1962–63 Lancashire Cup
# 1962–63 Lancashire Cup

1962–63 was the fiftieth occasion on which the Lancashire Cup completion had been held.

St. Helens won the trophy by beating Swinton by the score of 7-4

The match was played at Central Park, Wigan, (historically in the county of Lancashire). The attendance was 23,523 and receipts were £4,122

This was the third of five consecutive Lancashire Cup final wins for St. Helens, and what is more, the third of the seven occasions on which the club will win the trophy in the nine-year period. It was also the third of Swinton’s three successive Lancashire Cup final runner-up positions.

## Background

With again no invitation to a junior club this season, the total number of teams entering the competition remained the same at 14.

The same 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 | Friday 7 September 1962 | Whitehaven | 2-11 | Oldham | Recreation Ground | |
| 2 | Saturday 8 September 1962 | Blackpool Borough | 32-9 | Salford | St Anne's Road Greyhound Stadium | |
| 3 | Saturday 8 September 1962 | Rochdale Hornets | 11-3 | Barrow | Athletic Grounds | |
| 4 | Saturday 8 September 1962 | St. Helens | 22-0 | Liverpool City | Knowsley Road | 11,500 |
| 5 | Saturday 8 September 1962 | Swinton | 5-2 | Widnes | Station Road | 10,218 |
| 6 | Saturday 8 September 1962 | Wigan | 11-3 | Warrington | Central Park | |
| 7 | Saturday 8 September 1962 | Workington Town | 43-2 | Leigh | Derwent Park | |
| 8 | | blank | | blank | | |

### Round 2 - Quarter-finals

Involved 3 matches (with one bye) and 7 clubs

| Game No | Fixture date | Home team | Score | Away team | Venue | Att |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Monday 17 September 1962 | Workington Town | 16-8 | Wigan | Derwent Park | |
| 2 | Tuesday 18 September 1962 | Blackpool Borough | 3-14 | St. Helens | Blackpool | 4,000 |
| 3 | Tuesday 18 September 1962 | Oldham | 14-3 | Rochdale Hornets | Watersheddings | |
| 4 | | Swinton | | bye | | |

### Round 3 – Semi-finals

Involved 2 matches and 4 clubs

| Game No | Fixture date | Home team | Score | Away team | Venue | Att | Rec | Notes | Ref |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Tuesday 2 October 1962 | Oldham | 8-10 | St. Helens | Watersheddings | 14,000 | | | |
| 2 | Wednesday 3 October 1962 | Swinton | 24-5 | Workington Town | Station Road | 10,004 | | | |

### Final

| Game No | Fixture date | Home team | Score | Away team | Venue | Att | Rec | Notes | Ref |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Saturday 27 October 1962 | St. Helens | 7-4 | Swinton | Central Park | 23,523 | £4,122 | 1 | |

**Teams and scorers**

| St. Helens | № | Swinton |
| - | - | - |
| | teams | |
| Kel Coslett | 1 | Ken Gowers |
| Tom van Vollenhoven | 2 | Bernard McMahon |
| John Donovan | 3 | Frank Halliwell |
| Wilf Smith | 4 | Alan Buckley |
| Mick Sullivan | 5 | John Speed |
| Billy Benyon | 6 | George Parkinson |
| Jeff Heaton | 7 | Albert Cartwright |
| Jack Arkwright | 8 | Ken Roberts |
| Bob Dagnall | 9 | Trevor Roberts |
| Cliff Watson | 10 | Ron Morgan |
| John Tembey | 11 | Peter Norburn |
| Dick Huddart | 12 | Dick Bonser |
| Bill Major | 13 | Albert Blan (c) |
| 7 | score | 4 |
| 7 | HT | 0 |
| | Scorers | |
| | Tries | |
| Tom van Vollenhoven (1) | T | |
| | Goals | |
| Kel Coslett (2) | G | Albert Blan (2) |
| | G | |
| | Drop Goals | |
| | DG | |
| 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 | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | | Final | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Whitehaven | Whitehaven | 2 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Oldham | Oldham | 11 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Oldham | Oldham | 11 | Oldham | Oldham | 14 | | | | | | | |
| | | | Rochdale Hornets | Rochdale Hornets | 3 | | | | | | | |
| Rochdale Hornets | Rochdale Hornets | 11 | Rochdale Hornets | Rochdale Hornets | 3 | | | | | | | |
| Barrow | Barrow | 3 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Barrow | Barrow | 3 | | | | Oldham | Oldham | 8 | | | | |
| | | | | | | St. Helens | St. Helens | 10 | | | | |
| Blackpool Borough | Blackpool Borough | 32 | | | | | | | St. Helens | St. Helens | 10 | | | | |
| Salford | Salford | 9 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Salford | Salford | 9 | Blackpool Borough | Blackpool Borough | 3 | | | | | | | |
| | | | St. Helens | St. Helens | 14 | | | | | | | |
| St. Helens | St. Helens | 22 | St. Helens | St. Helens | 14 | | | | | | | |
| Liverpool City | Liverpool City | 0 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Liverpool City | Liverpool City | 0 | | | | | | | | St. Helens | St. Helens | 7 |
| | | | | | | | | | | Swinton | Swinton | 4 |
| Swinton | Swinton | 5 | | | | | | | | | | | Swinton | Swinton | 4 |
| Widnes | Widnes | 2 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Widnes | Widnes | 2 | Swinton | Swinton | | | | | | | | |
| | | | bye | bye | | | | | | | | |
| blank | blank | | bye | bye | | | | | | | | |
| blank | blank | | | | | | | | | | | |
| blank | blank | | | | | Swinton | Swinton | 24 | | | | |
| | | | | | | Workington Town | Workington Town | 5 | | | | |
| Workington Town | Workington Town | 43 | | | | | | | Workington Town | Workington Town | 5 | | | | |
| Leigh | Leigh | 2 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Leigh | Leigh | 2 | Workington Town | Workington Town | 16 | | | | | | | |
| | | | Wigan | Wigan | 8 | | | | | | | |
| Wigan | Wigan | 11 | Wigan | Wigan | 8 | | | | | | | |
| Warrington | Warrington | 3 | | | | | | | | | | |

## Notes and comments

1 * Central Park was the home ground of Wigan with a final capacity of 18,000, although the record attendance was 47,747 for Wigan v St Helens 27 March 1959

