1957–58 Lancashire Cup
# 1957–58 Lancashire Cup

1957–58 was the forty-fifth occasion on which the Lancashire Cup completion had been held. Oldham won the trophy by beating Wigan by the score of 13-8 The match was played at Station Road, Pendlebury, (historically in the county of Lancashire). Another excellent attendance, this season of 42,497 was achieved and the receipts were £6,918 This was the second of Oldham's three consecutive triumphs. 1958 would be the last time they would win the trophy, although they did later appear 4 times as runners-up (in 1966, 1969, 1987 and 1989).

## Background

With no invitation to a junior club this season, the total number of teams entering the competition was reduced by one to 14. The same pre-war fixture format was retained, and due to the number of clubs this resulted in no bye but one “blank” or “dummy” fixture in the first round, and one bye in the second round

## Competition and results

### Round 1

Involved 7 matches (with no bye but one “blank” fixture) and 14 clubs

| Game No | Fixture date | Home team | Score | Away team | Venue | Att |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Sat 31 Aug 1957 | Blackpool Borough | 9-4 | Widnes | St Anne's Road Greyhound Stadium | |
| 2 | Sat 31 Aug 1957 | Oldham | 44-10 | Barrow | Watersheddings | |
| 3 | Sat 31 Aug 1957 | Leigh | 28-9 | Whitehaven | Kirkhall Lane | |
| 4 | Sat 31 Aug 1957 | Salford | 6-12 | Rochdale Hornets | The Willows | |
| 5 | Sat 31 Aug 1957 | Swinton | 10-18 | Wigan | Station Road | |
| 6 | Sat 31 Aug 1957 | Warrington | 50-19 | Liverpool City | Wilderspool | |
| 7 | Sat 31 Aug 1957 | Workington Town | 12-16 | St. Helens | Derwent Park | 6,500 |
| 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 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Tue 10 Sep 1957 | Oldham | 18-12 | Warrington | Watersheddings | |
| 2 | Wed 11 Sep 1957 | Leigh | 2-12 | Wigan | Kirkhall Lane | |
| 3 | Thu 12 Sep 1957 | Blackpool Borough | 12-28 | St. Helens | St Anne's Road Greyhound Stadium | 4,000 |
| 4 | | Rochdale Hornets | | 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 | Tue 01 Oct 1957 | Rochdale Hornets | 0-52 | Wigan | Athletic Grounds | | | | |
| 2 | Wed 02 Oct 1957 | St. Helens | 9-29 | Oldham | Knowsley Road | 22,000 | | | |

### Final

| Game No | Fixture date | Home team | Score | Away team | Venue | Att | Rec | Notes | Ref |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Saturday 19 October 1957 | Oldham | 13-8 | Wigan | Station Road | 42,497 | £6,918 | 1 | |

**Teams and scorers**

| Oldham | № | Wigan |
| - | - | - |
| | teams | |
| Bernard Ganley | 1 | Jack Cunliffe |
| Dick Cracknell | 2 | Bob Chisnall |
| Vince Nestor | 3 | Eric Ashton |
| Alan Davies | 4 | Ernie Ashcroft |
| John Etty | 5 | Terry O'Grady |
| Frank Daley | 6 | Billy Boston |
| Frank Pitchford | 7 | Dave Bolton |
| Ken Jackson | 8 | Alan Armstrong |
| Jack Keith | 9 | Bill Sayer |
| Don Vines | 10 | Brian McTigue |
| Charlie Winslade | 11 | Norman Cherrington |
| Sid Little | 12 | Bill Bretherton |
| Derek Turner | 13 | Bernard McGurrin |
| 13 | score | 8 |
| 8 | HT | 0 |
| | Scorers | |
| | Tries | |
| Alan Davies (1) | T | Brian McTigue (1) |
| Bernard Ganley (1) | T | Terry O'Grady (1) |
| Frank Pitchford (1) | T | |
| | Goals | |
| Bernard Ganley (2) | G | Jack Cunliffe (1) |
| Referee | | M. Coates (Pudsey) |

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 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Blackpool Borough | Blackpool Borough | 9 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Widnes | Widnes | 4 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Widnes | Widnes | 4 | Blackpool Borough | Blackpool Borough | 12 | | | | | | | |
| | | | St. Helens | St. Helens | 28 | | | | | | | |
| Workington Town | Workington Town | 12 | St. Helens | St. Helens | 28 | | | | | | | |
| St. Helens | St. Helens | 16 | | | | | | | | | | |
| St. Helens | St. Helens | 16 | | | | St. Helens | St. Helens | 9 | | | | |
| | | | | | | Oldham | Oldham | 29 | | | | |
| Oldham | Oldham | 44 | | | | | | | Oldham | Oldham | 29 | | | | |
| Barrow | Barrow | 10 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Barrow | Barrow | 10 | Oldham | Oldham | 18 | | | | | | | |
| | | | Warrington | Warrington | 12 | | | | | | | |
| Warrington | Warrington | 50 | Warrington | Warrington | 12 | | | | | | | |
| Liverpool City | Liverpool City | 19 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Liverpool City | Liverpool City | 19 | | | | | | | | Oldham | Oldham | 13 |
| | | | | | | | | | | Wigan | Wigan | 8 |
| Salford | Salford | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | Wigan | Wigan | 8 |
| Rochdale Hornets | Rochdale Hornets | 12 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Rochdale Hornets | Rochdale Hornets | 12 | Rochdale Hornets | Rochdale Hornets | | | | | | | | |
| | | | bye | bye | | | | | | | | |
| blank | blank | | bye | bye | | | | | | | | |
| blank | blank | | | | | | | | | | | |
| blank | blank | | | | | Rochdale Hornets | Rochdale Hornets | 52 | | | | |
| | | | | | | Wigan | Wigan | 0 | | | | |
| Leigh | Leigh | 28 | | | | | | | Wigan | Wigan | 0 | | | | |
| Whitehaven | Whitehaven | 9 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Whitehaven | Whitehaven | 9 | Leigh | Leigh | 2 | | | | | | | |
| | | | Wigan | Wigan | 12 | | | | | | | |
| Swinton | Swinton | 10 | Wigan | Wigan | 12 | | | | | | | |
| Wigan | Wigan | 18 | | | | | | | | | | |

## Notes and comments

1 Station Road was the home ground of Swinton from 1929 to 1932 and at its peak was one of the finest rugby league grounds in the country and it boasted a capacity of 60,000. The actual record attendance was for the Challenge Cup semi-final on 7 April 1951 when 44,621 watched Wigan beat Warrington 3-2

