# 1935–36 Lancashire Cup

1935–36 was the twenty-eighth occasion on which the Lancashire Cup completion had been held. Salford won the trophy by beating Wigan by 15–7. The match was played at Wilderspool, Warrington, now in the County Palatine of Chester but (historically in the county of Lancashire. The attendance was 16,500 and receipts were £950. This was the second of the three consecutive Lancashire Cup finals in which Salford would beat Wigan.

## Background

The number of teams entering this year's competition was increased by one with the addition of Streatham & Mitcham (hardly a Lancashire club, but useful to make the numbers up). This brought the number up to 14 and the same fixture format was retained. There was now no need for a bye in the first round, but there was still a "blank" or "dummy" fixture. The bye in the second round remained.

## Competition and results
### Round 1

Involved 7 matches (with one "blank" fixture) and 14 clubs
| Game No | Fixture date | Home team | Score | Away team | Venue | Notes |
| 1 | Wed 11 Sep 1935 | St. Helens | 10–7 | Streatham & Mitcham | Knowsley Road | 1 |
| 2 | Sat 14 Sep 1935 | Leigh | 5–2 | Broughton Rangers | Mather Lane | |
| 3 | Sat 14 Sep 1935 | St Helens Recs | 17–5 | Barrow | City Road | |
| 4 | Sat 14 Sep 1935 | Liverpool Stanley | 7–14 | Salford | Stanley Greyhound Stadium | |
| 5 | Sat 14 Sep 1935 | Rochdale Hornets | 5–7 | Oldham | Athletic Grounds | |
| 6 | Sat 14 Sep 1935 | Swinton | 2–2 | Warrington | Station Road | |
| 7 | Sat 14 Sep 1935 | Wigan | 6–5 | Widnes | Central Park | |
| 8 | | blank | | blank | | |

### Round 1 – replays

Involved 1 match
| Game No | Fixture date | Home team | Score | Away team | Venue | Att | Rec | Notes | Ref |
| 1 | Wed 18 Sep 1935 | Warrington | 14–8 | Swinton | Wilderspool | | | | |

### Round 2 – quarterfinals

Involved 3 matches (with one bye) and 7 clubs
| Game No | Fixture date | Home team | Score | Away team | Venue |
| 1 | Wed 25 Sep 1935 | St. Helens | 2–2 | St Helens Recs | Knowsley Road |
| 2 | Wed 25 Sep 1935 | Salford | 11–0 | Warrington | The Willows |
| 3 | Wed 25 Sep 1935 | Wigan | 16–7 | Leigh | Central Park |
| 4 | | Oldham | | bye | |

### Round 2 – quarterfinals – first replays

Involved 1 match
| Game No | Fixture date | Home team | Score | Away team | Venue | Att | Rec | Notes | Ref |
| 1 | Mon 31 Sep 1935 | St Helens Recs | 8–21 | St. Helens | City Road | | | | |
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### 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 2 Oct 1935 | Wigan | 9–4 | Oldham | Central Park | | | | |
| 2 | Wed 9 Oct 1935 | Salford | 19–6 | St. Helens | The Willows | | | | |

### Final

| Game No | Fixture date | Home team | Score | Away team | Venue | Att | Rec | Notes | Ref |
| | Saturday 19 October 1935 | Salford | 15–7 | Wigan | Wilderspool | 16,500 | £950 | 2 | |

#### Teams and scorers

| Salford | No. | Wigan |
| | teams | |
| Harold Osbaldestin | 1 | Jim Sullivan |
| Bob Brown | 2 | Jack Morley |
| Sammy Miller | 3 | Gordon Innes |
| Gus Risman | 4 | Gwyn Davies |
| Barney Hudson | 5 | Alf Ellaby |
| Billy Watkins | 6 | George Bennett |
| Emlyn Jenkins | 7 | Hector Gee |
| Billy Williams | 8 | Harold Edwards |
| Bert Day | 9 | Albert Davis |
| Joe Bradbury | 10 | Ken Gee |
| Paddy Dalton | 11 | Len Mason |
| Alf Middleton | 12 | Billy Hall |
| Jack Feetham | 13 | Charlie Seeling |
| 15 | score | 7 |
| 10 | HT | 7 |
| | Scorers | |
| | Tries | |
| Joe Bradbury | T | Gwyn Davies (1) |
| Alf Middleton | T | |
| Jack Feetham | T | |
| | Goals | |
| Gus Risman (3) | G | Jim Sullivan (2) |
| | G | |
| | Drop Goals | |
| | DG | |
| Referee | | Alf Hill (Leeds) |
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 |
| Liverpool Stanley | Liverpool Stanley | 7 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Salford | Salford | 14 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Salford | Salford | 14 | Salford | Salford | 11 | | | | | | | |
| | | | Warrington | Warrington | 0 | | | | | | | |
| Swinton | Swinton | 2–8 | Warrington | Warrington | 0 | | | | | | | |
| Warrington | Warrington | 2–14 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Warrington | Warrington | 2–14 | | | | Salford | Salford | 19 | | | | |
| | | | | | | St. Helens | St. Helens | 6 | | | | |
| St. Helens | St. Helens | 10 | | | | | | | St. Helens | St. Helens | 6 | | | | |
| Streatham & Mitcham | Streatham & Mitcham | 7 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Streatham & Mitcham | Streatham & Mitcham | 7 | St. Helens | St. Helens | 2–21 | | | | | | | |
| | | | St Helens Recs | St Helens Recs | 2–8 | | | | | | | |
| St Helens Recs | St Helens Recs | 17 | St Helens Recs | St Helens Recs | 2–8 | | | | | | | |
| Barrow | Barrow | 5 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Barrow | Barrow | 5 | | | | | | | | Salford | Salford | 15 |
| | | | | | | | | | | Wigan | Wigan | 7 |
| Wigan | Wigan | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | Wigan | Wigan | 7 |
| Widnes | Widnes | 5 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Widnes | Widnes | 5 | Wigan | Wigan | 15 | | | | | | | |
| | | | Leigh | Leigh | 7 | | | | | | | |
| Leigh | Leigh | 5 | Leigh | Leigh | 7 | | | | | | | |
| Broughton Rangers | Broughton Rangers | 2 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Broughton Rangers | Broughton Rangers | 2 | | | | Wigan | Wigan | 9 | | | | |
| | | | | | | Oldham | Oldham | 4 | | | | |
| Rochdale Hornets | Rochdale Hornets | 5 | | | | | | | Oldham | Oldham | 4 | | | | |
| Oldham | Oldham | 7 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Oldham | Oldham | 7 | Oldham | Oldham | | | | | | | | |
| | | | bye | bye | | | | | | | | |
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## Notes and comments

1 * First Lancashire Cup match by new London club Streatham & Mitcham
2 * Wilderspool was the home ground of Warrington from 1883 to the end of the 2003 Summer season when they moved into the new purpose built Halliwell Jones Stadium. Wilderspool remained as a sports/Ruugby League ground and is/was used by Woolston Rovers/Warrington Wizards junior club. The ground had a final capacity of 9,000 although the record attendance was set in a Challenge cup third round match on 13 March 1948 when 34,304 spectators saw Warrington lose to Wigan 10–13.