# 1936–37 Lancashire Cup

The 1936–37 Lancashire Cup was the twenty-ninth occasion on which the Lancashire Cup competition was held.
Salford won the trophy by beating Wigan by 5–2. The match was played at Wilderspool, Warrington, now in the County Palatine of Chester but (historically in the county of Lancashire. The attendance was 17,500 and receipts were £1,160. This was the third of the three consecutive Lancashire Cup finals in which Salford beat Wigan.

## Background

The number of teams entering this year's competition remained the same, with Streatham & Mitcham (hardly a Lancashire club, but useful to make the numbers up) playing in their second (and what was to be their final) season. The total entrants remained at 14 and the same fixture format was retained.
There was no need for a bye in the first round, but there was still a "blank" or "dummy" fixture. The bye in the second round remained.

## Competition and results
### Round 1

Round 1 involved seven matches (with one "blank" fixture) and 14 clubs.
| Game no. | Fixture date | Home team | Score | Away team | Venue | Notes |
| 1 | Sat 12 Sep 1936 | Broughton Rangers | 17–12 | Widnes | Belle Vue Stadium | 1 |
| 2 | Sat 12 Sep 1936 | St Helens Recs | 7–7 | Leigh | City Road | |
| 3 | Sat 12 Sep 1936 | Liverpool Stanley | 3–14 | St. Helens | Stanley Greyhound Stadium | |
| 4 | Sat 12 Sep 1936 | Salford | 8–4 | Oldham | The Willows | |
| 5 | Sat 12 Sep 1936 | Streatham & Mitcham | 8–23 | Barrow | Mitcham Stadium | 2 |
| 6 | Sat 12 Sep 1936 | Swinton | 15–0 | Rochdale Hornets | Station Road | |
| 7 | Sat 12 Sep 1936 | Warrington | 6–7 | Wigan | Wilderspool | |
| 8 | | blank | | blank | | |

### Round 1 – replays

Round 1 replays involved one match.
| Game no. | Fixture date | Home team | Score | Away team | Venue | Att | Rec | Notes | Ref |
| 1 | Wed 16 Sep 1936 | Leigh | 4–8 | St Helens Recs | Mather Lane | | | | |

### Round 2 – quarterfinals

Round 2 involved three matches (with one bye) and seven clubs.
| Game no. | Fixture date | Home team | Score | Away team | Venue |
| 1 | Wed 23 Sep 1936 | St Helens Recs | 10–4 | St. Helens | City Road |
| 2 | Wed 23 Sep 1936 | Salford | 11–3 | Swinton | The Willows |
| 3 | Thu 24 Sep 1936 | Barrow | 9–8 | Broughton Rangers | Craven Park |
| 4 | | Wigan | | bye | |

### Round 3 – semifinals

Round 3 semifinals involved two matches and four clubs.
| Game no. | Fixture date | Home team | Score | Away team | Venue | Att | Rec | Notes | Ref |
| 1 | Wed 30 Sep 1936 | Salford | 15–15 | Barrow | The Willows | | | | |
| 2 | Wed 30 Sep 1936 | Wigan | 15–2 | St Helens Recs | Central Park | | | | |

### Semifinals – first replays

Semifinals replays involved one match.
| Game no. | Fixture date | Home team | Score | Away team | Venue | Att | Rec | Notes | Ref |
| 1 | Thu 8 Oct 1936 | Barrow | 13–19 | Salford | Craven Park | | | | |

### Final

| Game no. | Fixture date | Home team | Score | Away team | Venue | Att | Rec | Notes | Ref |
| | Saturday 17 October 1936 | Salford | 5–2 | Wigan | Wilderspool | 17,500 | £1,160 | 3 | |

#### Teams and scorers

| Salford | № | Wigan |
| | Teams | |
| Harold Osbaldestin | 1 | Jim Sullivan |
| Bob Brown | 2 | Jack Morley |
| Sammy Miller | 3 | Gordon Innes |
| Gus Risman | 4 | Gwynne Davies |
| Alan Edwards | 5 | Charlie Banfield |
| Emlyn Jenkins | 6 | George Bennett |
| Billy Watkins | 7 | Hector Gee |
| Billy Williams | 8 | Francis Gregory |
| Bert Day | 9 | Joe Golby |
| Joe Bradbury | 10 | Harold Edwards |
| Paddy Dalton | 11 | Trevor Thomas |
| George Harris | 12 | George Kershaw |
| Jack Feetham | 13 | Charlie Seeling Jr. |
| 5 | score | 2 |
| 3 | HT | 0 |
| | Scorers | |
| | Tries | |
| Harold Osbaldestin | T | |
| | Goals | |
| Gus Risman | G | Jim Sullivan (1) |
| | 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 |
| Salford | Salford | 8 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Oldham | Oldham | 4 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Oldham | Oldham | 4 | Salford | Salford | 11 | | | | | | | |
| | | | Swinton | Swinton | 3 | | | | | | | |
| Swinton | Swinton | 15 | Swinton | Swinton | 3 | | | | | | | |
| Rochdale Hornets | Rochdale Hornets | 0 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Rochdale Hornets | Rochdale Hornets | 0 | | | | Salford | Salford | 15–19 | | | | |
| | | | | | | Barrow | Barrow | 15–13 | | | | |
| Streatham & Mitcham | Streatham & Mitcham | 8 | | | | | | | Barrow | Barrow | 15–13 | | | | |
| Barrow | Barrow | 23 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Barrow | Barrow | 23 | Barrow | Barrow | 9 | | | | | | | |
| | | | Broughton Rangers | Broughton Rangers | 8 | | | | | | | |
| Broughton Rangers | Broughton Rangers | 17 | Broughton Rangers | Broughton Rangers | 8 | | | | | | | |
| Widnes | Widnes | 12 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Widnes | Widnes | 12 | | | | | | | | Salford | Salford | 5 |
| | | | | | | | | | | Wigan | Wigan | 2 |
| St Helens Recs | St Helens Recs | 7–8 | | | | | | | | | | | Wigan | Wigan | 2 |
| Leigh | Leigh | 7–4 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Leigh | Leigh | 7–4 | St Helens Recs | St Helens Recs | 10 | | | | | | | |
| | | | St. Helens | St. Helens | 4 | | | | | | | |
| Liverpool Stanley | Liverpool Stanley | 3 | St. Helens | St. Helens | 4 | | | | | | | |
| St. Helens | St. Helens | 14 | | | | | | | | | | |
| St. Helens | St. Helens | 14 | | | | Wigan | Wigan | 15 | | | | |
| | | | | | | St Helens Recs | St Helens Recs | 2 | | | | |
| Warrington | Warrington | 6 | | | | | | | St Helens Recs | St Helens Recs | 2 | | | | |
| Wigan | Wigan | 7 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Wigan | Wigan | 7 | Wigan | Wigan | | | | | | | | |
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