1985–86 Lancashire Cup























1985 Lancashire Cup
Structure Regional knockout championship
Teams 16
Winners Wigan
Runners-up Warrington

← 1984–85

Seasons
1986–87 →


The 1985–86 Lancashire Cup competition was the seventy-third occasion on which the tournament had been held. Wigan won the trophy by beating Warrington in the final by the score of 34-8.




Contents






  • 1 Competition and Results


    • 1.1 Round 1


    • 1.2 Round 2 - Quarter Finals


    • 1.3 Round 3 – Semi-Finals


    • 1.4 Final


      • 1.4.1 Teams and Scorers[5][6][8]




    • 1.5 The road to success




  • 2 Notes


  • 3 See also


  • 4 References


  • 5 External links





Competition and Results


This season the total number of entrants remained at the 16 level. With this full sixteen members there was no need for “blank” or “dummy” fixtures or any byes.[1][2]



Round 1


Involved 8 matches (with no byes) and 16 Clubs
















































































































































Game No
 Fixture Date
 Home Team
Score
Away Team
 Venue
 Att
 Rec
 Notes
 Ref

1 Sun 15 Sep 1985 Barrow 8-12 Whitehaven Craven Park 2011
2 Sun 15 Sep 1985 Leigh 40-12 Oldham Hilton Park 3500
3 Sun 15 Sep 1985 Rochdale Hornets 6-17 Widnes Athletic Grounds 1269 [3]
4 Sun 15 Sep 1985 Runcorn Highfield 16-38 Workington Town Canal Street 1000
5 Sun 15 Sep 1985 St. Helens 72-8 Carlisle Knowsley Road 3630 [4]
6 Sun 15 Sep 1985 Salford 18-14 Swinton The Willows 3482
7 Sun 15 Sep 1985 Warrington 30-3 Blackpool Borough Wilderspool 2234 [5]
8 Sun 15 Sep 1985 Wigan 24-13 Fulham Central Park 8943 [6]


Round 2 - Quarter Finals


Involved 4 matches and 8 Clubs























































































Game No
 Fixture Date
 Home Team
Score
Away Team
 Venue
 Att
 Rec
 Notes
 Ref

1 Wed 25 Sep 1985 Leigh 14-18 Widnes Hilton Park 4000 [3]
2 Wed 25 Sep 1985 St. Helens 26-8 Whitehaven Knowsley Road 3853 [4]
3 Wed 25 Sep 1985 Warrington 38-4 Workington Town Wilderspool 2518 [5]
4 Wed 25 Sep 1985 Wigan 22-20 Salford Central Park 11188 [6]


Round 3 – Semi-Finals


Involved 2 matches and 4 Clubs



























































Game No
 Fixture Date
 Home Team
Score
Away Team
 Venue
 Att
 Rec
 Notes
 Ref

1 Wed 02 Oct 1985 Warrington 11-4 Widnes Wilderspool 5633
[3][5][7]
2 Wed 02 Oct 1985 Wigan 30-2 St. Helens Central Park 18544
[4][6]


Final


The match was played at Knowsley Road, Eccleston, St Helens, Merseyside, (historically in the county of Lancashire). The attendance was 19,202 and receipts were £56,030. The attendance was again at a very pleasing level, the second of the five-year period when it would reach around the 20,000 level.


This was Wigan's second appearance in two years and a first victory in what would become a run of four victories and five appearances in five successive years.













































Game No
 Fixture Date
 Home Team
Score
Away Team
 Venue
 Att
 Rec
 Notes
 Ref

Sunday 13 October 1985 Wigan 34-8 Warrington Knowsley Road 19202 56030 1
[5][6][8]


Teams and Scorers[5][6][8]


































































































































































































Wigan
 №
Warrington

teams
Shaun Edwards 1
Brian Johnson
Gary Henley-Smith 2
Brian Carbert[1]
David Stephenson 3
Paul Cullen
Ellery Hanley 4
Phil Blake
Colin Whitfield 5
Rick Thackray[2]
Steve Ella 6
Ken Kelly
Mike Ford 7
Andy Gregory
Greg Dowling 8
Bob Eccles
Nicky Kiss 9
Carl Webb[3]
Shaun Wane 10
Robert Jackson[4]

Nick Du Toit[5]
 11
Les Boyd
Andy Goodway 12
Mike Gregory
Ian Potter 13
Alan Rathbone

Steve Hampson (for Gary Henley-Smith 58min)		 14
Mark Forster (for Phil Blake 27min)

Brian Case (for Shaun Edwards 27min)		 15
Kevin Tamati (for Les Boyd 49min)
coach

34 score 8
12 HT 8

Scorers
Tries
Steve Ella (2) T Brian Johnson (1)
Nicky Kiss (1) T
Ellery Hanley (1) T
Shaun Edwards (1) T
Goals
David Stephenson (7) G Brian Carbert (2)

Discipline Alan Rathbone - Sent Off -52 Min - Late Hit on Ian Potter
Discipline Andy Gregory - Sent Off - 71min - Stamping on Nick Du Toit
Referee
John Holdsworth (Kippax)
Man of the match Steve Ella - Wigan - stand-off
sponsored by Burtonwood Brewery
Competition Sponsor Forshaws (Burtonwood Brewery Co Ltd)

Scoring - Try = four (4) points - Goal = two (2) points - Drop goal = one (1) point



The road to success














































































































































































































































































































First Round
 Second Round
 Semi Finals
 Final
                       

Wigan
 24

Fulham
 13

Wigan
 22


Salford
 20

Salford
 18

Swinton
 14

Wigan
 30


St. Helens
 2

St. Helens
 72

Carlisle
 8

St. Helens
 26


Whitehaven
 8

Barrow
 8

Whitehaven
 12

Wigan
 34


Warrington
 8

Warrington
 30

Blackpool Borough
 3

Warrington
 38


Workington Town
 4

Runcorn Highfield
 16

Workington Town
 38

Warrington
 11


Widnes
 4

Leigh
 40

Oldham
 12

Leigh
 14


Widnes
 18

Rochdale Hornets
 6

Widnes
 17


Notes


1 * Knowsley Road was the home ground of St. Helens from 1890 to 2010. The final capacity was in the region of 18,000, although the actual record attendance was 35,695 set on December 26, 1949, for a league game between St Helens and Wigan



See also



  • 1985–86 Rugby Football League season

  • Rugby league county cups



References





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  2. ^ Jack Winstanley & Malcolm Ryding (1991). John Player Yearbook 1975-76. Queen Anne Press.


  3. ^ abc "Widnes Vikings - History - Season In Review - 1896-97".


  4. ^ abc "Saints Heritage Society - History - Season 1896-97".


  5. ^ abcde "Warrington Wolves - Results Archive - 1897". Archived from the original on 2014-02-02.


  6. ^ abcde "Wigan "Cherry and White" archived results".


  7. ^ Club Programme dept. Match Programme. Warrington RLFC.


  8. ^ ab Raymond Fletcher and David Howes (1991). Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook 1991-100. Queen Anne Press. ISBN 0 35617852 8.




External links



  • Saints Heritage Society

  • 1896–97 Northern Rugby Football Union season at wigan.rlfans.com

  • Hull&Proud Fixtures & Results 1896/1897

  • Widnes Vikings - One team, one passion Season In Review - 1896-97

  • The Northern Union at warringtonwolves.org




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