1914–15 Lancashire Cup
# 1914–15 Lancashire Cup

The 1914–15 Lancashire Cup was the tenth year of this regional rugby league competition and the last until 1918–19 as the competition was suspended for the duration of the First World War. The cup was won by Rochdale Hornets who beat last year's losing finalists Wigan in the final at The Willows, Salford by a score of 3-2. The attendance at the final was 4,000 and receipts £475.

## Background

The First World War had already broken out before the start of the 1914–15 season commenced. Despite the war the decision to play both the regular season and the cup competitions was taken and all were played to a conclusion, although the lack of enthusiasm was evident in the lower attendances at matches and with many teams absent many players who had already enlisted in the Army and the Royal Navy.

The number of teams entering this year's competition was again 12 with four byes in the first round

## Competition and results

### Round 1

Involved 4 matches (with four byes) and 12 clubs

| Game No | Fixture date | Home team | Score | Away team | Venue |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Sat 17 October 1914 | Broughton Rangers | 5-8 | Rochdale Hornets | The Cliff |
| 2 | Sat 17 October 1914 | Swinton | 13-11 | St. Helens | Chorley Road ground |
| 3 | Sat 17 October 1914 | Warrington | 10-0 | Barrow | Wilderspool |
| 4 | Sat 17 October 1914 | Wigan | 21-5 | Oldham | Central Park |
| 5 | | Leigh | | bye | |
| 6 | | Widnes | | bye | |
| 7 | | Runcorn | | bye | |
| 8 | | Salford | | bye | |

### Round 2 – quarterfinals

| Game No | Fixture date | Home team | Score | Away team | Venue |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Sat 31 October 1914 | Leigh | 0-6 | Wigan | Mather Lane |
| 2 | Sat 31 October 1914 | Rochdale Hornets | 0-0 | Widnes | Athletic Grounds |
| 3 | Sat 31 October 1914 | Swinton | 36-0 | Runcorn | Chorley Road ground |
| 4 | Sat 31 October 1914 | Warrington | 22-10 | Salford | Wilderspool |
| Replay |||||||||
| 1 | Wed 4 November 1914 | Widnes | 0-12 | Rochdale Hornets | Lowerhouse Lane |

### Round 3 – semifinals

| Game No | Fixture date | Home team | Score | Away team | Venue | Att | Rec | Notes | Ref |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Sat 14 November 1914 | Warrington | 5-13 | Rochdale Hornets | Wilderspool | | | | |

### Final

| Game No | Fixture date | Home team | Score | Away team | Venue | Att | Rec | Notes | Ref |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Saturday 5 December 1914 | Rochdale Hornets | 3-2 | Wigan | The Willows | 4000 | £475 | 1 | |

**Teams and scorers**

| Rochdale Hornets | No. | Wigan |
| - | - | - |
| | teams | |
| M. English | 1 | William "Billy" Seddon |
| Jack Hopwood | 2 | Llewellyn "Llew" /"Lew" Bradley |
| Joe Corsi | 3 | Gwyn Thomas |
| George A. Prudence | 4 | xDavid L. "Dai" Evans |
| J. Fairhurst | 5 | Billy Curran |
| Robert /Robin /R. "Bobby" /R. "Bobbie" Schofield | 6 | Frank Walford |
| Ernest W. Jones | 7 | Johnny Thomas |
| Jack Fitzsimmonds | 8 | Charlie Seeling |
| Sammy Carter | 9 | Arthur R. H. Francis |
| William /"Billy" Ashworth | 10 | Percy Coldrick |
| Victor B. /"Vic" B. Slade | 11 | George Hayward |
| G. D. Webb | 12 | Dick Silcock |
| Joe Bowers | 13 | Dick Ramsdale |
| 3 | score | 2 |
| 0 | HT | 2 |
| | Scorers | |
| | Tries | |
| unknown | T | |
| | T | |
| | Goals | |
| | G | |
| | 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 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Warrington | Warrington | 10 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Barrow | Barrow | 0 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Barrow | Barrow | 0 | Warrington | Warrington | 22 | | | | | | | |
| | | | Salford | Salford | 10 | | | | | | | |
| Salford | Salford | | Salford | Salford | 10 | | | | | | | |
| bye | bye | | | | | | | | | | | |
| bye | bye | | | | | Warrington | Warrington | 5 | | | | |
| | | | | | | Rochdale Hornets | Rochdale Hornets | 13 | | | | |
| Broughton Rangers | Broughton Rangers | 5 | | | | | | | Rochdale Hornets | Rochdale Hornets | 13 | | | | |
| Rochdale Hornets | Rochdale Hornets | 8 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Rochdale Hornets | Rochdale Hornets | 8 | Rochdale Hornets | Rochdale Hornets | 0 – 13 | | | | | | | |
| | | | Widnes | Widnes | 0 – 5 | | | | | | | |
| Widnes | Widnes | | Widnes | Widnes | 0 – 5 | | | | | | | |
| bye | bye | | | | | | | | | | | |
| bye | bye | | | | | | | | | Rochdale Hornets | Rochdale Hornets | 3 |
| | | | | | | | | | | Wigan | Wigan | 2 |
| Leigh | Leigh | | | | | | | | | | | | Wigan | Wigan | 2 |
| bye | bye | | | | | | | | | | | |
| bye | bye | | Leigh | Leigh | 0 | | | | | | | |
| | | | Wigan | Wigan | 6 | | | | | | | |
| Wigan | Wigan | 21 | Wigan | Wigan | 6 | | | | | | | |
| Oldham | Oldham | 5 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Oldham | Oldham | 5 | | | | Wigan | Wigan | 33 | | | | |
| | | | | | | Swinton | Swinton | 3 | | | | |
| Swinton | Swinton | 13 | | | | | | | Swinton | Swinton | 3 | | | | |
| St. Helens | St. Helens | 11 | | | | | | | | | | |
| St. Helens | St. Helens | 11 | Swinton | Swinton | 36 | | | | | | | |
| | | | Runcorn | Runcorn | 0 | | | | | | | |
| Runcorn | Runcorn | | Runcorn | Runcorn | 0 | | | | | | | |
| bye | bye | | | | | | | | | | | |
