# 1927–28 Lancashire Cup

The 1927–28 Lancashire Cup competition was the 20th competition in the history of this regional rugby league event and the final was a repeat of the 1925–26 Lancashire Cup Final, with Swinton beating Wigan by 5–2. The match was played at Watersheddings, Oldham. The attendance was 22,000 and receipts £1,275.

## Background

The number of teams entering this year's competition dropped back to 13 due to no amateur participation. This resulted in the competition running with 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 | Att |
| 1 | Sat 8 October 1927 | Oldham | 20–9 | Wigan Highfield | Watersheddings | |
| 2 | Sat 8 October 1927 | St Helens Recs | 41–5 | Broughton Rangers | City Road | |
| 3 | Sat 8 October 1927 | St. Helens | 7–13 | Swinton | Knowsley Road | 15,000 |
| 4 | Sat 8 October 1927 | Widnes | 10–8 | Rochdale Hornets | Lowerhouse Lane | |
| 5 | Sat 8 October 1927 | Wigan | 21–8 | Leigh | Central Park | |
| 6 | | Salford | | bye | | |
| 7 | | Barrow | | bye | | |
| 8 | | Warrington | | bye | | |

### Round 2 – quarterfinals

| Game No | Fixture date | Home team | Score | Away team | Venue | Att |
| 1 | Mon 17 October 1927 | Salford | 0–0 | Barrow | The Willows | |
| 2 | Mon 17 October 1927 | Warrington | 16–2 | Widnes | Wilderspool | |
| 3 | Wed 19 October 1927 | St Helens Recs | 7–10 | Wigan | City Road | |
| 4 | Wed 19 October 1927 | Swinton | 18–9 | Oldham | Chorley Road ground | 8,000 |
| Replay |||||||||
| 5 | Thu 20 October 1927 | Barrow | 2–5 | Salford | Little Park, Roose | |

### Round 3 – semifinals

| Game No | Fixture date | Home team | Score | Away team | Venue | Att | Rec | Notes | Ref |
| 1 | Wed 2 November 1927 | Swinton | 10–3 | Salford | Chorley Road ground | 7,000 | | | |
| 2 | Wed 2 November 1927 | Wigan | 12–5 | Warrington | Central Park | | | | |

### Final

| Game No | Fixture date | Home team | Score | Away team | Venue | Att | Rec | Notes | Ref |
| | Saturday 19 November 1927 | Swinton | 5–2 | Wigan | Watersheddings | 22,000 | £1,275 | 1 | |

#### Teams and scorers

| Swinton | № | Wigan |
| | teams | |
| Jack Pearson | 1 | Jim Sullivan |
| Frank Evans | 2 | |
| Hector Halsall (c) | 3 | |
| Jack Evans | 4 | |
| Chris Brockbank | 5 | |
| Billo Rees | 6 | |
| Bryn Evans | 7 | |
| Miller Strong | 8 | |
| Henry Blewer | 9 | |
| Bert Morris | 10 | |
| Martin Hodgson | 11 | |
| Dick Cracknell | 12 | |
| Fred Beswick | 13 | |
| 5 | score | 2 |
| 5 | HT | 0 |
| | Scorers | |
| | Tries | |
| Fred Beswick (1) | T | |
| | Goals | |
| Bert Morris (1) | G | Jim Sullivan (1) |
| | 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 |
| St. Helens | St. Helens | 7 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Swinton | Swinton | 13 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Swinton | Swinton | 13 | Swinton | Swinton | 18 | | | | | | | |
| | | | Oldham | Oldham | 9 | | | | | | | |
| Oldham | Oldham | 20 | Oldham | Oldham | 9 | | | | | | | |
| Wigan Highfield | Wigan Highfield | 9 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Wigan Highfield | Wigan Highfield | 9 | | | | Swinton | Swinton | 10 | | | | |
| | | | | | | Salford | Salford | 3 | | | | |
| Salford | Salford | | | | | | | | Salford | Salford | 3 | | | | |
| bye | bye | | | | | | | | | | | |
| bye | bye | | Salford | Salford | 0(5) | | | | | | | |
| | | | Barrow | Barrow | 0(2) | | | | | | | |
| Barrow | Barrow | | Barrow | Barrow | 0(2) | | | | | | | |
| bye | bye | | | | | | | | | | | |
| bye | bye | | | | | | | | | Swinton | Swinton | 5 |
| | | | | | | | | | | Wigan | Wigan | 2 |
| St Helens Recs | St Helens Recs | 41 | | | | | | | | | | | Wigan | Wigan | 2 |
| Broughton Rangers | Broughton Rangers | 5 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Broughton Rangers | Broughton Rangers | 5 | St Helens Recs | St Helens Recs | 7 | | | | | | | |
| | | | Wigan | Wigan | 10 | | | | | | | |
| Wigan | Wigan | 21 | Wigan | Wigan | 10 | | | | | | | |
| Leigh | Leigh | 8 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Leigh | Leigh | 8 | | | | Wigan | Wigan | 12 | | | | |
| | | | | | | Warrington | Warrington | 5 | | | | |
| Warrington | Warrington | | | | | | | | Warrington | Warrington | 5 | | | | |
| bye | bye | | | | | | | | | | | |
| bye | bye | | Warrington | Warrington | 16 | | | | | | | |
| | | | Widnes | Widnes | 2 | | | | | | | |
| Widnes | Widnes | 10 | Widnes | Widnes | 2 | | | | | | | |
| Rochdale Hornets | Rochdale Hornets | 8 | | | | | | | | | | |