# 1960–61 Lancashire Cup

1960–61 was the forty-eighth occasion on which the Lancashire Cup completion had been held. St. Helens won the trophy by beating Swinton by the score of 15-9 The match was played at Central Park, Wigan, (historically in the county of Lancashire). The attendance was 31,755 and receipts were £5,337. This was the first of what, unknown to St. Helens, were to be five consecutive Lancashire Cup final triumphs, and what is more, the first of seven victories in a period of nine successive seasons. It was also to be the first of three successive Lancashire Cup final runner-up spots for Swinton

## 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 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 | Saturday 27 August 1960 | Barrow | 6-10 | Swinton | Craven Park | |
| 2 | Saturday 27 August 1960 | Widnes | 17-19 | St. Helens | Naughton Park | 9,500 |
| 3 | Saturday 27 August 1960 | Wigan | 19-5 | Oldham | Central Park | |
| 4 | Saturday 27 August 1960 | Salford | 11-3 | Rochdale Hornets | The Willows | |
| 5 | Saturday 27 August 1960 | Leigh | 37-15 | Workington Town | Hilton Park | |
| 6 | Saturday 27 August 1960 | Liverpool City | 10-29 | Warrington | Mill Yard, Knotty Ash | |
| 7 | Saturday 27 August 1960 | Blackpool Borough | 15-5 | Whitehaven | St Anne's Road Greyhound Stadium | |
| 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 | Tuesday 6 September 1960 | Warrington | 8-9 | Leigh | Wilderspool | |
| 2 | Wednesday 7 September 1960 | St. Helens | 7-4 | Wigan | Knowsley Road | 27,000 |
| 3 | Wednesday 7 September 1960 | Salford | 6-9 | Swinton | The Willows | 8,000 |
| 4 | | Blackpool Borough | | 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 | Wednesday 5 October 1960 | Blackpool Borough | 0-10 | Swinton | St Anne's Road Greyhound Stadium | | | | |
| 2 | Monday 17 October 1960 | Leigh | 2-15 | St. Helens | Knowsley Road | 14,500 | | | |

### Final

| Game No | Fixture date | Home team | Score | Away team | Venue | Att | Rec | Notes | Ref |
| | Saturday 29 October 1960 | St. Helens | 15-9 | Swinton | Central Park | 31,755 | £5,337 | 1 | |

#### Teams and scorers

| St. Helens | № | Swinton |
| | teams | |
| Percy Landsberg | 1 | Ken Gowers |
| Tom van Vollenhoven | 2 | John Speed |
| Ken Large | 3 | Peter Smethurst |
| Brian McGinn | 4 | Alan Buckley |
| Jan Prinsloo | 5 | Ken McGregor |
| Austin Rhodes | 6 | George Parkinson |
| Alex Murphy | 7 | Tony Dyson |
| Abe Terry | 8 | Bill Bretherton |
| Bob Dagnall | 9 | Trevor Roberts |
| Fred Leyland | 10 | Dai Moses |
| Don Vines | 11 | Ken Roberts |
| Dick Huddart | 12 | Peter Norburn |
| Vince Karalius (c) | 13 | Albert Blan (c) |
| 15 | score | 9 |
| 8 | HT | 2 |
| | Scorers | |
| | Tries | |
| Austin Rhodes (1) | T | Ken McGregor (1) |
| Tom van Vollenhoven (1) | T | |
| Ken Large (1) | T | |
| | Goals | |
| Austin Rhodes (3) | G | Albert Blan (3) |
| | G | |
| | Drop Goals | |
| | DG | |
| Referee | | E. Clay (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 City | Liverpool City | 10 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Warrington | Warrington | 29 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Warrington | Warrington | 29 | Warrington | Warrington | 8 | | | | | | | |
| | | | Leigh | Leigh | 9 | | | | | | | |
| Leigh | Leigh | 37 | Leigh | Leigh | 9 | | | | | | | |
| Workington Town | Workington Town | 15 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Workington Town | Workington Town | 15 | | | | Leigh | Leigh | 2 | | | | |
| | | | | | | St. Helens | St. Helens | 15 | | | | |
| Widnes | Widnes | 17 | | | | | | | St. Helens | St. Helens | 15 | | | | |
| St. Helens | St. Helens | 19 | | | | | | | | | | |
| St. Helens | St. Helens | 19 | St. Helens | St. Helens | 7 | | | | | | | |
| | | | Wigan | Wigan | 4 | | | | | | | |
| Wigan | Wigan | 19 | Wigan | Wigan | 4 | | | | | | | |
| Oldham | Oldham | 5 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Oldham | Oldham | 5 | | | | | | | | St. Helens | St. Helens | 15 |
| | | | | | | | | | | Swinton | Swinton | 9 |
| Blackpool Borough | Blackpool Borough | 15 | | | | | | | | | | | Swinton | Swinton | 9 |
| Whitehaven | Whitehaven | 5 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Whitehaven | Whitehaven | 5 | Blackpool Borough | Blackpool Borough | | | | | | | | |
| | | | bye | bye | | | | | | | | |
| blank | blank | | bye | bye | | | | | | | | |
| blank | blank | | | | | | | | | | | |
| blank | blank | | | | | Blackpool Borough | Blackpool Borough | 0 | | | | |
| | | | | | | Swinton | Swinton | 10 | | | | |
| Salford | Salford | 11 | | | | | | | Swinton | Swinton | 10 | | | | |
| Rochdale Hornets | Rochdale Hornets | 3 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Rochdale Hornets | Rochdale Hornets | 3 | Salford | Salford | 6 | | | | | | | |
| | | | Swinton | Swinton | 9 | | | | | | | |
| Barrow | Barrow | 6 | Swinton | Swinton | 9 | | | | | | | |
| Swinton | Swinton | 10 | | | | | | | | | | |

## 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