1910–11 Lancashire Cup
# 1910–11 Lancashire Cup

The 1910 Lancashire Cup was the sixth year of the regional rugby league competition and once again a previous winner captured the trophy. The cup was won by Oldham who beat Swinton in the final at Wheater's Field, Broughton, Salford, by a score of 4–3. The attendance at the final was 14,000 and receipts £418.

## Background

For the fourth year in succession the same 12 clubs entered and four clubs awarded 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 22 October 1910 | Barrow | 17-11 | Leigh | Cavendish Park |
| 3 | Sat 22 October 1910 | St. Helens | 5-11 | Rochdale Hornets | Knowsley Road |
| 4 | Sat 22 October 1910 | Wigan | 6-10 | Widnes Vikings | Central Park |
| 5 | | Swinton | | bye | |
| 6 | | Warrington | | bye | |
| 7 | | Salford | | bye | |
| 8 | | Oldham | | bye | |

### Round 2 – quarterfinals

| Game No | Fixture date | Home team | Score | Away team | Venue |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Sat 5 November 1910 | Barrow | 0-0 | Rochdale Hornets | Cavendish Park |
| 2 | Sat 5 November 1910 | Broughton Rangers | 2-10 | Swinton | Wheater's Field |
| 3 | Sat 5 November 1910 | Warrington | 14-5 | Salford | Wilderspool |
| 4 | Sat 5 November 1910 | Widnes Vikings | 10-13 | Oldham | Naughton Park |
| 1 | Tue 8 November 1910 | Rochdale Hornets | 14-7 | Barrow | Athletic Grounds |

### Round 3 – semifinals

| Game No | Fixture date | Home team | Score | Away team | Venue | Att | Rec | Notes | Ref |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Sat 19 November 1910 | Rochdale Hornets | 6-16 | Oldham | Athletic Grounds | | | | |
| 2 | Sat 19 November 1910 | Swinton | 10-0 | Warrington | Chorley Road ground | | | | |

### Final

| Game No | Fixture date | Home team | Score | Away team | Venue | Att | Rec | Notes | Ref |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Saturday 3 December 1910 | Oldham | 4-3 | Swinton | Wheater's Field | 14,000 | £418 | 1 | |

**Teams and scorers**

| Oldham | No. | Swinton |
| - | - | - |
| | teams | |
| teams unknown | 1 | Eddie Griffiths |
| | 2 | Tommy Gartrell |
| | 3 | Albert Valentine |
| | 4 | Jack Parker |
| | 5 | Albert Morris |
| | 6 | Jimmy Fairhurst |
| | 7 | Dai Davies (c) |
| | 8 | Jim Blears |
| Joe Ferguson (position uncertain) | 9 | Dan Davies |
| | 10 | Bill Preston |
| | 11 | Jack Bailey |
| | 12 | David B. Davies |
| | 13 | Tom McVeigh |
| 4 | score | 3 |
| 4 | HT | 3 |
| | Scorers | |
| | Tries | |
| unknown | T | Tommy Gartrell (1) |
| | T | |
| | Goals | |
| | G | |
| | G | |
| | Drop Goals | |
| Joe Ferguson | 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 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Barrow | Barrow | 17 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Leigh | Leigh | 11 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Leigh | Leigh | 11 | Barrow | Barrow | 0 – 7 | | | | | | | |
| | | | Rochdale Hornets | Rochdale Hornets | 0 – 14 | | | | | | | |
| St. Helens | St. Helens | 5 | Rochdale Hornets | Rochdale Hornets | 0 – 14 | | | | | | | |
| Rochdale Hornets | Rochdale Hornets | 11 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Rochdale Hornets | Rochdale Hornets | 11 | | | | Rochdale Hornets | Rochdale Hornets | 6 | | | | |
| | | | | | | Oldham | Oldham | 16 | | | | |
| Wigan | Wigan | 6 | | | | | | | Oldham | Oldham | 16 | | | | |
| Widnes Vikings | Widnes Vikings | 10 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Widnes Vikings | Widnes Vikings | 10 | Widnes Vikings | Widnes Vikings | 10 | | | | | | | |
| | | | Oldham | Oldham | 13 | | | | | | | |
| Oldham | Oldham | | Oldham | Oldham | 13 | | | | | | | |
| bye | bye | | | | | | | | | | | |
| bye | bye | | | | | | | | | Oldham | Oldham | 4 |
| | | | | | | | | | | Swinton | Swinton | 3 |
| Broughton Rangers | Broughton Rangers | 11 | | | | | | | | | | | Swinton | Swinton | 3 |
| Runcorn | Runcorn | 2 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Runcorn | Runcorn | 2 | Broughton Rangers | Broughton Rangers | 2 | | | | | | | |
| | | | Swinton | Swinton | 10 | | | | | | | |
| Swinton | Swinton | | Swinton | Swinton | 10 | | | | | | | |
| bye | bye | | | | | | | | | | | |
| bye | bye | | | | | Swinton | Swinton | 10 | | | | |
| | | | | | | Warrington | Warrington | 0 | | | | |
| Warrington | Warrington | | | | | | | | Warrington | Warrington | 0 | | | | |
| bye | bye | | | | | | | | | | | |
| bye | bye | | Warrington | Warrington | 14 | | | | | | | |
| | | | Salford | Salford | 5 | | | | | | | |
| Salford | Salford | | Salford | Salford | 5 | | | | | | | |
| bye | bye | | | | | | | | | | | |

## Notes and comments

* 1 Wheater's Field was the home ground of Broughton Rangers with a capacity of 20,000
