# 1950–51 Lancashire Cup

The 1950–51 Lancashire Cup was the thirty-eighth occasion on which the RFL Lancashire Cup competition had been held.
Wigan won the trophy by beating Warrington by the score of 28–5
The match was played at Station Road, Pendlebury, (historically in the county of Lancashire). The attendance was 42,541 and receipts were £6,222.
The attendance was a new record for the Lancashire Cup final and would only ever be broken once in the future
This was the fifth of Wigan's record breaking run of six consecutive Lancashire Cup victories.

## Background

Overall, the number of teams entering this year's competition remained the same as last year's total of 14.
The same pre-war fixture format was retained. This season saw no bye but one "blank" or "dummy" fixture in the first round. There was also one bye but no "blank" fixture" in the second round.
As last season, all the first round matches of the competition will be played on the basis of two legged, home and away, ties – and the remainder of the rounds remaining on straight forward knock-out basis.

## Competition and results
### Round 1 – first leg

Involved 7 matches (with no bye and one "blank" fixture) and 14 clubs
| Game No | Fixture date | Home team | Score | Away team | Venue | Att |
| 1 | Sat 02 Sep 1950 | Belle Vue Rangers | 5–47 | Workington Town | Belle Vue Stadium | |
| 2 | Sat 02 Sep 1950 | Leigh | 27–0 | Barrow | Kirkhall Lane | |
| 3 | Sat 02 Sep 1950 | Oldham | 21–5 | Rochdale Hornets | Watersheddings | |
| 4 | Sat 02 Sep 1950 | Liverpool Stanley | 5–18 | Warrington | Mill Yard, Knotty Ash | |
| 5 | Sat 02 Sep 1950 | Swinton | 10–19 | St. Helens | Station Road | 10,000 |
| 6 | Sat 02 Sep 1950 | Whitehaven | 0–20 | Wigan | Recreation Ground | |
| 7 | Sat 02 Sep 1950 | Widnes | 15–13 | Salford | Naughton Park | |
| 8 | | blank | | blank | | |

### Round 1 – second leg

Involved 7 matches (with no bye and one "blank" fixture) and 14 clubs. These are the reverse fixture from the first leg.
| Game No | Fixture date | Home team | Score | Away team | Venue | agg | Att |
| 1 | Mon 11 Sep 1950 | Workington Town | 8–6 | Belle Vue Rangers | Borough Park | 55–11 | |
| 2 | Wed 13 Sep 1950 | Barrow | 14–6 | Leigh | Craven Park | 14–33 | |
| 3 | Tue 12 Sep 1950 | Rochdale Hornets | 2–14 | Oldham | Athletic Grounds | 7–35 | |
| 4 | Wed 13 Sep 1950 | Warrington | 73–0 | Liverpool City | Wilderspool | 91–5 | |
| 5 | Wed 13 Sep 1950 | St. Helens | 11–3 | Swinton | Knowsley Road | 30–13 | 18,200 |
| 6 | Mon 11 Sep 1950 | Wigan | 34–4 | Whitehaven | Central Park | 54–4 | |
| 7 | Wed 13 Sep 1950 | Salford | 7–0 | Widnes | The Willows | 20–15 | |
| 8 | | blank | | blank | | | |

### Round 2 – quarterfinals

Involved 3 matches (with one bye) and 7 clubs
| Game No | Fixture date | Home team | Score | Away team | Venue | Att |
| 1 | Mon 25 Sep 1950 | Workington Town | 8–15 | Oldham | Borough Park | |
| 2 | Wed 27 Sep 1950 | Leigh | 14–28 | Warrington | Kirkhall Lane | |
| 3 | Wed 27 Sep 1950 | St. Helens | 20–3 | Salford | Knowsley Road | 17,673 |
| 4 | | Wigan | | bye | | |

### Round 3 – semifinals

Involved 2 matches and 4 clubs
| Game No | Fixture date | Home team | Score | Away team | Venue | agg | Att | Rec | Notes | Ref |
| 1 | Tue 10 Oct 1950 | Oldham | 0–5 | Warrington | Watersheddings | | | | | |
| 2 | Wed 11 Oct 1950 | St. Helens | 7–9 | Wigan | Knowsley Road | | 33,000 | | | - |

### Final

| Game No | Fixture date | Home team | Score | Away team | Venue | agg | Att | Rec | Notes | Ref |
| | Saturday 4 November 1950 | Wigan | 28–5 | Warrington | Station Road | | 42,541 | £6,222 | 1 | |

#### Teams and scorers

| Wigan | № | Warrington |
| | teams | |
| Jack Cunliffe | 1 | Eric Frodsham |
| Gordon Ratcliffe | 2 | Brian Bevan |
| Jack Broome | 3 | Ron Ryder |
| George Roughley | 4 | Albert Naughton |
| Brian Nordgren | 5 | Albert Johnson |
| Cecil Mountford | 6 | Bryn Knowelden |
| Johnny Alty | 7 | Gerry Helme |
| Ken Gee | 8 | William "Billy" Derbyshire |
| Ronnie Mather | 9 | Ike Fishwick |
| Frank Barton | 10 | Jim Featherstone |
| Ted Slevin | 11 | Harry Bath |
| Nat Silcock, Jr. | 12 | Bob Ryan |
| Billy Blan | 13 | Harry Palin |
| 28 | score | 5 |
| 15 | HT | 2 |
| | Scorers | |
| | Tries | |
| Jack Cunliffe (1) | T | Albert Naughton (1) |
| Brian Nordgren (2) | T | |
| Ted Slevin (1) | T | |
| George Roughley (1) | T | |
| Johnny Alty (1) | T | |
| | Goals | |
| Ken Gee (5) | G | Harry Palin (1) |
| Referee | | George Phillips, Widnes |
Scoring – Try = three (3) points – Goal = two (2) points – Drop goal = two (2) points

### The road to success

All the first round ties were played on a two leg (home and away) basis.
The first club named in each of the first round ties played the first leg at home.
the scores shown in the first round are the aggregate score over the two legs.
| First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | | Final | Final | Final |
| Swinton | Swinton | 13 | | | | | | | | | | |
| St. Helens | St. Helens | 30 | | | | | | | | | | |
| St. Helens | St. Helens | 30 | St. Helens | St. Helens | 20 | | | | | | | |
| | | | Salford | Salford | 3 | | | | | | | |
| Widnes | Widnes | 15 | Salford | Salford | 3 | | | | | | | |
| Salford | Salford | 20 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Salford | Salford | 20 | | | | St. Helens | St. Helens | 7 | | | | |
| | | | | | | Wigan | Wigan | 9 | | | | |
| Whitehaven | Whitehaven | 4 | | | | | | | Wigan | Wigan | 9 | | | | |
| Wigan | Wigan | 54 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Wigan | Wigan | 54 | Wigan | Wigan | | | | | | | | |
| | | | bye | bye | | | | | | | | |
| blank | blank | | bye | bye | | | | | | | | |
| blank | blank | | | | | | | | | | | |
| blank | blank | | | | | | | | | Wigan | Wigan | 28 |
| | | | | | | | | | | Warrington | Warrington | 5 |
| Belle Vue Rangers | Belle Vue Rangers | 11 | | | | | | | | | | | Warrington | Warrington | 5 |
| Workington Town | Workington Town | 55 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Workington Town | Workington Town | 55 | Workington Town | Workington Town | 8 | | | | | | | |
| | | | Oldham | Oldham | 15 | | | | | | | |
| Oldham | Oldham | 35 | Oldham | Oldham | 15 | | | | | | | |
| Rochdale Hornets | Rochdale Hornets | 7 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Rochdale Hornets | Rochdale Hornets | 7 | | | | Oldham | Oldham | 0 | | | | |
| | | | | | | Warrington | Warrington | 5 | | | | |
| Leigh | Leigh | 33 | | | | | | | Warrington | Warrington | 5 | | | | |
| Barrow | Barrow | 14 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Barrow | Barrow | 14 | Leigh | Leigh | 14 | | | | | | | |
| | | | Warrington | Warrington | 28 | | | | | | | |
| Liverpool City | Liverpool City | 5 | Warrington | Warrington | 28 | | | | | | | |
| Warrington | Warrington | 91 | | | | | | | | | | |

## Notes and comments

1 * The attendance of 42,541 was a new record for the Lancashire Cup final beating the previous by just over 3,500, and would only ever be broken once in the future
2 * Station Road was the home ground of Swinton from 1929 to 1932 and at its peak was one of the finest rugby league grounds in the country and it boasted a capacity of 60,000. The actual record attendance was for the Challenge Cup semi-final on 7 April 1951 when 44,621 watched Wigan beat Warrington 3–2