 2 – quarterfinals

Involved 3 matches (with one bye) and 7 clubs
| Game No | Fixture date | Home team | Score | Away team | Venue |
| 1 | Wed 19 Oct 1932 | Salford | 25–11 | Swinton | The Willows |
| 2 | Mon 24 Oct 1932 | St. Helens | 22–4 | Broughton Rangers | Knowsley Road |
| 3 | Wed 26 Oct 1932 | Warrington | 11–8 | St Helens Recs | Wilderspool |
| 4 | | Wigan | | 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 | Wed 02 Nov 1932 | Salford | 2–2 | St. Helens | The Willows | | | | |
| 2 | Thu 03 Nov 1932 | Warrington | 21–10 | Wigan | Wilderspool | | | | |

### Round 3 – semifinals – replays

Involved 1 match
| Game No | Fixture date | Home team | Score | Away team | Venue | Att | Rec | Notes | Ref |
| 1 | Mon 07 Nov 1932 | St. Helens | 17–10 | Salford | Knowsley Road | | | | |

### Final

The final was played at Central Park, Wigan, (historically in the county of Lancashire). The attendance was 28,500 and receipts £1,675. The attendance was again a new record – beating last year's total of 26,471.
| Game No | Fixture date | Home team | Score | Away team | Venue | Att | Rec | Notes | Ref |
| | Saturday 19 November 1932 | Warrington | 10–9 | St. Helens | Central Park | 28,500 | £1,675 | 2 3 | |

#### Teams and scorers

| Warrington | No. | St. Helens |
| | teams | |
| Billy Holding | 1 | R. E. "Bob" Jones |
| Thomas "Tubby" Thompson | 2 | Roy A. Hardgrave |
| Billy Dingsdale | 3 | George Lewis |
| Bill Shankland | 4 | Teddy Butler |
| Steve Ray | 5 | Alf Ellaby |
| Jack Oster | 6 | Jack Garvey |
| Dai Davies | 7 | Harry Frodsham |
| Jack Miller | 8 | Bob Atkin |
| Nat Bentham | 9 | Dave Cotton |
| Sammy Hardman | 10 | Ben Halfpenny |
| Bill Jones | 11 | Albert Fildes |
| Candy Evans | 12 | Jack Arkwright |
| Charlie Seeling Jr. | 13 | Walter Groves |
| unknown | Coach | unknown |
| 10 | score | 9 |
| 5 | HT | 7 |
| | Scorers | |
| | Tries | |
| Dai Davies (1) | T | Albert Fildes (1) |
| Thomas "Tubby" Thompson (1) | T | |
| | Goals | |
| Billy Holding (2) | G | George Lewis (3) |
| Referee | | A. Brown (Wakefield) |
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 |
| Warrington | Warrington | 24 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Barrow | Barrow | 14 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Barrow | Barrow | 14 | Warrington | Warrington | 11 | | | | | | | |
| | | | St Helens Recs | St Helens Recs | 8 | | | | | | | |
| St Helens Recs | St Helens Recs | 5-0A-7-9 | St Helens Recs | St Helens Recs | 8 | | | | | | | |
| Oldham | Oldham | 5-4A-7-6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Oldham | Oldham | 5-4A-7-6 | | | | Warrington | Warrington | 21 | | | | |
| | | | | | | Wigan | Wigan | 10 | | | | |
| Wigan | Wigan | 14 | | | | | | | Wigan | Wigan | 10 | | | | |
| Leigh | Leigh | 3 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Leigh | Leigh | 3 | Wigan | Wigan | | | | | | | | |
| | | | bye | bye | | | | | | | | |
| blank | blank | | bye | bye | | | | | | | | |
| blank | blank | | | | | | | | | | | |
| blank | blank | | | | | | | | | Warrington | Warrington | 10 |
| | | | | | | | | | | St. Helens | St. Helens | 9 |
| Rochdale Hornets | Rochdale Hornets | 8–13 | | | | | | | | | | | St. Helens | St. Helens | 9 |
| Salford | Salford | 8–26 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Salford | Salford | 8–26 | Salford | Salford | 25 | | | | | | | |
| | | | Swinton | Swinton | 11 | | | | | | | |
| Swinton | Swinton | | Swinton | Swinton | 11 | | | | | | | |
| bye | bye | | | | | | | | | | | |
| bye | bye | | | | | Salford | Salford | 2–10 | | | | |
| | | | | | | St. Helens | St. Helens | 2–17 | | | | |
| Widnes | Widnes | 5 | | | | | | | St. Helens | St. Helens | 2–17 | | | | |
| St. Helens | St. Helens | 10 | | | | | | | | | | |
| St. Helens | St. Helens | 10 | St. Helens | St. Helens | 22 | | | | | | | |
| | | | Broughton Rangers | Broughton Rangers | 4 | | | | | | | |
| Broughton Rangers | Broughton Rangers | 8 | Broughton Rangers | Broughton Rangers | 4 | | | | | | | |
| Wigan Highfield | Wigan Highfield | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |

## Notes and comments

1 * Match abandoned after 40 minutes
2 * The attendance of 28,500 was a new record for a Lancashire Cup final attendance
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