# 1919–20 Lancashire Cup

The 1919–20 Lancashire Cup was the twelfth competition for this regional rugby league competition. The final was contested between the same finalists as the Spring tournament, but the result was reversed as Oldham beat Rochdale Hornets at The Willows, Salford by a score of 7–0. The attendance at the final was 19,000 and receipts £1,615.

## Background

The number of teams entering this competition was again 12 with four byes in the first round

## Competition and results
### Round 1

Involved 4 matches (with four byes) and 12 clubs
| Game No | Fixture date | Home team | Score | Away team | Venue |
| 1 | Sat 18-10-1919 | Leigh | 0–11 | Rochdale Hornets | Mather Lane |
| 2 | Sat 18-10-1919 | Salford | 0–15 | Barrow | The Willows |
| 3 | Sat 18-10-1919 | Swinton | 5–4 | Warrington | Chorley Road ground |
| 4 | Sat 18-10-1919 | Widnes | 16–8 | St. Helens | Lowerhouse Lane |
| 5 | | Broughton Rangers | | bye | |
| 6 | | Oldham | | bye | |
| 7 | | Wigan | | bye | |
| 8 | | St Helens Recs | | bye | |

### Round 2 – quarterfinals

| Game No | Fixture date | Home team | Score | Away team | Venue |
| 1 | Sat 01-11-1919 | Broughton Rangers | 3–7 | Oldham | The Cliff |
| 2 | Sat 01-11-1919 | Rochdale Hornets | 8–6 | Wigan | Athletic Grounds |
| 3 | Sat 01-11-1919 | Swinton | 2–0 | Barrow | Chorley Road ground |
| 4 | Sat 01-11-1919 | Widnes | 7–3 | St Helens Recs | Lowerhouse Lane |

### Round 3 – semifinals

| Game No | Fixture date | Home team | Score | Away team | Venue |
| 1 | Sat 15-11-1919 | Rochdale Hornets | 8–3 | Widnes | Athletic Grounds |
| 2 | Sat 15-11-1919 | Swinton | 2–2 | Oldham | Chorley Road ground |
| Replay |||||||||
| 3 | Mon 17-11-1919 | Oldham | 26–2 | Swinton | Watersheddings |

### Final

| Game No | Fixture date | Home team | Score | Away team | Venue | Att | Rec | Notes | Ref |
| | Saturday 6 December 1919 | Oldham | 7–0 | Rochdale Hornets | The Willows | 19000 | £1,615–0–0 | 1 | |

#### Teams and scorers

| Oldham | № | Rochdale Hornets |
| | teams | |
| team unknown | 1 | team unknown |
| | 2 | |
| | 3 | |
| | 4 | |
| | 5 | |
| | 6 | |
| | 7 | |
| Herman Hilton (position uncertain) | 8 | |
| | 9 | |
| | 10 | |
| | 11 | |
| | 12 | |
| | 13 | |
| 7 | score | 0 |
| 2 | HT | 0 |
| | Scorers | |
| | Tries | |
| unknown | 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 |
| Swinton | Swinton | 5 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Warrington | Warrington | 4 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Warrington | Warrington | 4 | Swinton | Swinton | 2 | | | | | | | |
| | | | Barrow | Barrow | 0 | | | | | | | |
| Salford | Salford | 0 | Barrow | Barrow | 0 | | | | | | | |
| Barrow | Barrow | 15 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Barrow | Barrow | 15 | | | | Swinton | Swinton | 2(2) | | | | |
| | | | | | | Oldham | Oldham | 2(26) | | | | |
| Broughton Rangers | Broughton Rangers | | | | | | | | Oldham | Oldham | 2(26) | | | | |
| bye | bye | | | | | | | | | | | |
| bye | bye | | Broughton Rangers | Broughton Rangers | 3 | | | | | | | |
| | | | Oldham | Oldham | 7 | | | | | | | |
| Oldham | Oldham | | Oldham | Oldham | 7 | | | | | | | |
| bye | bye | | | | | | | | | | | |
| bye | bye | | | | | | | | | Oldham | Oldham | 7 |
| | | | | | | | | | | Rochdale Hornets | Rochdale Hornets | 0 |
| Leigh | Leigh | 0 | | | | | | | | | | | Rochdale Hornets | Rochdale Hornets | 0 |
| Rochdale Hornets | Rochdale Hornets | 11 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Rochdale Hornets | Rochdale Hornets | 11 | Rochdale Hornets | Rochdale Hornets | 8 | | | | | | | |
| | | | Wigan | Wigan | 6 | | | | | | | |
| Wigan | Wigan | | Wigan | Wigan | 6 | | | | | | | |
| bye | bye | | | | | | | | | | | |
| bye | bye | | | | | Rochdale Hornets | Rochdale Hornets | 8 | | | | |
| | | | | | | Widnes | Widnes | 3 | | | | |
| Widnes | Widnes | 16 | | | | | | | Widnes | Widnes | 3 | | | | |
| St. Helens | St. Helens | 8 | | | | | | | | | | |
| St. Helens | St. Helens | 8 | Widnes | Widnes | 7 | | | | | | | |
| | | | St Helens Recs | St Helens Recs | 3 | | | | | | | |
| St Helens Recs | St Helens Recs | | St Helens Recs | St Helens Recs | 3 | | | | | | | |
| bye | bye | | | | | | | | | | | |

## Notes and comments

* 1 The Willows was the home ground of Salford.