# 1924–25 Lancashire Cup

The 1924–25 Lancashire Cup competition was the seventeenth in the history of this regional rugby league competition and the cup was won by Oldham who beat the holders and last year's winners St Helens Recs in the final at The Willows, Salford, by a score of 10–0. The attendance at the final was 15,000 and receipts £1,116.

## Background

The number of teams entering the competition remained at 13 which resulted in 3 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 |
| 1 | Sat 11 October 1924 | Leigh | 0–8 | Warrington | Mather Lane |
| 2 | Sat 11 October 1924 | St Helens Recs | 17–2 | Wigan | City Road |
| 3 | Sat 11 October 1924 | Rochdale Hornets | 8–0 | Swinton | Athletic Grounds |
| 4 | Sat 11 October 1924 | Salford | 5–3 | Wigan Highfield | The Willows |
| 5 | Sat 11 October 1924 | Widnes | 7–7 | St. Helens | Lowerhouse Lane |
| 6 | | Barrow | | bye | |
| 7 | | Broughton Rangers | | bye | |
| 8 | | Oldham | | bye | |
| Replay |||||||||
| 9 | Wed 15 October 1924 | St. Helens | 19–5 | Widnes | Knowsley Road |

### Round 2 – quarterfinals

| Game No | Fixture date | Home team | Score | Away team | Venue |
| 1 | Sat 25 October 1924 | Barrow | 11–2 | Broughton Rangers | Little Park, Roose |
| 2 | Sat 25 October 1924 | Oldham | 11–5 | Rochdale Hornets | Watersheddings |
| 3 | Sat 25 October 1924 | St Helens Recs | 36–5 | Salford | City Road |
| 4 | Sat 25 October 1924 | St. Helens | 15–5 | Warrington | Knowsley Road |

### Round 3 – semifinals

| Game No | Fixture date | Home team | Score | Away team | Venue | Att | Rec | Notes | Ref |
| 1 | Sat 8 November 1924 | Barrow | 5–7 | St Helens Recs | Little Park, Roose | | | | |
| 2 | Sat 8 November 1924 | St. Helens | 9–16 | Oldham | Knowsley Road | | | | |

### Final

| Game No | Fixture date | Home team | Score | Away team | Venue | Att | Rec | Notes | Ref |
| | Saturday 22 November 1924 | Oldham | 10–0 | St Helens Recs | The Willows | 15000 | £1,116 | 1 | |

#### Teams and scorers

| Oldham | № | St Helens Recs |
| | teams | |
| Ernie Knapman | 1 | |
| | 2 | |
| Evan Davies | 3 | |
| Sid Rix | 4 | |
| Joe Corsi | 5 | |
| | 6 | |
| | 7 | |
| Herman Hilton | 8 | |
| | 9 | |
| Bob Sloman | 10 | Henry 'Harry' Grundy |
| Rothwell Marlor | 11 | Frank Bowen |
| Albert Brough | 12 | |
| George Hesketh | 13 | |
| 10 | score | 0 |
| 5 | HT | 0 |
| | Scorers | |
| | Tries | |
| | T | |
| | T | |
| | Goals | |
| | 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 |
| Widnes | Widnes | 7(5) | | | | | | | | | | |
| St. Helens | St. Helens | 7(19) | | | | | | | | | | |
| St. Helens | St. Helens | 7(19) | St. Helens | St. Helens | 15 | | | | | | | |
| | | | Warrington | Warrington | 5 | | | | | | | |
| Leigh | Leigh | 0 | Warrington | Warrington | 5 | | | | | | | |
| Warrington | Warrington | 8 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Warrington | Warrington | 8 | | | | St. Helens | St. Helens | 9 | | | | |
| | | | | | | Oldham | Oldham | 16 | | | | |
| Oldham | Oldham | | | | | | | | Oldham | Oldham | 16 | | | | |
| bye | bye | | | | | | | | | | | |
| bye | bye | | Oldham | Oldham | 11 | | | | | | | |
| | | | Rochdale Hornets | Rochdale Hornets | 5 | | | | | | | |
| Rochdale Hornets | Rochdale Hornets | 8 | Rochdale Hornets | Rochdale Hornets | 5 | | | | | | | |
| Swinton | Swinton | 0 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Swinton | Swinton | 0 | | | | | | | | Oldham | Oldham | 10 |
| | | | | | | | | | | St Helens Recs | St Helens Recs | 0 |
| Barrow | Barrow | | | | | | | | | | | | St Helens Recs | St Helens Recs | 0 |
| bye | bye | | | | | | | | | | | |
| bye | bye | | Barrow | Barrow | 11 | | | | | | | |
| | | | Broughton Rangers | Broughton Rangers | 2 | | | | | | | |
| Broughton Rangers | Broughton Rangers | | Broughton Rangers | Broughton Rangers | 2 | | | | | | | |
| bye | bye | | | | | | | | | | | |
| bye | bye | | | | | Barrow | Barrow | 5 | | | | |
| | | | | | | St Helens Recs | St Helens Recs | 7 | | | | |
| St Helens Recs | St Helens Recs | 17 | | | | | | | St Helens Recs | St Helens Recs | 7 | | | | |
| Wigan | Wigan | 2 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Wigan | Wigan | 2 | St Helens Recs | St Helens Recs | 36 | | | | | | | |
| | | | Salford | Salford | 5 | | | | | | | |
| Salford | Salford | 5 | Salford | Salford | 5 | | | | | | | |
| Wigan Highfield | Wigan Highfield | 3 | | | | | | | | | | |