1929–30 Lancashire Cup
# 1929–30 Lancashire Cup

The 1929–30 Lancashire Cup was the 22nd occasion on which this regional rugby league competition had been held. Warrington won the trophy by beating Salford in the final by 15-2. The match was played at Central Park, Wigan. The attendance at the final was 21,012 and receipts £1,250.

## Background

The number of teams entering this year’s competition remained at 13 which resulted in 3 byes in the first round.

The semi-final clash between Salford and Swinton took two replays to decide. This resulted in Salford playing 5 matches (a semi-final, a league match, two replays and a final) within 11 days.

## Competition and results

### Round 1

Involved 5 matches (with three byes) and 13 clubs

| Game No | Fixture date | Home team | Score | Away team | Venue |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Sat 12 October 1929 | Barrow | 12-0 | Widnes | Little Park, Roose |
| 2 | Sat 12 October 1929 | Broughton Rangers | 9-10 | St. Helens | The Cliff |
| 3 | Sat 12 October 1929 | Leigh | 3-6 | Warrington | Mather Lane |
| 4 | Sat 12 October 1929 | Rochdale Hornets | 15-11 | Wigan Highfield | Athletic Grounds |
| 5 | Sat 12 October 1929 | Wigan | 5-10 | Oldham | Central Park |
| 6 | | St Helens Recs | | bye | |
| 7 | | Salford | | bye | |
| 8 | | Swinton | | bye | |

### Round 2 - quarter-finals

| Game No | Fixture date | Home team | Score | Away team | Venue | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Mon 21 October 1929 | Oldham | 8-2 | St Helens Recs | Watersheddings | |
| 2 | Wed 23 October 1929 | St. Helens | 8-8 | Salford | Knowsley Road | |
| 3 | Wed 23 October 1929 | Swinton | 38-3 | Rochdale Hornets | Station Road | 1 |
| 4 | Thu 24 October 1929 | Barrow | 7-9 | Warrington | Little Park, Roose | |
| Replay |||||||||
| 5 | Sat 30 October 1929 | Salford | 13-3 | St. Helens | The Willows | |

### Round 3 – semi-finals

| Game No | Fixture date | Home team | Score | Away team | Venue | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Mon 11 November 1929 | Oldham | 5-7 | Warrington | Watersheddings | |
| 2 | Wed 13 November 1929 | Swinton | 3-3 | Salford | Station Road | 2 |
| 1st Replay |||||||||
| 3 | Mon 18 November 1929 | Salford | 0-0 | Swinton | The Willows | 2 |
| 2nd Replay |||||||||
| 4 | Wed 20 November 1929 | Swinton | 0-8 | Salford | The Cliff | |

### Final

| Game No | Fixture date | Home team | Score | Away team | Venue | Att | Rec | Notes | Ref |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Saturday 23 November 1929 | Warrington | 15-2 | Salford | Central Park | 21,012 | £1,250 | 2 3 | |

**Teams and scorers**

| Warrington | № | Salford |
| - | - | - |
| team positions may differ | teams | the team probably included |
| Billy Holding | 1 | |
| Tommy Blinkhorn | 2 | Alan Edwards |
| Les Perkins (c) | 3 | Gus Risman |
| Billy Dingsdale | 4 | |
| Thomas "Tubby" Thompson | 5 | Barney Hudson |
| | 6 | Emlyn Jenkins |
| William "Billy" Kirk | 7 | Billy Watkins |
| | 8 | Billy Williams |
| Alfred Peacock | 9 | |
| | 10 | John "Jack" Feetham |
| | 11 | |
| Frank Williams | 12 | team positions may differ |
| Jesse Meredith | 13 | |
| 15 | score | 2 |
| 7 | HT | 0 |
| | Scorers | |
| | Tries | |
| William "Billy" Kirk (1) | T | |
| Jesse Meredith (1) | T | |
| Tommy Blinkhorn (1) | T | |
| | Goals | |
| Billy Holding (3) | G | |
| | Drop Goals | |
| | DG | |
| Referee | | |

Scoring - Try = three points; Goal = two points; Drop goal = two points

### The road to success

| First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | | Final | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Wigan | Wigan | 5 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Oldham | Oldham | 10 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Oldham | Oldham | 10 | Oldham | Oldham | 8 | | | | | | | |
| | | | St Helens Recs | St Helens Recs | 2 | | | | | | | |
| St Helens Recs | St Helens Recs | | St Helens Recs | St Helens Recs | 2 | | | | | | | |
| bye | bye | | | | | | | | | | | |
| bye | bye | | | | | Oldham | Oldham | 5 | | | | |
| | | | | | | Warrington | Warrington | 7 | | | | |
| Barrow | Barrow | 12 | | | | | | | Warrington | Warrington | 7 | | | | |
| Widnes | Widnes | 0 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Widnes | Widnes | 0 | Barrow | Barrow | 7 | | | | | | | |
| | | | Warrington | Warrington | 9 | | | | | | | |
| Leigh | Leigh | 3 | Warrington | Warrington | 9 | | | | | | | |
| Warrington | Warrington | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Warrington | Warrington | 6 | | | | | | | | Warrington | Warrington | 15 |
| | | | | | | | | | | Salford | Salford | 2 |
| Swinton | Swinton | | | | | | | | | | | | Salford | Salford | 2 |
| bye | bye | | | | | | | | | | | |
| bye | bye | | Swinton | Swinton | 38 | | | | | | | |
| | | | Rochdale Hornets | Rochdale Hornets | 3 | | | | | | | |
| Rochdale Hornets | Rochdale Hornets | 15 | Rochdale Hornets | Rochdale Hornets | 3 | | | | | | | |
| Wigan Highfield | Wigan Highfield | 11 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Wigan Highfield | Wigan Highfield | 11 | | | | Swinton | Swinton | 3(0)(0) | | | | |
| | | | | | | Salford | Salford | 3(0)(8) | | | | |
| Broughton Rangers | Broughton Rangers | 9 | | | | | | | Salford | Salford | 3(0)(8) | | | | |
| St. Helens | St. Helens | 10 | | | | | | | | | | |
| St. Helens | St. Helens | 10 | St. Helens | St. Helens | 8(3) | | | | | | | |
| | | | Salford | Salford | 8(13) | | | | | | | |
| Salford | Salford | | Salford | Salford | 8(13) | | | | | | | |
| bye | bye | | | | | | | | | | | |
