# 1984–85 Lancashire Cup

1984–85 was the seventy-second occasion on which the Lancashire Cup completion had been held.
St. Helens won the trophy by beating Wigan by the score of 26–18.
The match was played at Central Park, Wigan, (historically in the county of Lancashire). The attendance was 26,074 and receipts were £6,2139.00
This was the first time in over twenty years that the attendance exceeded 20,000, and it would continue around this level for the next four seasons. The receipts climbed from last year's near-record £13,160.00 to £62,139.

## Background

This season the total number of entrants remained at the 16 level.
With this, full sixteen members there was no need for “blank” or “dummy” fixtures or any byes.

## Competition and results
### Round 1

Involved 8 matches (with no byes) and 16 clubs
| Game No | Fixture Date | Home Team | Score | Away Team | Venue | Att | Notes |
| 1 | Fri 14 Sep 1984 | St. Helens | 58-14 | Huyton | Knowsley Road | 2766 | |
| 2 | Sun 16 Sep 1984 | Barrow | 38-4 | Carlisle | Craven Park | 2563 | |
| 3 | Sun 16 Sep 1984 | Fulham | 18-25 | Swinton | Station Road | 1545 | 1 |
| 4 | Sun 16 Sep 1984 | Leigh | 22-14 | Warrington | Hilton Park | 5500 | |
| 5 | Sun 16 Sep 1984 | Oldham | 26-32 | Blackpool Borough | Watersheddings | 3366 | |
| 6 | Sun 16 Sep 1984 | Salford | 19-14 | Whitehaven | The Willows | 1700 | |
| 7 | Sun 16 Sep 1984 | Wigan | 28-8 | Widnes | Central Park | 10117 | |
| 8 | Sun 16 Sep 1984 | Workington Town | 0-11 | Rochdale Hornets | Derwent Park | 659 | |

### Round 2 - Quarter-finals

Involved 4 matches and 8 clubs
| Game No | Fixture Date | Home Team | Score | Away Team | Venue | Att |
| 1 | Wed 26 Sep 1984 | Barrow | 10-26 | St. Helens | Craven Park | 5573 |
| 2 | Wed 26 Sep 1984 | Rochdale Hornets | 10-22 | Leigh | Athletic Grounds | 2189 |
| 3 | Wed 26 Sep 1984 | Swinton | 6-32 | Wigan | Station Road | 6589 |
| 4 | Thu 27 Sep 1984 | Salford | 15-6 | Blackpool Borough | The Willows | 1917 |

### 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 | Wed 10 Oct 1984 | St. Helens | 31-10 | Leigh | Knowsley Road | 9282 | | | |
| 2 | Wed 10 Oct 1984 | Salford | 8-19 | Wigan | The Willows | 7492 | | | |

### Final

| Game No | Fixture Date | Home Team | Score | Away Team | Venue | Att | Rec | Notes | Ref |
| | Sunday 28 October 1984 | St. Helens | 26-18 | Wigan | Central Park | 26074 | 62139 | 2 3 | |

#### Teams and scorers

| St. Helens | No. | Wigan |
| | teams | |
| Phil Veivers | 1 | Shaun Edwards |
| Barry Ledger | 2 | John Ferguson |
| Shaun Allen | 3 | David Stephenson |
| Mal Meninga | 4 | Colin Whitfield |
| Sean Day | 5 | Henderson Gill |
| Chris Arkwright | 6 | Mark Cannon |
| Neil Holding | 7 | Jimmy Fairhurst |
| Tony Burke | 8 | Neil Courtney |
| Graham Liptrot | 9 | Nicky Kiss |
| Peter Gorley | 10 | Brian Case |
| Andy Platt | 11 | Graeme West |
| Paul Round | 12 | Shaun Wane |
| Harry Pinner | 13 | Ian Potter |
| Johnny Smith (not used) | 14 | John Pendlebury (for Henderson Gill 64min) |
| Roy Haggerty (for Phil Veivers 23min) | 15 | ? |
| Billy Benyon | Coach | Colin Clark and Alan McInnes |
| 26 | score | 18 |
| 24 | HT | 2 |
| | Scorers | |
| | Tries | |
| Mal Meninga (2) | T | Henderson Gill (1) |
| Roy Haggerty (1) | T | Graeme West (1) |
| Sean Day (1) | T | Nicky Kiss (1) |
| | Goals | |
| Sean Day (5) | G | Colin Whitfield (3) |
| Referee | | Ronnie Campbell (Widnes) |
| Man of the match | | Mal Meninga - St Helens - Centre |
| sponsored by | | Burtonwood Brewery |
| Competition Sponsor | | Forshaws (Burtonwood Brewery Co Ltd) |
Scoring - Try = four points - Goal = two points - Drop goal = one point

### 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 |
| Barrow | Barrow | 38 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Carlisle | Carlisle | 4 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Carlisle | Carlisle | 4 | Barrow | Barrow | 10 | | | | | | | |
| | | | St. Helens | St. Helens | 26 | | | | | | | |
| St. Helens | St. Helens | 58 | St. Helens | St. Helens | 26 | | | | | | | |
| Huyton | Huyton | 14 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Huyton | Huyton | 14 | | | | St. Helens | St. Helens | 31 | | | | |
| | | | | | | Leigh | Leigh | 10 | | | | |
| Workington Town | Workington Town | 0 | | | | | | | Leigh | Leigh | 10 | | | | |
| Rochdale Hornets | Rochdale Hornets | 11 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Rochdale Hornets | Rochdale Hornets | 11 | Rochdale Hornets | Rochdale Hornets | 10 | | | | | | | |
| | | | Leigh | Leigh | 22 | | | | | | | |
| Leigh | Leigh | 22 | Leigh | Leigh | 22 | | | | | | | |
| Warrington | Warrington | 14 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Warrington | Warrington | 14 | | | | | | | | St. Helens | St. Helens | 26 |
| | | | | | | | | | | Wigan | Wigan | 18 |
| Salford | Salford | 19 | | | | | | | | | | | Wigan | Wigan | 18 |
| Whitehaven | Whitehaven | 14 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Whitehaven | Whitehaven | 14 | Salford | Salford | 15 | | | | | | | |
| | | | Blackpool Borough | Blackpool Borough | 6 | | | | | | | |
| Oldham | Oldham | 26 | Blackpool Borough | Blackpool Borough | 6 | | | | | | | |
| Blackpool Borough | Blackpool Borough | 32 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Blackpool Borough | Blackpool Borough | 32 | | | | Salford | Salford | 8 | | | | |
| | | | | | | Wigan | Wigan | 19 | | | | |
| Fulham | Fulham | 18 | | | | | | | Wigan | Wigan | 19 | | | | |
| Swinton | Swinton | 25 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Swinton | Swinton | 25 | Swinton | Swinton | 6 | | | | | | | |
| | | | Wigan | Wigan | 32 | | | | | | | |
| Wigan | Wigan | 28 | Wigan | Wigan | 32 | | | | | | | |
| Widnes | Widnes | 8 | | | | | | | | | | |

## Notes and comments

1 * Fulham did not have a home ground for this season and were very nomadic. This match played at Station Road 2 * Wigan won the coin toss for the home advantage after neither they nor St. Helens wanted to play at the chosen venue, Wilderspool, due to the low capacity 3 * 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