# 1930–31 Lancashire Cup

The 1930–31 Lancashire Cup was the twenty-third occasion on which the Lancashire Cup competition had been held. St Helens Recs won the trophy by beating Wigan in the final by the score of 5–4.

## Competition and results

The number of teams entering this year's competition remained at 13 which resulted in 3 byes in the first round.

### Round 1

Involved 5 matches (with three byes) and 13 clubs
| Game No | Fixture date | Home team | Score | Away team | Venue |
| 1 | Sat 11 Oct 1930 | Broughton Rangers | 12–7 | Wigan Highfield | The Cliff |
| 2 | Sat 11 Oct 1930 | Oldham | 7–2 | Salford | Watersheddings |
| 3 | Sat 11 Oct 1930 | Rochdale Hornets | 21–9 | Barrow | Athletic Grounds |
| 4 | Sat 11 Oct 1930 | Warrington | 2–10 | Swinton | Wilderspool |
| 5 | Sat 11 Oct 1930 | Wigan | 24–7 | St. Helens | Central Park |
| 6 | | Leigh | | bye | |
| 7 | | St Helens Recs | | bye | |
| 8 | | Widnes | | bye | |

### Round 2 – quarterfinals

Involved 4 matches and 8 clubs
| Game No | Fixture date | Home team | Score | Away team | Venue |
| 1 | Tue 21 Oct 1930 | Rochdale Hornets | 3–25 | Oldham | Athletic Grounds |
| 2 | Wed 22 Oct 1930 | Broughton Rangers | 10–0 | Widnes | The Cliff |
| 3 | Wed 22 Oct 1930 | Wigan | 14–9 | Swinton | Central Park |
| 4 | Thu 23 October 1930 | St Helens Recs | 24–7 | Leigh | City Road |

### Round 3 – semifinals

Involved 2 matches and 4 clubs
| Game No | Fixture date | Home team | Score | Away team | Venue | Att | Rec | Notes | Ref |
| 1 | Wed 05 Nov 1930 | Broughton Rangers | 0–9 | Wigan | The Cliff | | | 1 | |
| 2 | Thu 06 Nov 1930 | St Helens Recs | 6–4 | Oldham | City Road | | | | |

### Final

The final was played at Station Road, Pendlebury, Salford, (historically in the county of Lancashire). The attendance was 16,710 and receipts were £1,030.
| Game No | Fixture date | Home team | Score | Away team | Venue | Att | Rec | Notes | Ref |
| | Saturday 29 November 1930 | St Helens Recs | 18–3 | Wigan | Station Road | 16,710 | £1,030 | 2 | |

#### Teams and scorers

| St Helens Recs | No. | Wigan |
| | teams | |
| Tommy Dingsdale | 1 | Jim Sullivan |
| J. Wilson | 2 | Johnny Ring |
| W. Bowen | 3 | Gwynne Davies |
| Alf Frodsham | 4 | Tommy Parker |
| Albert Bailey | 5 | Roy Kinnear |
| W. Greenhall | 6 | Frank Jones |
| P. Martin | 7 | Syd Abram |
| Oliver Dolan | 8 | Tom Beetham |
| George Highcock | 9 | Jack Bennett |
| Frank Bowen | 10 | Hal Jones |
| T. Smith | 11 | Wilf Hodder |
| Jennion | 12 | Len Mason |
| Billy Mulvanney | 13 | John Sherrington |
| 18 | score | 3 |
| 10 | HT | 0 |
| | Scorers | |
| | Tries | |
| Dingsdale | T | Johnny Ring |
| Bailey | T | |
| Jennion (2) | T | |
| Mulvanney | T | |
| | Goals | |
| Dingsdale (3) | G | |
| | G | |
| | Drop Goals | |
| | DG | |
| Referee | | Bob Robinson (Bradford) |
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 |
| St Helens Recs | St Helens Recs | | | | | | | | | | | |
| bye | bye | | | | | | | | | | | |
| bye | bye | | St Helens Recs | St Helens Recs | 24 | | | | | | | |
| | | | Leigh | Leigh | 7 | | | | | | | |
| Leigh | Leigh | | Leigh | Leigh | 7 | | | | | | | |
| bye | bye | | | | | | | | | | | |
| bye | bye | | | | | St Helens Recs | St Helens Recs | 6 | | | | |
| | | | | | | Oldham | Oldham | 4 | | | | |
| Rochdale Hornets | Rochdale Hornets | 21 | | | | | | | Oldham | Oldham | 4 | | | | |
| Barrow | Barrow | 9 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Barrow | Barrow | 9 | Rochdale Hornets | Rochdale Hornets | 3 | | | | | | | |
| | | | Oldham | Oldham | 25 | | | | | | | |
| Oldham | Oldham | 7 | Oldham | Oldham | 25 | | | | | | | |
| Salford | Salford | 2 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Salford | Salford | 2 | | | | | | | | St Helens Recs | St Helens Recs | 18 |
| | | | | | | | | | | Wigan | Wigan | 3 |
| Wigan | Wigan | 24 | | | | | | | | | | | Wigan | Wigan | 3 |
| St. Helens | St. Helens | 7 | | | | | | | | | | |
| St. Helens | St. Helens | 7 | Wigan | Wigan | 14 | | | | | | | |
| | | | Swinton | Swinton | 9 | | | | | | | |
| Warrington | Warrington | 2 | Swinton | Swinton | 9 | | | | | | | |
| Swinton | Swinton | 10 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Swinton | Swinton | 10 | | | | Wigan | Wigan | 9 | | | | |
| | | | | | | Broughton Rangers | Broughton Rangers | 0 | | | | |
| Broughton Rangers | Broughton Rangers | 12 | | | | | | | Broughton Rangers | Broughton Rangers | 0 | | | | |
| Wigan Highfield | Wigan Highfield | 7 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Wigan Highfield | Wigan Highfield | 7 | Broughton Rangers | Broughton Rangers | 10 | | | | | | | |
| | | | Widnes | Widnes | 0 | | | | | | | |
| Widnes | Widnes | | Widnes | Widnes | 0 | | | | | | | |
| bye | bye | | | | | | | | | | | |