# 1912–13 Lancashire Cup

The 1912 Lancashire Cup was the eighth year of this regional rugby league competition. The cup was won by Wigan who beat the holders Rochdale Hornets in the final at The Willows, Salford by a score of 21–5. The attendance at the final was 6,000 and receipts £200.

## Background

As in 1911 the 12 semi-professional clubs and Warwickshire side Coventry. With a total of entrants 13, there were three byes in the first round

## Competition and results
### Round 1

Involved 5 matches (with three byes) and 13 clubs
| Game No | Fixture date | Home team | Score | Away team | Venue | Notes |
| 1 | Sat 19 October 1912 | Barrow | 0–18 | Salford | Cavendish Park | |
| 2 | Sat 19 October 1912 | Runcorn | 7–13 | Oldham | Canal Street | |
| 3 | Sat 19 October 1912 | Swinton | 0–11 | Broughton Rangers | Chorley Road ground | |
| 4 | Sat 19 October 1912 | Widnes | 36–0 | Coventry | Lowerhouse Lane | 1 |
| 5 | Sat 19 October 1912 | Wigan | 24–6 | Leigh | Central Park | |
| 6 | | Rochdale Hornets | | bye | | |
| 7 | | St. Helens | | bye | | |
| 8 | | Warrington | | bye | | |

### Round 2 – quarterfinals

| Game No | Fixture date | Home team | Score | Away team | Venue |
| 1 | Sat 2 November 1912 | Broughton Rangers | 0–0 | Rochdale Hornets | Wheater's Field |
| 2 | Sat 2 November 1912 | St. Helens | 18–10 | Warrington | Knowsley Road |
| 3 | Sat 2 November 1912 | Salford | 16–3 | Widnes | The Willows |
| 4 | Sat 2 November 1912 | Wigan | 24–8 | Oldham | Central Park |
| Replay |||||||||
| 5 | Tue 5 November 1912 | Rochdale Hornets | 18–4 | Broughton Rangers | Athletic Grounds |

### Round 3 – semifinals

| Game No | Fixture date | Home team | Score | Away team | Venue | Att | Rec | Notes | Ref |
| 1 | Sat 16 November 1912 | Rochdale Hornets | 10–8 | St. Helens | Athletic Grounds | | | | |
| 2 | Sat 16 November 1912 | Salford | 5–13 | Wigan | The Willows | | | | |

### Final

| Game No | Fixture date | Home team | Score | Away team | Venue | Att | Rec | Notes | Ref |
| | Wednesday 11 December 1912 | Wigan | 21–5 | Rochdale Hornets | The Willows | 6000 | £200 | 2 | |

#### Teams and scorers

| Wigan | № | Rochdale Hornets |
| | teams | |
| Jim Sharrock | 1 | J. Baxter |
| Lewis Bradley | 2 | H.L. Paddon |
| Bert Jenkins | 3 | J.E. Robinson |
| Lance Todd | 4 | T. West |
| Robert Curwen | 5 | J. Hopwood |
| Fred Gleave | 6 | R. Schofield |
| Johnny Thomas | 7 | E.W. Jones |
| Charlie Seeling | 8 | T. Woods |
| Dick Ramsdale | 9 | J. Deardon |
| Arthur Francis | 10 | Walter Roman |
| Percy Coldrick | 11 | S. Carter |
| Dick Silcock | 12 | V.B. Slade |
| Thomas Whittaker | 13 | Turner |
| 21 | score | 5 |
| 10 | HT | 5 |
| | Scorers | |
| | Tries | |
| Lew Bradley (2) | T | J.E. Robinson (1) |
| Lance Todd (1) | T | |
| Charlie Seeling (1) | T | |
| Percy Coldrick (1) | T | |
| | Goals | |
| Jim Sharrock (2) | G | H.L. Paddon (1) |
| Johnny Thomas (1) | G | |
| | Drop Goals | |
| | DG | |
| Referee | | Bob Robinson (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 |
| Barrow | Barrow | 0 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Salford | Salford | 18 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Salford | Salford | 18 | Salford | Salford | 16 | | | | | | | |
| | | | Widnes | Widnes | 3 | | | | | | | |
| Widnes | Widnes | 36 | Widnes | Widnes | 3 | | | | | | | |
| Coventry | Coventry | 9 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Coventry | Coventry | 9 | | | | Salford | Salford | 5 | | | | |
| | | | | | | Wigan | Wigan | 13 | | | | |
| Wigan | Wigan | 24 | | | | | | | Wigan | Wigan | 13 | | | | |
| Leigh | Leigh | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Leigh | Leigh | 6 | Wigan | Wigan | 24 | | | | | | | |
| | | | Oldham | Oldham | 8 | | | | | | | |
| Runcorn | Runcorn | 7 | Oldham | Oldham | 8 | | | | | | | |
| Oldham | Oldham | 13 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Oldham | Oldham | 13 | | | | | | | | Wigan | Wigan | 21 |
| | | | | | | | | | | Rochdale Hornets | Rochdale Hornets | 5 |
| Swinton | Swinton | 0 | | | | | | | | | | | Rochdale Hornets | Rochdale Hornets | 5 |
| Broughton Rangers | Broughton Rangers | 10 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Broughton Rangers | Broughton Rangers | 10 | Broughton Rangers | Broughton Rangers | 0(4) | | | | | | | |
| | | | Rochdale Hornets | Rochdale Hornets | 0(18) | | | | | | | |
| Rochdale Hornets | Rochdale Hornets | | Rochdale Hornets | Rochdale Hornets | 0(18) | | | | | | | |
| bye | bye | | | | | | | | | | | |
| bye | bye | | | | | Rochdale Hornets | Rochdale Hornets | 10 | | | | |
| | | | | | | St. Helens | St. Helens | 8 | | | | |
| St. Helens | St. Helens | | | | | | | | St. Helens | St. Helens | 8 | | | | |
| bye | bye | | | | | | | | | | | |
| bye | bye | | St. Helens | St. Helens | 18 | | | | | | | |
| | | | Warrington | Warrington | 10 | | | | | | | |
| Warrington | Warrington | | Warrington | Warrington | 10 | | | | | | | |
| bye | bye | | | | | | | | | | | |