1979–80 Lancashire Cup
1979–80 was the sixty-seventh occasion on which the Lancashire Cup completion had been held.
Widnes won the trophy by beating Workington Town by the score of 11-0
The match was played at The Willows, Salford,. The attendance was 6887 and receipts were £7100.00
After relatively little success in the competition, Workington Town had reached the semi-final stage in 1973–74, 1974–75 and 1975–76, had been runner-up in 1976–77, winner in 1977–78, and runners-up in 1978–79 and now again in 1979–80; not a bad eight year record.
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 number of participating clubs, this resulted in 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 | Sun 19 Aug 1979 | Barrow | 44-11 | Huyton | Craven Park | ||||||
| 2 | Sun 19 Aug 1979 | Blackpool Borough | 20-9 | Whitehaven | Borough Park | ||||||
| 3 | Sun 19 Aug 1979 | Leigh | 20-3 | Rochdale Hornets | Hilton Park | ||||||
| 4 | Sun 19 Aug 1979 | St. Helens | 16-28 | Widnes | Knowsley Road | 8350 | |||||
| 5 | Sun 19 Aug 1979 | Swinton | 15-22 | Oldham | Station Road | ||||||
| 6 | Sun 19 Aug 1979 | Warrington | 17-14 | Wigan | Wilderspool | 5038 | |||||
| 7 | Sun 19 Aug 1979 | Workington Town | 14-8 | 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 | Sun 26 Aug 1979 | Barrow | 50-8 | Blackpool Borough | Craven Park | ||||||
| 2 | Sun 26 Aug 1979 | Oldham | 6-34 | Warrington | Watersheddings | ||||||
| 3 | Sun 26 Aug 1979 | Widnes | 33-3 | Leigh | Naughton Park | ||||||
| 4 | Workington Town | 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 | Wed 26 Sep 1979 | Barrow | 4-6 | Workington Town | Craven Park | ||||||
| 2 | Wed 24 Oct 1979 | Warrington | 2-13 | Widnes | Wilderspool |
Final
Teams and scorers
| Widnes | № | Workington Town |
| teams | ||
| David Eckersley | 1 | Paul Charlton |
| Stuart Wright | 2 | Iain McCorquodale |
| Mal Aspey | 3 | Kevin Maughan |
| Eric Hughes | 4 | Ian Thompson |
| Mick Burke | 5 | David Beck |
| David Moran | 6 | Ian Rudd |
| Reg Bowden | 7 | Arnold "Boxer" Walker |
| Brian Hogan | 8 | Harry Beverley |
| Keith Elwell | 9 | Alan Banks |
| Glyn Shaw | 10 | Gary Wallbanks |
| Les Gorley | 11 | Bill Pattinson |
| Alan Dearden | 12 | Ray Lewis |
| Mick Adams | 13 | John Dobie |
| Mick George | 14 | Tony Roper |
| David Hull | 15 | Alan Varty |
| 11 | score | 0 |
| 10 | HT | 0 |
| Scorers | ||
| Tries | ||
| David Moran | T | |
| Mick Adams | T | |
| Goals | ||
| Mick Burke | G | |
| Drop Goals | ||
| Keith Elwell | DG | |
| Referee | W H Thompson | |
| Man of the match | Mick Adams - Widnes - | |
| sponsored by | Burtonwood Brewery | |
| Competition Sponsor | Forshaws |
Scoring - Try = three points - Goal = two points - Drop goal = one point