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1974–75 Lancashire Cup
Structure	Regional knockout championship
Teams	14
Winners	Widnes
Runners-up	Salford
← 1973–74 1975–76 →

The 1974–75 Lancashire Cup was the 62nd occasion on which the Lancashire Cup competition had been held. Widnes won the trophy by beating Salford by the score of 19-9.

Background

The total number of teams entering the competition remained unchanged at 14. The same fixture format was retained, with one team receiving a bye in the second round.

Competition and results

First round

Involved seven matches (with one “blank” fixture) and 14 clubs

Game No	Fixture date	Home team	Score	Away team	Venue	Att
1	Fri 30 Aug 1974	Barrow	10–31	Leigh	Craven Park	1,500
2	Fri 30 Aug 1974	St. Helens	11–13	Workington Town	Knowsley Road	3,000
3	Fri 30 Aug 1974	Salford	25–8	Blackpool Borough	The Willows	4,058
4	Sun 01 Sep 1974	Huyton	22–15	Whitehaven	Alt Park, Huyton	250
5	Sun 01 Sep 1974	Oldham	9–14	Widnes	Watersheddings	3,288
6	Sun 01 Sep 1974	Rochdale Hornets	20–12	Warrington	Athletic Grounds
7	Sun 01 Sep 1974	Swinton	17–15	Wigan	Station Road	3,316

Second Round

Involved three matches and six clubs. Leigh received a bye into the next round.

Game No	Fixture date	Home team	Score	Away team	Venue	Att
1	Sun 08 Sep 1974	Salford	17–15	Huyton	The Willows	3,076
2	Sun 08 Sep 1974	Workington Town	17–7	Swinton	Derwent Park	1,022
3	Tue 10 Sep 1974	Rochdale Hornets	7–7	Widnes	Athletic Grounds	2,603
Replay	Fri 13 Sep 1974	Widnes	8–7	Rochdale Hornets	Naughton Park	3,800

Semi-finals

Involved 2 matches and 4 clubs

Game No	Fixture date	Home team	Score	Away team	Venue	Att	Ref
1	Tue 08 Oct 1974	Leigh	5–8	Widnes	Hilton Park	4,500
2	Fri 11 Oct 1974	Salford	17–10	Workington Town	The Willows	8,498

Final

The match was played at Central Park, Wigan. The attendance was 7,403 and receipts were £2,833.

This was the first time Widnes had won the Lancashire Cup since 1945.

2 November 1974

Widnes	6 – 2	Salford
Tries: George Goals: Dutton Drop goals: Hughes		Goals: Fielding

Central Park, Wigan
Attendance: 7,403
Referee: Fred Lindop (Wakefield)
Player of the Match: Mike Coulman

Teams

Widnes	№	Salford
Ray Dutton	1	Paul Charlton
Mick George	2	Keith Fielding
Dennis O'Neill	3	Colin Dixon
Mal Aspey	4	Gordon Graham
Alan Prescott	5	Maurice Richards
Eric Hughes	6	John Taylor
Reg Bowden	7	Peter Banner
Jim Mills	8	Graham Mackay
Keith Elwell	9	Ellis Devlin
John Stephens	10	Alan Grice
Mick Adams	11	John Knighton
Bob Blackwood	12	Mike Coulman
Doug Laughton	13	Eric Prescott
?	14	?
?	15	?

The road to success

First round		Second round		Semi-finals		Final

Barrow	10

Leigh	31
		Leigh

		bye
blank

blank
				Leigh	5

				Widnes	8
Rochdale Hornets	20

Warrington	12
		Rochdale Hornets	7-7

		Widnes	7-8
Oldham	9

Widnes	14
						Widnes	6

						Salford	2
Salford	25

Blackpool Borough	8
		Salford	17

		Huyton	15
Huyton	22

Whitehaven	15
				Salford	17

				Workington Town	10
St. Helens	11

Workington Town	13
		Workington Town	17

		Swinton	7
Swinton	17

Wigan	15

Notes

"Rugby League Project".
Jack Winstanley & Malcolm Ryding (1991). John Player Yearbook 1975–76. Queen Anne Press.
"Saints Heritage Society - History - Season 1896-97".
^ "Widnes Vikings - History - Season In Review - 1896-97".
"Warrington Wolves - Results Archive - 1897". Archived from the original on 2 February 2014.
"Wigan "Cherry and White" archived results". Archived from the original on 21 February 2014. Retrieved 15 February 2014.
The John Player Yearbook 1975–76 gives the attendance as 7,403, as does Rothmans Yearbook of 1991-92, but Rugby League Project gives the attendance as 6,703
Raymond Fletcher and David Howes (1991). Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook 1991-100. Queen Anne Press. ISBN 0 35617852 8.
Frank Butler and Patrick Collins (1974). News of the World Football Annual 1974–75 - 88th year. News of the World Ltd.
Frank Butler and Patrick Collins (1975). News of the World Football Annual 1975–76 - 89th year. News of the World Ltd.
Winstanley & Ryding (1975), p. 218.
Winstanley & Ryding (1975), pp. 218–220.

References

Winstanley, Jack; Ryding, Malcolm (1975). John Player Rugby League Yearbook. 1975-76. London: Queen Anne Press. ISBN 978-0-362-00223-2.
Saxton, Irvin (ed.). History of Rugby League: No.80 1974–1975. League Publications. p. 10.

External links

"Lancashire Cup 1974/75". Rugby League Project.

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