1967–68 Lancashire Cup
1967–68 was the fifty-fifth occasion on which the Lancashire Cup completion had been held.
In the final, held on Saturday 7 October at Central Park, Wigan,, St. Helens drew 2–2 with Warrington. At half-time Warrington were leading St Helens by 2–0.
The attendance at this match was 16,897, receipts were £3,886, and the half time score 0–2.
In the replay held eight weeks later on 2 December, St. Helens won the trophy by beating Warrington by the score of 13–10.
The replay was held at Station Road, Pendlebury, Lancashire) and the halftime score was 3–3.
The attendance at the replay was only 7,577 and receipts were £2,485-0-0.
This was the first of two consecutive Lancashire Cup final wins for St. Helens, and what is more, the sixth of the seven occasions on which the club will win the trophy in the successive nine years.
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 18 Aug 1967 | St. Helens | 7-4 | Rochdale Hornets | Knowsley Road | 6,000 | |||||
| 2 | Fri 18 Aug 1967 | Widnes | 9-12 | Swinton | Naughton Park | ||||||
| 3 | Sat 19 Aug 1967 | Oldham | 17-11 | Leigh | Watersheddings | ||||||
| 4 | Sat 19 Aug 1967 | Warrington | 17-10 | Blackpool Borough | Wilderspool | ||||||
| 5 | Sat 19 Aug 1967 | Whitehaven | 10-13 | Liverpool City | Recreation Ground | ||||||
| 6 | Sat 19 Aug 1967 | Wigan | 14-18 | Salford | Central Park | ||||||
| 7 | Sat 19 Aug 1967 | Workington Town | 35-6 | Barrow | 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 | Mon 04 Sep 1967 | Workington Town | 33-0 | Salford | Derwent Park | ||||||
| 2 | Wed 06 Sep 1967 | Warrington | 14-5 | Liverpool City | Wilderspool | ||||||
| 3 | Thu 07 Sep 1967 | Swinton | 11-8 | Oldham | Station Road | ||||||
| 4 | St. Helens | 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 | Sat 16 Sep 1967 | Workington Town | 13-23 | Warrington | Derwent Park | ||||||
| 2 | Tue 19 Sep 1967 | Swinton | 8-12 | St. Helens | Station Road | 10,733 |
Final – Replay
Teams and scorers
| St. Helens | No. | Warrington |
| teams | ||
| Frank Barrow | 1 | Keith Affleck |
| Tom van Vollenhoven | 2 | John Coupe |
| Billy Benyon | 3 | Jackie Melling |
| Alan Whittle | 4 | Peter Harvey |
| Tony Barrow | 5 | Brian Glover |
| Peter Douglas | 6 | Willie Aspinall |
| Tommy Bishop | 7 | Parry Gordon |
| John Warlow | 8 | Keith Ashcroft |
| Bill Sayer | 9 | Dave Harrison |
| Cliff Watson | 10 | Brian Brady |
| Brian Hogan | 11 | Ken Parr |
| John Mantle | 12 | Barry Briggs |
| Kel Coslett | 13 | Ray Clarke |
| Peter Gartland | 14 | Joe Pickavance |
| Tony Karalius | 15 | ? |
| 2 | score | 2 |
| 0 | HT | 2 |
| Scorers | ||
| Goals | ||
| Kel Coslett | G | |
| Drop Goals | ||
| DG | Willie Aspinall | |
| Referee | G. Fred Lindop | |
| Replay | Replay | Replay |
| Frank Barrow | 1 | Tommy Conroy |
| Tom van Vollenhoven | 2 | John Coupe |
| Wilf Smith | 3 | Jackie Melling |
| Billy Benyon | 4 | Bill Allen |
| Les Jones | 5 | Brian Glover |
| Peter Douglas | 6 | Tony Scahill |
| Tommy Bishop | 7 | Parry Gordon |
| John Warlow | 8 | Keith Ashcroft |
| Bill Sayer | 9 | Dave Harrison |
| Cliff Watson | 10 | Joe Price |
| Eric Chisnall | 11 | Barry Briggs |
| Kel Coslett | 12 | Ken Parr |
| John Houghton | 13 | Ray Clarke |
| 14 | ||
| 15 | ||
| Cliff Evans | Coach | Joe Egan |
| 13 | score | 10 |
| 3 | HT | 3 |
| Scorers | ||
| Tries | ||
| Les Jones | T | Jackie Melling |
| John Warlow | T | Parry Gordon |
| Eric Chisnall | T | |
| Goals | ||
| John Houghton | T | Bill Allen |
| Referee | G. Fred Lindop | |
- Try = three points - Goal = two points - Drop goal = two points