# 1958–59 Lancashire Cup

The 1958 Rugby League Lancashire Cup competition
1958–59 was the forty-sixth occasion on which the Lancashire Cup completion had been held. Oldham won the trophy by beating St. Helens by the score of 12-2 The match was played at Station Road, Pendlebury, (historically in the county of Lancashire). The attendance was 38,780 and receipts were £6,933; another excellent attendance. This was the third (and final one) of Oldham's three consecutive triumphs. It would be the last time they would win the trophy, although they did later appear 4 times as runners-up (in 1966, 1969, 1987 and 1989).

## Background

With again no invitation to a junior club this season, the total number of teams entering the competition remained the same at 14. The same pre-war 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 | Sat 30 Aug 1958 | Warrington | 10-16 | Leigh | Wilderspool | |
| 2 | Sat 30 Aug 1958 | Widnes | 44-13 | Salford | Naughton Park | |
| 3 | Sat 30 Aug 1958 | Workington Town | 25-12 | Liverpool City | Derwent Park | |
| 4 | Sat 30 Aug 1958 | Rochdale Hornets | 15-20 | St. Helens | Athletic Grounds | 8,257 |
| 5 | Sat 30 Aug 1958 | Swinton | 12-31 | Wigan | Station Road | |
| 6 | Sat 30 Aug 1958 | Oldham | 49-5 | Whitehaven | Watersheddings | |
| 7 | Sat 30 Aug 1958 | Barrow | 28-12 | Blackpool Borough | Craven Park | |
| 8 | | blank | | blank | | |

### Round 2 - quarterfinals

Involved 3 matches (with one bye) and 7 clubs
| Game No | Fixture date | Home team | Score | Away team | Venue | Att |
| 1 | Mon 08 Sep 1958 | Barrow | 23-17 | Workington Town | Craven Park | |
| 2 | Mon 08 Sep 1958 | Leigh | 2-12 | St. Helens | Kirkhall Lane | 14,800 |
| 3 | Tue 16 Sep 1958 | Oldham | 19-7 | Wigan | Watersheddings | |
| 4 | | Widnes | | bye | | |

### Round 3 – semifinals

Involved 2 matches and 4 clubs
| Game No | Fixture date | Home team | Score | Away team | Venue | Att | Rec | Notes | Ref |
| 1 | Wed 17 Sep 1958 | St. Helens | 18-6 | Barrow | Knowsley Road | 23,000 | | | |
| 2 | Tue 30 Sep 1958 | Oldham | 9-4 | Widnes | Watersheddings | | | | |

### Final

| Game No | Fixture date | Home team | Score | Away team | Venue | Att | Rec | Notes | Ref |
| | Saturday 25 October 1958 | Oldham | 12-2 | St. Helens | Station Road | 38,780 | £6,933 | | |

#### Teams and scorers

| Oldham | № | St. Helens |
| | teams | |
| Bernard Ganley | 1 | Peter Fearis |
| Dick Cracknell | 2 | Tom van Vollenhoven |
| Alan Davies | 3 | Doug Greenall |
| John Noon | 4 | Ken Large |
| John Etty | 5 | Frank Carlton |
| Alan Kellett | 6 | Brian Howard |
| Frank Stirrup (c) | 7 | Alex Murphy |
| Ron Rowbottom | 8 | Abe Terry |
| Jack Keith | 9 | Tom McKinney |
| Ken Jackson | 10 | Derek Brown |
| Charlie Winslade | 11 | Brian Briggs |
| Des McKeown | 12 | Walter Delves |
| Derek Turner | 13 | Vince Karalius |
| 12 | score | 2 |
| 7 | HT | 2 |
| | Scorers | |
| | Tries | |
| | T | |
| | T | |
| | Goals | |
| | G | |
| | G | |
| | Drop Goals | |
| | DG | |
| Referee | | R. Gelder, Wakefield |
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 |
| Oldham | Oldham | 49 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Whitehaven | Whitehaven | 5 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Whitehaven | Whitehaven | 5 | Oldham | Oldham | 19 | | | | | | | |
| | | | Wigan | Wigan | 7 | | | | | | | |
| Swinton | Swinton | 12 | Wigan | Wigan | 7 | | | | | | | |
| Wigan | Wigan | 31 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Wigan | Wigan | 31 | | | | Oldham | Oldham | 9 | | | | |
| | | | | | | Widnes | Widnes | 4 | | | | |
| Widnes | Widnes | 44 | | | | | | | Widnes | Widnes | 4 | | | | |
| Salford | Salford | 13 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Salford | Salford | 13 | Widnes | Widnes | | | | | | | | |
| | | | bye | bye | | | | | | | | |
| blank | blank | | bye | bye | | | | | | | | |
| blank | blank | | | | | | | | | | | |
| blank | blank | | | | | | | | | Oldham | Oldham | 12 |
| | | | | | | | | | | St. Helens | St. Helens | 2 |
| Warrington | Warrington | 10 | | | | | | | | | | | St. Helens | St. Helens | 2 |
| Leigh | Leigh | 16 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Leigh | Leigh | 16 | Leigh | Leigh | 2 | | | | | | | |
| | | | St. Helens | St. Helens | 12 | | | | | | | |
| Rochdale Hornets | Rochdale Hornets | 15 | St. Helens | St. Helens | 12 | | | | | | | |
| St. Helens | St. Helens | 20 | | | | | | | | | | |
| St. Helens | St. Helens | 20 | | | | St. Helens | St. Helens | 18 | | | | |
| | | | | | | Barrow | Barrow | 6 | | | | |
| Barrow | Barrow | 28 | | | | | | | Barrow | Barrow | 6 | | | | |
| Blackpool Borough | Blackpool Borough | 12 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Blackpool Borough | Blackpool Borough | 12 | Barrow | Barrow | 23 | | | | | | | |
| | | | Workington Town | Workington Town | 17 | | | | | | | |
| Workington Town | Workington Town | 25 | Workington Town | Workington Town | 17 | | | | | | | |
| Liverpool City | Liverpool City | 12 | | | | | | | | | | |

## Notes and comments

1 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