The 1973–74 Lancashire Cup was the sixty-first occasion of the Lancashire Cup.

Wigan Wigan ( ) is a large town in Greater Manchester, England, on the River Douglas, Lancashire, River Douglas. The town is midway between the two cities of Manchester, to the south-east, and Liverpool, to the south-west. Bolton lies to the nor ...

won the trophy by beating

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by the score of 19–9 in the final. The match was played at

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. The attendance was 8,012 and receipts were £2,750.

Background

The total number of teams entering the competition remained at last season’s total of 14 with no junior/amateur clubs taking part.
The same fixture format was retained, but due to the decrease in the number of participating clubs, resulted in one "blank" or "dummy" fixtures in the first round, and one bye in the second round.

Competition and results

Round 1

Involved 7 matches (with one "blank" fixture) and 14 clubs

Round 2 - Quarter-finals

Involved 3 matches (with one bye) and 7 clubs

Round 3 – Semi-finals

Involved 2 matches and 4 clubs

Final

Teams and scorers

Scoring - Try = three (3) points - Goal = two (2) points - Drop goal = two (2) points

The road to success

Notes and comments

1 * The John Player Yearbook 1974–75 gives the score as 8-15 (4 goals to 3 converted tries) - The RUGBYLEAGUEproject gives the score as 2-15
2 * The John Player Yearbook 1974–75 gives the attendance as 8,522 (HT 7-4) - The RUGBYLEAGUEproject gives the attendance as 8,556 - Other sources including the Rothmans Yearbook of 1991-92 show it as 8,012
3 *

was the home ground of

from 1883 to the end of the 2003 Summer season when they moved into the new purpose built

Halliwell Jones Stadium The Halliwell Jones Stadium is a rugby league stadium in Warrington, England, which is the home ground of the Warrington Wolves. It has also staged Challenge Cup semi-finals, the European Nations Final, the National League Grand Finals' Day, ...

. Wilderspool remained as a sports/Ruugby League ground and is/was used by Woolston Rovers/

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junior club.
The ground had a final capacity of 9,000 although the record attendance was set in a Challenge cup third round match on 13 March 1948 when 34,304 spectators saw Warrington lose to Wigan 10-13.

References

External links

Saints Heritage Society1896–97 Northern Rugby Football Union season at wigan.rlfans.com

Hull&Proud Fixtures & Results 1896/1897Widnes Vikings - One team, one passion Season In Review - 1896-97The Northern Union at warringtonwolves.org
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