1973–74 Lancashire Cup
The 1973–74 Lancashire Cup was the sixty-first occasion of the Lancashire Cup. Wigan won the trophy by beating Salford by the score of 19–9 in the final. The match was played at Wilderspool, Warrington. The attendance was 8,012 and receipts were £2,750.
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 | Ref | ||
| 1 | Fri 31 August 1973 | Barrow | 4-24 | Swinton | Craven Park | 1,200 | |||||
| 2 | Fri 31 September 1973 | Salford | 12-11 | Widnes | The Willows | 5,399 | |||||
| 3 | Sat 1 September 1973 | Huyton | 12-29 | Rochdale Hornets | Alt Park, Huyton | 350 | |||||
| 4 | Sat 1 September 1973 | Oldham | 12-20 | Wigan | Watersheddings | 2,410 | |||||
| 5 | Sun 2 September 1973 | Blackpool Borough | 8-15 | Whitehaven | Borough Park | 850 | 1 | ||||
| 6 | Sun 2 September 1973 | Warrington | 20-15 | Leigh | Wilderspool | 7,984 | |||||
| 7 | Sun 2 September 1973 | Workington Town | 11-5 | St. Helens | Derwent Park | 1,800 | |||||
| 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 | Sat 8 September 1973 | Workington Town | 11-7 | Swinton | Derwent Park | 1,664 | |||||
| 2 | Tue 11 September 1973 | Whitehaven | 19-8 | Warrington | Recreation Ground | 3,309 | |||||
| 3 | Fri 4 September 1973 | Salford | 24-3 | Rochdale Hornets | The Willows | 6,365 | |||||
| 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 20 September 1973 | Workington Town | 4-20 | Wigan | Derwent Park | 3,040 | |||||
| 2 | Tue 25 September 1973 | Whitehaven | 9-23 | Salford | Recreation Ground | 5,000 |
Final
Teams and scorers
| Wigan | № | Salford |
| teams | ||
| Bill Francis | 1 | Paul Charlton |
| Green Vigo | 2 | Keith Fielding |
| David Hill | 3 | David Watkins |
| Keiron O'Loughlin | 4 | Chris Hesketh |
| Stuart Wright | 5 | Holland |
| Terry Cassidy | 6 | Ken Gill |
| Warren Ayres | 7 | Peter Banner |
| Peter Smethurst | 8 | Graham Mackay |
| Colin Clarke | 9 | Walker |
| John Gray | 10 | Davies |
| Robert Irving | 11 | Colin Dixon |
| Dave Robinson | 12 | Kear |
| Eddie Cunningham | 13 | Eric Prescott |
| ? | 14 | Knighton |
| ? | 15 | Grice |
| 19 | score | 9 |
| 7 | HT | 4 |
| Scorers | ||
| Tries | ||
| Keiron O'Loughlin | T | David Watkins |
| Stuart Wright | T | |
| Goals | ||
| Warren Ayres | G | David Watkins |
| John Gray | G | |
| Referee | W H Thompson | |
Scoring - Try = three points - Goal = two points - Drop goal = two points