# 1911–12 Lancashire Cup

The 1911 Lancashire Cup was the seventh year of this regional rugby league competition. The winners of the trophy, for the first time, were Rochdale Hornets who beat local rivals Oldham in the final at Wheater's Field, Broughton, Salford, by a score of 12–5. The attendance at the final was 20,000 and receipts £630.

## Background

The number of teams entering the competition was increased to 13 with the addition of recent newcomers Coventry. Although not a Lancashire club Coventry and were invited to play to increase the number of games played (the previous year they had played in the Yorkshire Cup on the same basis).
With a total of entrants now at 13, there were only three 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 21 October 1911 | Barrow | 2–13 | Oldham | Canendish Park |
| 2 | Sat 21 October 1911 | Broughton Rangers | 24–2 | Runcorn | Wheater's Field |
| 3 | Sat 21 October 1911 | Rochdale Hornets | 13–0 | Swinton | Athletic Grounds |
| 4 | Sat 21 October 1911 | St. Helens | 18–7 | Salford | Knowsley Road |
| 5 | Sat 21 October 1911 | Widnes | 9–5 | Warrington | Lowerhouse Lane |
| 6 | | Leigh | | bye | |
| 7 | | Coventry | | bye | |
| 8 | | Wigan | | bye | |

### Round 2 – quarterfinals

| Game No | Fixture date | Home team | Score | Away team | Venue |
| 1 | Sat 4 November 1911 | Broughton Rangers | 3–18 | Rochdale Hornets | Wheater's Field |
| 2 | Sat 4 November 1911 | Oldham | 23–0 | Leigh | Watersheddings |
| 3 | Sat 4 November 1911 | Widnes | 22–3 | Coventry | Lowerhouse Lane |
| 4 | Sat 4 November 1911 | Wigan | 22–8 | St. Helens | Central Park |

### Round 3 – semifinals

| Game No | Fixture date | Home team | Score | Away team | Venue |
| 1 | Sat 18 November 1911 | Rochdale Hornets | 8–8 | Widnes | Athletic Grounds |
| 2 | Sat 18 November 1911 | Wigan | 0–3 | Oldham | Central Park |
| Replay |||||||||
| 3 | Wed 22 November 1911 | Widnes | 0–11 | Rochdale Hornets | Lowerhouse Lane |

### Final

| Game No | Fixture date | Home team | Score | Away team | Venue | Att | Rec | Notes | Ref |
| | Saturday 2 December 1911 | Rochdale Hornets | 12–5 | Oldham | Wheater's Field | 20000 | £630–0–0 | 1 | |

#### Teams and scorers

| Rochdale Hornets | No. | Oldham |
| | teams | |
| Johnnie Baxter | 1 | Alf Wood |
| Mick English | 2 | George Smith |
| Jack Robinson | 3 | Tom Llewellyn |
| Tommy West | 4 | James Lomas |
| Richard Paddon | 5 | George Cook |
| Bobbie Schofield | 6 | Tommy Brice |
| Ernest Jones | 7 | EA Anlezark |
| Tommy Woods | 8 | Bill Biggs |
| Jimmy Dearden | 9 | Joe Ferguson |
| Alf Turner | 10 | Arthur Smith |
| Walter Roman | 11 | Tom McCabe |
| Jack Fitzsimmons | 12 | Joe Owens |
| Ernie Jenkins | 13 | Albert Avery |
| 12 | score | 5 |
| 4 | HT | 0 |
| | Scorers | |
| | Tries | |
| unknown | T | George Smith |
| | T | |
| | Goals | |
| | G | EA Anlezark |
| | 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 |
| Broughton Rangers | Broughton Rangers | 24 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Runcorn | Runcorn | 2 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Runcorn | Runcorn | 2 | Broughton Rangers | Broughton Rangers | 3 | | | | | | | |
| | | | Rochdale Hornets | Rochdale Hornets | 18 | | | | | | | |
| Rochdale Hornets | Rochdale Hornets | 13 | Rochdale Hornets | Rochdale Hornets | 18 | | | | | | | |
| Swinton | Swinton | 0 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Swinton | Swinton | 0 | | | | Rochdale Hornets | Rochdale Hornets | 8 (11) | | | | |
| | | | | | | Widnes | Widnes | 8 (0) | | | | |
| Widnes | Widnes | 9 | | | | | | | Widnes | Widnes | 8 (0) | | | | |
| Warrington | Warrington | 5 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Warrington | Warrington | 5 | Widnes | Widnes | 22 | | | | | | | |
| | | | Coventry | Coventry | 3 | | | | | | | |
| Coventry | Coventry | | Coventry | Coventry | 3 | | | | | | | |
| bye | bye | | | | | | | | | | | |
| bye | bye | | | | | | | | | Rochdale Hornets | Rochdale Hornets | 12 |
| | | | | | | | | | | Oldham | Oldham | 5 |
| Wigan | Wigan | | | | | | | | | | | | Oldham | Oldham | 5 |
| bye | bye | | | | | | | | | | | |
| bye | bye | | Wigan | Wigan | 22 | | | | | | | |
| | | | St. Helens | St. Helens | 8 | | | | | | | |
| St. Helens | St. Helens | 18 | St. Helens | St. Helens | 8 | | | | | | | |
| Salford | Salford | 7 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Salford | Salford | 7 | | | | Wigan | Wigan | 0 | | | | |
| | | | | | | Oldham | Oldham | 3 | | | | |
| Barrow | Barrow | 2 | | | | | | | Oldham | Oldham | 3 | | | | |
| Oldham | Oldham | 13 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Oldham | Oldham | 13 | Oldham | Oldham | 23 | | | | | | | |
| | | | Leigh | Leigh | 0 | | | | | | | |
| Leigh | Leigh | | Leigh | Leigh | 0 | | | | | | | |
| bye | bye | | | | | | | | | | | |

## Notes and comments

* 1 Wheater's Field was the home ground of Broughton Rangers with a capacity of 20,000