# 1967–68 Lancashire Cup

1967–68 was the fifty-fifth occasion on which the Lancashire Cup completion had been held. In the final, held on Saturday 7 October at Central Park, Wigan, (historically in the county of Lancashire), St. Helens drew 2–2 with Warrington. At half-time Warrington were leading St Helens by 2–0. The attendance at this match was 16,897, receipts were £3,886, and the half time score 0–2.
In the replay held eight weeks later on 2 December, St. Helens won the trophy by beating Warrington by the score of 13–10. The replay was held at Station Road, Pendlebury, Lancashire) and the halftime score was 3–3. The attendance at the replay was only 7,577 and receipts were £2,485-0-0. This was the first of two consecutive Lancashire Cup final wins for St. Helens, and what is more, the sixth of the seven occasions on which the club will win the trophy in the successive nine years.

## Background

The total number of teams entering the competition remained the same at 14. The same fixture format was retained, and due to the number of clubs this resulted in no bye but one "blank" or "dummy" fixture in the first round, and one bye in the second round

## Competition and results
### Round 1

Involved 7 matches (with no bye but one "blank" fixture) and 14 clubs
| Game No | Fixture date | Home team | Score | Away team | Venue | Att |
| 1 | Fri 18 Aug 1967 | St. Helens | 7-4 | Rochdale Hornets | Knowsley Road | 6,000 |
| 2 | Fri 18 Aug 1967 | Widnes | 9-12 | Swinton | Naughton Park | |
| 3 | Sat 19 Aug 1967 | Oldham | 17-11 | Leigh | Watersheddings | |
| 4 | Sat 19 Aug 1967 | Warrington | 17-10 | Blackpool Borough | Wilderspool | |
| 5 | Sat 19 Aug 1967 | Whitehaven | 10-13 | Liverpool City | Recreation Ground | |
| 6 | Sat 19 Aug 1967 | Wigan | 14-18 | Salford | Central Park | |
| 7 | Sat 19 Aug 1967 | Workington Town | 35-6 | Barrow | Derwent Park | |
| 8 | | blank | | blank | | |

### Round 2 - Quarter-finals

Involved 3 matches (with one bye) and 7 clubs
| Game No | Fixture date | Home team | Score | Away team | Venue |
| 1 | Mon 04 Sep 1967 | Workington Town | 33-0 | Salford | Derwent Park |
| 2 | Wed 06 Sep 1967 | Warrington | 14-5 | Liverpool City | Wilderspool |
| 3 | Thu 07 Sep 1967 | Swinton | 11-8 | Oldham | Station Road |
| 4 | | St. Helens | | bye | |

### Round 3 – Semi-finals

Involved 2 matches and 4 clubs
| Game No | Fixture date | Home team | Score | Away team | Venue | Att | Rec | Notes | Ref |
| 1 | Sat 16 Sep 1967 | Workington Town | 13-23 | Warrington | Derwent Park | | | | |
| 2 | Tue 19 Sep 1967 | Swinton | 8-12 | St. Helens | Station Road | 10,733 | | | |

### Final

| Game No | Fixture date | Home team | Score | Away team | Venue | Att | Rec | Notes | Ref |
| | Saturday 7 October 1967 | St. Helens | 2-2 | Warrington | Central Park | 16,897 | £3,886 | 1 | |

### Final – Replay

| Game No | Fixture date | Home team | Score | Away team | Venue | Att | Rec | Notes | Ref |
| | Saturday 2 December 1967 | St. Helens | 13-10 | Warrington | Station Road | 7,577 | £2485-0-0 | 2 | |

#### Teams and scorers

| St. Helens | No. | Warrington |
| | teams | |
| Frank Barrow | 1 | Keith Affleck Archived 23 February 2015 at the Wayback Machine |
| Tom van Vollenhoven | 2 | John Coupe Archived 23 February 2015 at the Wayback Machine |
| Billy Benyon | 3 | Jackie Melling |
| Alan Whittle | 4 | Peter Harvey Archived 23 February 2015 at the Wayback Machine |
| Tony Barrow | 5 | Brian Glover |
| Peter Douglas | 6 | Willie Aspinall |
| Tommy Bishop | 7 | Parry Gordon |
| John Warlow | 8 | Keith Ashcroft |
| Bill Sayer | 9 | Dave Harrison Archived 23 February 2015 at the Wayback Machine |
| Cliff Watson | 10 | Brian Brady Archived 23 February 2015 at the Wayback Machine |
| Brian Hogan | 11 | Ken Parr |
| John Mantle | 12 | Barry Briggs Archived 23 February 2015 at the Wayback Machine |
| Kel Coslett | 13 | Ray Clarke Archived 23 February 2015 at the Wayback Machine |
| Peter Gartland | 14 | Joe Pickavance (for Peter Harvey) |
| Tony Karalius | 15 | ? |
| 2 | score | 2 |
| 0 | HT | 2 |
| | Scorers | |
| | Goals | |
| Kel Coslett (1) | G | |
| | Drop Goals | |
| | DG | Willie Aspinall (1) |
| Referee | | G. Fred Lindop (Wakefield) |
| Replay | Replay | Replay |
| Frank Barrow | 1 | Tommy Conroy Archived 23 February 2015 at the Wayback Machine |
| Tom van Vollenhoven | 2 | John Coupe Archived 23 February 2015 at the Wayback Machine |
| Wilf Smith | 3 | Jackie Melling |
| Billy Benyon | 4 | Bill Allen Archived 23 February 2015 at the Wayback Machine |
| Les Jones | 5 | Brian Glover |
| Peter Douglas | 6 | Tony Scahill Archived 23 February 2015 at the Wayback Machine |
| Tommy Bishop | 7 | Parry Gordon |
| John Warlow | 8 | Keith Ashcroft |
| Bill Sayer | 9 | Dave Harrison Archived 23 February 2015 at the Wayback Machine |
| Cliff Watson | 10 | Joe Price Archived 23 February 2015 at the Wayback Machine |
| Eric Chisnall | 11 | Barry Briggs Archived 23 February 2015 at the Wayback Machine |
| Kel Coslett | 12 | Ken Parr |
| John Houghton (for Peter Douglas) | 13 | Ray Clarke Archived 23 February 2015 at the Wayback Machine |
| | 14 | |
| | 15 | |
| Cliff Evans | Coach | Joe Egan |
| 13 | score | 10 |
| 3 | HT | 3 |
| | Scorers | |
| | Tries | |
| Les Jones (1) | T | Jackie Melling (1) |
| John Warlow (1) | T | Parry Gordon (1) |
| Eric Chisnall (1) | T | |
| | Goals | |
| John Houghton (2) | T | Bill Allen (2) |
| Referee | | G. Fred Lindop (Wakefield) |

### The road to success

| First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | | Final | Final | Final |
| Widnes | Widnes | 9 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Swinton | Swinton | 12 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Swinton | Swinton | 12 | Swinton | Swinton | 11 | | | | | | | |
| | | | Oldham | Oldham | 8 | | | | | | | |
| Oldham | Oldham | 17 | Oldham | Oldham | 8 | | | | | | | |
| Leigh | Leigh | 11 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Leigh | Leigh | 11 | | | | Swinton | Swinton | 8 | | | | |
| | | | | | | St. Helens | St. Helens | 12 | | | | |
| St. Helens | St. Helens | 7 | | | | | | | St. Helens | St. Helens | 12 | | | | |
| Rochdale Hornets | Rochdale Hornets | 4 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Rochdale Hornets | Rochdale Hornets | 4 | St. Helens | St. Helens | | | | | | | | |
| | | | bye | bye | | | | | | | | |
| blank | blank | | bye | bye | | | | | | | | |
| blank | blank | | | | | | | | | | | |
| blank | blank | | | | | | | | | St. Helens | St. Helens | 2-13 |
| | | | | | | | | | | Warrington | Warrington | 2-10 |
| Workington Town | Workington Town | 35 | | | | | | | | | | | Warrington | Warrington | 2-10 |
| Barrow | Barrow | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Barrow | Barrow | 6 | Workington Town | Workington Town | 33 | | | | | | | |
| | | | Salford | Salford | 0 | | | | | | | |
| Wigan | Wigan | 14 | Salford | Salford | 0 | | | | | | | |
| Salford | Salford | 18 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Salford | Salford | 18 | | | | Workington Town | Workington Town | 13 | | | | |
| | | | | | | Warrington | Warrington | 23 | | | | |
| Warrington | Warrington | 17 | | | | | | | Warrington | Warrington | 23 | | | | |
| Blackpool Borough | Blackpool Borough | 10 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Blackpool Borough | Blackpool Borough | 10 | Warrington | Warrington | 14 | | | | | | | |
| | | | Liverpool City | Liverpool City | 5 | | | | | | | |
| Whitehaven | Whitehaven | 10 | Liverpool City | Liverpool City | 5 | | | | | | | |
| Liverpool City | Liverpool City | 13 | | | | | | | | | | |

## Notes and comments

1 * Central Park was the home ground of Wigan with a final capacity of 18,000, although the record attendance was 47,747 for Wigan v St Helens 27 March 1959 2 * Station Road was the home ground of Swinton from 1929 to 1992 and at its peak was one of the finest rugby league grounds in the country and it boasted a capacity of 60,000. The actual record attendance was for the Challenge Cup semi-final on 7 April 1951 when 44,621 watched Wigan beat Warrington 3-2