# 1921–22 Lancashire Cup

The 1921–22 Lancashire Cup competition, the fourteenth contest for this regional rugby league competition, saw a new name on the trophy, Warrington. They beat Oldham in the final at The Cliff, Broughton, Salford by a score of 7–5. The final was watched by 18,000 and receipts were £1,200.

## Background

The number of teams entering this year's competition remained at the previous level of 14, this enabled the competition to be run with only 2 byes in the first round.

## Competition and results
### Round 1

Involved 6 matches (with two byes) and 14 clubs
| Game No | Fixture date | Home team | Score | Away team | Venue |
| 1 | Sat 22 October 1921 | Broughton Rangers | 5–0 | Wigan | The Cliff |
| 2 | Sat 22 October 1921 | Leigh | 3–2 | Wigan Highfield | Mather Lane |
| 3 | Sat 22 October 1921 | Rochdale Hornets | 0–2 | Oldham | Athletic Grounds |
| 4 | Sat 22 October 1921 | St Helens Recs | 0–0 | Swinton | City Road |
| 5 | Sat 22 October 1921 | Widnes | 6–0 | Salford | Lowerhouse Lane |
| 6 | Sat 29 October 1921 | Barrow | 25–0 | Askam | Little Park, Roose |
| 7 | | St. Helens | | bye | |
| 8 | | Warrington | | bye | |
| Replay |||||||||
| 9 | Wed 26 October 1921 | Swinton | 2–8 | St Helens Recs | Chorley Road ground |

### Round 2 – quarterfinals

| Game No | Fixture date | Home team | Score | Away team | Venue |
| 1 | Sat 5 November 1921 | Barrow | 10–3 | Broughton Rangers | Little Park, Roose |
| 2 | Sat 5 November 1921 | St. Helens | 5–17 | Oldham | Knowsley Road |
| 3 | Sat 5 November 1921 | Warrington | 5–3 | St Helens Recs | Wilderspool |
| 4 | Sat 5 November 1921 | Widnes | 2–2 | Leigh | Lowerhouse Lane |
| Replay |||||||||
| 1 | Wed 9 November 1921 | Leigh | 5–3 | Widnes | Mather Lane |

### Round 3 – semifinals

| Game No | Fixture date | Home team | Score | Away team | Venue | Att | Rec | Notes | Ref |
| 1 | Sat 19 November 1921 | Oldham | 17–8 | Barrow | Watersheddings | | | | |
| 2 | Sat 19 November 1921 | Warrington | 13–7 | Leigh | Wilderspool | | | | |

### Final

| Game No | Fixture date | Home team | Score | Away team | Venue | Att | Rec | Notes | Ref |
| | Saturday 3 December 1921 | Warrington | 7–5 | Oldham | The Cliff | 18000 | £1,200 | 1 | |

#### Teams and scorers

| Warrington | № | Oldham |
| complete team unknown | teams | team unknown |
| | 1 | |
| Bob Bradbury | 2 | |
| Charlie Collins | 3 | |
| Ben Jolley | 4 | |
| Bert Cartwright | 5 | |
| John "Jack" Harrison Prescott (c) | 6 | |
| Tommy Anderson | 7 | |
| Robert Mather | 8 | |
| Alfred Peacock | 9 | |
| | 10 | |
| George Ogden | 11 | |
| | 12 | |
| | 13 | |
| 7 | score | 5 |
| 2 | HT | 0 |
| | Scorers | |
| | Tries | |
| Bob Bradbury (1) | T | |
| | Goals | |
| Ben Jolley (2) | G | |
| | 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 |
| Warrington | Warrington | | | | | | | | | | | |
| bye | bye | | | | | | | | | | | |
| bye | bye | | Warrington | Warrington | 5 | | | | | | | |
| | | | St Helens Recs | St Helens Recs | 3 | | | | | | | |
| St Helens Recs | St Helens Recs | 0(8) | St Helens Recs | St Helens Recs | 3 | | | | | | | |
| Swinton | Swinton | 0(2) | | | | | | | | | | |
| Swinton | Swinton | 0(2) | | | | Warrington | Warrington | 13 | | | | |
| | | | | | | Leigh | Leigh | 7 | | | | |
| Widnes | Widnes | 6 | | | | | | | Leigh | Leigh | 7 | | | | |
| Salford | Salford | 0 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Salford | Salford | 0 | Widnes | Widnes | 2(3) | | | | | | | |
| | | | Leigh | Leigh | 2(5) | | | | | | | |
| Leigh | Leigh | 3 | Leigh | Leigh | 2(5) | | | | | | | |
| Wigan Highfield | Wigan Highfield | 2 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Wigan Highfield | Wigan Highfield | 2 | | | | | | | | Warrington | Warrington | 7 |
| | | | | | | | | | | Oldham | Oldham | 5 |
| St. Helens | St. Helens | | | | | | | | | | | | Oldham | Oldham | 5 |
| bye | bye | | | | | | | | | | | |
| bye | bye | | St. Helens | St. Helens | 5 | | | | | | | |
| | | | Oldham | Oldham | 17 | | | | | | | |
| Rochdale Hornets | Rochdale Hornets | 0 | Oldham | Oldham | 17 | | | | | | | |
| Oldham | Oldham | 2 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Oldham | Oldham | 2 | | | | Oldham | Oldham | 17 | | | | |
| | | | | | | Barrow | Barrow | 8 | | | | |
| Barrow | Barrow | | | | | | | | Barrow | Barrow | 8 | | | | |
| Askam | Askam | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Askam | Askam | | Barrow | Barrow | 10 | | | | | | | |
| | | | Broughton Rangers | Broughton Rangers | 3 | | | | | | | |
| Broughton Rangers | Broughton Rangers | 25 | Broughton Rangers | Broughton Rangers | 3 | | | | | | | |
| Wigan | Wigan | 0 | | | | | | | | | | |