1978–79 was the sixty-sixth occasion on which the Lancashire Cup completion had been held.

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won the trophy by beating

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by the score of 15-13 The match was played at

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, (

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in the county of

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). The attendance was 10,020 and receipts were £6,261.00 After relatively little success in the competition,

had reached the semi-final stage in 1973, 1974 and 1975, had been runner-up in 1976, winner in 1977, and now runners-up again in 1978. They would go on to be runners-up again in 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 1 – First replays

Involved 1 match and 2 clubs

Round 1 – Second replays

Involved 1 match and 2 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 points - Goal = two points - Drop goal = one point

The road to success

Notes and comments

1 *

was the home ground of

with a final capacity of 18,000, although the record attendance was 47,747 for Wigan v St Helens 27 March 1959

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:1978-79 Lancashire Cup RFL Lancashire Cup Lancashire Cup