1938–39 Lancashire Cup
1938–39 was the thirty-first occasion on which the Lancashire Cup completion was held. Wigan won the trophy by beating Salford by a score of 10-7. The match was played at Station Road, Pendlebury, Salford,. The attendance was 27,940 and receipts were £1,708.
Background
The number of teams entering this year's competition remained the same at 13, and the same fixture format was retained. There was once again one bye and one "blank" or "dummy" fixture in the first round. The bye in the second round remained.Competition and results
Round 1
Round 1 involved six matches and 13 clubs.| Game no. | Fixture date | Home team | Score | Away team | Venue | Att | Rec | Notes | Ref | ||
| - | |||||||||||
| 1 | Sat 10 Sep 1938 | Salford | 8-4 | Broughton Rangers | The Willows | ||||||
| 2 | Sat 10 Sep 1938 | St Helens Recs | 12-7 | Barrow | City Road | ||||||
| 3 | Sat 10 Sep 1938 | Rochdale Hornets | 5-19 | Widnes | Athletic Grounds | ||||||
| 4 | Sat 10 Sep 1938 | Leigh | 8-24 | Warrington | Mather Lane | ||||||
| 5 | Sat 10 Sep 1938 | Wigan | 12-8 | Swinton | Central Park | ||||||
| 6 | Mon 12 Sep 1938 | St. Helens | 5-10 | Liverpool Stanley | Knowsley Road | ||||||
| 7 | Oldham | bye | |||||||||
| 8 | blank | blank |
Round 2 – quarterfinals
Round 2's quarterfinals involved three matches and seven clubs.| Game no. | Fixture date | Home team | Score | Away team | Venue | Att | Rec | Notes | Ref | ||
| - | - | ||||||||||
| 1 | Wed 21 Sep 1938 | Oldham | 4-13 | Wigan | Watersheddings | ||||||
| 2 | Wed 21 Sep 1938 | St Helens Recs | 8-10 | Liverpool Stanley | City Road | ||||||
| 3 | Wed 21 Sep 1938 | Warrington | 5-4 | Widnes | Wilderspool | ||||||
| 4 | Salford | bye |
Round 3 – semifinals
Round 3's semifinals involved two matches and four clubs.| Game no. | Fixture date | Home team | Score | Away team | Venue | Att | Rec | Notes | Ref | ||
| - | - | ||||||||||
| 1 | Wed 28 Sep 1938 | Wigan | 13-9 | Liverpool Stanley | Central Park | ||||||
| 2 | Thu 29 Sep 1938 | Warrington | 6-12 | Salford | Wilderspool |
Final
Teams and scorers
| Wigan | No. | Salford |
| Teams | ||
| Jim Sullivan | 1 | Harold Osbaldestin |
| Jack Morley | 2 | Barney Hudson |
| Ted Ward | 3 | Albert Gear |
| Gwynne Davies | 4 | Bob Brown |
| Gwyn Williams | 5 | Alan Edwards |
| Jack Garvey | 6 | Gus Risman |
| Hector Gee | 7 | Billy Watkins |
| George Banks | 8 | David Davies |
| Joe Egan | 9 | Bert Day |
| Ken Gee | 10 | Joe Bradbury |
| Ike Jones | 11 | Paddy Dalton |
| Trevor Thomas | 12 | Harold Thomas |
| Jackie Bowen | 13 | Jack Feetham |
| 10 | Score | 7 |
| 4 | HT | 2 |
| Scorers | ||
| Tries | ||
| Goals | ||
| Jim Sullivan | G | |
| G | ||
| Drop goals | ||
| DG | ||
| Referee | ||
Scoring - Try = three points - Goal = two points - Drop goal = two points