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Rugby league season

1929–30 Lancashire Cup
Structure	Regional knockout competitionm
Teams	13
Champions	Warrington
Runners-up	Salford
← 1928–29 1930–31 →

The 1929–30 Lancashire Cup was the 22nd occasion on which this regional rugby league competition had been held. Warrington won the trophy by beating Salford in the final by 15–2. The match was played at Central Park, Wigan. The attendance at the final was 21,012 and receipts £1,250.

Background

The number of teams entering this year's competition remained at 13 which resulted in 3 byes in the first round.

The semi-final clash between Salford and Swinton took two replays to decide. This resulted in Salford playing 5 matches (a semi-final, a league match, two replays and a final) within 11 days.

Competition and results

Round 1

Involved 5 matches (with three byes) and 13 clubs

Game No	Fixture date	Home team	Score	Away team	Venue

1	Sat 12 October 1929	Barrow	12–0	Widnes	Little Park, Roose
2	Sat 12 October 1929	Broughton Rangers	9–10	St. Helens	The Cliff
3	Sat 12 October 1929	Leigh	3–6	Warrington	Mather Lane
4	Sat 12 October 1929	Rochdale Hornets	15–11	Wigan Highfield	Athletic Grounds
5	Sat 12 October 1929	Wigan	5–10	Oldham	Central Park
6		St Helens Recs		bye
7		Salford		bye
8		Swinton		bye

Round 2 – quarter-finals

Game No	Fixture date	Home team	Score	Away team	Venue	Notes

1	Mon 21 October 1929	Oldham	8–2	St Helens Recs	Watersheddings
2	Wed 23 October 1929	St. Helens	8–8	Salford	Knowsley Road
3	Wed 23 October 1929	Swinton	38–3	Rochdale Hornets	Station Road	1
4	Thu 24 October 1929	Barrow	7–9	Warrington	Little Park, Roose
Replay
5	Sat 30 October 1929	Salford	13–3	St. Helens	The Willows

Round 3 – semi-finals

Game No	Fixture date	Home team	Score	Away team	Venue	Notes

1	Mon 11 November 1929	Oldham	5–7	Warrington	Watersheddings
2	Wed 13 November 1929	Swinton	3–3	Salford	Station Road	2
1st Replay
3	Mon 18 November 1929	Salford	0–0	Swinton	The Willows	2
2nd Replay
4	Wed 20 November 1929	Swinton	0–8	Salford	The Cliff

Final

Game No	Fixture date	Home team		Score		Away team	Venue	Att	Rec	Notes	Ref

	Saturday 23 November 1929	Warrington		15–2		Salford	Central Park	21,012	£1,250	2 3

Teams and scorers

Warrington	№	Salford
	Teams
Billy Holding	1	Gus Risman
Tommy Blinkhorn	2	Sid Boyd
Les Perkins (c)	3	Richard Manning
Billy Dingsdale	4	George Dobing
Thomas "Tubby" Thompson	5	Barney Hudson
William "Billy" Kirk	6	Sammy Miller
Tommy Flynn	7	Reg Meek
Jack Miller	8	Billy Williams
Alfred Peacock	9	Fred Shaw
Billy Cunliffe	10	Jack Muir
Frank Williams	11	Teddy Haines
Jesse Meredith	12	Alf Middleton
Charlie Seeling Jr.	13	Aubrey Casewell

15	score	2
7	HT	0

	Scorers
	Tries
William "Billy" Kirk (1)	T
Jesse Meredith (1)	T
Tommy Blinkhorn (1)	T
	Goals
Billy Holding (3)	G	George Dobing
	Drop Goals
	DG
Referee

Scoring – Try = three points; Goal = two points; Drop goal = two points

The road to success

First round		Second round		Semifinals		Final

Wigan	5

Oldham	10
		Oldham	8

		St Helens Recs	2
St Helens Recs

bye
				Oldham	5

				Warrington	7
Barrow	12

Widnes	0
		Barrow	7

		Warrington	9
Leigh	3

Warrington	6
						Warrington	15

						Salford	2
Swinton

bye
		Swinton	38

		Rochdale Hornets	3
Rochdale Hornets	15

Wigan Highfield	11
				Swinton	3(0)(0)

				Salford	3(0)(8)
Broughton Rangers	9

St. Helens	10
		St. Helens	8(3)

		Salford	8(13)
Salford

bye

Notes

"Rugby League Project".
"Widnes Vikings – History – Season In Review – 1929–30".
^ "Saints Heritage Society – History – Season 1929–30".
^ "Warrington Wolves – Results Archive – 1929".
"Wigan "Cherry and White" archived results".
Raymond Fletcher and David Howes (1991). Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook 1991–1992. Queen Anne Press. ISBN 0 35617852 8.

References

Saxton, Irvin (ed.). History of Rugby League: No.35 1929–1930. League Publications. p. 10.

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