1970–71 Lancashire Cup

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,. 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 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 and 16 clubs

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

1	Fri 28-08-1970	Rochdale Hornets	14-11	Whitehaven	Athletic Grounds
2	Fri 28-08-1970	Warrington	9-21	Leigh	Wilderspool
3	Sat 29-08-1970	Blackpool Borough	10-10	Widnes	Borough Park
4	Sat 29-08-1970	Huyton	3-30	St. Helens	Alt Park, Huyton	2,121
5	Sat 29-08-1970	Oldham	12-35	Salford	Watersheddings
6	Sat 29-08-1970	Swinton	51-21	St Helens Amateurs	Station Road			1
7	Sat 29-08-1970	Wigan	32-2	Barrow	Central Park
8	Sun 30-08-1970	Workington Town	49-7	Whitehaven Amateurs	Derwent Park			2

Round 1 replays

Involved 1 match and 2 clubs

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

1	Thu 03-09-1970	Widnes	41-6	Blackpool Borough	Naughton Park

Round 2 - Quarter-finals

Involved 4 matches and 8 clubs

Game No	Fixture date	Home team	Score	Away team	Venue	Att	Rec	Notes	Ref
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1	Mon 07-09-1970	Widnes	32-5	Rochdale Hornets	Naughton Park
2	Sun 13-09-1970	Salford	12-12	Wigan	The Willows
3	Wed 16-09-1970	Leigh	12-8	Workington Town	Hilton Park
4	Thu 17-09-1970	St. Helens	20-7	Swinton	Knowsley Road	7,500

Round 2 – replays

Involved 1 match and 2 clubs

Game No	Fixture date	Home team	Score	Away team	Venue	Att	Rec	Notes	Ref
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1	Sun 20-09-1970	Wigan	32-6	Salford	Central Park

Round 3 – Semi-finals

Involved 2 matches and 4 clubs

Game No	Fixture date	Home team	Score	Away team	Venue	Att	Rec	Notes	Ref
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1	Sun 04-10-1970	Widnes	10-13	Leigh	Naughton Park
2	Sat 10-10-1970	Wigan	0-23	St. Helens	Central Park	23,508

Final

Teams and scorers

Leigh	No.	St. Helens

	teams
Stuart Ferguson	1	Frank Barrow
Rod Tickle	2	Les Jones
Les Chisnall	3	Billy Benyon
Mick Collins	4	Johnny Walsh
Joseph Walsh	5	Frank Wilson
David Eckersley	6	Frank Myler
Alex Murphy	7	Alan Whittle
Dave Chisnall	8	Albert Halsall
Kevin Ashcroft	9	Tony Karalius
Derek Watts	10	Graham Rees
Paul Grimes	11	John Mantle
Geoffrey Clarkson	12	Eric Chisnall
Mick Mooney	13	Kel Coslett
/	14	Jeff Heaton
	15	Eric Prescott

7	score	4
0	HT	0

	Scorers
	Tries
David Eckersley	T
	Goals
Stuart Ferguson	G	Kel Coslett
Referee		W H Thompson
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Scoring - Try = three points - Goal = two points - Drop goal = two points