1992 Lancashire Cup


The 1992 Lancashire Cup was the 80th and last occasion on which the Lancashire Cup completion was held. Wigan won the trophy by beating St. Helens by the score of 5-4 in the final.

Background

The failure of London Crusaders to enter, due primarily to financial pressures, resulted in the number of entrants this year decreasing by one to 16.

This resulted in a full fixture list, with no requirement for a preliminary round, nor any “blank” or “dummy” fixtures or any byes.

Competition and Results

Round 1

Involved 8 matches and 16 Clubs.
Game NoFixture DateHome TeamScoreAway TeamVenueAttRecNotesRef
1Fri 11 Sep 1992Rochdale Hornets8-36WiganSpotland2936
2Sun 13 Sep 1992Barrow2-36St. HelensCraven Park2317
3Sun 13 Sep 1992Blackpool Gladiators8-22Workington TownJepson Way, Blackpool7361
4Sun 13 Sep 1992Leigh50-9Chorley Borough Hilton Park1332
5Sun 13 Sep 1992Oldham33-20WarringtonWatersheddings4041
6Sun 13 Sep 1992Salford60-8WhitehavenThe Willows1985
7Sun 13 Sep 1992Swinton40-10HighfieldStation Road616
8Sun 13 Sep 1992Widnes52-8CarlisleNaughton Park37332

Round 2 - Quarter Finals

Involved 4 matches and 8 Clubs
Game NoFixture DateHome TeamScoreAway TeamVenueAttRecNotesRef
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1Wed 23 Sep 1992Leigh14-26OldhamHilton Park3395
2Wed 23 Sep 1992Salford42-20Workington TownThe Willows2143
3Tue 29 Sep 1992Swinton0-78WiganStation Road3501
4Wed 30 Sep 1992St. Helens10-8WidnesKnowsley Road12573

Round 3 – Semi-Finals

Involved 2 matches and 4 Clubs
Game NoFixture DateHome TeamScoreAway TeamVenueAttRecNotesRef
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1Tue 06 Oct 1992Wigan48-8OldhamCentral Park8954
2Wed 07 Oct 1992St. Helens18-5SalfordKnowsley Road9289

Final

The match was played at Knowsley Road, Eccleston, St Helens, Merseyside,. The attendance was 20,534.
Game NoFixture DateHome TeamScoreAway TeamVenueAttRecNotesRef
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Sunday 18 October 1992Wigan5-4St. HelensKnowsley Road205343 4-

Teams and Scorers

Wigan№St. Helens
teams
Steve Hampson1Phil Veivers
Jason Robinson2Alan Hunte
Joe Lydon3Gary Connolly
Andrew Farrar4Jarrod McCracken
Martin Offiah5Anthony Sullivan
Frano Botica6Tea Ropati
Shaun Edwards7Jonathan Griffiths
Kelvin Skerrett8John Harrison
Martin Dermott9Bernard Dwyer
Andy Platt10Kevin Ward
Denis Betts11Chris Joynt
Billy McGinty12Sonny Nickle
Dean Bell13Shane Cooper
Neil Cowie 14xGus O'Donnell
Martin Crompton 15Paul Forber
John MonieCoachMike McClennan
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5score4
5HT0
Scorers
Goals
Frano Botica GBernard Dwyer
Drop Goals
Frano Botica DG
RefereeStuart Cummings
Man of the match?
sponsored byGreenall Whitley
Competition SponsorGreenalls

Scoring - Try = four points - Goal = two points - Drop goal = one point

The road to success

Postscript

To date, this was the last season for the Lancashire Cup competitions, which except for the break due to the two World Wars, had taken place annually since its inauguration in the 1905–06 season.

It was fitting that the last name on the cup should be the same as the first, that of Wigan, and that the last final should be between the two clubs which had the best records in the competition.

It was only after the two county finals had been played that it was announced that the competitions were to be scrapped; news which came as a major surprise and shock to the fans. The reasons given by the ruling body, the Rugby Football League, were that it was deemed the cup was adding to fixture congestion for more successful sides and also that a local county cup did not fit the modern image of Rugby League.

Records from the Lancashire Cup competition

Club and individual records

Entrants, number of final & semi-Final appearances by clubs, and years

This table lists all the semi-professional clubs which have entered the competition and the number of their cup final wins, cup final runner-up spots, and losing semi-Final appearances.
No.cup winnerNo,runner-upNolosing Semi-Final appearances
Acton & Willesden
Barrow21954, 19831193791919, 1921, 1924, 1925, 1931, 1936, 1955, 1958, 1979
Broughton Rangers21906, 1920,1190731930, 1937, 1945
Belle Vue Rangers21946, 194721948, 1951
Blackpool Borough/successors21960, 1966
Carlisle21982, 1991
London Crusaders11982
Huyton
Leigh41952, 1955, 1970, 198181905, 1909, 1920, 1922, 1949, 1951, 1963, 1969131907, 1913, 1921, 1953, 1954, 1956, 1965, 1968, 1974, 1976, 1978, 1984, 1990
Liverpool Stanley21934, 1938
Liverpool City
London Highfield
Oldham91907, 1910, 1913, 1919, 1924, 1933, 1956, 1957, 195891908, 1911, 1919, 1921, 1954,1966, 1968, 1986, 1989171905, 1906, 1923, 1925, 1928, 1929, 1930, 1935, 1946, 1948, 1950, 1951, 1962, 1963, 1965, 1980, 1992
Rochdale Hornets31911, 1914, 1919,41912, 1919, 1965, 199161969, 1910, 1939, 1947, 1957, 1969
Runcorn21906, 1908, 1909
Runcorn Highfield
St. Helens111926, 1953, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1967, 1968, 1984, 199181932, 1952, 1956, 1958, 1959, 1970, 1982, 1992151912, 1913, 1924, 1933, 1935, 1939, 1950, 1957, 1960, 1971, 1975, 1977, 1981, 1985, 1986,
St Helens Recs21923, 193031924, 1926, 193331920, 1936, 1945
Salford51931, 1934, 1935, 1936, 197271929, 1938, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1988, 1990111907, 1912, 1926, 1927, 1932, 1961, 1968, 1978, 1981, 1984, 1992
Streatham & Mitcham
Swinton41925, 1927, 1939, 196981910, 1923, 1931, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1964, 197291909, 1914, 1919, 1929, 1934, 1967, 1971, 1983, 1987
Warrington91921, 1929, 1932, 1967, 1959, 1965, 1980, 1982, 198961906, 1948, 1950, 1967, 1985, 1987211908, 1910, 1914, 1922, 1923, 1927, 1928, 1938, 1949, 1952, 1953, 1955, 1956, 1963, 1964, 1966, 1976, 1979, 1983, 1988, 1990,
Whitehaven21959, 1973
Widnes71945, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1978, 1979, 199061928, 1939, 1955, 1971, 1981, 1983201905, 1911, 1919, 1920, 1922, 1926, 1931, 1937, 1946, 1958, 1961, 1964, 1970, 1972, 1980, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989
Wigan211905, 1908, 1909, 1912, 1922, 1928, 1938, 1946, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1966, 1971, 1973, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1992141913, 1914, 1925, 1927, 1930, 1934, 1935, 1936, 1945, 1953, 1957, 1977, 1980, 1984111911, 1919, 1932, 1933, 1959, 1969, 1970, 1972, 1977, 1989, 1991
Wigan Highfield
Workington Town1197731976, 1978, 197991947, 1949, 1952, 1954, 1962, 1967, 1973, 1974, 1975