# 1938–39 Lancashire Cup

1938–39 was the thirty-first occasion on which the Lancashire Cup completion was held. Wigan won the trophy by beating Salford by a score of 10-7. The match was played at Station Road, Pendlebury, Salford, (historically in the county of Lancashire). The attendance was 27,940 and receipts were £1,708.

## Background

The number of teams entering this year's competition remained the same at 13, and the same fixture format was retained. There was once again one bye and one "blank" or "dummy" fixture in the first round. The bye in the second round remained.

## Competition and results
### Round 1

Round 1 involved six matches (with one bye and one "blank" fixture) and 13 clubs.
| Game no. | Fixture date | Home team | Score | Away team | Venue |
| 1 | Sat 10 Sep 1938 | Salford | 8-4 | Broughton Rangers | The Willows |
| 2 | Sat 10 Sep 1938 | St Helens Recs | 12-7 | Barrow | City Road |
| 3 | Sat 10 Sep 1938 | Rochdale Hornets | 5-19 | Widnes | Athletic Grounds |
| 4 | Sat 10 Sep 1938 | Leigh | 8-24 | Warrington | Mather Lane |
| 5 | Sat 10 Sep 1938 | Wigan | 12-8 | Swinton | Central Park |
| 6 | Mon 12 Sep 1938 | St. Helens | 5-10 | Liverpool Stanley | Knowsley Road |
| 7 | | Oldham | | bye | |
| 8 | | blank | | blank | |

### Round 2 – quarterfinals

Round 2's quarterfinals involved three matches (with one bye) and seven clubs.
| Game no. | Fixture date | Home team | Score | Away team | Venue |
| 1 | Wed 21 Sep 1938 | Oldham | 4-13 | Wigan | Watersheddings |
| 2 | Wed 21 Sep 1938 | St Helens Recs | 8-10 | Liverpool Stanley | City Road |
| 3 | Wed 21 Sep 1938 | Warrington | 5-4 | Widnes | Wilderspool |
| 4 | | Salford | | bye | |

### Round 3 – semifinals

Round 3's semifinals involved two matches and four clubs.
| Game no. | Fixture date | Home team | Score | Away team | Venue | Att | Rec | Notes | Ref |
| 1 | Wed 28 Sep 1938 | Wigan | 13-9 | Liverpool Stanley | Central Park | | | | |
| 2 | Thu 29 Sep 1938 | Warrington | 6-12 | Salford | Wilderspool | | | | |

### Final

| Game no. | Fixture date | Home team | Score | Away team | Venue | Att | Rec | Notes | Ref |
| | Saturday 22 October 1938 | Wigan | 10-7 | Salford | Station Road | 27,940 | £1,708 | 1 | |

#### Teams and scorers

| Wigan | No. | Salford |
| | Teams | |
| Jim Sullivan | 1 | Harold Osbaldestin |
| Jack Morley | 2 | Barney Hudson |
| Ted Ward | 3 | Albert Gear |
| Gwynne Davies | 4 | Bob Brown |
| Gwyn Williams | 5 | Alan Edwards |
| Jack Garvey | 6 | Gus Risman |
| Hector Gee | 7 | Billy Watkins |
| George Banks | 8 | David Davies |
| Joe Egan | 9 | Bert Day |
| Ken Gee | 10 | Joe Bradbury |
| Ike Jones | 11 | Paddy Dalton |
| Trevor Thomas | 12 | Harold Thomas |
| Jackie Bowen | 13 | Jack Feetham |
| 10 | Score | 7 |
| 4 | HT | 2 |
| | Scorers | |
| | Tries | |
| | Goals | |
| Jim Sullivan (5) | G | |
| | G | |
| | Drop goals | |
| | DG | |
| Referee | | |
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 |
| Oldham | Oldham | | | | | | | | | | | |
| bye | bye | | | | | | | | | | | |
| bye | bye | | Oldham | Oldham | 4 | | | | | | | |
| | | | Wigan | Wigan | 13 | | | | | | | |
| Wigan | Wigan | 12 | Wigan | Wigan | 13 | | | | | | | |
| Swinton | Swinton | 8 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Swinton | Swinton | 8 | | | | Wigan | Wigan | 13 | | | | |
| | | | | | | Liverpool Stanley | Liverpool Stanley | 9 | | | | |
| St Helens Recs | St Helens Recs | 12 | | | | | | | Liverpool Stanley | Liverpool Stanley | 9 | | | | |
| Barrow | Barrow | 7 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Barrow | Barrow | 7 | St Helens Recs | St Helens Recs | 8 | | | | | | | |
| | | | Liverpool Stanley | Liverpool Stanley | 10 | | | | | | | |
| St. Helens | St. Helens | 5 | Liverpool Stanley | Liverpool Stanley | 10 | | | | | | | |
| Liverpool Stanley | Liverpool Stanley | 10 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Liverpool Stanley | Liverpool Stanley | 10 | | | | | | | | Wigan | Wigan | 10 |
| | | | | | | | | | | Salford | Salford | 7 |
| Leigh | Leigh | 8 | | | | | | | | | | | Salford | Salford | 7 |
| Warrington | Warrington | 24 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Warrington | Warrington | 24 | Warrington | Warrington | 5 | | | | | | | |
| | | | Widnes | Widnes | 4 | | | | | | | |
| Rochdale Hornets | Rochdale Hornets | 5 | Widnes | Widnes | 4 | | | | | | | |
| Widnes | Widnes | 19 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Widnes | Widnes | 19 | | | | Warrington | Warrington | 6 | | | | |
| | | | | | | Salford | Salford | 12 | | | | |
| Salford | Salford | 8 | | | | | | | Salford | Salford | 12 | | | | |
| Broughton Rangers | Broughton Rangers | 4 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Broughton Rangers | Broughton Rangers | 4 | Salford | Salford | | | | | | | | |
| | | | bye | bye | | | | | | | | |
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