1936–37 Lancashire Cup
# 1936–37 Lancashire Cup

1936–37 was the twenty-ninth occasion on which the Lancashire Cup completion had been held. Salford won the trophy by beating Wigan by 5-2

The match was played at Wilderspool, Warrington, now in the County Palatine of Chester but (historically in the county of Lancashire. The attendance was 17,500 and receipts were £1,160. This was the third of the three consecutive Lancashire Cup finals in which Salford would beat Wigan

## Background

The number of teams entering this year’s competition remained the same, with Streatham & Mitcham (hardly a Lancashire club, but useful to make the numbers up) playing in their second (and what was to be their final) season. The total entrants remained at 14 and the same fixture format was retained.

There was no need for a bye in the first round, but there was still a "blank" or "dummy" fixture. The bye in the second round remained.

## Competition and results

### Round 1

Involved 7 matches (with one "blank" fixture) and 14 clubs

| Game No | Fixture date | Home team | Score | Away team | Venue | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Sat 12 Sep 1936 | Broughton Rangers | 17-12 | Widnes | Belle Vue Stadium | 1 |
| 2 | Sat 12 Sep 1936 | St Helens Recs | 7-7 | Leigh | City Road | |
| 3 | Sat 12 Sep 1936 | Liverpool Stanley | 3-14 | St. Helens | Stanley Greyhound Sadium | |
| 4 | Sat 12 Sep 1936 | Salford | 8-4 | Oldham | The Willows | |
| 5 | Sat 12 Sep 1936 | Streatham & Mitcham | 8-23 | Barrow | Mitcham Stadium | 2 |
| 6 | Sat 12 Sep 1936 | Swinton | 15-0 | Rochdale Hornets | Station Road | |
| 7 | Sat 12 Sep 1936 | Warrington | 6-7 | Wigan | Wilderspool | |
| 8 | | blank | | blank | | |

### Round 1 - replays

Involved 1 match

| Game No | Fixture date | Home team | Score | Away team | Venue | Att | Rec | Notes | Ref |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Wed 16 Sep 1936 | Leigh | 4-8 | St Helens Recs | Mather Lane | | | | |

### Round 2 – quarterfinals

Involved 3 matches (with one bye) and 7 clubs

| Game No | Fixture date | Home team | Score | Away team | Venue |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Wed 23 Sep 1936 | St Helens Recs | 10-4 | St. Helens | City Road |
| 2 | Wed 23 Sep 1936 | Salford | 11-3 | Swinton | The Willows |
| 3 | Thu 24 Sep 1936 | Barrow | 9-8 | Broughton Rangers | Craven Park |
| 4 | | Wigan | | bye | |

### 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 30 Sep 1936 | Salford | 15-15 | Barrow | The Willows | | | | |
| 2 | Wed 30 Sep 1936 | Wigan | 15-2 | St Helens Recs | Central Park | | | | |

### Semifinals - First replays

Involved 1 match

| Game No | Fixture date | Home team | Score | Away team | Venue | Att | Rec | Notes | Ref |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Thu 8 Oct 1936 | Barrow | 13-19 | Salford | Craven Park | | | | |

### Final

| Game No | Fixture date | Home team | Score | Away team | Venue | Att | Rec | Notes | Ref |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Saturday 17 October 1936 | Salford | 5-2 | Wigan | Wilderspool | 17,500 | £1,160 | 3 | } |

**Teams and scorers**

| Salford | № | Wigan |
| - | - | - |
| | teams | |
| team unknown | 1 | Jim Sullivan |
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| 5 | score | 2 |
| 3 | HT | 0 |
| | Scorers | |
| | Tries | |
| | T | |
| | Goals | |
| | G | Jim Sullivan (1) |
| | Drop Goals | |
| | DG | |
| Referee | | |

Scoring - Try = three (3) points - Goal = two (2) points - Drop goal = two (2) points

### The road to success

| First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | | Final | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Salford | Salford | 8 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Oldham | Oldham | 4 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Oldham | Oldham | 4 | Salford | Salford | 11 | | | | | | | |
| | | | Swinton | Swinton | 3 | | | | | | | |
| Swinton | Swinton | 15 | Swinton | Swinton | 3 | | | | | | | |
| Rochdale Hornets | Rochdale Hornets | 0 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Rochdale Hornets | Rochdale Hornets | 0 | | | | Salford | Salford | 15 - 19 | | | | |
| | | | | | | Barrow | Barrow | 15 - 13 | | | | |
| Streatham & Mitcham | Streatham & Mitcham | 8 | | | | | | | Barrow | Barrow | 15 - 13 | | | | |
| Barrow | Barrow | 23 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Barrow | Barrow | 23 | Barrow | Barrow | 9 | | | | | | | |
| | | | Broughton Rangers | Broughton Rangers | 8 | | | | | | | |
| Broughton Rangers | Broughton Rangers | 17 | Broughton Rangers | Broughton Rangers | 8 | | | | | | | |
| Widnes | Widnes | 12 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Widnes | Widnes | 12 | | | | | | | | Salford | Salford | 5 |
| | | | | | | | | | | Wigan | Wigan | 2 |
| St Helens Recs | St Helens Recs | 7 - 8 | | | | | | | | | | | Wigan | Wigan | 2 |
| Leigh | Leigh | 7 - 4 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Leigh | Leigh | 7 - 4 | St Helens Recs | St Helens Recs | 10 | | | | | | | |
| | | | St. Helens | St. Helens | 4 | | | | | | | |
| Liverpool Stanley | Liverpool Stanley | 3 | St. Helens | St. Helens | 4 | | | | | | | |
| St. Helens | St. Helens | 14 | | | | | | | | | | |
| St. Helens | St. Helens | 14 | | | | Wigan | Wigan | 15 | | | | |
| | | | | | | St Helens Recs | St Helens Recs | 2 | | | | |
| Warrington | Warrington | 6 | | | | | | | St Helens Recs | St Helens Recs | 2 | | | | |
| Wigan | Wigan | 7 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Wigan | Wigan | 7 | Wigan | Wigan | | | | | | | | |
| | | | bye | bye | | | | | | | | |
| blank | blank | | bye | bye | | | | | | | | |
| blank | blank | | | | | | | | | | | |

## Notes and comments

1 * RUGBYLEAGUEproject show that Broughton Rangers were at home and the match was played at Belle Vue Stadium, but Widnes official archives show that Widnes were at home at Naughton Park

2 * The first (and only) Lancashire Cup match played at "home" and at this (Mitcham Stadium) by London club Streatham & Mitcham

3 * Wilderspool was the home ground of Warrington from 1883 to the end of the 2003 Summer season when they moved into the new purpose built Halliwell Jones Stadium. Wilderspool remained as a sports/Ruugby League ground and is/was used by Woolston Rovers/Warrington Wizards junior club. The ground had a final capacity of 9,000 although the record attendance was set in a Challenge cup third round match on 13 March 1948 when 34,304 spectators saw Warrington lose to Wigan 10-13.

