# 1909–10 Lancashire Cup

The 1909–10 Lancashire Cup was the fifth year of this regional rugby league competition and for the first time the defending champions retained the trophy as Wigan beat Leigh in the final at Wheater's Field, Broughton, Salford, by 22–5. The attendance at the final was 14,000 and receipts £296.

## Background

For the third year there were 12 teams participating in the competitions so four clubs were awarded byes in the first round.

## Fixtures and results
### Round 1

Involved 4 matches (with four byes) and 12 clubs
| Game No | Fixture date | Home team | Score | Away team | Venue | Notes |
| 1 | Sat 16 October 1909 | Leigh | 15–3 | Barrow | Mather Lane | |
| 2 | Sat 16 October 1909 | Rochdale Hornets | 6–38 | Oldham | Athletic Grounds | |
| 3 | Sat 16 October 1909 | Widnes | 4–10 | St. Helens | Lowerhouse Lane | 1 |
| 4 | Sat 16 October 1909 | Wigan | '15–8 | Warrington | Central Park | |
| 5 | | Salford | | bye | | |
| 6 | | Runcorn | | bye | | |
| 7 | | Swinton | | bye | | |
| 8 | | Broughton Rangers | | bye | | |

### Round 2 – quarterfinals

| Game No | Fixture date | Home team | Score | Away team | Venue |
| 1 | Sat 30 October 1909 | Leigh | 13–6 | Salford | Mather Lane |
| 2 | Sat 30 October 1909 | Runcorn | 9–5 | Oldham | Canal Street |
| 3 | Sat 30 October 1909 | Swinton | 2–0 | St. Helens | Chorley Road ground |
| 4 | Sat 30 October 1909 | Wigan | 16–0 | Broughton Rangers | Central Park |

### Round 3 – semifinals

| Game No | Fixture date | Home team | Score | Away team | Venue | Att | Rec | Notes | Ref |
| 1 | Sat 13 November 1909 | Leigh | 11–8 | Runcorn | Mather Lane | | | | |
| 2 | Sat 13 November 1909 | Swinton | 0–8 | Wigan | Chorley Road ground | | | | |

### Final

| Game No | Fixture date | Home team | Score | Away team | Venue | Att | Rec | Notes | Ref |
| | Saturday 27 November 1909 | Wigan | 22–5 | Leigh | Wheater's Field | 14000 | £296 | 2, 3 | |

#### Teams and scorers

| Wigan | No. | Leigh |
| | teams | |
| Jim Sharrock | 1 | Ellis Clarkson |
| Jim Leytham | 2 | Sam Johnson |
| Bert Jenkins | 3 | Dai Davies |
| Harry Price | 4 | Dan Isherwood (c) |
| Joe Miller | 5 | Tom Johnson |
| Naddy Jones | 6 | Mick Bolewski |
| Johnny Thomas | 7 | Frank Battersby |
| Dick Silcock | 8 | Paddy O’Neill |
| Dick Ramsdale | 9 | Aaron Lee |
| Tom Whittaker | 10 | Dick Gallop |
| Joseph Topping | 11 | Herbert Woods |
| Howell de Francis | 12 | Edward Jones |
| Jack Barton | 13 | Harry Marsh |
| 22 | score | 5 |
| 5 | HT | 5 |
| | Scorers | |
| | Tries | |
| Joe Miller (2) | T | Sam Johnson |
| Jim Leytham (1) | T | |
| Johnny Thomas (1) | T | |
| Naddy Jones (1) | T | |
| Howell De Francis (1) | T | |
| | Goals | |
| Jim Leytham (2) | G | Frank Battersby |
| | 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 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| bye | bye | | | | | | | | | | | |
| bye | bye | | Swinton | Swinton | 2 | | | | | | | |
| | | | St. Helens | St. Helens | 0 | | | | | | | |
| Widnes | Widnes | 4 | St. Helens | St. Helens | 0 | | | | | | | |
| St. Helens | St. Helens | 10 | | | | | | | | | | |
| St. Helens | St. Helens | 10 | | | | Swinton | Swinton | 0 | | | | |
| | | | | | | Wigan | Wigan | 8 | | | | |
| Wigan | Wigan | 15 | | | | | | | Wigan | Wigan | 8 | | | | |
| Warrington | Warrington | 8 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Warrington | Warrington | 8 | Wigan | Wigan | 16 | | | | | | | |
| | | | Broughton Rangers | Broughton Rangers | 0 | | | | | | | |
| Broughton Rangers | Broughton Rangers | | Broughton Rangers | Broughton Rangers | 0 | | | | | | | |
| bye | bye | | | | | | | | | | | |
| bye | bye | | | | | | | | | Wigan | Wigan | 22 |
| | | | | | | | | | | Leigh | Leigh | 5 |
| Leigh | Leigh | 15 | | | | | | | | | | | Leigh | Leigh | 5 |
| Barrow | Barrow | 3 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Barrow | Barrow | 3 | Leigh | Leigh | 13 | | | | | | | |
| | | | Salford | Salford | 6 | | | | | | | |
| Salford | Salford | | Salford | Salford | 6 | | | | | | | |
| bye | bye | | | | | | | | | | | |
| bye | bye | | | | | Leigh | Leigh | 11 | | | | |
| | | | | | | Runcorn | Runcorn | 8 | | | | |
| Runcorn | Runcorn | | | | | | | | Runcorn | Runcorn | 8 | | | | |
| bye | bye | | | | | | | | | | | |
| bye | bye | | Runcorn | Runcorn | 9 | | | | | | | |
| | | | Oldham | Oldham | 5 | | | | | | | |
| Rochdale Hornets | Rochdale Hornets | 6 | Oldham | Oldham | 5 | | | | | | | |
| Oldham | Oldham | 38 | | | | | | | | | | |

## Notes and comments

* 1 The first time St Helens had won a game in the competition
* 2 Wheater's Field was the home ground of Broughton Rangers with a capacity of 20,000
* 3 Joe Millar was the first player to score more than one try in the final