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.
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.
Round 1
Involved 8 matches (with no byes) and 16 clubs
Round 2 - Quarter-finals
Involved 4 matches and 8 clubs
Round 3 – Semi-finals
Involved 2 matches and 4 clubs
Final
The match was played at
Knowsley Road,
Eccleston,
St Helens, Merseyside
St Helens () is a town in Merseyside, England, with a population of 102,629. It is the administrative centre of the Metropolitan Borough of St Helens, which had a population of 176,843 at the United Kingdom Census 2001, 2001 Census.
St Helens i ...
, (
historically
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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.
Teams and scorers
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Scoring - Try = four points - Goal = two points - Drop goal = one point
]
The road to success
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 26 December 1949, for a league game between St Helens and Wigan
See also
*1985–86 Rugby Football League season
The 1985–86 Rugby Football League season was the 91st ever season of professional rugby league football in Britain. Sixteen teams competed from August, 1985 until May, 1986 for the Slalom Lager Championship.
Season summary
Slalom Lager League ...
* Rugby league county cups
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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