1972–73 Lancashire Cup
The 1972–73 Lancashire Cup was the sixtieth occasion on which the competition was held. Salford won the trophy by beating Swinton by the score of 25–11 in the final. The match was played at Wilderspool, Warrington,. The attendance was 6,865 and receipts were £3,321.00
Background
The total number of teams entering the competition remained at last season's total of 14 with no junior/amateur clubs taking part.The same fixture format was retained, but due to the decrease in the number of participating clubs, resulted in one "blank" or "dummy" fixtures 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 | Fixture date | Home team | Ref | ||
| - | - | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Fri 1 September 1972 | Salford | 41-17 | Oldham | The Willows | - | - | ||||||
| 2 | Fri 1 September 1972 | Wigan | 15-7 | Workington Town | Central Park | - | - | ||||||
| 3 | Sun 3 September 1972 | Huyton | 12-18 | Barrow | Alt Park, Huyton | - | - | ||||||
| 4 | Sun 3 September 1972 | Leigh | 6-20 | Widnes | Hilton Park | - | - | ||||||
| 5 | Sun 3 September 1972 | Swinton | 28-25 | Blackpool Borough | Station Road | - | - | ||||||
| 6 | Sun 3 September 1972 | Warrington | 16-18 | St. Helens | Wilderspool | 8,500 | - | - | |||||
| 7 | Sun 3 September 1972 | Whitehaven | 19-24 | Rochdale Hornets | Recreation Ground | - | - | ||||||
| 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 13 September 1972 | Widnes | 11-2 | St. Helens | Naughton Park | 9,000 | 1 | ||||
| 2 | Fri 15 September 1972 | Barrow | 4-7 | Swinton | Craven Park | ||||||
| 3 | Fri 15 September 1972 | Salford | 46-13 | Rochdale Hornets | The Willows | ||||||
| 4 | Wigan | 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 | Thu 5 October 1972 | Widnes | 4-13 | Swinton | Naughton Park | ||||||
| 2 | Thu 6 October 1972 | Wigan | 2-14 | Salford | Central Park |
Final
Teams and scorers
| Salford | No. | Swinton |
| teams | ||
| Paul Charlton | 1 | Paul Jackson |
| Eastham | 2 | Bob Fleay |
| David Watkins | 3 | John Cooke |
| Chris Hesketh | 4 | Alan Buckley |
| Maurice Richards | 5 | John Gomersall |
| Ken Gill | 6 | Peter Kenny |
| Peter Banner | 7 | Ken Gowers |
| Mackay | 8 | Albert Halsall |
| Walker | 9 | Graham Evans |
| Johnny Ward | 10 | Harold Bate |
| Whitehead | 11 | Rod Smith |
| Colin Dixon | 12 | Granville Hoyle |
| Eric Prescott | 13 | Bill Pattinson |
| ? | 14 | Mick Philbin |
| ? | 15 | Bill Holliday |
| Cliff Evans | Coach | |
| 25 | score | 11 |
| 10 | HT | 4 |
| Scorers | ||
| Tries | ||
| Peter Banner | T | Bob Fleay |
| Eastham | T | |
| David Watkins | T | |
| Maurice Richards | T | |
| Paul Charlton | T | |
| Goals | ||
| David Watkins | G | Ken Gowers |
| Drop Goals | ||
| DG | Peter Kenny | |
| Referee | W. "Billy" H. Thompson | |
Scoring - Try = three points - Goal = two points - Drop goal = two points