The 1970–71 Lancashire Cup was the fifty-eighth staging of the tournament.
Leigh won the trophy by beating
St. Helens by the score of 7–4 in the final. The match was played at
Station Road,
Pendlebury, (
historically in the county of
Lancashire
Lancashire ( , ; abbreviated Lancs) is the name of a historic county, ceremonial county, and non-metropolitan county in North West England. The boundaries of these three areas differ significantly.
The non-metropolitan county of Lancash ...
). The attendance was 10,776 and receipts were £3,136.
Background
The total number of teams entering the competition remained the same at a total of 16. Once again two junior (or amateur) clubs were invited St Helens Amateurs and this year, Whitehaven Amateurs.
The same fixture format was retained, and due to the number of participating clubs, resulted in a full fixture list with no byes or “blank” or “dummy” fixtures.
Competition and results
Round 1
Involved 8 matches (with no bye or “blank” fixture) and 16 clubs
Round 1 replays
Involved 1 match and 2 clubs
Round 2 - Quarter-finals
Involved 4 matches (with no bye) and 8 clubs
Round 2 – replays
Involved 1 match and 2 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 * St Helens Amateurs were a junior (or amateur) club from St Helens
2 * Whitehaven Amateurs are a junior (or amateur) club from Whitehaven
3 * Station Road was the home ground of Swinton from 1929 to 1932 and at its peak was one of the finest rugby league grounds in the country and it boasted a capacity of 60,000. The actual record attendance was for the Challenge Cup semi-final on 7 April 1951 when 44,621 watched Wigan
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beat Warrington
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See also
*British rugby league system
The British rugby league system is based on a five-tier structure administered by the Rugby Football League.
There is no system of automatic promotion and relegation between all five tiers although teams have moved between them in the past. Since ...
*1970–71 Northern Rugby Football League season
The 1970–71 Rugby Football League season was the 76th season of rugby league football.
Season summary
Sunday afternoon rugby was allowed for the first time by the RFL on 17 December 1967. Initially most clubs chose not to switch away from Sat ...
*Rugby league county cups
Historically, English rugby league clubs competed for the Lancashire Cup and the Yorkshire Cup, known collectively as the county cups. The leading rugby clubs in Yorkshire had played in a cup competition (affectionately known as ''t’owd tin pot ...
*List of defunct rugby league clubs
This is a list of defunct professional rugby league clubs.
Australia
New South Wales Rugby League (1908-1994)
ARL (1995-1997), SL (1997) and NRL (1998-)
The teams listed above, with the exception of Adelaide, Hunter, Gold Coast, Northern Ea ...
References
External links
Saints Heritage Society1896–97 Northern Rugby Football Union season at wigan.rlfans.comHull&Proud Fixtures & Results 1896/1897Widnes Vikings - One team, one passion Season In Review - 1896-97The Northern Union at warringtonwolves.org
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