# 1990–91 Lancashire Cup

The 1990–91 Lancashire Cup was the 78th occasion on which the Lancashire Cup competition had been held. Widnes won the trophy by beating Salford by the score of 24-18 in the final.

## Background

The total entrants remained the same as last season, i.e. at 17. This necessitated the need for a preliminary round (consisting of just 1 game. The first round (proper) then involved 16 clubs.

## Competition and results
### Preliminary round

Involved 1 match and 2 clubs
| Game No | Fixture Date | Home Team | Score | Away Team | Venue | Att | Notes | Ref |
| 1 | 19 August 1990 | Rochdale Hornets | 12–41 | Salford | Spotland | 2,049 | 1 | |

### First round

Involved eight matches (with no byes) and 16 clubs.
| Game No | Fixture Date | Home Team | Score | Away Team | Venue | Att | Notes |
| 1 | 26 August 1990 | Carlisle | 38–18 | Workington Town | Gifford Park | 1,104 | |
| 2 | 26 August 1990 | Fulham | 50–0 | Runcorn Highfield | Crystal Palace NSC | 623 | 2 |
| 3 | 26 August 1990 | Leigh | 26–6 | Swinton | Hilton Park | 3,137 | |
| 4 | 26 August 1990 | St Helens | 56–24 | Trafford Borough | Knowsley Road | 4,827 | |
| 5 | 26 August 1990 | Salford | 27–24 | Oldham | The Willows | 4,236 | |
| 6 | 26 August 1990 | Warrington | 36–8 | Chorley Borough | Wilderspool | 3,143 | |
| 7 | 26 August 1990 | Whitehaven | 6–70 | Widnes | Recreation Ground | 4,054 | |
| 8 | 26 August 1990 | Wigan | 70–8 | Barrow | Central Park | 8,377 | |

### Second round

Involved four matches and eight clubs
| Game No | Fixture Date | Home Team | Score | Away Team | Venue | Att |
| 1 | 2 September 1990 | Carlisle | 7–28 | Warrington | Gifford Park | 1,596 |
| 2 | 2 September 1990 | Leigh | 40–8 | Fulham | Hilton Park | 2,909 |
| 3 | 2 September 1990 | Salford | 21–7 | St. Helens | The Willows | 5,574 |
| 4 | 2 September 1990 | Widnes | 24–22 | Wigan | Naughton Park | 14,035 |

### Semi-finals

Involved two matches and four clubs
| Game No | Fixture Date | Home Team | Score | Away Team | Venue | Att | Notes | Ref |
| 1 | 12 September 1990 | Salford | 16–7 | Leigh | The Willows | 6,939 | | |
| 2 | 12 September 1990 | Widnes | 20–4 | Warrington | Naughton Park | 11,708 | 3 | |

### Final

The match was played at Central Park, Wigan (historically in the county of Lancashire). The attendance was 7,485 and receipts were £36,867.
* 29 September 1990
| Widnes | 24 – 18 | Salford |
| Tries: Currier, Myler, Offiah, Smith Goals: Davies (4) | | Tries: Blease, Fell, Williams Goals: Kerry (3) |
* Central Park, Wigan Attendance: 7,485 Referee: Alan Burke (Oldham) Player of the Match: David Fell

#### Teams and scorers

| Widnes | No. | Salford |
| | Teams | |
| Alan Tait | 1 | Steve Gibson |
| Darren Wright | 2 | Tex Evans |
| Andy Currier | 3 | Martin Birkett |
| Jonathan Davies | 4 | Peter Williams |
| Martin Offiah | 5 | Adrian Hadley |
| Tony Myler (c) | 6 | David Fell |
| David Hulme | 7 | Steve Kerry |
| Kurt Sorensen | 8 | Ian Sherratt |
| Phil McKenzie | 9 | Mark Lee |
| Chris Ashurst | 10 | Chris Whiteley |
| Richard Eyres | 11 | Arthur Bradshaw |
| Emosi Koloto | 12 | Ian Blease (c) |
| Les Holliday | 13 | Andy Burgess |
| | Subs | |
| John Devereux | 14 | Frank Cassidy (for Steve Kerry, 72mins) |
| David Smith (for Chris Ashurst, 31mins) | 15 | Shane Hansen (for Chris Whiteley, 31mins) |
| Doug Laughton | Coach | Kevin Tamati |

### The road to success

(This chart excludes the match in the preliminary round)
| First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | | Final | Final | Final |
| Whitehaven | Whitehaven | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Widnes | Widnes | 70 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Widnes | Widnes | 70 | Widnes | Widnes | 24 | | | | | | | |
| | | | Wigan | Wigan | 22 | | | | | | | |
| Wigan | Wigan | 70 | Wigan | Wigan | 22 | | | | | | | |
| Barrow | Barrow | 8 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Barrow | Barrow | 8 | | | | Widnes | Widnes | 20 | | | | |
| | | | | | | Warrington | Warrington | 4 | | | | |
| Carlisle | Carlisle | 38 | | | | | | | Warrington | Warrington | 4 | | | | |
| Workington Town | Workington Town | 18 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Workington Town | Workington Town | 18 | Carlisle | Carlisle | 7 | | | | | | | |
| | | | Warrington | Warrington | 28 | | | | | | | |
| Warrington | Warrington | 36 | Warrington | Warrington | 28 | | | | | | | |
| Chorley Borough (2) | Chorley Borough (2) | 8 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Chorley Borough (2) | Chorley Borough (2) | 8 | | | | | | | | Widnes | Widnes | 24 |
| | | | | | | | | | | Salford | Salford | 18 |
| Salford | Salford | 27 | | | | | | | | | | | Salford | Salford | 18 |
| Oldham | Oldham | 24 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Oldham | Oldham | 24 | Salford | Salford | 21 | | | | | | | |
| | | | St. Helens | St. Helens | 7 | | | | | | | |
| St. Helens | St. Helens | 56 | St. Helens | St. Helens | 7 | | | | | | | |
| Trafford Borough | Trafford Borough | 24 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Trafford Borough | Trafford Borough | 24 | | | | Salford | Salford | 16 | | | | |
| | | | | | | Leigh | Leigh | 7 | | | | |
| Leigh | Leigh | 26 | | | | | | | Leigh | Leigh | 7 | | | | |
| Swinton | Swinton | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Swinton | Swinton | 6 | Leigh | Leigh | 40 | | | | | | | |
| | | | Fulham | Fulham | 8 | | | | | | | |
| Fulham | Fulham | 50 | Fulham | Fulham | 8 | | | | | | | |
| Runcorn Highfield | Runcorn Highfield | 0 | | | | | | | | | | |

## Notes and comments

1 * The first Lancashire Cup match to be played at Rochdale Hornets's new ground
2 * The first Lancashire Cup match to be played on this ground, one of many used by Fulham during the nomadic period between 1985 and 1993 3 * The attendance is given as 11,708 in the official Widnes archives - RUGBYLEAGUEproject gives the attendance as 12,028.