1934–35 Lancashire Cup

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.

1934–35 Lancashire Cup
Structure	Regional knockout championship
Teams	13
Winners	Salford
Runners-up	Wigan
← 1933–34 1935–36 →

Competition and results

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

^[3]

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

See also

• 1934–35 Northern Rugby Football League season
• Rugby league county cups