1925–26 Lancashire Cup
The 1925–26 Lancashire Cup was the eighteenth tournament in the history of this regional rugby league competition, and another new name was added to the trophy. This time it was the turn of Swinton, one of the founding members of the Northern Union, whose previous best had been as runners up to Oldham in 1910.
Background
The number of teams entering this year's competition remained at 13 which resulted in 3 byes in the first round.Competition and results
Round 1
Involved 5 matches and 13 clubs| Game No | Fixture Date | Home Team | Score | Away Team | Venue | Att | Rec | Notes | Ref | ||
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| 1 | Sat 10 October 1925 | Leigh | 10-7 | Rochdale Hornets | Mather Lane | ||||||
| 2 | Sat 10 October 1925 | Oldham | 14-9 | St. Helens | Watersheddings | ||||||
| 3 | Sat 10 October 1925 | Wigan Highfield | 6-7 | Salford | Tunstall Lane | ||||||
| 4 | Sat 10 October 1925 | Barrow | 8-0 | Widnes | Little Park, Roose | ||||||
| 5 | Sat 10 October 1925 | Wigan | 14-10 | Warrington | Central Park | ||||||
| 6 | Broughton Rangers | bye | |||||||||
| 7 | St Helens Recs | bye | |||||||||
| 8 | Swinton | bye |
Round 2 - Quarter Finals
Round 3 – Semi-Finals
Final
The final was due to be played on Saturday, 21 November 1925 but was postponed due to bad weather, in this case fog. The weather during that short period was atrocious and in fact Wigan had 5 matches postponed due to either a waterlogged pitch, a frozen pitch, fog or other bad weather in the four-week period from early November to early December. The final was eventually played on Wednesday 9 December 1925 and Swinton beat Wigan by 15–11. The match was played at the Cliff, Broughton, Salford. The attendance was 15,000 and receipts £1,116.| Game No | Fixture Date | Home Team | Score | Away Team | Venue | Att | Rec | Notes | Ref | ||
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| Saturday 21 November 1925 | Swinton | post | Wigan | The Cliff | 1 | - | |||||
| Wednesday 9 December 1925 | Swinton | 15-11 | Wigan | The Cliff | 17,000 | £1,115 | 2 | - |