1991–92 Lancashire Cup

The 1991–92 Lancashire Cup was the 79th occasion on which the Lancashire Cup competition had been held. St Helens won the trophy by beating Rochdale Hornets by the score of 24–14 in the final.

Background

The total entrants remained the same as last season, i.e. at 17.

This necessitated the need for a preliminary round. The first round then involved 16 clubs.

Competition and results

Preliminary round

Involved one match and two clubs. Widnes were the reigning Lancashire Cup champions, and their defeat to Second Division Workington Town was considered a major upset.

Game No	Fixture Date	Home Team	Score	Away Team	Venue	Att	Ref
	Sun 25 Aug 1991	Workington Town	27–18	Widnes	Derwent Park	3499

First Round

Involved eight matches and 16 clubs. Trafford Borough's 12–104 loss to St Helens was a club record defeat.

Game No	Fixture Date	Home Team	Score	Away Team	Venue	Att	Ref
1	Sun 15 Sep 1991	Highfield	11–34	Rochdale Hornets	Hoghton Road Stadium	700
2	Sun 15 Sep 1991	Leigh	59–12	Chorley Borough	Hilton Park	2415
3	Sun 15 Sep 1991	London Crusaders	10–38	Wigan	Barnet Copthall	1893
4	Sun 15 Sep 1991	St. Helens	104–12	Trafford Borough	Knowsley Road	4550
5	Sun 15 Sep 1991	Salford	22–16	Warrington	The Willows	3656
6	Sun 15 Sep 1991	Swinton	21–22	Oldham	Station Road	3285
7	Sun 15 Sep 1991	Whitehaven	12–44	Carlisle	Recreation Ground	873
8	Sun 15 Sep 1991	Workington Town	12–6	Barrow	Derwent Park	2721

Second Round

Involved four matches and eight clubs.

Game No	Fixture Date	Home Team	Score	Away Team	Venue	Att	Ref
1	Thu 26 Sep 1991	Rochdale Hornets	25–18	Salford	Spotland	1829
2	Thu 26 Sep 1991	St. Helens	39–26	Oldham	Knowsley Road	7025
3	Thu 26 Sep 1991	Wigan	42–12	Leigh	Central Park	11153
4	Thu 26 Sep 1991	Workington Town	2–11	Carlisle	Derwent Park	4278

Semi-finals

Involved 2 matches and 4 clubs

Game No	Fixture Date	Home Team	Score	Away Team	Venue	Att	Ref
1	Thu 10 Oct 1991	Rochdale Hornets	19–6	Carlisle	Spotland	1842
2	Thu 10 Oct 1991	St. Helens	28–16	Wigan	Knowsley Road	17125

Final

The match was played at Wilderspool, Warrington. The attendance was 9,269 and receipts were £44,278. St Helens won the final, but the victory was marred by the dismissal of Paul Bishop, who was sent off after the end of the match for stamping on Hornets stand-off Brett Clark.

The road to success

This chart excludes the match in the preliminary round