1966–67 Lancashire Cup
1966–67 was the fifty-fourth occasion on which the Lancashire Cup completion had been held.
Wigan won the trophy by beating Oldham by the score of 16-13
The match was played at Station Road, Swinton. The attendance was 14,193 and receipts were £3,558
Background
The total number of teams entering the competition remained the same at 14.The same fixture format was retained, and due to the number of clubs this resulted in no bye but one “blank” or “dummy” fixture in the first round, and one bye in the second round
Competition and results
Round 1
Involved 7 matches and 14 clubs| Game No | Fixture date | Home team | Score | Away team | Venue | Att | Rec | Notes | Ref | ||
| 1 | Fri 02 Sep 1966 | Widnes | 26-13 | Barrow | Naughton Park | ||||||
| 2 | Sat 03 Sep 1966 | Leigh | 4-18 | Wigan | Hilton Park | ||||||
| 3 | Sat 03 Sep 1966 | Oldham | 16-13 | Swinton | Watersheddings | ||||||
| 4 | Sat 03 Sep 1966 | Rochdale Hornets | 16-18 | St. Helens | Athletic Grounds | 3,770 | |||||
| 5 | Sat 03 Sep 1966 | Warrington | 29-12 | Liverpool City | Wilderspool | ||||||
| 6 | Sat 03 Sep 1966 | Whitehaven | 2-5 | Blackpool Borough | Recreation Ground | ||||||
| 7 | Sat 03 Sep 1966 | Workington Town | 9-17 | Salford | Derwent Park | ||||||
| 8 | blank | blank |
Round 2 - Quarter-finals
Involved 3 matches and 7 clubs| Game No | Fixture date | Home team | Score | Away team | Venue | Att | Rec | Notes | Ref | ||
| - | |||||||||||
| 1 | Wed 14 Sep 1966 | Blackpool Borough | 19-7 | Widnes | Borough Park | ||||||
| 2 | Wed 14 Sep 1966 | Wigan | 11-9 | St. Helens | Central Park | 13,141 | |||||
| 3 | Wed 15 Sep 1966 | Salford | '2-7 | Oldham | The Willows | ||||||
| 4 | Warrington | bye |
Round 3 – Semi-finals
Involved 2 matches and 4 clubs| Game No | Fixture date | Home team | Score | Away team | Venue | Att | Rec | Notes | Ref | ||
| - | |||||||||||
| 1 | Tue 27 Sep 1966 | Blackpool Borough | 5-15 | Oldham | Borough Park | ||||||
| 2 | Wed 28 Sep 1966 | Wigan | 16-7 | Warrington | Central Park |
Final
Teams and scorers
| Wigan | № | Oldham |
| teams | ||
| Ray Ashby | 1 | Stan McLeod |
| Billy Boston | 2 | Terry Dolly |
| Eric Ashton | 3 | Jim McCormack |
| Keith Holden | 4 | John Donovan |
| Trevor Lake | 5 | Trevor Simms |
| Cliff Hill | 6 | Tommy Warburton |
| Frank Parr | 7 | / |
| Danny Gardiner | 8 | Ken Wilson |
| Colin Clarke | 9 | Kevin Taylor |
| John Stephens | 10 | Geoff Fletcher |
| Geoff Lyon | 11 | Peter Smethurst |
| Laurie Gilfedder | 12 | Robert Irving |
| Harry Major | 13 | Mick Mooney |
| 14 | Peter Holroyd | |
| 15 | Alan Ogden | |
| 16 | score | 13 |
| 11 | HT | 4 |
| Scorers | ||
| Tries | ||
| Eric Ashton | T | John Donovan |
| Billy Boston | T | |
| Colin Clarke | T | |
| Laurie Gilfedder | T | |
| Goals | ||
| Laurie Gilfedder | G | Tommy Warburton |
| G | ||
| Drop Goals | ||
| DG | ||
| Referee | Peter Geraghty | |
Scoring - Try = three points - Goal = two points - Drop goal = two points