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1956–57 Lancashire Cup
Structure	Regional knockout championship
Teams	15
Winners	Oldham
Runners-up	St. Helens
← 1955–56 1957–58 →

1956–57 was the forty-fourth occasion on which the Lancashire Cup completion had been held.
Oldham won the trophy by beating St. Helens by the score of 10-3
The match was played at Central Park, Wigan, (historically in the county of Lancashire). The excellent attendance was 39,544 and receipts were £6,274
This was the first of Oldham's three consecutive triumphs. 1958 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 the invitation to junior club “County Amateurs”, the number of clubs remained the same at 15.
The same pre-war fixture format was retained, and due to the number of clubs this resulted in one bye in the first round.

Competition and results

Round 1

Involved 7 matches (with one bye but no “blank” fixture) and 15 clubs

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

1	Sat 01 Sep 1956	Blackpool Borough	15-12	Whitehaven	St Anne's Road Greyhound Stadium
2	Sat 01 Sep 1956	Liverpool City	24-7	County Amateurs	Mill Yard, Knotty Ash		1
3	Sat 01 Sep 1956	St. Helens	27-7	Swinton	Knowsley Road	17,000
4	Sat 01 Sep 1956	Salford	17-9	Workington Town	The Willows
5	Sat 01 Sep 1956	Warrington	31-8	Rochdale Hornets	Wilderspool
6	Sat 01 Sep 1956	Widnes	7-17	Barrow	Naughton Park
7	Sat 01 Sep 1956	Wigan	16-18	Oldham	Central Park
8		Leigh		bye

Round 2 - quarterfinals

Involved 3 matches (with no bye) and 8 clubs

Game No	Fixture date	Home team	Score	Away team	Venue	Att

1	Tue 11 Sep 1956	St. Helens	34-3	Liverpool City	Knowsley Road	9,000
2	Tue 11 Sep 1956	Salford	0-31	Oldham	The Willows
3	Wed 12 Sep 1956	Leigh	25-3	Blackpool Borough	Kirkhall Lane
4	Thu 13 Sep 1956	Warrington	5-2	Barrow	Wilderspool

Round 3 – semifinals

Involved 2 matches and 4 clubs

Game No	Fixture date	Home team	Score	Away team	Venue	Att

1	Wed 19 Sep 1956	Leigh	9-18	Oldham	Kirkhall Lane
2	Thu 20 Sep 1956	Warrington	9-17	St. Helens	Wilderspool	26,000

Final

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

	Saturday 20 October 1956	Oldham		10-3		St. Helens	Central Park	39,544	£6,274	2

Teams and scorers

Oldham	No.	St. Helens

	teams
Bernard Ganley	1	Glyn Moses
Richard Cracknell	2	Steve Llewellyn
Dennis Ayres	3	Doug Greenall
Alan Davies	4	Bill Finnan
John Etty	5	Frank Carlton
Frank Stirrup (c)	6	Austin Rhodes
Frank Pitchford	7	John Dickinson
Ken Jackson	8	Alan Prescott
Jack Keith	9	Len McIntyre
Don Vines	10	Nat Silcock, Jr.
Sid Little	11	George Parsons
Charlie Winslade	12	Josh Gaskell
Derek Turner	13	Vince Karalius

10	score	3
7	HT	3

	Scorers
	Tries
John Etty (1)	T
	Goals
	G
	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			Second round		Semifinals		Final

Leigh

bye
			Leigh	25

			Blackpool Borough	3
Blackpool Borough		15

Whitehaven		12
					Leigh	9

					Oldham	18
Salford		17

Workington Town		9
			Salford	0

			Oldham	31
Wigan		16

Oldham		18
							Oldham	10

							St. Helens	3
Warrington		31

Rochdale Hornets		8
			Warrington	5

			Barrow	2
Widnes		7

Barrow		17
					Warrington	9

					St. Helens	17
#REF!		27

	Swinton	7
			St. Helens	34

			Liverpool City	3
Liverpool City		24

County Amateurs		7

Notes and comments

1 * County Amateurs were a Junior (amateur) club from ??
2 * 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

References

"Rugby League Project".
^ "Saints Heritage Society - History - Season 1896-97".
^ "Warrington Wolves - Results Archive - 1897". Archived from the original on 6 July 2010.
"Widnes Vikings - History - Season In Review - 1896-97".
"Wigan "Cherry and White" archived results".
^ David Jack (1957). Empire News Football Annual 1957–58 - 71st year. Empire News and Sunday Chronicle.
Raymond Fletcher and David Howes (1991). Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook 1991-100. Queen Anne Press. ISBN 0 35617852 8.

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