The 1977–78 Lancashire Cup tournament was the sixty-fifth occasion on which the Lancashire Cup had been contested. For the first time in many years, there was a new name on the trophy as this time it was relative newcomers

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who joined the league in 1945.

won the trophy by beating

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in the final by the score of 16-13. The match was played at

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, now in the County Palatine of Chester but (

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in the county of

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). The attendance was 9,548 and receipts were £5,038. After relatively little success in the competition,

had reached the semi-final stage in 1973, 1974 and 1975, had been runner-up in 1976, and now winner in 1977. They would go on to be runners-up again in 1978 and 1979.

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 number of participating clubs, this resulted in one "blank" or "dummy" fixture 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 2 - Replays

Involved 1 match and 2 Clubs

Round 3 – Semi-Finals

Involved 2 matches and 4 Clubs

Round 3 – Semi-Finals - Replays

Involved 1 match and 2 Clubs

Final

Teams and Scorers

Scoring - Try = three (3) points - Goal = two (2) points - Drop goal = one (1) point

The road to success

Notes

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was the home ground of

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

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. 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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