1936–37 Lancashire Cup

1936–37 Lancashire Cup
1936–37 Lancashire Cup
Structure	Regional knockout championship
Teams	14
Winners	Salford
Runners-up	Wigan
	← 1935–36 1937–38 →

The 1936–37 Lancashire Cup was the twenty-ninth occasion on which the Lancashire Cup competition had been held.
Salford won the trophy by beating Wigan by 5–2
The match was played at Wilderspool, Warrington, now in the County Palatine of Chester but (historically in the county of Lancashire. The attendance was 17,500 and receipts were £1,160.
This was the third of the three consecutive Lancashire Cup finals in which Salford would beat Wigan

Background

The number of teams entering this year's competition remained the same, with Streatham & Mitcham (hardly a Lancashire club, but useful to make the numbers up) playing in their second (and what was to be their final) season. The total entrants remained at 14 and the same fixture format was retained.
There was no need for a bye in the first round, but there was still a "blank" or "dummy" fixture. The bye in the second round remained.

Competition and results

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Round 1

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

Game No	Fixture date	Home team	Score	Away team	Venue	Notes	Ref

1	Sat 12 Sep 1936	Broughton Rangers	17–12	Widnes	Belle Vue Stadium	1	^[2]
2	Sat 12 Sep 1936	St Helens Recs	7–7	Leigh	City Road
3	Sat 12 Sep 1936	Liverpool Stanley	3–14	St. Helens	Stanley Greyhound Stadium		^[3]
4	Sat 12 Sep 1936	Salford	8–4	Oldham	The Willows
5	Sat 12 Sep 1936	Streatham & Mitcham	8–23	Barrow	Mitcham Stadium	2
6	Sat 12 Sep 1936	Swinton	15–0	Rochdale Hornets	Station Road
7	Sat 12 Sep 1936	Warrington	6–7	Wigan	Wilderspool		^[4]^[5]
8		blank		blank

Round 1 – replays

Involved 1 match

Game No	Fixture date	Home team		Score		Away team	Venue	Att	Rec	Notes	Ref

1	Wed 16 Sep 1936	Leigh		4–8		St Helens Recs	Mather Lane

Round 2 – quarterfinals

Involved 3 matches (with one bye) and 7 clubs

Game No	Fixture date	Home team	Score	Away team	Venue	Ref

1	Wed 23 Sep 1936	St Helens Recs	10–4	St. Helens	City Road	^[3]
2	Wed 23 Sep 1936	Salford	11–3	Swinton	The Willows
3	Thu 24 Sep 1936	Barrow	9–8	Broughton Rangers	Craven Park
4		Wigan		bye		^[4]

Round 3 – semifinals

Involved 2 matches and 4 clubs

Game No	Fixture date	Home team	Score	Away team	Venue	Ref

1	Wed 30 Sep 1936	Salford	15–15	Barrow	The Willows
2	Wed 30 Sep 1936	Wigan	15–2	St Helens Recs	Central Park	^[4]

Semifinals First replays

Involved 1 match

Game No	Fixture date	Home team		Score		Away team	Venue	Att	Rec	Notes	Ref

1	Thu 8 Oct 1936	Barrow		13–19		Salford	Craven Park

Final

Game No	Fixture date	Home team		Score		Away team	Venue	Att	Rec	Notes	Ref

	Saturday 17 October 1936	Salford		5–2		Wigan	Wilderspool	17,500	£1,160	3	^[4]<refname=Roth1991-92Misc>Raymond Fletcher and David Howes (1991). Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook 1991-100. Queen Anne Press. ISBN 0 35617852 8.</ref>\|}

Teams and scorers

Salford	№	Wigan
	Teams
Harold Osbaldestin	1	Jim Sullivan
Bob Brown	2	Jack Morley
Sammy Miller	3	Gordon Innes
Gus Risman	4	Gwynne Davies
Alan Edwards	5	Charlie Banfield
Emlyn Jenkins	6	George Bennett
Billy Watkins	7	Hector Gee
Billy Williams	8	Francis Gregory
Bert Day	9	Joe Golby
Joe Bradbury	10	Harold Edwards
Paddy Dalton	11	Trevor Thomas
George Harris	12	George Kershaw
Jack Feetham	13	Charlie Seeling Jr.

5	score	2
3	HT	0

	Scorers
	Tries
Harold Osbaldestin	T
	Goals
Gus Risman	G	Jim Sullivan (1)
	Drop Goals
	DG
Referee