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The 1934–35 Lancashire Cup was the 27th occasion on which the Lancashire Cup competition had been held. Salford won the trophy by beating Wigan by 21–12 in the final.
The number of teams entering this year's competition remained at 13 and the same fixture format was retained. There was only one bye in the first round but now also a "blank" or "dummy" fixture. This also resulted in one bye in the second round.[1]
Round 1
Involved 6 matches (with one bye and one "blank" fixture) and 13 clubs
| Game No | Fixture date | Home team | Score | Away team | Venue | Att | Rec | Notes | Ref | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sat 08 Sep 1934 | Oldham | 8–7 | Widnes | Watersheddings | [2] | |||||
| 2 | Sat 08 Sep 1934 | St Helens Recs | 8–20 | Wigan | City Road | [3] | |||||
| 3 | Sat 08 Sep 1934 | Liverpool Stanley | 9–3 | Broughton Rangers | Stanley Greyhound Stadium | 1 | |||||
| 4 | Sat 08 Sep 1934 | Salford | 34–0 | Leigh | The Willows | ||||||
| 5 | Sat 08 Sep 1934 | Swinton | 16–8 | Barrow | Station Road | ||||||
| 6 | Mon 10 Sep 1934 | St. Helens | 24–18 | Rochdale Hornets | Knowsley Road | [4] | |||||
| 7 | Warrington | bye | [5] | ||||||||
| 8 | blank | blank |
Round 2 – quarterfinals
Involved 3 matches (with one bye) and 7 clubs
| Game No | Fixture date | Home team | Score | Away team | Venue | Att | Rec | Notes | Ref | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wed 19 Sep 1934 | Warrington | 5–23 | Salford | Wilderspool | [5] | |||||
| 2 | Mon 24 Sep 1934 | St. Helens | 9–9 | Liverpool Stanley | Knowsley Road | [4] | |||||
| 3 | Tue 25 Sep 1934 | Oldham | 8–12 | Wigan | Watersheddings | [3] | |||||
| 4 | Swinton | bye | Station Road |
Round 2 – quarterfinals – First replays
Involved 1 match
| Game No | Fixture date | Home team | Score | Away team | Venue | Att | Rec | Notes | Ref | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wed 26 Sep 1934 | Liverpool Stanley | 3–3 | St. Helens | Stanley Greyhound Stadium | [4]- |
Round 2 – quarterfinals – Second replays
Involved 1 match
| Game No | Fixture date | Home team | Score | Away team | Venue | Att | Rec | Notes | Ref | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fri 28 Sep 1934 | St. Helens | 9–12 | Liverpool Stanley | Naughton Park | 2 | [4]- |
Round 3 – semifinals
Involved 2 matches and 4 clubs
| Game No | Fixture date | Home team | Score | Away team | Venue | Att | Rec | Notes | Ref | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wed 03 Oct 1934 | Swinton | 5–12 | Salford | Station Road | ||||||
| 2 | Wed 03 Oct 1934 | Wigan | 13–10 | Liverpool Stanley | Central Park | [3] |
Final
The match was played at Station Road, Pendlebury, Salford, (historically in the county of Lancashire). he attendance of 33,544 was a new record and more than 5,000 more than the previous best recorded in 1931, and receipts were also a record £2,191. This would turn out to be only the first of three consecutive Lancashire Cup finals in which Salford would beat Wigan.
| Game No | Fixture date | Home team | Score | Away team | Venue | Att | Rec | Notes | Ref | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saturday 20 October 1934 | Salford | 21–12 | Wigan | Station Road | 33,544 | £2,191 | 3 4 | [3][6] |
Teams and scorers
| Salford | No. | Wigan |
|---|---|---|
| Teams | ||
| Harold Osbaldestin | 1 | Jim Sullivan |
| Barney Hudson | 2 | Jack Morley |
| Sammy Miller | 3 | Gordon Innes |
| Gus Risman | 4 | Gwynne Davies |
| Bob Brown | 5 | Alf Ellaby |
| Emlyn Jenkins | 6 | George Bennett |
| Billy Watkins | 7 | Hector Gee |
| Billy Williams | 8 | Bill Targett |
| Bert Day | 9 | Joe Golby |
| Joe Bradbury | 10 | Harold Edwards |
| Paddy Dalton | 11 | Len Mason |
| Alf Middleton | 12 | Albert Davis |
| Jack Feetham | 13 | Reg Hathway |
| 21 | score | 12 |
| 4 | HT | 7 |
| Scorers | ||
| Tries | ||
| Barney Hudson | T | George Bennett |
| Emlyn Jenkins | T | Gordon Innes |
| Alf Middleton | T | |
| T | ||
| Goals | ||
| Gus Risman (6) | G | Jim Sullivan (2) |
| G | Hector Gee (1) maybe drop ? | |
| Drop Goals | ||
| DG | ||
| Referee | ||
Scoring – Try = three (3) points – Goal = two (2) points – Drop goal = two (2) points
The road to success
| First round | Second round | Semifinals | Final | ||||||||||||||||
| Swinton | 16 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Barrow | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Swinton | |||||||||||||||||||
| bye | |||||||||||||||||||
| blank | |||||||||||||||||||
| blank | |||||||||||||||||||
| Swinton | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Salford | 12 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Warrington | |||||||||||||||||||
| bye | |||||||||||||||||||
| Warrington | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Salford | 23 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Salford | 34 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Leigh | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Salford | 21 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Wigan | 12 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Oldham | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Widnes | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Oldham | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Wigan | 12 | ||||||||||||||||||
| St Helens Recs | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Wigan | 20 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Wigan | 13 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Liverpool Stanley | 10 | ||||||||||||||||||
| St. Helens | 24 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Rochdale Hornets | 18 | ||||||||||||||||||
| St. Helens | 9–3–9 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Liverpool Stanley | 9–3–12 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Liverpool Stanley | 9 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Broughton Rangers | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||
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